Wedding mishaps....

[T1130]

My friend got married last week. During the cocktail hour the lights went out.At first everyone thought a fuse blew because the band was warming up. Well it turns out the whole town was out. The electricty did not come back on for two hours. I felt bad for my friend. At first she was very calm about the whole thing. Then after the first hour she started to cry.

Once the lights came back on it was a great wedding.

 

[RadioNate]

Well we got married in the middle of a hurricane. Luckily it was a Cat 1 and we were in Orlando so it wasn't too bad. Just a lot of rain.

What was hysterical was the fly that got trapped in my veil. I HATE bugs that fly so in our video you can see me twitching and getting all freaked out every time it flys by my ear.

My dress was a halter and the neck strap came unbuttoned during the ceremony. My MOH hands both bouquets to her sister to button me back up.

 

[RadioFanatic]

Just a few minor ones:

1. During the pre-ceremony photo shoot, the photographer lines up all of the girls around me. I had two MOH's - my sis and best friend. The photographer tries to line up people by size and since my DS was the shortest It was me, BF and DS. Well, DS has a conniption and starts crying and screaming that she wants to be next to me and she deserved to! Now ds and I aren't the closest in the world so this was a shock and boy was I mad - and she was 23 at the time!

2. I was excited that I found a dress with a detachable train so I could have it off during the reception. Well, it had a mind of its own and detached itself in the middle of the ceremony - it just went PLOP.

3. This one made me the saddest - we decided on no videographer b/c of the cost and a friend said he would do it for us. Well, in the middle of the ceremony, allegedly the battery died so we only have 20 minutes of the ceremony and nothing of the reception. That will always haunt me.

 

[robinb]

I almost had a race riot, the police were called to my wedding and my BIL was almost arrested. OK ... it sounds worse than it really was, LOL.

We had arranged for a horse and carriage to pick us up in front of the temple and we would have a nice ride down State Street then around the Capitol for some pictures and onto the reception which was just off the Capitol square. The carriage was not outside the temple to whisk us away after the wedding, so we thought we would call and find out where it was.

This was in the early 80's before everyone had cell phones, so my BIL offered to go to the pay phone on the corner to make the phone call. Unfortunately, there was someone already on the phone. He waited for about 5 minutes and then said politely something like: "Excuse me? May I use the phone quickly? My wife's sister just got married and I need to call about the horse and carriage." Well ... it seems that she was conducting some business on the phone and she gave him a face and turned her back on him.

He waited a couple minutes more and tried again. "Excuse me ..." She slammed the phone down and went off on him shouting at him and cursing him. She yelled at the top of her lungs to a group of men who was playing basketball nearby "All you brothers in the park, c'mon over! It's a white on black thing here!" They took a step or two toward her, saw who it was and went back to playing. Now she was really mad. She picks up the phone again, dials 9-1-1 and screams into the phone: "You fat balding white four-eyed MF! Don't touch me again! No! NO! NO! Don't hit me!!!" and slammed down the phone and left in a huff.

My BIL made his call and the carriage company said that they had the wrong time down and that the carriage was on the way. It arrived shortly after the police. I had a bit of a "moment" when I barked at the driver to move around the corner away from the police who were questioning my BIL, my sister and another guest about what happened. The ride was supposed to be for my DH and I, his brother and wife and my sister and husband so I had to wait for the police to get done with them.

My BIL said that he greeted the police with "I am the fat balding white four-eyed MF you must be looking for." The police talked to them for about 25 minutes. The woman was a well-known drug dealer in the area and had a long rap sheet. I had enough ... my champagne is getting warm! I sent my wedding photographer over to the police to get a picture or two to help move them along. It worked and we were finally on the road, almost an hour after my wedding was over.

 

[debbi801]

When my DH and I got married 7 yrs ago, it was the second wedding for both of us. We wanted to do something fun, not just for us, but for all the kids that would be invited too, my kids were 4 and 6 at the time. We decided to get married at our state's renaissance faire, because that is something that the 4 of us enjoyed going to and experiencing. We got married Labor Day week end 1999. The place where wedding ceremonies takes place is outside in an open to the elements amphitheater. We didn't think it was a big deal, since August and September are always very dry here. August was good, we actually had a state water shortage because of lack of rain. That changed, the week before the wedding. First we got hit by a tropical storm and it poured buckets the weekend before the wedding through Wednesday. Finally, the sun came out. For two days. Friday, the remnants of a hurricane hit. It rained and rained and rained. We had our rehearsal on Saturday. We were the only people at the faire, and even umbrellas and rain coats couldn't keep us dry between the rain and wind.

Sunday was the wedding. It stopped raining long enough to have the ceremony outside. Luckily, the place where the receptions are held is under roof. But, the ground was so sopping wet that all of our long dresses absorbed the water and mud up to our waists. All of us were soaked through. The wedding cake icing colors ran and bled into other icing colors. Luckily, that didn't affect the taste. My 4 yr old DD was the flower girl. In the video she is seen lifting her long dress up almost over her head to scratch an itch on her tummy. The Justice of the Peace we had hired to do our wedding discovered the wonders of mead before he married us and he was rip roaring drunk while he performed the ceremony. DH and I could barely stand to be near him the alcohol smell was so strong.

We still had the time of our lives and both agree we'd plan the same wedding in a heartbeat. If nothing else, it gives us funny memories (now) to laugh about.

 

[huckster]

ah , my dad and his wife didnt pick me up to go to church had a fight with each other (really a war) and so i drove myself to the church in my wedding gown..
at the reception as we paid for it ourselves , in the rush of driving meyself i forgot my stuff , no check book couldnt pay the hall , band, then my MIL wanted us to drive my dh grandma home after reception ...duhhh
we didnt
then next morning i had no cloths as once again driving myself i forgot my suit case , lucky enough i called my sis and she gave me shirt and shorts . to get home in before we left for our honey moon ,, but ahlass we have been happily married for 23 years.. and still going for the next 23

 

[eowensby]

Our wedding was almost 7 years ago. Traditional Church of Christ Wedding, no dancing so the music during the ceremony was a big deal to both of us. Months ahead of time we picked out sheet music, way too much, but we had lots of favorites( "I cross my heart", "When you say nothing at all", etc...)

Fast forward to the wedding day, my old boyfriend was the pianist and decided to bring along a buddy to play guitar, we thought great, this will be really nice. Well for whatever reason they seemed to play the same songs over and over and occasionally throw in something we requested. I honestly think they didn't learn the pieces far enough in advance so they resorted to playing what they knew. I was to walk in to Canon in D, well the Bridal March started and I just went on down the aisle(honestly I didn't even notice it was wrong, hubby did). We had really wanted to pick a good song for our recessional(hubby wanted The Greatest American Hero Theme Song, You know, "Believe it or not I'm walking on air,never thought it would feel so good"). We finally decided on the Turtles "Happy Together" We purchased the Greatest Hits CD and apparently the AV guy didn't get the message as to which song was to be played. So guess what comes blasting out of the speakers towards our 500 guests? "It Ain't Me Babe" It goes a little something like,"It ain't me babe, I'm not the one that you want" It was a mess! But a funny one. It was amazing how many people actually thought we picked that song to be funny. Eventually "Happy Together" did get played when our grandparents exited so all was not lost. If you add that to my wedding dress catching on fire while leaving for the honeymoon, to WDW I might add, It was a pretty eventful day!

To clarify my dress story, we decided to have sparklers instead of birdseed, rice, balloons,etc...when we were ready to leave since it was dark. We thought it would make for great pictures. The sparks caught my dress in several places and left holes. I actually had a woman practically jump in the car with us to pat down my dress to make sure I wouldn't burst into flames!
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[ceiligh1]

Nothing as bad as what has been posted before happened at my wedding. We were married at a skiing lodge on Mt. Hood. The groomsmen were hiding behind a tree up the side of the moutain waiting for the bagpiper to pipe them down the hill. Our minister could not see them and thought my DH bailed on the wedding you could tell from the photos he has this desprate scared look until he could see them. Well after that we started with the service and the piper pipes the men down. There was supposed to be some time for the piper to get down to pipe in the girls and myself, well my DH has a good friend who took it upon herself to start my bridesmaids walk out to the groomsmen. We actually had someone who was directing and it wasnt her and it wasnt the right time for the girls to go. So no wedding march as everyone listened to her for some reason and went too early and my piper had to run down the hill while piping with bronchitis. I thought he was going to pass out. I am still trying to forgive my DHs friend for doing that, there was no reason she needed to direct and she hadnt been involved in the planning.

My DH kept stepping on my wedding dress during the photos and while it had a long train I had busseled it up so that I could walk in it. Well he stepped on it so often he ripped it, so by the end I have to walk with it over my arm.

The minister (a childhood friend of my DH) started to cry during our vows, the lodge staff tried to take our presents to another brides wedding and the other brides drunk guests tried to crash our wedding.

After we drove away from the reception we went to a resort where we had rented a condo for the groomsmen to change and wait for our guests to clear as we were staying in the lodge. Well our key didnt work to the condo so my DH in his tux and myself in the long and by now very heavy wedding dress had to walk over to main hotel a block or two away to get someone to let us into our condo.
After that everything went well.

 

[tiff211]

She was following the limo me and my dad were in and he ran through a yellow and she got caught at the red. It took some time to realize it so when we pulled over she was already lost. She also had all the flowers for the bridesmaids and flower girl with her. I would not get out the limo and keep freaking out. The wedding was delayed 2.5 hours. Boston police put out an APB on her car. But we didn't have the tags because it was a rental. The crazy thing is she was about to run back in my house to grab the directions but I told her just to follow us so we wouldn't be late. Finally after 2 hours my dad said to me "your mom will always be your mom but right now you have to go in there and get your husband." so I did. DM actually found her way to the reception site and waited there. To this day she has a hard time looking at the video or the wedding pictures we took in the church afterwards.

 

[parrothead365]

Try these:

Photographer shows up in an Aloha Shirt and cords with his size 44 Fruit of the Looms hanging out

Preacher was late getting there.

Reception room had been repainted to an ugly turquoise.

The piano player was suposed to play background music. He turned out to be a lounge lizzard (think Bill Murry from SNL)

And to top it off... We got the wrong cake.


But it worked... we will celebrate 20 yrs this Nov

 

[Jennasis]

An out of town uncle went up to the DJ (unbeknownst to me or anyone else) and requested that song from "The Full Monty". When it came on, he proceeded to strip...right there on the dance floor. I actually thought it was hilarious and had no problem if he finished his "performance", but my dad noticed the horrified expressions on my (now EX) in-laws faces and quickly ushered my uncle off the floor.

The only other mishap at that wedding was the fact that I actually went through with it.

 

[Caleb's Mom]

My Wedding...

Seamstress we hired to make 3 bridesmaid dresses did an absolutely nightmare job! We bought 3 dresses off the rack at the local JCPenney 2 nights before the wedding.

We purchased dinner mints to be in wrappers with our names and wedding date printed on them. The box of mints melted all together into one large mint candy glob. Ended up putting Ande's mints from the grocery store at the place settings instead.

Brother's Wedding...

Priest said, "I now introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Brian and Carrie XXXXX." My brother's name is Adam!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

...The only other mishap at that wedding was the fact that I actually went through with it.

This was my biggest mishap, too! Right up until I walked down the aisle, my friends were taking bets! My friend Mike even signed the guestbook with "Tell Keith he owes me $5." And Keith signed it "I guess I owe Mike $5 now."

 

[Keli]

I'm afraid I was the mishap at my Dsis' wedding! Has to be one of the most embarrassing things to ever happen at a wedding.
I was a bridesmaid and I was walking down the aisle with a groomsmen who was in a wheelchair. My dress had two layers to it, one of plain fabric and the other of lace. We get 3/4 of the way out of the church when my dress catches in his electric wheelchair! The lace overlay on my dress is winding up in the wheel of his chair and he can't seem to stop it.

Honestly, I thought the whole dress was coming off and I was frantically trying to remember if I had a full slip on or a half slip since I could feel and hear my dress tearing and I thought the whole church would be viewing my underclothes any minute. As it was it just ripped a good portion of the lace overlay off the dress and then my poor groomsman crashed into a pew.

I walked out of the santuary with normal dress from the waist up and shredded lace from waiste to mid thigh and from mid thigh to the bottom of the tea length dress was just the underfabric. Not a pretty look but not NEKID so I was thrilled. You can hear me on the video saying "Oh no, oh no, oh no" over and over.