'The entire wedding party got food poisoning': 20 weddings that completely fell apart

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 12, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

There are some wedding ceremonies you'll never forget for all the wrong reasons. As fall wedding season commences, let's take a trip down memory lane and recall those ceremonies that completely fell apart. Hopefully, the ceremonies that come to mind do not include your own.

 

Personally speaking, I will have been a part of six wedding parties before the end of the year. That's right. Six. If I don't get some kind of a medal at the end of this, I will likely be the cause of one of these dramatic ceremonies getting out of control. Moreover, it would be kind of a bummer if, after all these weddings, none of them ended up being dramatic in the slightest. Sure, I want all my friends and family to be happy and have the best nights of their lives. However, at the same time, don't we all love the drama? If nothing crazy happens, what was it all for, am I right? I did not spend thousands of dollars on flights, suits, bachelor/bachelorette parties, and gifts for nothing over-the-top to happen! 

 

Keep scrolling below for this collection of wedding mishaps, which were compiled from this r/AskReddit thread. For more content like this, here is a compilation of first date fails.

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    Font - r/AskReddit. Posted by u/nonoriginalname42 18 hours ago What's the worst thing you've seen happen at a wedding? A
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    Font - Principessa116 15 hr. ago • edited 1 hr. ago Bride was dancing during the reception, fell and broke her left arm. Lots of pictures from the ER- photographer went with them! When the Dr. heard he'd be setting a bride's arm, he put on a suit! They worked hard to get the swelling down so she wouldn't have to have her brand new wedding ring cut off. Crazy.
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    Font - inactiveuser247 - 17 hr. ago 12 speeches, 2 musical numbers, one PowerPoint presentation. 5.2k Reply Share
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    Font - yallcaps 16 hr. ago We got to the church and took our seats. Vibe was off, but didn't think much of it. Then the start time passed and nothing happens, didn't think much of it. Finally I said something to a friend next to us, something like, "gee this is late?" "Yeah it's terrible isn't it?" "Huh? What?" "Oh you didn't hear ..."
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    Font - The entire wedding party got food poisoning from the rehearsal dinner the night before. One bridesmaid, then another, then siblings, parents, bride and groom, everybody. They had a small ceremony at the bride's parents house. No church ceremony but a short talk from the pastor (in part to kill time before the reception). They made a short appearance at the reception, but that was it. Just wholly unfair. 4.9k Reply Share
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    Font - Amiiboid 16 hr. ago Matron of honor throwing up just as the officiant was asking if anyone objected. 3.4k Reply Share
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    Font - ParsonJack Russell. 15 hr. ago My brother was in a wedding where as the bride said I do, the groom threw up all over her due to the bachelor party the night before ↑ 1.7k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Silent-Zebra 17 hr. ago A giant brush tail possum fell through the ceiling at my cousin's wedding. The bartenders managed to chase it with a broom into the supply closet behind the bar before calling security, who called a pest removalist. 3.3k Reply Share
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    Font - Upper-Job5130 - 16 hr. ago My brother's second wedding. For the first dance, the DJ played the wrong song for half a second before stopping, and starting the right song. The Bride disappeared for 2 hours afterwards because "the wedding was ruined." 2.8k Reply Share
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    Font - Fitz_2112 17 hr. ago Husband making out with a bridesmaid on the dancefloor. I know a portion of the friends there knew they had an open relationship but I seriously doubt grandma and Aunt Carol were in on it 2.8k Reply Share
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    Font - JudgingMy Thoughts. 18 hr. ago Well, let me tell you about this one time I saw the groom accidentally confess his undying love for the maid of honor instead of the bride during his speech. Chaos ensued. Good times, good times. 2.5k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Dazzling1hamster 16 hr. ago Father of the bride told her "it's not too late to run" while walking her down the aisle. Everyone heard. 2.3k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Sceptical_Houseplant. 15 hr. ago Alright, not a disaster, but funny. My wife and I booked out a small hotel in Nicaragua for the wedding. I cue the music to start the ceremony, the music starts, and there's this long delay..... All of a sudden, from around the corner we hear "MY VEIL IS STUCK IN THE CACTUS!!!!" One of my best friends was the officiant and there's a great photo sequence of us going from puzzled to hysterical laughter up front. 2.3k Reply Share
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    Font - SMRTFireGuy 18 hr. ago I dated a girl in high school. It didn't last, but we remained friends. At her wedding, her dad told me how he wished it was me marrying his daughter and how he always assumed we would get married. They had several pictures on display. I was in more pics than the groom. ↑ 2.1k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - doctoroffisticuffs I had to break up a fistfight between the groom and the mother of the bride. ↑ 1.7k ↓ 16 hr. ago Reply Share
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    Font - DennisPikePhoto 16 hr. ago I was a wedding photographer for 15 years. And shockingly, I don't have a thousand crazy stories. But the time someone spilled red wine on a bride's dress during cocktail hour probably takes the cake for me. 1.6k Reply Share
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    Font - Happyintexas 15 hr. ago The groom tried to do a little dip kiss on the bride before they walked back up the aisle... he dropped her on the floor. Everyone let out a collective gasp, that immediately turned to snorting chortled laughter. It was the most awkward thing I've ever witnessed in real life. Thankfully the bride was my sister, and I will get to remind her of this forever. AND have photo evidence ↑ 1.6k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - literanch 17 hr. ago The bride tripped and rolled down a large embankment and was covered in grass stain. 1.4k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - broxsie 16 hr. ago They didn't serve the cake. I waited and waited as it sat, untouched. I was 1.1k Reply Share
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    Font - Orcville Redenbacher. 16 hr. ago The bridesmaids gave a short* presentation about some mlm health and beauty thing before the wedding ceremony. Apparently it was the bride's idea. *Like half an hour 869 Reply Share
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    Font - newsungirl 15 hr. ago My wedding. Evening was wrapping up and I hadnt seen my new- husband in a while. He had taken off to local bars to continue partying with friends. Without. His New.Bride. My BIL (as advised by my heavily pregnant sister) escorted me to find him somewhere. We were in our mid-30s!! I'm daily grateful for my sister and BIL in my life. And even more grateful ex is long gone. 866 Reply Share
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