Wedding Guests Spill the Tea on Worst Wedding Experiences Ever

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    g? r/AskReddit u/Fantastic_Series_599.13h Worst weddings you've been to and what happened?
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    NoahtheRed • 12h Went to a dry wedding. That's not just a description of the drink situation, but the entire affair in general. It was in a tent, in summer, in the south. Dress code specified men had to wear jackets during the ceremony. Women couldn't have 'overly exposed' shoulders or low cuts. Linen was not allowed. Ceremony itself took just shy of 2 hours and included multiple speeches by the bride, groom, and the minister. Both fathers sang gospels. The best man played acoustic guitar for li
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    We found out there were assigned seats when the wedding planner went table to table and called out who was to sit where. We would be released to the buffet by the bride/ groom, table by table. They stopped to chat with every table, take pics, etc. No dancing. The location was by a lake with a dock and patio area down at the water. We were to stay in the tent. More speeches were given. The bride and groom paused releasing people to eat for each speech. The sweet tea was weak.
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    The brides father gave a long speech in which he only mentioned his daughter twice....both times were in reference to giving his son-in-law healthy baby boys. The best man played guitar again. The cake was in the sun. The buffet was dry BBQ that the groom and his new FIL smoked.....the day before. All brisket. Sides were just mac'n'cheese and salad. I left between when my table got released and the cake cutting. Partially because I was starving, partially because I had 100% sweat through my enti
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    My +1 (a family friend) and I went with my mom to an applebees or something that as close by. At least a dozen of the tables there were other guests we recognized. I swear I saw a woman cry when they brought her a margarita. We heard that the reception continued late into the evening, including the bride and groom asking the (remaining) guests to all share a memory they have with them. They spelled my name wrong on the thank you card. ... Reply 8.4k
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    Billbapaparazzi • 13h It was in the middle of nowhere, held at a "country club" which I don't think had ever hosted an event of any kind. There was one motel in the town, there were no rooms left. So we planned to drive the 3-4 hours there, see the Wedding, leave when they got to the part of the reception when the dancing and partying started.
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    We arrived, went in and there was hardly anyone there? We make our way to where they are going to have the ceremony in some court yard and the chairs are all blowing away and there are some staff trying to chase them down. But there had to have been a couple of hundred chairs and there couldn't have been more than 20 or 30 of us. I don't even know who rented all the rooms, that's what I kept thinking about. We sat and were almost amused in a horrified kinda way. But, no one else showed up and, t
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    Turns out there was no wedding. Someone cheated on someone the night before and there was a big fight that morning? Thing is I never really learned the details. At that moment all that happened was someone from the venue finally came out, and said, "sorry" in the most awkward way, and that we should go home because the entire thing was being canceled. ... ← Reply 3.4k
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    madcats323 • 12h The groom got into a fistfight with one of the bartenders and one of the guests got so drunk the EMTs were called. The police car that carried the groom away was closely followed by the ambulance. I actually consider it one of the best weddings I've been to, at least in terms of being memorable, but the bridal couple (who are still married 20-odd years later) may disagree. ← Reply 1.5k
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    IAmDyspeptic ⚫ 12h . I went to a wedding where the bride insisted on travelling by horse and carriage to the reception, it took ages as the venue was a few miles away from the church. Everyone was just standing around waiting for the bride and groom to show up. When they eventually turned up, the bride insisted on her and her new husband going to their hotel room to consummate the marriage (she was desperate to get pregnant). So even more standing around until they showed up. It was all really,
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    angepet_53 • 12h We went to a friend's wedding about 20 years ago in a sweet little town. Hotel was lovely and also the site of the reception. The wedding was early, at around lunch time in a big French catholic cathedral. It was about 95 degrees outside and the church was not air conditioned. The wedding was a full mass plus actual wedding ceremony. We were starving, hot and thirsty by the time it ended.
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    There were cocktails at the hotel while photos were being taken, which, took 3 hours. We didn't want to eat because we were expecting dinner. Everyone took their seats, did the usual speeches and such. There was NEVER any food! We left and ordered pizza in our room The following day, there was gift opening with brunch. The brunch was had before by the bride and groom and their families, not for guests. It was a very hungry weekend Reply Ŵ 1k ♡
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    thelegendofapricot • 13h The groom never showed up he was drinking and doing drugs the night before, landed himself in the hospital. They ended up getting married the next night in a stairwell. Reply 2.2k
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    Pistalrose 12h Meal was given depending on whether you were bride or groom's side and there was a big difference. Parents of the bride and groom had very different financial statuses and they each provided for 'their' guests based on that. We had hand stamps. fossacecak 12h ... Reply That's incredibly weird and sad. 5.7k 3.3k
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    TheThalmorEmbassy • 13h It was at a Mormon church, and for some reason Mormon churches have indoor basketball courts in them. Half of the court was a wedding reception, and the other half was a pickup basketball game being played by a bunch of strangers who wouldn't leave The ball hit the food table a couple times Reply 5k
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    Intrepid-Fox-7231 • 12h The bride wanted her cat at the wedding and the groom and his best man brought the uncaged cat in the car and went through the car wash right before the wedding. The cat freaked and scratched up the grooms face and all over the best man's tux and hour before the wedding. Reply 1.4k
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    Acrobatic-Midnight28 • 12h The entire wedding was just extremely dysfunctional and seemed like it hadn't been thought through at all. At one point during the ceremony, someone's phone rang very loudly, which was shocking enough in itself... but you should've seen everyone's face when he said "hello!?" and quite literally continued on to have a conversation. Reply 353
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    CrackFree Download • 12h Grooms mother came to the bride's room where we were all snacking and getting ready and generally having a good time, listening to music and doing hair and makeup. She wanted to say some heartfelt message to the bride. Now the bride's father had passed away not long before, so we were doing everything we could to keep things upbeat and positive. Mother of the groom proceeds to tell her all about how her dad is looking down from heaven in happy tears and how he hates to m
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    Her makeup is now in her decolletage and her nose is red and running. The MOG hands her back to us by saying, "Oh dear, she can't walk down the aisle like this!" and leaves the room. We spend half an hour calming the bride down, cooling her face, fixing her makeup. The ceremony started late and the maid of honor had just a basic ponytail because we had to spend so much time on damage control. The bride spent most of the reception just sitting and looking exhausted. The MOG danced her socks off.
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    ClareSwinn⚫ 13h The bride had an audible, profanity laden and very loud meltdown in the church entry way that reverberated around congregation because her elderly Grandmother had not adhered to her preferred colour theme. She wanted everyone in black and white so her dress would stand out. Apparently the tiny lady who loved her RUINED EVERYTHING due to her duck egg blue hat. It was INSANE Reply 1.8k
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    iamgotch 13h I attended a family wedding where the groom told his mother in law about an hour before the ceremony that he didn't like her. There were a lot of tears but the bride married him anyway. After the reception, he got drunk and tossed his wedding ring into a field and a wedding guest found it the next morning. Somehow they are still married but I don't have a lot of hope for their future. Reply 2.3k
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    Ok-Benefit197 • 13h Weddings where the best man uses the speeches to see if he really could have been a stand up comedian. Been to three where that happened- so embarrassing Reply 871 Srw2725 6h Core memory unlocked: went to my redneck cousin's wedding who'd been dating her now husband for 10 years. The brother of the groom gets up to give his speech, is drunk, rambles on about god knows what and ends it with "I know you never want to get married but love makes you do crazy things" the wine I wa

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