'The flower girl was the daughter of the bride and the best man': Top 20+ shocking weddings gone wrong

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 1, 2023 2:00 PM EST

There is a lot at stake when you're planning a wedding, which naturally means so much can go terribly wrong. Not only is there the anxiety surrounding superficial things like the flowers and the music and the food, but then there's also the anxiety that comes with appeasing multiple personalities at once and having certain difficult family members participate in the event. The truth is you can plan every possible way to avoid drama, but there are some people who simply bring drama with them wherever they go. 

Ultimately, with these people, it doesn't matter how much you plan. You could have considered everything from where they sit to maintaining minimal access to the bar. It doesn't matter: if they are selfish and chaotic, they will bring that energy with them no matter what. As someone who has attended seven weddings this year, all with varying degrees of drama attached to them, I can confirm that troublesome wedding guests will stop at nothing to make themselves known. 

Keep scrolling below for this collection of shocking wedding stories, which were compiled from this r/AskReddit thread.. When you're finished, feel free to take a look at this list of mildly infuriating school moments! 

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    Top 20+ Weddings Gone Wrong
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    r/AskReddit. Posted by u/Professional-Owl-341 13 hours ago What's the most thing you've ever seen happen at a wedding?
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    Most_Wonder_1871. 8 hr. ago They wanted their German shepherd in the wedding. He walked down by the bride and took a dump. Hilarious. 1.3k Reply Share
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    soldmyblood 7 hr. ago At the reception the best man and groom were drk and started fighting. Cops were called and the groom decided he would win a fight with the 6 foot 5 state trooper. They had to hog tie him after he kicked two other officers. I was the photographer doing a favor for a friend. 1.1k Reply Share
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    likestotraveltoo. 6 hr. ago Groom smashes cake in the brides face, her dad immediately leads him outside and all you hear is a is a thump and a moment later dad walks back in. ↑ 1.1k ↓ Reply Share
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    StinkyWeezle 4 hr. ago A thunderclap at the "if anyone objects" bit in the ceremony. Groom got caught cheating on the bride 2 months later. ↑ 660 Reply Share
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    Joey Maddox 3 hr. ago Maid of honor did a wide receiver dive trying to catch the bouquet and went right through the wedding cake. 391 Reply Share
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    illknowitwheniseeit. 5 hr. ago At the reception, they had live goldfish in bowls on each table. The groom got really drok and ended up swallowing one of the goldfish for fun. 277 Reply Share
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    Designer_Ad393 - 5 hr. ago My wedding... 2 things, 1 godbrother 1. Blew out a candle at the table super hard causing the wax to blow back in his face land all over his mustache and beard where it hardened on his face... everyone who saw it laughed and no one attempted to help him remove it. He was too dr to notice.
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    2. Went next door to the empty conference room on the and track where the wires were plugged in the floor for the equipment... this idiot "thought" he was in a really "nice" bathroom We were at a resort in Mexico. I thought he was gonna get arrested, but they were cool, just took him back to his room. He remembered nothing the next day. 175 Reply Share
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    ll1037j 4 hr. ago . Seen it twice. At the reception, the older, unmarried sister of the bride or groom has to dance in a hog feeding trough by themselves in front of everyone, because their younger sibling got married before them. All the family, friends, guests gather around them to laugh and heckle. We couldn't help but feel bad for them, especially the poor big sister who was a little on the heavier side. Sorry about your self esteem, I guess! 174 Reply Share
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    EdgyEmily edited 2 hr. ago 2 hr. ago. After the toast the Bride said she had a surprise for everyone and started playing a video. They got married a year ago in secret only 2 people there knew about it and kept it a secret from everyone, even the parents didn't know. The end of the video the Bride turns to the cameras and said "Surprise are at our 1 year anniversary". 172 , you Reply Share
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    kafka18 3 hr. ago They ignored the entire group of wedding guests and only talked/took pics with their bridesmaids/groomsme n. Then the second the wedding ceremony was over they grabbed a whiskey bottle and proceeded to drink from same bottle while passing around to their wedding group. Everyone at that wedding was spent time/ money to even go. It was like a trash sorority party they 160 Reply Share
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    hirrasakura 9 hr. ago The bride's aunt was screaming at her and calling her a for no reason. Apparently they had gotten into a squabble earlier. She then stormed out. 104 Reply Share
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    Caspers Shadow . 3 hr. ago Groom was drk, standing on the hood of the bestman's car and hood surfing around the hotel parking lot. Groom ended up getting launched off the hood onto the asphalt. Bride and groom end up at ER and she has blood all over her dress. Kids... tsk, tsk, tsk.
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    ellejaysea 3 hr. ago I went to a wedding where the whole thing was The bride was visibly pregnant (not a big deal), the flower girl was the daughter of the bride and the best man. The maid of honour was very pregnant and fainted during the ceremony, so her husband, the photographer got almost no photos of the wedding. It was an odd one.
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    Mammoth-Answer-3435. 8 hr. ago A guy wearing shorts and flip-flops was washing his feet in the bathrooms sink
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    mango1588 3 hr. ago I worked at a wedding venue. Bride and groom shut their reception down in the middle of it to show a basketball game. Their team lost so everyone started dr real hard and the bride ended up on the floor, throwing up in our mop bucket.
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    ItsGotToMakeSense. 2 hr. ago 100 extra people showed up who hadn't RSVP'd, some of whom weren't even invited. The catering hall tried to be cool and accomodate everyone but there simply wasn't enough space, tables, or food for them all. By the end they had little slices of ham cut into cubes being served as an orderv (I don't feel like looking up the real spelling).
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    mgymgy 2 hr. ago Midway thru my elder brother's wedding, I somehow slipped forward on the stage and fell flat on my face, right in front of everyone.
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    GoingNutCracken. 2 hr. ago The first "you may kiss the bride" the groom practically swallowed the bride's face and it lasted a good eight to ten seconds. Her second wedding, his fourth. It was so cringy.
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    tankgirl619 2 hr. ago Maid of honor told the bride she was pregnant, during the reception, with the groom's child that led to the NEXT wedding where the groom is now marrying the former maid of honor and the ex-wife tells her that she is also pregnant with, you guessed it, the grooms child
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    Haunting-Courage289. 3 hr. ago Bride fainted twice
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    Apprehensive-Crow-96. 2 hr. ago A literal fight over the flowers being stupid thrown.
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    No-Meringue-6637. 2 hr. ago During vows, both bride and groom had written jokes about "if I go missing he/she did it."
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    oddlydeb75 2 hr. ago My cousin bringing his girlfriend, the groom's ex-wife, as his date to his sister's wedding. 12yo me was
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