Wedding guest horror stories?

@JaKLyn that is a horrible story, so sorry your FH ended up with food poisoning.

Mine isn't that bad. Went to a wedding in Gatlinburg, TN. The ceremony was absolutely beautiful however the reception was held at TGI Fridays downtown were everyone paid for their own meal. The bride was horrified because she was under the impression that her dad was paying for everyone not just the immediate family.

JamieLynn, I almost forgot about that! Have you talked to the groom since?

Tania? how did it take so long you left? its one song??? lol

ETA: Sorry I see your comment now! That DJ DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT! lol.. its usually like 30 second increments.

I went to a wedding years ago, it was a very high end venue with full open bar. They had servers passing out drinks during cocktail hour. Since there were a bunch of kids there, some of the trays were frozen mixed drinks with no alcohol. One of the servers got mixed up and managed to give a regular (non-virgin) frozen drink to my cousin's son. He was maybe 6 or 7. He drank it very quickly and ended up spending the a good chunk of the reception with his mom in the bridal suite throwing up. He just graduated high school and we still talk about it.

Went to a wedding where the MOH gave, I kid you not, the WORST speech. It was unplanned, went on forever, and was basically all about how when they first met the groom, she and the bride thought he was ridiculous and made fun of him. No cute "but now look where we are" ending or anything. Just awfulness. Found out a year later that the MOH's marriage had just ended that morning. It makes so much more sense with that info.

@LoveBubbles mine is similar. My cousins wedding wedding was BYOB and karaoke. Around 9ish, with quite a few young children still there, it was determined that a good song to sing at a wedding was Avenged Sevenfold's "Nightmare" where there lyrics "I'm your f***ing nightmare" are screamed repeatedly. My cousin and his wife, a lot of their friends, and his parents are into that kind of music which is fine just maybe not at a wedding reception with young children and older aunts/uncles/grandparents. We were horrified.

Oh my gosh. Some of these are doozies. Good what-NOT-to-dos!

Jamie Lynn -- I remember your more detailed version of that story. It was one of the strangest wedding stories I'd ever heard. As I recall, you had no advance notice of what you were walking into (and I thought you were exceptionally gracious for going to the mall and buying another dress). I can actually picture the Amish lady saying, "You best be leaving now".

Linda -- that story actually made me sad. All I can see is a garter falling on the floor while a big group of men stand quietly watching. Then it happens a second time? That poor woman; although I have to say, If I were 70, I would not have participated. That's a young person's game (honestly, the men lining up for that garter toss are not even close to middle-age. They're young, they're buzzed or drunk, they're loud, and they have no desire to slip a garter on a leg that's walked the earth for seven decades).

JaKLyn -- you should repeat that story every time the self catering debate comes up. I'm wondering how drunk the bride was to get up and publicly embarrass her father. I can hardly blame him for reacting the way he did. Best line in your post: "The ceremony was outdoors, but they at least kept it short before having everyone go into the garage." I actually laughed when I read that.

Lydia -- a TGIFridays reception plus billing guests for their meals? Were the guests handed regular menus or were there two or three pre-selected courses? I'm trying to figure out when the guests realized that they were going to pay for their own plates. That is shocking. I don't know how many people were at this reception, but I would have had to put the bill on my own credit card and then hoped that I received enough in cash gifts to pay it off. How was this not discussed during the planning?

The only weird wedding story I have involves a vendor who was an idiot. He played the organ at my brother and former SIL's house wedding. It was July 3, unbelievably hot, and everyone was packed like sardines in this apartment with one wall air conditioner and one bathroom. The organist was playing and the bride's very drunk, tone deaf, 80 year old grandmother got up to do a solo -- in German. It was a love song -- supposedly. She kept messing up and starting again. People got embarrassed and while the organist and soloist began to confer with each other, the guests used the opportunity to start talking with each other. Suddenly, the organist (in his bright red jacket) stood up and screamed at everyone for talking through their performance. He demanded silence. He got silence. The room got so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Woah these are super weird stories LMFAO. I was part of a wedding many years ago where the boyfriend of the girl that caught the bouquet walked out because he got jealous when a guy was putting the garter on her. The guy barely got to her knee when her boyfriend walked out, her face was beet red super embarrassing, I felt so bad for her.

At my bestfriends wedding, i'm pretty sure no one understood half of my speech because i was crying buahahahaha

I've been to a wedding where the guests are asked to carry their chairs from the ceremony space inside and upstairs for the reception. Nothing like carrying a big bulky chair (not a folding one!) in a sundress and heels. Luckily someone was kind enough to grab her grandmother's chair for her.

I've been to a wedding where the guests are asked to carry their chairs from the ceremony space inside and upstairs for the reception. Nothing like carrying a big bulky chair (not a folding one!) in a sundress and heels. Luckily someone was kind enough to grab her grandmother's chair for her.

Don't sell 50/50 tickets at your wedding reception.

Celia--what's that?

Jamie Lynn and JaKLyn, I remember both of your stories well.

Jamie Lynn, that is probably one of the strangest situations I have heard. Did you ever find out anything else about it? Why his family was not there?

My story is tame compared to a lot of these other horror shows. I attended a coworker's wedding, and she asked me not to tell anyone else she invited me. When I showed up at the church for the ceremony, two other coworkers were there. But apparently she had only invited these other coworkers to the ceremony and the after-party at a nightclub, but not the dinner/reception. They immediately noticed that I was dressed nicely and figured out that I had been invited to the reception. Sitting through the one hour catholic mass next to people who were clearly pissed off and offended was extremely awkward, to say the least. Don't do tiered invitations.