Interesting idea, but a majority of people aren’t going to do it.
1.The brides aunt died on the dance floor while dancing.
2.I was at a dry wedding where the main theme was books.
Edward Cisneros
Interesting idea, but a majority of people arent going to do it.
People were also purposely not put with people they knew, in attempt to make people socialize with others.
I had friends get married in a forest.
It was a stretch of meager woods between two cornfields.
The entire event was a nightmare.
4.They did a potluck wedding, but no one brought any food.
Everyone left after the first dance.
It was freezing and the reception was in a marquee… there were very few heaters.
Him getting drunk on the morning of the wedding and stinking of cheap rum.
His family falling out on the day of the wedding and half of them deciding not to attend.
His best mans speech turning in to a fundamentalist Christian lecture about the holy spirit.
Him desperately searching for a honeymoon on the hotel computer because he had forgotten to book anything.
8.My wifes and my mutual friend hates Star Wars.
Just cant stand it.
Her husbands is a crazed fan.
She planned their wedding, he made lots of changes.
Before the ceremony, he had the chapel play that never ending bar song.
When he walked to the front of the chapel, he had Darth Vaders Imperial March playing.
She walked down the aisle to the Star Wars theme song.
She hated the entire thing and was visibly bothered by it.
He thought it was amazing, a life dream.
They tell their son, Anakin, about their wedding day all the time.
Nope, not a joke.
9.Went to a wedding once where you could just feel the tension in the air.
One of the sets of in-laws didnt seem to like the new spouse (cant remember which side).
The ceremony goes ok until the vows.
The couple wrote their own.
But they wrote them in heavy sarcasm.
Im a fan of sarcasm but theres a time and a place for everything.
Wedding vows is not the time or the place for sarcasm.
Bride walks down the isle and the preacher starts to do his thing.
Its a large church so hes hooked up to a mic and speaker system.
About a minute in the connection starts to go out.
The speakers are making horrible sounds and his words are breaking up terribly.
Nobody every came out to take a stab at fix it.
He didnt even take his mic off and just venture to speak loudly.
He just continued like that for the remainder of the ceremony.
This was what cemented my No Kids policy for my own wedding ceremony.
11.You want to kill a wedding?
Put speeches an hour after dinner and have that happen for three hours.
Not a lot of time to dance and socialize left over when the venue was closing at midnight.
I was feeling sick so I should have left sooner.
12.A former boss held his wedding at the family cottage on a lake.
The theme of the wedding appeared to be get the lake house ready for the wedding.
Centerpieces were candid photos of the whole family cleaning trees, planting flowers.
ALL speeches were nothing but praise for the family coming together to create such a nice wedding site.
It was like the wedding itself wasnt important, just the fact that they got ready for it.
13.The wedding party was late for EVERYTHING.
We ate cold roast beef and the scrapings of a Caesar salad at 9:30 at night.
14.First, the very long Catholic ceremonys sermon had the premise of get her pregnant as soon as possible.
Second, it turned out to be a dry wedding.
Third, the only food was an appetizer buffet.
I left very sober, hungry, confused and bewildered.
Fiance and i congratulated the couple and left ASAP and went to Burger King.
Chicken fries were 10/10
16.It was pretty obvious that none of the non-family guests liked the bride.
Food was pretty inedible.
Venue was not accessible, and some guests were handicapped.
And also everyone left after dessert.
The wedding ended very early.
17.Went to a Viking heathen wedding, cosplay and all the mead.
Only, the bride was already plastered.
And she was a mean drunk who started a pretty big fight with her husband in front of everyone.
18.My older sisters wedding.
Awkward doesnt even begin to describe that scenario.
No DJ, so they had a Spotify playlist that was exclusively dance music.
Someone hacked the laptop, started putting on 00s rock music the Killers etc.
Everyone was on the floor.
Groom grabbed the laptop back (mid song), techno goes back on, everyone leaves dance floor.
20.We went to a wedding for one of my wifes old college friends.
The wedding ceremony was nice, but the reception was pretty bad.
We get seated at a table full of strangers, so that was awkward.
Then came time for the dessert bar.
We were all told there wasnt going to be dinner, just desserts.
So we all get in line for the deserts.
The poor cook was having to plate rib roast on top of plates full of deserts.
Who planned to have the carving station at the end and not the beginning of the line?
Also the only thing to drink was water or iced tea.
21.I went to a family friends wedding.
22.They wanted to be traditional and accommodating to all their familys desires.
It just felt sooo thick and stuffy.
The reception between the ceremony and dinner was only 30 minutes, so everyone quickly had two beers.
Then it was a single glass of wine with the main course.
After 3-4 lifeless hours of speeches the dance-floor opened up at like 10pm and they opened the bar.
People hit the bar HARD at this point and some got way too drunk.
At midnight there was a fist fight.
Why was it bad?
Well I wouldnt call it a disaster, it was just boring.
They wanted to do too much, and included too many people in the planning process.
It didnt leave any room for people to have fun and talk to family or friends.
Both were okay, but awkward.
The tables were too close together.
She was trying not to cry the whole time.
And the dancing was terrible.
I still get an extra bump of cringe every time I hear that song.
For those curious, Kryptonite couple is divorced.
Wizard of Oz couple is together to my knowledge.
24.We were told it was going to be open bar, and it wasnt.
The only free thing was water and ice.
The liquor store down the road made brisk business that day.
The bar at the venue did not.
It was raining, mud everywhere, heels ruined.
The bride was my bratty cousin.
I held the umbrella for her so she didnt get wet.
There also wasnt enough food.
So wet, ruined heels, no food.
As soon as the bride went inside for the bathroom, I got outta there.
I stuffed my face with fast food on the way home.
26.One of my cousins wedding.
The couple were both were really happy and sweet.
Everyone was having a good time and were a bit tipsy from all the alcohol.
Out came our weird aunt and kept grinding against every visible male member present.
That was forever immortalized in their wedding video.
27.Shotgun wedding between a couple 17 year old kids.
Thankfully there was alcohol but we were the only table drinking it.
The bar staff were bored out of their minds.
My ex was seated at the same table as my (then boyfriend) husband and I.
It honestly was really sad the amount of closeted gay guys there was in that room.
29.It was my brothers wedding.
There were a lot of trashy and classic things.
But in retrospect what really made it bad was that it foreshadowed a lot of bad.
At his own wedding he stole his thunder by announcing they were pregnant after hiding it to that point.
And did it minutes before the ceremony for everyone to hear.
Bride looked pissed through the entire thing, Im pretty sure she didnt approve.
I dont just mean the ceremony, i mean the entire night.
I will be a great husband, the best husband.
And, the BEST father.
30.Fancy wedding at an award-winning restaurant, groom was head chef.
Maybe 100 or so guests.
Stoked to eat some great food.
Everyone grabs their drinks and starts to get a bit tipsy.
Food starts coming out.
Everyone is lined up buffet style.
Four of those hotel pans of food come out and are quickly emptied.
Most sit back down or grab another drink.
Another half hour passes.
People get more drunk.
Food still isnt coming out.
Bride, groom, and family seem completely unfazed.
Flash forward two hours.
Everyone is completely trashed and angry/confused AF.
Were in a restaurant.
The groom is a chef.
A drunk 13 year old girl stole my hat.
We went to Taco Bell.
31.They ran out of bottled water at a reception in a non air conditioned church in July.
There werent cups on the tables either so we couldnt even fill them at a sink or drinking fountain.
There was no alcohol which is fine but I dont really dance without being a few drinks deep.
We left immediately after the cake cutting, drenched in sweat.
32.Im going to say my cousins daughters wedding.
It was in Labor Day weekend and it felt like the hottest day ever.
We drove an hour to get to this barn in the middle of bum-fuck nowhere.
He was 300lbs and had the suit jacket with the vest still on.
We finally made it through the service and we got into the barn for the reception.
No fans and no air conditioning.
It was 100 people crammed into a barn in 98 degree weather.
This was the barns first wedding with everything brand new.
My mother went to sit down and the chair split in half.
It would have been a beautiful wedding if it wasnt the same temperature as Hell.
33.My brothers wasnt bad, but it was kind of annoying.
We were essentially just watching a womans lips flapping while my sister-in-law was wearing a nice dress.
34.Went to a couples wedding who were both on their second wedding.
The dude was rich so everything was pretty nice.
Except they decided a DJ wasnt needed.
She made a playlist from Youtube and had that playing.
But that wasnt the worst part.
More than half the songs were Pitbull.
He was on every playlist, sometimes in a row, and songs were repeated.
Just acoustic guitar while pictures were being taken.
35.Ive never been to a bad wedding, but Ive been to weddings with bad moments.
One of the worst was a catholic wedding where the priest was cracking sexist jokes, covering horrible stereotypes.
He talked for almost 30 minutes, and it was like a terrible stand-up show.
He said things like-
-As we all know, men and women are different.
Women love shopping, and men love working with their hands.
I mean, women, am I right??
-Men and womens brains are different.
While mens brains are organized and logical, womens brains are like a bowl of spaghetti.
So when youre having communication problems, just remember you love spaghetti and it makes sense to her!
My husband and I were trying really hard not to laugh.
Other than that, it was a lovely and super fun wedding!
My parents and I have helped him through a lot of trouble in his life prison, addiction etc.
Hes clean and clear now but I dont think hes ever understood what those years did to our family.
And in typical white people fashion we never talk about it.
His wife was wedding CRAZY so it was all about her, which is fine except.
Who had given them $20k for the wedding.
We were then the last table to get to go to the buffet by which time nothing was left.
Oh and of course there was no alcohol.
My husband and I went through McDonalds on the way home.
It just showed me that people never change, hes still an idiot.
Now hes just an idiot with a wife.
37.Parents of the bride were divorced and it was clearly not amicable.
She had to do two separate father-daughter dances to two complete songs.
It was most awkward 4 hours of my life.
Her and fiance have a pretty clear idea of what they want.
39.The bride and groom totally skimped on the food.
The plated three course meal had no options and the portions were tiny and the food was not filling.
My fruit salad and ice cream desert looked like carrot shavings.
41.My fiances brother got married earlier this year.
I was one of the groomsmen and between his mother and myself, we became the last 15%.
Bartenders have the heaviest of pours.
People are starting to get really drunk.
Towards the end the bartender starts handing entire bottles to attendees to get rid of it.
Groom was double fisting wine bottles at one point.
The Mom obviously loses her mind and sends me to go find the groom because explanations are needed.
I get him up and carry him back to the barn where his buddies nurse him back to life.
I come back to report to his mom who is furiously cleaning up.
Needless to say my report did not help her fury.
Everyone was freezing their asses off.
The Brides dead Father had recorded a message for her.
She didnt know about it.
They had to stop the wedding for an hour while she cried.
The bridesmaids cried with her.
10/10 worst wedding Ive ever been to.
(Also the food was mediocre)
43.My brothers wedding.
My family is mormon and he got married inside the mormon temple.
you could only watch the ceremony if you are a mormon with a mormon bishops approval.
I didnt have approval and neither did my parents.
44.Oh man this one is easy.
Gives a 30 minute sermon about gods will ( neither of these people getting married are religious).
They go and take pictures, it takes two and a half hours.
It starts to become night time and everyone is in dress clothes waiting for the pictures to finish up.
Still no food and everyone is starving and freezing to death.
Then finally it was food time.
Apparently the catering company drove all the food pre-made from hours away.
At least we would get cake.
They brought out little cheese cake bites that were cut in to little squares.
I ate one and knew the gig was up.
It was the tell tale sign of Sara Lee cheese cake.
It was kind of crazy and I left I was too cold to be out there during that.
Did I mention there were turkey vultures circling the building as we arrived?!
46.Probably my cousins wedding.
It was nice, there was nothing wrong with the wedding itself.
But a lot of people were/are very confused by their relationship.
N one knows she talked to her mom about it except me, my mom and my sister.
I dont even think her husband knows.
47.Went to a low-cost wedding.
It wasnt the low budget that made it bad, but several things stemming from that.
They never specified that it was a casual wedding to anyone other than close friends and family.
I showed up overdressed.
Most people were in t-shirts and dirty jeans.
The other 1/3rd were more dressed up than the entire wedding party.
The reception was held in this tiny community room you could rent.
It stunk like cigarettes.
Im just being honest when I say the food was absolutely disgusting.
Vienna sausages in a now cold, sweet sauce, wilted veggie platter, cold canned chili.
Two more hours passed before the bride and groom finally showed up.
Once they got there the bride and groom just went over to their table and sat there.
At that point me and the group of people I came with decided to say congrats and leave.
I dont even know why we stayed for so long.
And yes they are still happily married 10+ years later.
It was just a very poorly planned budget wedding.
Anyway, instead of the seasonal average of like 65-70, we had 45 with wind and rain.
Even if my tux with the jacket and all, it was chilly.
The bridesmaids were shivering.
The rain was blowing in because the patio was covered, but there werent walls or anything…
I love the idea of outdoor weddings, but I dont think Id do it.
Ive been to four and only once has had the weather be cooperative.
49.This was because of my wifes family.
We wanted to keep the wedding very small.
I had my parents, brother and 4 friends.
My wife invited her parents, brother and grandmother.
Her grandmother took it upon herself to invite the entire side of my wifes family.
We had over 100 unexpected guests that acted as if they were insulted that they had to be there.
The good news is, my wife kicks ass, going on 15 years.
She should never have married her husband.
It was painful to watch her just lock herself into this darkness/nihilation of self.
I could see she even knew thats what was happening, somewhere deep inside.
So many things happened which made it clear what was happening and even why.
It was like she was mouring all of her lost chances.
No excitement, no mention of her husband to be.
We also drove her to the wedding.
Neither I nor my husband (her second best friend) were invited to be in her wedding party.
It was strange, and so many people the next day would say Oh, youre her best friend!
She talks about you all the time!
Her matron of honor and bridesmaid were her husbands best mans family.
They did not contribute to helping her get ready.
It was like she didnt want us, the people who care about her, involved in this.
She had clearly learned her lack of value at home…
His vows were mostly jokes for the audience.
Loving her was never mentioned.
Despite her asking him not to, he violently smushed the cake in her face.
I helped her clean up.
It was deeply up her nostrils, in her hair, in her eyes.
Bridemaids tried to take pictures while laughing until I menacingly threw them out of the bathroom.
It took me a while to make her vaugely presntable again.
I offered again to just take her with me, far less jokingly.
This time she was quiet and a little teary but did not respond.
Best mans speech was about her husband mostly, with a story about how clumsy she is.
I had to walk outside.
In the end, this was her choice.
She spent the following ten years- so far- feeding the worst, saddest parts of herself.
Thank God they never had children.
I know they havent had sex in at least 4 years.
It was a wedding, but it felt like watching someone commit suicide.
