Worst Wedding You've Ever Been To?

Thankfully I haven't been to a wedding like any of these mentioned! This is what I like about living in Oklahoma, weddings come in all different shapes and sizes, and all of them are beautiful in their own way. And I have never been to a wedding with gaps!

These stories are outstanding. I feel terrible for all you ladies who had to go through this, but they are really really entertaining.

My FH's cousin was getting married, and after the church ceremony, we had to drive an hour and a half to a reception site that was in a tent in the parking lot of a B&B. In heels and formal wear, we hiked a quarter mile from the parking lot to the site only to have them still setting up. The only bathroom was in the spooky B&B that you could only reach by an uneven gravel road in pitch black, a good 200 yards away from the tent. The highlight of the wedding was the multitude of random cats that kept showing up throughout the reception and jumping in people's laps and tripping up the few people that were trying to dance.

I was at just a really low budget wedding where it felt more like a house party..if you could even call it that. It was a potluck with a million crock pots- yes the food was ok because it was home cooked, but paper plates and plastic utensils...eh.....plus no booze, and it was from like 1-6 pm so it was an awkward time...just my opinion though. I'm all about doing whatever makes the couple happy but it was super boring for guests. I would've liked it more if it was an outdoor picnic probably rather than in a crummy rented hall.

p.s they got divorced. i serioulsy disliked him anyway so yeah.

WAH! WE HAVE A GAP! hahahaha. nothing we can do about it though... that's what happens when a church gives you set times for the ceremony.

I was dating my ex husband at the time and went to his cousins wedding. They warned me it was sure to be crazy but I had no idea what I was in for....tiny tiny church, too many people, smelly dogs, a boombox attended to by the aunt was their source of ceremony music. BMs were legitimately in their homecoming dresses. Awkward receiving line after....

Reception wasn't bad, but was just a pizza party (the groom managed a pizza shop) and cupcakes in their backyard. The best part? Their little boy came running out of the bathroom naked yelling "Someone needs to come wipe my butt!". I should have taken such event as a warning not to marry my ex lol.

Wow, weddings vary so much despite all the wedding expert advice found online. Heh, maybe I should have had a cash bar & drink wedding... Less complaints from commentators.

No truly bad weddings here, but a lot were just at church where everything was a potluck and there weren't any seating arrangements. All in all just happy ppL are married and there's no heat!

As such no so far but I yes if you talk about bad experience then a lot .Which I think are cons of most of our weddings.

Lolol thanks Kathleen, it really wasn't terrible, I had some friends to chat with at least. She had a photo booth before photobooths got really big, and the four of us bridesmaids tried to get some pictures but it was as tiny as the booths in the mall so I was really squished and you could see only about half of my face in every picture. There weren't props either. Unfortunately we had to stay till the end to help with some of the cleanup. I'm just sooo excited to see what my friend thinks of our wedding, especially since she actually gets to see the ceremony! The only problem is that to her, weddings are just a house party essentially so she doesn't understand why we don't want her baby there (who will be 6 months old). Anyway, I know I've posted this pic before, but I thought I'd show you the bridesmaid dress I had to wear!

Oops double post.

"Worst weddings" threads can never be overdone. I love reading about all the things "Not To Do" during this planning process. Some time ago I was naïve and believed all weddings were perfect, just each uniquely different, until reading some of the stories here! Actually, I have gone to two weddings that were a burden on myself, as a guest, because of some things that could have been avoided by the couple/family planning:

My brother's wedding was held at a steak house in one of their function rooms. They had the ceremony and reception in same place. Well, the bride (my SIL) was 1 and a half hours late showing up or doing her thing whatever it was, but it definitely put us out having to sit there with no food or drink, not even water. I had to find a bar downstairs in the restaurant, pay for drinks (sodas, juice, beer) and deliver them upstairs for the 2 kids and older family at my table. Thank goodness I had some waitressing experience behind me, as I literally had to carry a drink tray upstairs to my brother and SIL's wedding. My poor elders were parched. UGH and they had family style, which is very nice, but the table became so overloaded nobody could eat comfortably, there was no service. The only service was when they brought out the food. Then we never saw them again. Back to the bar downstairs to order and deliver drinks to my table. I felt like I waitressed at my brothers wedding.

My FH's cousin had their wedding at a beautiful castle, in Ipswich, MA, overlooking the ocean. It was exquisite. The only problem, their wedding was held outdoors on a grassy hill. At least they warned us in their invite not to wear heals, and that it was more a summer casual wedding. Still, I felt a little dizzy, and not from the alcohol, from parting sideways all day.

My experiences aren't as off-the wall as some of these other stories though!

Rhonda! We're doing family style and your mention of the table being overloaded is a HUGE fear of mine. Not to get off-topic but were their centerpieces big? Any advice on how to avoid this?

The "worst" wedding I've ever been too really wasn't all that bad, it had wonderful food, beautiful venue, open bar. The reason why I consider it the worst was the bride had 2 photographers (both with their own assitants) and a videographer crew of about 3 people and they all followed her ALL DAMN NIGHT. It was near impossible to get near her or the groom to wish them well. They even set up umbrella lighting around the tiny dance floor during the first dance (which NO ONE could see around all the equipment). That wedding in particular turned me off of having too much paparazzi on my wedding day. I had one photographer and she stuck to the background.

These are fantastic! I mean, terrible that people think these things are okay, but definitely enjoyable to read!

I went to a few weddings last year. One of them was held at a VFW (which is fine...I know money can be tight), but all of the guests were required to pick up their chair from the ceremony and carry it over to whichever table they wanted to sit at. I didn't realize I'd have to do manual labor when I RSVP'd.

Another wedding was out in the middle of nowhere at the couple's home. They live out in the country with spiders, snakes, deer, etc. The guests had to sit on bails of hay (fine) but they didn't put anything on top of them. I tried to sit down in my dress and the hay poked through it. That hurts! Most of my family stood for the ceremony...all while dodging pellets of deer and dog poop. And then for dinner, we ate in the dark because the few candles they had on the tables wouldn't stay lit and that was the only lighting they had.

And let's not forget the one where the ceremony started at 7:30 and guests didn't get to eat dinner until after 9. That may be normal for some people, but my fiance and I are like little old people who eat at 5:30-6 every night lol.

Fun times!

I was in a wedding a few years back. It was in the middle of a heat wave in July here in the South. It was over 100 degrees. We had to wear short black dresses.... the Groom wouldn't let us wear our hair up. Seriously... YOU'RE BALLED, so of course you won't care much about heat.

We were also instructed to be barefoot.... on a hot deck at a private home. The ceremony was short but it felt like it took hours with hot bare feet! They didn't rent chairs. They had to use old, mouse/moth eaten campy lawn chairs for the deck. They were awful to set up, and really dirty.

The reception... well, they were planning on keeping everyone outside since it was a private home that wasn't ready for entertaining. As soon as the ceremony ended, everyone bolted inside. Just way too hot to do anything outside besides play in a pool (which they did have set up for just the kids). Clearly, the house was not supposed to be used that day for the wedding reception. There was crap everywhere. The house was a mess. The owners weren't dressed for a wedding, so that's how you know it wasn't apart of the plan.

I was glad when it was over. I was a BM who got there early to set up, made sure everything ran smoothly, and stayed late to help clean up while all of the other ladies (including the crappy MOH - she doesn't even speak to her anymore) left after the reception wrapped up.

Someone please start a "best wedding' thread!!! See, it's easy for me to think of worst weddings with absolutely no remorse because I'm not related to the couple. In many cases, I adore them, but I have no responsibility....(and I have to say that it's hard for me to even think of a terrible wedding beyond excessive lateness or terrible musicians/dj's/photographers.....)

But best weddings? I have plenty of those stories, and as someone here mentioned, it has nothing to do with budget, OOT bags, cute bridesmaids robes or the actual entree choices.

My friend cousin had her reception in a vfw hall that was only the size of a normal classroom. There was no seating chart so everyone was fighting about where to sit. There wasn't enough chairs so they put tables on the dance floor and then after dinner those people had to stand. They ran out of alcohol quickly but most of the wedding party managed to be plastered. The bride by the end pa the wedding couldn't walk she was sso drunk not to mention there were streamers everywhere and hard to eat dinner with plastic utensil

The only wedding that I went to that was a little bad was on a Sunday afternoon and it was totally because of the dj. He kept playing slow jams but there was a good amount of young people in attendance so there was barely any dancing. He finally got lovely at like the last 30min of the reception. Needless to say due to the boringness we were all taking shots at like noon.