Wedding horror stories and other faux pas.

My fiancé was not invited to my friend's wedding (even though we had been together for 8 years at the time) and I was seated at a singles table

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The Groom was making out with someone other than the bride later in the reception.
They divorced several years later. Shocker.

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I have no words.. just shock

I once went to a wedding where the best man and maid of honor speeches were pretty bad. The maid honor, who was the sister, told everyone the bride was someone who was bad grudges, that she would “go sit somewhere, pout, and stay mad at you” so she wished the groom luck in dealing with that. I think everyone laughed because they knew MOH was trying to be funny, but the point came up in the speech a few more times…..


Best man was the worst because he chose that moment to reveal to everyone the story of the boat FOG had gifted groom while he was in college. Apparently at some point groom and BM were trying to sell it, but we’re unsuccessful so they decided to wreck it and watch it sink. Apparently FOG had not heard this story yet….
The FOB redeemed the night though by giving his speech in Klingon 😂

I think the worst wedding I attended was one where my then boyfriend (now husband) were only invited to the reception, which is totally fine and worked out because we live 4 hours away. The bad part was when we arrived, on time, to the beginning of the reception, the bride was already sloppy drunk. Hair fallen, makeup smeared, shoes missing, etc. The grand entrance was delayed because people wouldn't leave the bar area to watch the wedding party enter, and after dinner, no one danced except for the smallest kids - everyone else including the bride and groom were back at the bar.

Being sober at a party where everyone is already smashed felt weird, so we ended up leaving about an hour after dinner ended. Bride texted me the next day laughing that she didn't remember if we made it or not, but got our card so she was sorry she "missed us" (we greeted, talked a bit during dancing, and said goodbye when we headed out).

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Really? it's considered really rude not to send a thank you card.

Our church is set up where there's a lobby area outside the actual church space and a door off to the side to a hallway where the bathrooms are. The bridal parlor is also along that hallway. I planned on doing a first look with my dad 10-15 minutes before the ceremony started so we could get out any emotions, fix any smudged makeup, etc. The photographers had me set up along the hallway, and my train was fanned out so it pretty much took up the entire width of the hallway. These two random ladies showed up who were clearly not wedding guests (they were in hoodies, leggings, and flip flops). They apparently wanted to use the bathroom as they were late to a football game. There's not a football field nearby, and the closest one definitely had more appropriate places to use the bathroom than a church where a wedding is about to take place. I had a bridesmaid standing outside the door to make sure nobody walked in who wasn't supposed to, and she told them that we were about to start so they'd have to wait until we all walked out. The church coordinator apparently yelled at her that she had to let the randos use the bathroom. So they walked into the hallway, but the only way to get to the bathroom was through the bridal parlor since my train was blocking the door to the bathrooms. I had my MOH and another bridesmaid waiting in the bridal parlor since all our things were there, and I guess on the way back out, these ladies complained how we were making them even more late to their football game. Ya know, definitely a priority over a wedding 🙄

Then the church coordinator starts screaming at all my bridesmaids about how we're running behind schedule and they needed to get out and line up. Like, excuse me, but this was a problem of her own making, and if she hadn't let those people in, we'd be on time.

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To be fair, some people like me and my fiance have dysgraphia where not only we have bad handwriting, but handwriting causes physical pain so we were actually plan on typing our thank you cards so people can read what we wrote and it won't be painful. Now I am second guessing this honestly.

Anyways, it would probably be a wedding of one of my mother's friends daughter that I was invited to as a plus one since my dad couldn't make it due to work and me and my mom got lost on the way to the reception and missed cocktail hour. This wasn't an issue with other guests it seems though, but it was a bit annoying.