Worst wedding you've ever been to?

I hope I don't get yelled at for reviving a dead thread...

I went to a wedding in my home town, where the bride was super late to the ceremony and the ceremony turned out to be a sermony anti-gay rant!

The food was cold and bland (later I found out the catering was 8 dollars per person), there was no assigned seating (people were left standing) & it was dry! Not a drop of alcohol was served & no one danced! My mom is a friend of the bride, and apparently the bride was bragging about how expensive and exclusive her dress was. I am really happy I only gave them 20 dollars

I was a BM as a teenager in my cousin's wedding. This was back in the 80's. We wore long, homemade dresses and plastic flower crowns. My mom made my dress and when I tried it on, the sleeves were so tight on my arms, I had marks on my arms for days after wearing it all day. My mom knew they were uber tight but didn't fix them. I only remembered it now b/c I came across pictures of the wedding the other day and I looked so miserable.

I was a friendor for my ex SIL... I had no idea this was going to happen, but I was on location two days early so that qualified me to vacuum out an entire barn of hay (shop vac- there was dirt literally coming out of my nose for days), decorate said barn, pick wild flowers the morning of the wedding, decorate the cake AND make boquets/centerpieces from said flowers, write out the escort cards the night before, help serve the self catered food (thank God I wasn't asked to help cook) and stay til 1am to help clean up after. I ended up literally breaking off a toenail while carrying folding chairs downhill. This was all me and her FH family. I exited the family two months later, and never looked back! Thank God I'm not so codependent anymore!!!

Ps, it's true what people say about friendoring. I smiled and said "sure no problem!" to every request as it came... Partially because I was still trying to save my already doomed marriage...but you can bet I was seething with resentment EVERY step of the way! People may say yes to friendor because they love you or owe you or genuinely want to help you, but whatever their reason, it will ALWAYS be a burden on them. Don't do that to your friends...just don't.

My family and I were invited to a close friend of the families wedding some yrs back. The bride and groom were busy for 2hrs ( I kid you not) getting pic's of them taken prior to the reception. In that time no was served food or drinks until after they made their grand entrance into the reception. By the time the plated meals were served all the food was cold, and nasty tasting. The music was so damn loud that you could hardly ever hear what other guests at the table were saying. Needless to say I left the wedding with a splitting headache, and was still super hungry.

The bride and groom had the wedding in a church hall and spent less than $10 per person on food. It was literally movie-theater nachos, pretzels, and slices of pizza. Not good stuff. Literally movie theater quality. No DJ, no alcohol, no dancing. It was a nice give us all the money grab.

I think it's a first for white knights to defend people who haven't even posted.

What I find interesting is that these threads always include elements that other threads defend as great ideas; cash bars, dry weddings, self catering. Or they smack of bad planning; lateness, lost shoes, not enough food, too many guests.

It's all educational

10 years ago. Was one of 3 MOHs for a friend that defined the term Bridezilla I think before it had even become a word. October wedding and she had picked her particular venue with the vision of having her outdoor ceremony amongst the beautiful fall foliage. Except the week leading up to the wedding was the rainiest weekend in Boston in like forever. Oops. So we were dealing with emo train wreck of a bride...who had to use the indoor alternate location that happened to be absolutely gorgeous--a ballroom with lots of sparkly white lighting, pretty draping from the ceiling and gorgeous floors (I remember the other MOHs and I walking into rehearsal looking at each other being like she's bawling about getting married in THIS?!?)

Cue to the wedding day. Our call time at salon is 6 am since it's noon wedding and venue is in middle of nowhere (apparently totally inconvenient for OOT guests as far as lodging and transportation because cabs sucked). Bride still a mess. We just start drinking cuz at this point we have been dealing with her madness throughout the process. Good thing we finally officially survive the wedding to arrive at the reception and it is...CASH BAR. YUP. Gorgeous venue, designer dress, large guest list and cash bar. Good thing my parents were also guests at the wedding since credit cards weren't accepted and dad is always know to carry cash.

I was also in the car with bride/groom on way to after party since wedding ended at 5. They were tearing into envelopes so they could grab cash and drop checks off at the bank before their flight to Hawaii for their 10 day honeymoon the next day.

My FSIL had a stock the bar party for their wedding, so at least there was booze. The problem was they didn't have a bartender, or enough cups. They ordered personalized cups and there was literally 1 per person. If you wanted a new cup or lost yours, you were screwed. I played bartender all night. Food was crappy and cold.

The worst wedding Ive ever been to, hmm, well-They gave the wrong directions to the reception on their invitations, spelled the MOG's name wrong in the programs, the ceremony started at 3 and we didn't eat until after 8 because they spent HOURS taking pictures, open bar was for cocktail HOUR only and FH was waiting to have his order taken when they turned the sign around, soda wasn't included so we drank sulfur water all evening, the food was awful, and the DJ was booked last minute and it showed. I learned soooo much from that event haha

A friend's wedding. There was not enough chairs for everybody to sit. The plated food portion was so small people actually left the venue to go get food somewhere else and come back. I drove about an hour and a half there and literally left at 7:30. They had an iPod so no DJ. The food and the music was awful I had to get out of there.

At FH's cousin's wedding years ago that he went to half the guests didn't get food because someone messed up big time.

For our wedding our biggest concern was always the food so that's why we wanted a buffet so if someone is still hungry we/you can get up and get more.

Worse wedding- We went to a wedding that only served wine for free and had to pay for everything else. It was $8 a beer. Everyone left at 10pm because it was effecting their wallets.

Hands down was my older cousins and his wifes. They had it in her hometown of Lima, Ohio. It was mid august and the church had no ac. The reception was a cash bar and the buffet Arbis roast beef and curly fries. The one bridesmaid got hammered, pulled her dress up under her armpits and showed off her goods....to the whole reception. She had to be carried out of the reception while bawling. Oh and it was biker week in Lima and we stayed in a hotel full of hells angels.

The wedding where my mother had a worm in her salad.

Worst wedding? A cousin of mine had 300+ guests and the reception venue just didn't fit the amount of guests there. There was hardly a dance floor, the food ran out quickly and there was no booze. Boring!!

The bride was a snot and didn't even mingle with her guests or ever send out thank you notes.

She has a child now who is 9 months old and she sent me a FB message asking why I never sent her daughter a gift... Asshole....

I went to fsils wedding last month, outdoor ceremony in the middle of summer, no shade. It was self catered and was super short. For her bridal shower her invite was "hey since im seeing you now at my work my bridal shower is tomorrow bring gifts" anyhow the reception of her wedding lasted maybe 30 mins and it was done and everyone was leaving, and they didnt even have a cake to cut...

View Quoted Comment Was reading this thread for entertainment, but this popped out. Explaining how communion works is not rude and happens at many Catholic ceremonies. Catholics believe that the host and wine given in communion is the body and blood of Christ, and they also believe people need to share this belief to be prepared to receive it. It's not about worthiness so much as respect for what Catholics believe is happening in the sacrament. Catholics consider it respectful for those who don't share their beliefs to refrain from taking the host, and it is not a source of shame or exclusion (I have done it many, many times)

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I've been to 2 self-catered weddings, and my experiences have been nothing but wonderful. And I tend to be on the more particular side of things. haha! Just depends on the amount of guests, and the quality of the prep abilities of who is doing it. Me and my FH are having his aunt and uncle cater, because they used to run a catering business. Their food is AMAZING. and he's giving me exactly what I want - serving stations.