What's the worst wedding YOU'VE ever been to?

No booze, no music or dancing, and we had sandwitches from the local super market. They had decorations afterwards- plastic table covers w/ balloons. It was super long, incredibly religious- and pushing religion on you, and it was a 3 hour drive. Not to mention they asked for cash and gift cards on their WEDDING INVITATION!!! I don't think they knew better, and I know that sometimes happens. I don't love them any less, but it really sucked.

Yikes.. I don't think I have ever been to a terrible wedding. Thank the Lord! Those are some AWFUL experiences ladies.

Worst I have been to...

- bride and groom were both intoxicated during the ceremony

- no sound system during the ceremony, couldn't hear jack

- MOB did a lap dance for one of the groomsmen during the reception

- food was cold and had NO flavor

- DJ literally said nothing all night...played a song, then played the next..and so on

- folding metal chairs for an outside ceremony in OK in August is probably not the best idea for your guests butts!

- 8 special dances for you and your family all in a row is borrrrrriiinnnnggggg

- Bouquet toss ended in women with scraped knees and a bloody nose

Oh boy, this will be an awesome discussion! Haha! I am sooo looking forward to hearing everyone's stories!!

OH yea, I totally forgot that the bride/groom from my story also had no music either!! And also not 1 decoration or flower in a dingy banquet hall. Yikes again. That's just crazy. I also think that in my case the B&G didn't know any better. I think that they just figured that weddings are fun and don't need to have all the fancy things or details... but then left out HUGE details like, music, bevrages and good food. And it def felt like the only reason they invited the ppl they did was to get $ from them after making their gests travel out of town for their wedding and not even offering them a beer/wine and a good meal.

Emily, sounds like our experiences were similar except that I didn't have to endure the religious aspect at the wedding I'm remembering. Maybe we owe it to other brides out there to warn them from making those big mistakes! Must haves at ANY wedding, big or small~ good food, good music (music at all!!) and something to drink (at least a soda!!).

My sister's.. I was a BM.
1) she didn't start planning until just a few months prior..
2)she wanted us to wear blue tops and black skirts... not my taste, but it's what she wanted..
3) ductape roses.. don't think that needs an explanation...
4)I had to ask the pastor to include some nice scripture or something into the ceremony otherwise it would have been 2 minutes long instead of 5
5)No music, no dancing
6)The speeches from the MOH & Best Man were "uh... cheers?"
7)No alcohol to cure the headache
8)I wasn't invited to the bridal shower
9)her MOH didn't plan her bachelorrette party.. we rented a movie the night before.. that's it
I suppose it could have been worse, but I was really bitter that my sister didn't even let me be involved, I felt I could have made her experience sooo much better.. she even regrets her wedding because she didn't plan it well enough.. ;P
I suppose it's not THE worst wedding, but it was the worst for me..

I didn't go to this wedding but my in laws did..it was my DH's cousin. they got married in Fl. where they live my mil said the ceremony was great but then they got to the reception and they had NO cocktails, took 4 HOURS to do pictures. food was cold and everyone was beyond drunk by the time dinner and dancing had started since the couple opted not to get Hors d oeuvres for cocktail hour

My friend's wedding. Terrible food, you had to pay for your n/a drinks (they didn't mention to bring cash on the invite) and the only alcohol available was a keg of Bud Light - I don't drink beer normally. The music was terrible, and 1/2 of the wedding party missed out on the reception because they were out in the parking lot doing drugs. I left early, but I heard that several fights almost broke out, and one actually did. Oh, and a lot of people left early because they only had one keg and it was gone quickly.

I have been to plenty of low budget weddings, but I knew going in that they were low budget and was fine with it. Ugly folding chairs and plastic table covers do not make a wedding terrible in my opinion.

I think the only experience I had that was less than enjoyable was a friends wedding. The reception venue was pretty cramped and there were a lot of kids running around and hogging the dance floor. The friend I went with (who drove) had her cranky pants on (mostly because the bride had gotten all bridezilla on her throughout the wedding planning) and then we left the reception incredibly early.

Specifically asking for cash is so crazy~ just do not make a regisrty or hold a shower and the guests should get the hint, right?

The worst wedding I've been to is my BFF's, because she got married. The wedding itself was fun (dancing, drinks, food), but it would have been better if it never happened at all.

Sorry to hear about some of these other experiences, ladies.

Mt cousins wedding was the worst I've ever had the honor of experiencing. The groom got so drunk before the ceremony that he could barely stand up at the alter. The bride was about 7 months pregnant and Super Pissed!! The reception was at the church hall and had no A/C and it was the middle of summer. I can't even remember the food. But the groom did a raunchy dance just before having one of his GM drive him home not even halfway thru the reception!

Ya, it was bad. Needless to say, they are now divorced! Shocking!

@sara, I have no problem with folding chairs in general. But when the temp is 101 and your ceremony is outside...it might be smart to go with another style of chair.

More please, these are funny, a bit sad though too lol. I hope my wedding doesn't end up on someone's worst wedding list!

@ Sara P, I agree that ugly chairs and inexpensive decor, a terrible wedding does not make. I do think that a lack of planing and knowledge does, or a B&G who just want cash from their guests does too. The biggest necessities for a good wedding, GOOD food, GOOD music (a large variety that almost everyone can enjoy), and beverages (even if not an open bar, offer some selections like beer/wine/soda/coffee) and the rest should be ok. Tacky taste doesn't ruin a wedding, just a lack of understanding of what ammounts to throwing a good party does.

Another wedding I went to, that was actually a nice wedding but the bridal party was terrible and did their best to ruin the day!! All the BM's & GM's got SOO drunk between the ceremony and recpetion that they all ended up passing out all over the place, the maid of honor was sleeping in a car and needledd to say- couldn't give a speech and the BM who filled in for her rambeles on drunkenly mumbling nonesense for what seemed like 15 minutes and the best man's speech was raunchy, long and not funny b/c he was so drunk too. Almost all the bridal party ended up cutting out early (passing out where ever they seemes to fall) and the bride ended up crying for a large portion of the reception.

We went to a wedding that took place during a tropical storm. Which of course the couple could not help, but it made driving there a nightmare. Then they moved the ceremony inside bc of the rain to a chapel that was way too small for the # of guests. People were bulging out into the aisles and onto the little porch at the back. The groomsmen were drunk and kept yelling "hooo-rah" during the ceremony while the BMs were giving them the "evil eye." To top it off, someone let out a huge fart during the ceremony! These were some classy people!

Then they had a cash bar after 2 free drinks which wasn't a huge deal. They had a 5-6 course meal, plus cocktail hour. It was way too much mediocre food that took way to long to be serve to 200+ people. I don't need soup, salad, pasta, pallete cleanser, main meal and cake. We left shortly after dinner service finished bc it took so long so we to drive home safely in the storm. Finally, the party ended early bc the parking lot started to flood.

Boy memories so bad I can still recall after 20+ years!

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-It was way out at a park somewhere (maybe about a half hour drive)

-day was dreary

-no decorations or music

-guest left waiting in the park shelter for a long time

-bride and groom finally came out - he dressed in a hawaiian shirt and shorts, she in a sarong and belly top that was clearly too small, both grinning

-no officiant and then they both said grinning, we're already married we just wanted you guys to come out

-food was cold and tasteless but the bride and groom moreso

I swore then to make sure I never embarassed myself like that when I got married lol

My sister's wedding was horrid. The ceremony was fine but the reception. We sat at 8 foot long tables butted up to each other. There was so many people that if you where at the other side of the room best bet was to go outside and around to go back in to the bathrooms. You had no room to move. Dinner was cold cuts and other finger foods (If you could get to where the food even was). After dinner had to move all the tables and fold them up along with 90% of the chairs to make the dance floor. She planned it in 2-3 months because she was preggo. Needless to say the marriage ended within a year and a half.

Mine will stay burned in my memory, sort of like a what I don't want my wedding to be =(

- Invitation was sent via email, I got a scanned copy of the paper invite? (20, so didn't realize this was a sign of things to come, I was excited the friend invited me)

- Ceremony was standing

- Reception was at the parents house, no seating provided

- Reception food consisted of items the mom bought from the school cafeteria she worked at as lunch lady. She was pulling stuff out of the oven throughout the reception.

- Bridal party left and got wasted at a local bar before returning to reception

- Bride departs reception for the restroom following the first dance

- No thank you card for the gift ever received

- Same bride the following year RSVPd to another mutual friends wedding and "forgot" what day it was and skipped the whole event!