What's the worst wedding you've been to/worse wedding experience you've had?

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LOL I understand. Just wow.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.

I haven't actually been to a wedding ceremony. I've been to a reception for a few hours.

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OMG that second wedding sounds awful.

My story:

So it was last summer, my mom worked with this girl who was getting married, and her florist backed out, double booked, and the other wedding was more profitable. My mom asked if I'd be willing to do her flowers for her, since I've done a few, and I reluctantly agreed. So I asked her for ideas on what she wanted. "oh it's super simple, just a couple bouquets and the bouts" perfect, simple, no arrangements, nothing. SWEET.

So a few months go by, and I ask her, what flowers she wants, and how many of each so I can order flowers. She then tells me she needs 10 corsages, 15 boutonnieres, 6 bridesmaid bouquets, and hers plus the toss, and one for her bridal photos.

I kinda get annoyed, because hello, that's NOT what we originally talked about, but whatever I'll do it. So she tells me to come do the arrangements at her moms house, so that they can just take them with them to the wedding, I agree, have the flowers shipped there and ask the MOB to make sure that the flowers get opened and put in water when they get there so that they OPEN up, and look good. She doesn't, so most of the flowers were half open but whatever, I do what I can with what I have.

So we get to the wedding, and the photographer takes the girls photos, with the flowers, gets the ribbons all wet, totally messes them all upand I'm like, whatever at this point it's hot, I'm exhausted, and over it. It's 99 or something stupid outside, and there is NO AIR CONDITIONING. It's an outside barn, in the middle of nowhere, and the bartender doesn't show up. So I'm like, awesome. We sit there in direct sun for 30 minutes, they get the ceremony underway, and after the vows and all that, she goes to walk down with her now Husband.

Her dress is falling down. Her boobs are falling out. She shimmies her dress up in front of EVERYONE.

After about an hour and a half, they get a bartender that the venue had on hand, we get drinks. Thank the lord. There's not enough food, because she invited more people to just the reception, and it was packed, hot, and uncomfortable. OH and there was only one bathroom, so men and women had to wait in one line....ALL NIGHT.

NO ONE wanted to dance, and the bride kept having to pull her dress up all night. We left hours before it was over. I couldn't even imagine being stuck there the whole time.

Looking back, I can't stop picturing her pulling her dress up and her boobs falling out.

I mean, it wasn't awful, but I wouldn't want guests dealing with that heat, and those conditions as far as bathrooms go.

So we were invited to a wedding and I found out a few days before that I had a viewing the same day. The viewing was an hour before the time on the invite. Travel time between two places was about an hour. I texted the bride and MOB to let them know I would miss the ceremony and explained why but that I would make it to the reception. I attended the viewing and stayed about 45 mins. Then I stopped at the store because I needed more tissues and had a headache. Then drove the hour to the venue (ceremony and reception were in the same place). I walked into the entrance and the everyone was still standing in the foyer not even sure where the ceremony was going to be. At this point it was an hour after the invite time. Ceremony was outside (it was misting and cold). No one could hear vows or anything else. Afterward we headed to the room for the reception. DJ was Late (someone scrambled to call) and he showed up 20 mins later. Meanwhile we are all sitting just waiting. Brunch reception so no cocktail hour and we had to wait until pictures were done. DJ sets up right behind our table so we couldn’t talk. He also proceeded to check out one of DH’s cousins all afternoon in a creepy way.

Forgot to add- for the entire three months leading up the bride did a Facebook countdown and posted everything- even about the horrible fight the weekend before at the bachelorette party that led to the MOH being questionable for attending until the night before.

One wedding comes to mind. My exH was a groomsman and we had traveled 8 hours by car with our nanny and 1-year-old (because no kids) and I was 5 months pregnant. So this is already incredibly inconvenient. We debated the whole way to the venue if we should do $300 in the card, which was our standard, or $500 because this was my ex's close friend. Settle on a $500 cash gift, not that that is too relevant but it paints a picture that we were taking this thing seriously.

Y'all. If this bride didn't serve one food - cannibal sandwiches. Raw ground beef and onions and bread, look it up. Apparently it's a regional thing. We're vegetarians and there wasn't a scrap of food in this joint that was non-meat or cooked. My pregnant self was miserable. Then, the most horrifying part, the groom and his brother were HAMMERED. The place was still open to the public during the wedding (it's a bar) and the two of them start saying the most absolutely disgusting racist things to a couple at the bar. Imagine the most vile language. I was ready to snap. Apologizing profusely to this innocent couple. The night ended with me in tears. We never spoke to or visited those people again. Racist scum.

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Being vegetarian probably saved your form getting horribly sick at least?

I did look it up and this was the first result!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cannibal-sandwiches-filled-with-raw-beef-sicken-wisconsin-locals/

I would have lost it at hearing racist comments. I would have left on the spot.

Love this thread so much

My second cousin had a dry wedding and a harpist for the whole reception. 😴

They're divorced now.

OMG all the disasters I can't even imagine!

The worst wedding I went to was unfortunately my brothers. They live in another state and the wedding was at a friday at 9 am! Im all for saving money but c'mon now. During the ceremony the "planner" forgot to set up the sand so she had to pause the ceremony to get it. The come to the reception which their venue was beautiful but there was only like 20 people there maybe. It looked soooo empty, the food was just wraps and cold salads which was fine for the time but it was served on cheap plastic ware! * I Love my brother to death but idk what they were thinking while planning lol

I haven’t personally seems anything too terrible, but the lady who cuts my FH’s hair does hair for weddings and she told him a pretty crazy story. She worked at a wedding where both the ceremony and reception where outside at a botanical garden and the sprinklers went on during the wedding!!!!! So everyone got wet and the cake was ruined!

View Quoted Comment Omg. That sounds horrible.

Band played for a bit, then switched to an ipod that didn't work

Open bar that switched to cash- even the bridal party didn't know.

Paid for our own required hair, and nails, and all had to be identical and everything was done in different places- had to stay at two different hotels...

....and they had over 200 guests.

Nightmare.... wish I would have said no to that

“Black Tie” wedding with a cash bar, a cold buffet (one station) and soggy inedible cake. Myself, FH, and some of the guests and groomsmen that FH is close with all got fast food and alcohol after the wedding and hung out in the hotel. Lasted longer than the reception... There was also another wedding happening right next to the one we were attending. Some of the guests for both got confused. Guests for the other wedding had to walk through the one we were attending to get to the room the other one was being held in.

Worst I have been to was where I was a BM and the flower girl had gone missing for 5 minutes (she was across the parking lot and didn't get told we were starting the precession). She went right before the bride and the bride wouldn't go without the little girl going first. The music guy stopped playing and everyone looked around uncomfortably thinking the bride ran. After that the couple had been told they could BYOB into the reception venue (couple days before) and broke out the beer to then find out it wasn't allowed due to licensing. The place only had 1/2 keg of beer on tap and charged $8/can (this is a very small community mind you where drinks never get that priced ever). The keg was tapped out after 15 mins and then the bride and groom decided to ditch their own party with guests inside to hang outside with a handful of people.

By far the most awkward wedding I have ever attended.

My best friend is a hair and makeup artist, she was doing the brides hair and makeup and also attending the wedding after because it was a friend, she said the bride got so drunk while getting ready and she took a muscle relaxer and was unable to walk down the aisle, ceremony started an hour late due to her being incoherent she finally stumbles through the ceremony and passes out after missing pictures and the first half of the reception, meanwhile the reception is waiting to serve dinner until she makes it back to the room not until 9 pm. Eventually they do their first dance and the groom accidentally steps on her toe and she throws a fit about him ruining her pedicure.

Ceremony@ 4pm


Reception over @ 11pm
No dinner till 10pm

I was livid!

I wasn't laughing at the time, but my brother's wedding...

Her mom DIYed everything but the wedding clothes. His now-wife waffled between navy and royal blue, telling different family members different things. They told us to arrive four hours early "because we have a tendency to be late," but the bride, mob, and bm arrived 20 minutes before the ceremony. Partly through their getting dressed, we heard a rip and then she yelled into the hallway "Tell [my brother] the weddings cancelled. [Her best friend who she'd already cancelled it twice for] can't fit the dress." Her MOH is a 22 trying to fit into a 14. It wasn't going to work. They [read:she] invited a little over 100 people. 25 showed up. They ran out of cupcakes. Their reception was mixed with a gender reveal party. Oh! And my date was a sociopath.

View Quoted Comment Can you tell me more about "hot mess friend photography?" You're tickling my soul with that one.

Went to my cousins wedding and they literally ran out of food. We got bare minimum. A spoonful of side dishes and small piece of ham along with A half cup of juice. It was a child’s meal. I heard the bride said “oh well” when someone told her they were running out of food. I found out later the bride and groom took food to their car to serve the wedding party the next day! We did not learn there was a separate room where appetizers were being served until after the wedding party arrived. The venue was so crowded and small we were all squeezing by one another. We ended up leaving soon after to get something to eat because we were starving.