People Reveal Their Wedding Regrets

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satirequeen
Dec 20, 2020 6:00 PM EST

When it comes to your big day, you want everything to be perfect. After all, you only get married once (hopefully). But sometimes, it's hard to know what choices to make, especially when there's so much money, pressure and opinions involved. Although you try to get it right, people often have wedding regrets that haunt them forever. People shared their worst regrets from their wedding on Reddit, from not eloping to scrimping on the photography. These are the things you should consider when preparing for your special day.

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    Text - zippe6 4.8k points · 5 days ago Getting a friend to video, it's crap
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  • 02
    Text - xaanthar 3.1k points · 5 days ago Not exactly a regret, but just a reminder to keep things in perspective. Looking at my grandmother's wedding photos, she pointed out her bridesmaids wearing matching hats. She remembered these hats were important and there was some big to-do about them. For the life of her, she couldn't remember what exactly and you certainly couldn't tell from the pictures. Just remember that when you're having heated debates over the "correct" shade of blue for the napk
    via u/xaanthar
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    Text - emsquad 9.9k points · 5 days ago 3 2 A reception line. I got talked into it, I didn't want to do it but felt pressured. All I did for 3/4 of my reception was stand and say hello to people it was miserable and took a lot of the fun out of the day.
    via u/emsquad
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    Text - ocean5648 3.9k points · 5 days ago Letting the photographer dictate where we should be for the entire night. Going back I would have told him do all the photo poses you want in the first hour then leave us alone. Also would have had someone walk around with us when we said hi to each table to help us get out of drawn out conversations to make it go faster.
    via u/ocean5648
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    Text - LadyXaviaraH 2.6k points · 5 days ago Wearing heels. Also letting my sister in law convince me to stay at her house the night before instead of a hotel. I slept on a tiny, uncomfortable futon with my giant future husband, and slept maybe an hour.
    via u/LadyXaviaraH
  • 06
    Text - rick_blatchman 4.4k points · 5 days ago Letting a homeless guy into our reception venue to use the restroom. Half-hour later, he's still in there. A few of my guests jimmied the door open and found him passed out on heroin.
    via u/rick_blatchman
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    Text - WinterCarry 6.3k points · 5 days ago I regret not hiring a dj. Its not only music, they help with the flow of the wedding. Flower toss, first dance, money dance, whatever you want. We cut corners where we could and that was one I regret.
    via u/WinterCarry
  • 08
    Text - Ezzy17 2.0k points · 5 days ago Getting separated from my wife while at the wedding. She went to the bathroom and then got swarmed by friends and family and she disappeared what seemed like hours. Also, in general getting pulled away from eachother. When I would get a drink or talk to someone. The reason I regret it, is because my wife looked so absolutely stunning that day and I just wanted to look at her the entire time. My wife is still hot but something about that dress.
    via u/Ezzy17
  • 09
    Text - starcrafter84 1.1k points · 5 days ago Picking the longest song ever for a first dance
    via u/starcrafter84
  • 10
    Text - pdlmng 2.0k points · 5 days ago Doing the garter throw. It's just weird
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    Text - earlgreylover 1.1k points · 5 days ago Getting a shitty photographer my mom recommended (someone from her church). As we're taking pre-wedding pictures (part of the wedding picture package), I asked him during one of the breaks what got him into photography. He answered "it's just something to do while I try to open my restaurant". That should've been the red flag
    via u/earlgreylover
  • 12
    Text - Runbunnierun 1.1k points · 5 days ago Not eloping and leaving my mother-in-law in the dark. I could have had hair and makeup done. Could have had the dress of my dreams. And may even have pictures on my walls from a day I loved. I had none of those things and it still hurts.
    via u/Runbunnierun
  • 13
    Text - BrightFireFly 2.1k points · 5 days ago Not eloping. Our wedding was relatively small and inexpensive (less than 10k, less than 60 guests) but we could have spent that money on a sweet beach elopement and doubled up our honeymoon to be two weeks.
    via u/BrightFireFly
  • 14
    Text - cantstandlol 248 points · 5 days ago Not wearing sunscreen. As it turns out the rules don't change because it's a special day.
    via u/cantstandlol
  • 15
    Text - EclecticDreck 238 points · 5 days ago The closest thing to a regret that I can muster about that day was drinking the previous night. I had a rule of no shots. I broke that rule. As a result, I upheld the proud tradition of being borderline dead on my feet and made it through the ceremony on little more than gumption and the matrimonial equivalent to stage health.
    via u/EclecticDreck

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