Wedding Horror Stories

[2BOYMOM]

My husband and I have been married twice - to each other. Our first wedding was a totally boring affair - reception in the basement of the church, that type thing.

We decided for the 2nd one that it would be more fun. We were to get married on my sister's deck who lives on Lake Travis outside of Austin, TX. The wedding was in April of 2003. First of all, my sister had bought these really pretty hibiscus for the deck and the night before, deer came up on the deck and stripped them all. Every leaf, every flower, completely naked.

Then, my sister's air conditioner went out and they couldn't get anyone to come look at it until Monday, so it was hot as heck and all my make up slid off and my hair was just pulled back into a pony tail, that's all I could do with it. My brother in law had located us a retired minister who was a member of his rotary club and he insisted on referring to him as "the preacher man". Well, time for the wedding and the minister arrives and is waiting in the dining room. We are all in my sister's bedroom trying to stay cool when my DS (who is 13 at that time) strolls in and says, "that preacher man's pants are unzipped". Well, we had all had a few beers (trying to stay cool) and it was soooooo funny. None of us could stop laughing long enough to go tell him. Finally, my brother in law did the deed since he is the one who located "the preacher man" anyway.

So I got my wish, it was a really fun wedding! Afterwards we feasted on fajitas and frozen margaritas and had a great time.


Kim

P.S. I "marched in" to Open Arms by Journey this time. Much more fun than the typical wedding march.

 

[T1130]

Not really a horror story but when it came time for me to say my vows I got so nervous I got a bad case of the giggles. My dh kept whispering the lines to me but I couldn`t not get them out of my mouth. Finally I was able to contol myself and say them.

 

[boucheresq]

I also went to the wedding where the parents of the bride and groom (in same car) were involved in a pretty bad car accident from the church to the reception - thankfully no one serious hurt, but the reception started pretty late.

 

[Missy1961]

Over 20 years ago, I went to a cousin's wedding. She seemed a little low key--she was usually very bubbly and fun. She just did the basic dances--the first one with her groom & the one with her dad. Well, it turns out her younger brother (about 16 at the time) had the chicken pox before the wedding. They thought they kept him away from her, but I guess they didn't--she had the chicken pox at the wedding--and it was a bad case! They couldn't go on the honeymoon, she was so sick. Luckily, all the guests had had them already, so no-one else got sick. They're still married, with 2 great kids.

 

[KelNottAt]

Since most of my bridesmaids had to come in from out of town, my bachlorette party was Thursday before the Saturday wedding. I got way too drunk and was sick and hungover all day Friday and through the rehearsal. I couldn't keep anything down that day so the lack of nutrition and hangover dehydration landed me in the ER at 7:00 am Saturday morning.

I spent the next 6 hours receiving 5 litres of IV fluids. I was late to the salon and missed the "girls day of beauty" I planned and paid for for the maids and mothers. (But at least I made it. Whew!) Thank goodness it was a 6:00 pm ceremony.

Everything went fine at the church.

At the reception a few minor problems: The air conditioning went out in the banquet room. In August, in Maryland! Ugh. Talk about dog days. It finally came on about halfway through.

When I threw my bouquet it got caught in the chandelier. I had to do it over with my sister's bouquet (matron of honor).

Kelley

 

[Shugardrawers]

It was my first wedding. I knew down inside things wouldn't work out for us but by that point I felt trapped so I was going through with it. I stood in front of the minister thinking "I give us two years." I was dead on. Anyway, our reception was outdoors and it started out a lovely day. By the time it was time to cut the cake the wind was starting to kick up. As we stood there having the requisite cake cutting photos taken a big gust of wind came up and blew the ceramic bride and groom off the top of the cake and on to the concrete where they shattered in a million pieces. It was deadly silent as I'm sure everyone realized what a BAAAD omen that was!

Later, we went to the hotel. Just as I was slipping into my wedding night lingerie there was a knock at the door. Ex DH opened it to find all his buddies and 2 kegs of beer. I quickly threw on a robe and he invited them in . Many hours later I finally gave up and went in the other room to go to bed. I awoke to find one of Dh's friends wearing my wedding gown and in bed next to me. DH was passed out on the bathroom floor. I had spent my wedding night with my new husband and 12 of his closest friends. I quietly got dressed and went home. I should have changed the locks while I was at it!

My second wedding was filled with good omens and romance. We've been married twice as long as I was to the first Mr. Shug and he still gives me butterflies!

 

[lissawynn]

My dad's wife gets drunk at all of our family functions, and my wedding was no exception. The best part of her drunken ramblings is when her low self-esteem kicks in and she asks EVERYONE if they think she's sexy. That's what I remember as one of the lowlights of our wedding.
Also, DH"s sisters thought it would be funny to steal plates, flatware, etc, from our wedding. Because we had our reception at a Christmas tree farm, we had to rent all of those things. A month later I got a charge from the rental company for $67.00 for missing items. When I asked one of my SIL about it, she laughed it off. She told me they always do stuff like that. I felt like asking for a check for $67.00. I don't think she would have though that was too funny.

 

[KimR]

My DD was a flowergirl in a wedding back in February 2003. Unbeknownst to the bride, there was a Basketball tournament, and a few other huge conventions going on and Atlanta was unable to handle the traffic. It was honestly the worst traffic I'd ever seen; it was so bad streets were shut down and after around 5:00 or 6:00 forget about getting anywhere.

The bride and wedding party were all able to make it to the church because we had to arrive early to prep for pictures; however the seamstress who had her dress wasn't able to get to the church until around 7:00 (the time the wedding was supposed to start). Most of the guests had to be contacted and told to forget about getting to the church and just try to make it to the reception, so turnout for the actual wedding was sparse. At one point, we weren't even sure if her dress would arrive. I felt terrible for the bride; however her dress arrived (the panicked seamstress found a policeman, explained the situation, and was given police escort to the church!) We were able to finally take the pictures and the wedding went on, albeit late. We then went on to the reception, which was in a more accessible location, thankfully. Still, about half the people had gotten turned away due to roads being closed and had to return home. Honestly, I felt so bad for her. I would've been a basket case, but by the time the reception came, she was able to laugh it all off and a great time was had by all.

 

[MsDisney23]

Less than one week before my wedding, The place where I was to have my very formal reception burned to the ground! It was like planning the wedding all over again! I will never forget the phone call and the stress!

 

[becka]

I gave my DH such a hard time about making sure that his friends got to the church on time and without any "issues". I was convinced that if anything went wrong with the wedding it would be because of his buddies forgetting to show up or without their tux, etc..

Anyway as it turns out I was the one that had all kinds of problems with my bridesmaids. My maid-of-honor had to attend her brother's high school graduation the night before the wedding (3 hours away) and was going to miss the rehersal but she was going to drive down after the graduation and be there overnight. Well her car broke down on the Interstate about 2 hours away. She ended up not getting to the church until about 1 hour before the wedding. I was so worried she was going to miss the whole thing.

Another one of my bridesmaids was flying in from DC and she missed her flight. She got there late on the afternoon before the wedding and we just barely maid it to the store in order to get her dress picked up.

One of DH's cousins who was going to be a candlelighter decided at the last minute that she couldn't do it so I had to recruite a friend of mine the morning of the wedding to fill in. Thankfully she was wearing a blue dress that fit in.

The worst thing for me was when I was in the chapel about 90 minutes before the ceremony. I noticed that my DH's candle in the unity candle set was a little off-center so I went to fix it and promptly broke it in two!!! I didn't know what I was going to do! My Dad ran down to the gas station and bought a little lighter that we then used to try to weld the two pieces back together. It didn't look the best but it appeared to hold. I had someone go tell my DH what had happened and to be VERY CAREFUL with the candle when he picked it up to light the unity candle. I had visions of our welding job coming undone and him dropping the candle on me, himself or lighting the alter on fire! Poor DH was so nervous picking up that candle and you could see the fear in his eyes. Thankfully the candle held together. After the ceremony we never assigned anyone to blow out the candles before the reception. When we went back to get them they were almost all melted. Our unity candle was just a huge ugly puddle of wax. I always told DH that couldn't be a good sign!

 

[DwarfMaster]

We got married in Las Vegas ~ For some reason I thought it would be a great idea to keep our plane tickets in the box with my wedding shoes. I knew I would never forget to take my shoes, so I wouldn't have to worry about losing the plane tickets.
It was nearly midnight ~ we were flying out at 6am the next morning, I couldn't find our tickets. I ripped apart our suitcases, I had packed my shoes in the suitcase and threw away the shoebox. So here we are, hours before our plane leaves...outside in the middle of the night....ripping through garbage bags looking for our plane tickets. Eventually we found them, I repacked our suitcases & we went on our way.
Got to Las Vegas ~ apparently with all the commotion, I forgot to re-pack my shoes. Walked down the isle in sandals.

 

[MerryPoppins]

My flower girl had a meltdown and refused to wear the flowers in her hair or walk down the aisle. I had a stuffed animal to give her, so we bribed her with that and she finally came through, but not too cheerfully.

In the middle of the service, my dad jumped up and caught my MOH as she fainted. She had an ear infection and was really sick. Poor thing. The look on my face at that part of the video is priceless.

The night of the rehearsal, I went to the reception hall to check out the decorations that were already up. The tables were already skirted, so I left wrapped gifts for my servers under one of the tables thinking they'd be safe. They weren't. Someone stole them.

Friends from Mexico had clay doves made for the reception. We had a large pair and little ones for each table. The florists dropped the large ones on the floor and smashed them into a million pieces.

And the next morning, we were up early and got ready for our flight. We'd only unloaded overnight cases from the car, since we were leaving for Florida the next morning. DH asked me to get the tickets out. I put my hand in the pocket of the suitcase. . . no tickets. We both conducted a frantic search. No tickets anywhere. So DH runs down to the car and digs through all the suitcases. No tickets. He comes back to the room. Meanwhile, I'm tearing the room apart. No tickets. In desperation, I put my hand back in the pocket of the first suitcase and there they were. I guess I had slid my hand down beside them the first time. So we almost missed our flight. My parents and my new in-laws were all irritated. They'd come to the airport to see us off and we barely got to say hello as we rushed to our flight. I know they thought we were the most disorganized couple ever. But we've been married almost 21 years.

 

[princess pooh]

I'll get back to this thread 5 months from now after my wedding. Let's see...I'm clumsy and always spill stuff, I have no idea what my bridesmaids will be wearing, We have 2 flower girls under the age of two, and the best man once threw the groom onto the floor at another wedding. I should have some great stories for you

 

[jellymanoffspring]

I'll get back to this thread 5 months from now after my wedding. Let's see...I'm clumsy and always spill stuff, I have no idea what my bridesmaids will be wearing, We have 2 flower girls under the age of two, and the best man once threw the groom onto the floor at another wedding. I should have some great stories for you

and we can't wait to hear them!!

Have a wonderful wedding and a fantastic marriage!!!

 

[mickeyboat]

My bridesmaids and I had gone to the church and reception hall the morning of the wedding to decorate. When we returned to the hotel all of the guests were standing outside, the fire alarm was blaring and the fire trucks were pulling into the parking lot. Someone (my brother, I think) was smoking in the elevator and set off the fire alarm. I broke down in tears, but my dad said if there was really a fire, he would go back into the hotel to retrieve my dress.

Thank goodness DH got to the church plenty early with his groomsmen. When they arrived they spotted a bat flying around the altar. They batted it down with a long-handled collection basket, and trapped it underneath it with a hymnal. They released it outside.

Denae

 

[krissy3483]

Last Summer I went to 2 interesting weddings.

At the first wedding everything went fine until the reception when the bride and all her friends got smashed. They kicked the DJ out of the reception and played rap music from a small stereo system. The bride was dirty dancing with the groom's father and was later found out back doing bad things with him.
The groom was ticked and went on the honeymoon to Florida without his wife.
They are still married though, but she's pregnant and isn't sure who the father is.

At the second wedding the bride's dress started to fall apart. During the reception the bride's mother and the bridesmaids dresses started falling apart, too. The owner of the bridal shop that sold all the gowns never had the dresses altered and in fact had them basted.. except the bride's dress which she quickly altered on her sewing machine with the wrong colored thread and just randomly decided where to alter it. The dress was so tight her mother had to cut the back and hand sew ribbon to tie in the back. The store owner was shut down by the attorney general. Also, the photographer was later arrested for molesting children, but when the wedding photos came back about 1/3 of them were of the bride's 5 yo daughter only. Sick.

and double

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Last Summer I went to 2 interesting weddings.

At the first wedding everything went fine until the reception when the bride and all her friends got smashed. They kicked the DJ out of the reception and played rap music from a small stereo system. The bride was dirty dancing with the groom's father and was later found out back doing bad things with him.
The groom was ticked and went on the honeymoon to Florida without his wife.
They are still married though, but she's pregnant and isn't sure who the father is.

At the second wedding the bride's dress started to fall apart. During the reception the bride's mother and the bridesmaids dresses started falling apart, too. The owner of the bridal shop that sold all the gowns never had the dresses altered and in fact had them basted.. except the bride's dress which she quickly altered on her sewing machine with the wrong colored thread and just randomly decided where to alter it. The dress was so tight her mother had to cut the back and hand sew ribbon to tie in the back. The store owner was shut down by the attorney general. Also, the photographer was later arrested for molesting children, but when the wedding photos came back about 1/3 of them were of the bride's 5 yo daughter only. Sick.

I think those are 2 of the worst stories I have ever heard!!!

 

[Chicago526]

Wow! At least most of these stories turn out okay. Keep 'em comming!

 

[Shugardrawers]

Forgot to add there was an incident at my 2nd wedding. Not a disaster but pretty funny. My nephew who was 3 at the time was our ring bearer. His parents each assumed the other was keeping an eye on him just before the wedding was about to start. He turned up in the bathroom of the chapel playing in the toilet. He was SOAKED!! It was just minutes before the ceremony so there was no time to change his clothes. DSis took him to the end of the aisle and told him to go see daddy who was in the front row. DNephew took off like a shot, hauling butt down the aisle as fast as his little legs would carry him holding the ring pillow in the air like a kite. Fortunately, I was smart enough to only tie a fake ring on the pillow. Then DSis started down the aisle. Sans bouqet. I had worked SO hard making the bouquets myself. I was so upset she didn't carry it. I still tease her about that. It could have been a total disaster but as long as I was Mrs. Muffin at the end of it all, it would still have been the best day of my life.

 

[robinb]

The police were called to my wedding.

We were married at Gates of Heaven temple in the early 80's. The temple sits on the corner of James Madison Park, right in front of the park's basketball hoops. It's really quite a nice place and had been a Synagogue back in the 1800's and was moved to its present location way before I moved to Madison. We had arranged for a horse and carriage to take the wedding party (only 6 of us total) down toward the University and then back to the Capital Square where the reception was to take place with some photo stops. The carriage was late. It was almost 30 minutes late and everyone was just standing around.

My brother-in-law said he would call the carriage company. This is before everyone and their dog had a cell phone, so my BIL went to the pay phone on the corner. There was a young woman on the phone, so he waited patiently for about 5 minutes. Finally, he said something like: "Excuse me. May I use the phone for a minute? I need to make a very important call." Well ... the young woman ignored him. It was the only phone around, so my BIL waited a couple of minutes and asked again. The woman then slammed the phone down and called him nasty names. Then, called to the young men playing basketball nearby "Hey all you brothers! Come on over and help me out! It's a white on black thing!". The young men took a couple steps toward the phone, saw who was calling him (it turns out she was a regular druggie nut-job) and they went back to playing basketball.

Whew. One race riot avoided.

Annoyed at her lack of support, she picked the phone up, dialed 9-1-1 and cried "Please don't hurt me! He's hitting me! Please, please, help me!", hung up the phone and left.

At least my BIL could make his call.

The carriage was on the way. They had the time wrong and it was expected in a few minutes. But not until after the police pulled up, sirens and flights going. The police were interviewing my sister, BIL and another guest when the carriage finally arrived. And parked right in front of the police.

The bride lost it.

I started yelled "Get the $*^(&^% carriage from in front of the police and pull it around the $*&*^%^ corner!", turned on my heel and looked into the faces of my brand-new relatives. Ooopsie.

My sister and BIL were released once the police determined that the caller was the well know druggie nut-job. It seems she had pulled the same trick before and the police think she was annoyed because we had the bad timing and interrupted a drug deal. My sister and BIL piled in the carriage (which was around the corner by that time ) and he all took off on our relaxing ride. Thank goodness we had champagne.