Wedding mishaps....

[Disneyland1084]

What mishaps happened at your wedding, or one you attended? My wedding four years ago was sure a magical one. The only mishap was some people R.S.V.P'd saying they were coming and didn't show, but that happens at ALL weddings. I wouldn't say this was a mishap, but my then 3 year old adorable nephew was the ring bearer. When it was time for him to walk down the aisle he got scared, so one of my uncle's walked down with him. I think it's cute when little kids screw up at weddings.

 

[c&ldisneylovers]

The vocalist was getting ready to start "From this Moment" and suddenly all you heard was truckers CB radios from the truck stop a few miles away ...there was an interference problem. Everyone cracked up...it's pretty funny to watch on the video.

 

[kdibattista]

We had a HUGE one... we "held" our date at the Church with the priest but they did not have the official calendar yet. When the calendar came out he accidentally gave it to another person (after we had booked our reception hall, etc). He told us that we could have the date since we booked first. He then proceeded to give my phone number to the other bride who kept calling and pestering me to move my date. I actually made a concession and moved my time until a bit later and the priest told her that she could then have the church but without a full mass and instructed her that she needed to be out of the Church by 4:00 (my ceremony was at 5:00).

Well... when I get to the Church in my limo at 5:00 I could see all my guests standing outside the church and her wedding was just letting out!!! It seems that the bride and her guests were conveniently an hour late for her ceremony. She actually did it intentionally as we found out she put 4:00 on her invitations when it should have been 3:00. So much for me trying to be nice

 

[liamsaunt]

Mishaps? You want mishaps? Tell me if I win with this first reply:

My parents rented a vintage Rolls Royce to take me from our house to the church. The way to the church was up a huge hill in a very rural, less-traveled area. The car sounded a little creaky from the get go, but when we got to the hill, all bets were off. It started creaking, then it was creeaaaking, then CREEEAAAKING! Finally, towards the top of the hill, THE REAR AXLE BROKE! The entire axle, tire attached, broke off and rolled into the woods.

So. My Dad told the driver to use his cell to call the driver of the limo that took the bridal party up to the church to come back for us. Unfortunately, the driver's cell phone was dead. So, my Dad, tuxedo-clad, went out into the road to wave down any car that would come by.

A car came! Unfortunately, it was a VW Golf, and completely packed with my friends. There was no way that I, and my six foot train, was fitting in that car. My Dad got into the car with my friends so he could tell the limo diver to come back for me. So. There I was, on the side of the road, in the woods, in a car with no wheel, about to be late for my wedding. My Mom said to me: "Well, I told you that something would go wrong on your wedding day, and that you can't get upset about it. Look at the bright side! It happened early! The rest of the day is GRAVY!"

Well, I had a choice. I could laugh, or I could cry. I decided to laugh. I got out of the Rolls and stood on the side of the road, waiting to flag down whoever came by next. Well, the next person by was a police officer. Yes, of course he stopped to see why a bride was standing on the side of the road. He looked over the car and reached the (obvious) conclusion that there was nothing he could do to repair the car. However, my mother did have an idea...I did not want to be late, did I?

And that is why I arrived at my wedding in a cop car. Lights flashing, the whole deal. I only ended up being 5 minutes late.

Oh, and if you are wearing a wedding gown, the back of a cop car is not ideal. There's nothing to hang onto to keep your satin-clad self from sliding from side to side....

Thank you Officer Kennedy, for that ride!

 

[Disneyland1084]

I forgot to mention this, but my sister was married four weeks ago. Some people didn't show up, but when the bridesmaids and groomsmen were walking down the aisle, the violinist played Hear Comes the Bride instead of what he was suppose to.

 

[disneymama73]

Our DJ did not have "our" song which is "Grow Old with Me" by Mary Chapin Carpenter. They also did not have the song I wanted for the garter toss which was "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Joe Cocker. It was one of my bridesmaid's responsibility to bring the cds with her to the reception, and she forgot them at my mom's house. I was so upset at first, but then I figured, if that was the worst thing that was going to happen, we were pretty lucky. :

 

[Disneyland1084]

My parents rented a vintage Rolls Royce to take me from our house to the church. The way to the church was up a huge hill in a very rural, less-traveled area. The car sounded a little creaky from the get go, but when we got to the hill, all bets were off. It started creaking, then it was creeaaaking, then CREEEAAAKING! Finally, towards the top of the hill, THE REAR AXLE BROKE! The entire axle, tire attached, broke off and rolled into the woods.

I'm sorry, but THAT'S HILARIOUS! I have to laugh, sorry....

 

[HOGFAN]

at my nieces wedding somebody forgot to close a door. a big dog came in, and made his way slowly up the aisle. The dog sat down right beside the bride and groom and watched the proceedings. everybody got a good laugh, including the bride and groom.

 

[Disneyland1084]

at my nieces wedding somebody forgot to close a door. a big dog came in, and made his way slowly made his way up the aisle. The dog sat down right beside the bride and groom and watched the proceedings. everybody got a good laugh, including the bride and groom.

I think that's cute! He just wanted to be an important part of the wedding I guess.

 

[disneymom3]

liamsaunt--that is a great story!! kudos to you for having a great attitude! I hope the officer got a piece of cake!

 

[liamsaunt]

I'm sorry, but THAT'S HILARIOUS! I have to laugh, sorry....

Yes, it was funny! We really were all were laughing. Honestly, I know it sounds awful, but I just did not care. DH and I were not wedding-zillas. We had been dating for 4 years prior to our wedding, 3 of them long-distance, and we just wanted to get to the honeymoon!

 

[Kimmielee]

Liamsaunt - so sorry, but so funny! You were a champion bride that day. Good for you!

My ex and I set the carpet on fire when lighting the unity candle. That was the only HOT thing about my entire marriage!!

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

I have a few:
The first bridesmaid and groomsman walked down the aisle too soon at the beginning of my wedding. It was supposed to be the groom, pastor and best man first, followed by the wedding party, then me and my dad, but they messed up, so the rest of the wedding party followed them, then DH, his best man and the pastor came out as I was heading down the aisle! The pastor put his hand up to stop me and my dad and luckily, we saw what was going on and stopped. We nearly ended up walking down the aisle before the best man, groom and pastor! Would've totally ruined my grand entrance with me being up at the altar and then here comes the groom, best man and pastor! I wonder what they would've done for music? Continue to play the Wedding song while the guys walked up? You can see it on the tape-the pastor warning me to stop! It's funny b/c he looked really alarmed!

The night before our wedding, my mom dad and I stayed up really late decorating the reception hall. It was in the gymnasium of a private school and they'd had a volleyball game there that afternoon. My parents were moving the volleyball nets that they'd promised us they'd have moved for us. One of the big metal sides came down right on my dad's foot, bruising the heck out of it. He had a noticeable limp the next day as he walked me down the aisle.

At our reception, we uncorked our champagne and the cork went flying up. Everyone kind of stood there for a few seconds wondering where it was going to land. When it came down, it hit my DH's step dad on his bald head, barely missing the beer he held in his hand! He yelled out, "Hey!!!" like someone had thrown something at him. Then he yells out, "At least I saved my beer!"

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

I just thought of another one. One of my bridesmaids was a total pain throughout the planning. She lived out of state so she sent me her measurements for the dresses. I'd sewed them myself. Well, when she got into town, she wanted me to go shopping with her for a bra. She's pretty flat chested so of all things she gets a padded bra, unbeknownst to me and I hadn't accounted for that when I sewed the dress-I made it to the measurements she'd sent me. At the reception, someone points to her chest and says, "What's that?" Her dress had torn right down the dart for her left side of her chest and you could see her bra sticking through it. She ended up wearing a groomsman's coat for the rest of the night.

 

[ktpool]

It was over 100 degrees at my outdoor wedding. I was so miserable in my dress and makeup - I started crying because I was so miserable. The minister had to stop the cermony for me to regain my composure. Not crying in a good way :-(

Walking down the 'aisle' (remember, outdoor wedding), I kept stepping through and tripping on the white plastic runner. Very graceful bride...NOT.

I insisted the wedding start 5 minutes EARLY because everyone was so uncomfortable - and people were showing up late as it was. Imagine their surprise when they ran to the gazebo and we were almost done!

Quite a few no shows - and we go married in my husbands home state, not mine. He didn't invite a lot of friends, so there was hardly no one to dance with me during the 'dollar dance'. It was like middle school! My dad kept getting in line and slipping me $20 bills. So that is a postive, I guess )

 

[Annette_VA]

We were supposed to have a car that looked kind of like a London taxi drive us from the ceremony to the reception. It broke down the day before. Luckily, they replaced it w/ a limo, so we were taken care of.

Our officiant had a ceremony to do the night before ours, so he couldn't be at the rehearsal. So, our wedding planner stepped in & acted as the officiant in our rehearsal. She said he'd probably have a set of "I will" questions and then a set of "I do" questions.

At the actual ceremony, though, he didn't do "I will" questions - skipped right to the "I Do"s. If you listened to the context of what he said, you could tell the answer shouldve been "I do". But, DH was just on autopilot and answered "I will" thinking it was the 1st set of questions.

So, he has yet to say "I do" to "do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife...." He said "I will" so maybe one day... LOL

 

[kdibattista]

I thought of another one...

Our church is a huge cathedral type with cobblestone flooring. The reason I bring that up is so you understand the echo involved

DH and I were up at the alter and the priest said to my DH, "Do you take this woman, blah, blah, blah". Well, he hesitated for a few seconds because he was a bit emotional and I don't know what came over me but I said "say yes" and I guess it was a bit loud because of the echo. The whole congregation burst out laughing. DH teases me to this day that I bossed him into getting married

 

[doxdogy]

DH and I had a small wedding. A friend of ours catered the wedding for us. He made this great strawberry punch. DH had about 4 cups before the ceremony started. What we did not know was that the punch was spiked. You absolutely could not taste the alcohol. So after we were pronounced husband and wife he turns around and yells "Let's Party!!".

 

[lovemygoofy]

The preacher who was supposed to preside over our service fell and broke his leg about a week before the wedding, not a big deal to most but at 88 its a big deal. The sub that actually is over the church we were using was sooooo nervous for our wedding. The weekend before the wedding he wanted to meet with us and get to know us and us know him. He assured us that he had a good track record marrying people all 9 couples were still married then he preceeds to tell us that he has been clean and sober for 10 years now but our big wedding was scary for him. At that point, I'm like Oh dear Lord.

The night before the wedding a blizzard hit chicago and snowed in Matts family traveling to AR for the wedding, they showed up about 3 hours before the service minus luggage.

So the poor preacher tried to start the service and couldn't talk he was so nervous. Bless his heart, I thought we were all going to stand there but finally he started and then when the vows started and I started to cry and matt started to cry and then the preacher and then he had to call a time out to regroup, lol. When all said and done he forgot our lastname upon presentation and he forgot to say you may kiss the bride, my best friend yells kiss her!

We were short a groomsman because he short notice deployed. On the video you can hear my mother crying with Matts mom and you can see where I crossed my fingers about the part to obey my husband

 

[uconndz]

As I started writing this I realized it's extremely long....

I guess my day started when I was looking for my gown. I was sick with a fever and I tried on 3 dresses. one was exactly what I thought I wanted.. but I didn't like it. the second looked like a curtain and the third had what I remembered as brown sequins. I think I was delerious.. Anyway after much searching I picked the one that had brown sequins (they were actually pearly white).
now it's time for the wedding and I'm sick again there was a bug going around at work and of course I got it (mind you I am never sick). I hadn't eaten in 3 days. At the rehearsal, rather than carry the traditional bow bouquet, I carried diet coke to calm my stomach.
The day of the wedding it rained (7 inches). I almost passed out at the alter. The priest was sick also, so the homily was something like "Nancy's sick and they asked me to make this short". We were supposed to take pictures at the photographers if it rained, but they were replacing their rugs. Took a few pictures at the church. Now, we went to were I consider my DH and myself to have officially met - a bar (even though we knew each other in college - we started dating after the meeting at the bar - actually we remet as we were driving down a road and he recognized my license plate and after calling my name at a stop light we agreed to grab some friends and go to this bar). The whole bridal party went. Therre I asked my brother if he grabbed my suitcases - he took everything except the one for me to change into after the reception. So my sister in law went shopping in her gown at The Gap (next door to the bar) as all my packed clothes were shorts etc and it was a rainy New England October night. At the reception, my DJ was sick.. they sent someone else who didn't have the songs we requested (luckily the song my DH and I were dancing to we had in someones car) we had to come up with mother- son song and songs for me and my brothers. We were having a charm pull and the reception hall lost the meanings of the charms (old victorian custom where the attach charms to ribbons and put them into the frosting layer of the cake and each bridesmaid pulls a ribbon to tell her future). Now it's the end of the reception and my brother put my suitcase into the limo (mind you I asked him to do it at least 3 times). As I'm getting into the limo I ask my DH to get my carry on bag as I needed chapstick. My suitcases weren't there. My brother put them in the wrong limo. As we were driving to my house to get what was left of my summer clothes, we passed another limo (luckily it was the one my mother hired to take her), I made my limo driver pull over and stop that car. My suitcase was in there! We get to the hotel and my husband didn't have the keys to his suitcase. I was pulling bobbypins from my head to open his suitcase.
The next morning the sun was shining, I felt better and we'll be married for 10 years this month!