Worst Wedding You ever attended and why?

coco85 · 02-10-2008 8:31pm #1

Just wondering if anyone out there ever attended a wedding- and had a horrible time?

Attended a weedding last week...

It started off with the bride being a full hour late for the church...and once she arrived 15 min of photographs before anything kicked off...

As for the meal- no choice on the menu- we were subjected to Goats cheese starter, pea soup, rare fillet steak(no option of how we'd like our steak cooked), and apple crumble.. cheap vinegar like wine.....

Then there was the fact that the music stopped at 1am... and the bars closed-only residents of the hotel allowed into the residents bar...

And there was the fact that there was no atmosphere there at all.. nobody on the dance floor and bride and groom nowhere to be seen after the meal(i know they prob had 'things to do'.. but not to even come around to meet their guests??)

Anyone else have any wedding disaster stories???

Zzippy · 02-10-2008 8:40pm

She didn't turn up!

coco85 · 02-10-2008 8:43pm

.. oh she turned up alright.. an hour late.. invitations said church at 2pm.. she didn't arrive untill 3pm and spent another 15min taking photo's outside the church before the mass even started!!!....

I know it was her choice to be late.. but i thought being sooooo late was taking the p***!!!.. especially after i rushing to get there on time!!!!

Delirium · 02-10-2008 8:47pm

Cousins wedding in England. Really long service.:mad:
And the reception was in a local social centre. No meals at all. Just cold (purposely cold also!) finger food, i.e cold pizza, chicken nuggets.
All us silly Irish people nearly collapsed from hunger because all weddings we'd been to in Ireland had hot meals served at the reception. So we hadn't eaten a big breakfast.

LolaDub · 02-10-2008 8:54pm

I went to a wedding of a boyfriends flatmate when i was 19. The groom accused me of asking his best man, (who was a 48 year old short bald very beer bellied married man) to come into the public toilets with me and 'bang me until next tues' needless to say i never said that and nobody believed me. My boyfriend threw an absolute fit and the wedding was in a really remote area so i couldn't leave. Absolute disaster. The boyfriend came back years later and apologised

stovelid · 02-10-2008 9:35pm

coco85 wrote: »

Attended a weedding last week...

Do either of them read boards....or any of their friends. They may be able to hazard a guess as to whose wedding you're dissing?

Pj! · 02-10-2008 9:51pm

LolaDub wrote: »

The groom accused me of asking his best man, (who was a 48 year old short bald very beer bellied married man) to come into the public toilets with me and 'bang me until next tues'

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??????????????

02-10-2008 9:57pm

This thread was made for me!

My husband was best man at a wedding a few years back, he wasn't really friends with the guy any more but he was a childhood friends and groom was friendless. So, invitations arrived with name of registry office and hotel on, grand, day before wedding noone could get in touch with groom, husband FINALLY got through and the story went that the hotel said they never received deposit and had cancelled reception - hmmm! So, we arrived at reg office next day, bride arrived very very late and very very very drunk, so much so that she could barely say her vows, my husband had to pay for the registry office because groom forgot his wallet. Off we popped back to a pub for some carvery - bride in full costume - groom in suit with celtic jersey under shirt - and WE paid for everyones lunch!!!! in comes social services to take the daughter back to foster family - and on goes the party - 3pm and the bride is asked to leave pub as she's too drunk - so on to another pub (I toddled off home about now) - bride - still in full costume - and husband, now just in trousers and celtic jersey dancing their "first dance" in middle of pub to the sounds of some poor band who happened to get the gig that night, next thing someone comes in with chipper for everyone and that was consumed before last orders.

I promise I have not made this up!

F.A. · 02-10-2008 9:57pm

Ridiculously expensive wedding not too long ago (bf's cousin). The whole thing was totally over the top and full of embarrassing moments. Painfully ones, actually. New money syndrome I think they call it... My personal highlight was when the bride's mother entered the church - to say she was dressed like a hooker from Las Vegas would be complimenting her.

I'd never seen so many mortified people quickly turn their head elsewhere pretending nothing! :P

LolaDub · 02-10-2008 10:07pm

Forky wrote: »

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??????????????

Ugh i don't really know what happened. The guy seemed to have a really unhealthy interest in our sex life. He told my bf that his gf/wife wouldn't let him to anything other than missionary, no boobie time, no oral for anybody etc and he seemed fixated on us. It was really creepy, but the leap from jealousy to complete madness certainly happened that day! I told my bf that i hadn't and it was an idiotic suggestion but he took the bro's before ho's line and insisted i was a trollop. He got in touch a few years later with the usual hi how are you, i of course wanted to know what had happened and he just said he realised i'd been telling the truth and could we give it another shot:rolleyes:

F.A. · 02-10-2008 10:15pm

LolaDub wrote: »

he just said he realised i'd been telling the truth and could we give it another shot:rolleyes:

And you didn't jump to the occasion??

NicheG · 02-10-2008 10:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

This thread was made for me!

My husband was best man at a wedding a few years back, he wasn't really friends with the guy any more but he was a childhood friends and groom was friendless. So, invitations arrived with name of registry office and hotel on, grand, day before wedding noone could get in touch with groom, husband FINALLY got through and the story went that the hotel said they never received deposit and had cancelled reception - hmmm! So, we arrived at reg office next day, bride arrived very very late and very very very drunk, so much so that she could barely say her vows, my husband had to pay for the registry office because groom forgot his wallet. Off we popped back to a pub for some carvery - bride in full costume - groom in suit with celtic jersey under shirt - and WE paid for everyones lunch!!!! in comes social services to take the daughter back to foster family - and on goes the party - 3pm and the bride is asked to leave pub as she's too drunk - so on to another pub (I toddled off home about now) - bride - still in full costume - and husband, now just in trousers and celtic jersey dancing their "first dance" in middle of pub to the sounds of some poor band who happened to get the gig that night, next thing someone comes in with chipper for everyone and that was consumed before last orders.

I promise I have not made this up!

You cannot be serious?
There's a Channel 4 late night documentary in the making there.

02-10-2008 10:47pm

NicheG wrote: »

You cannot be serious?
There's a Channel 4 late night documentary in the making there.

TV3 are getting pretty good at the whole car crash TV thing too these days, I should give them a call shouldn't I!

Pj! · 02-10-2008 10:57pm

LolaDub wrote: »

Ugh i don't really know what happened. The guy seemed to have a really unhealthy interest in our sex life. He told my bf that his gf/wife wouldn't let him to anything other than missionary, no boobie time, no oral for anybody etc and he seemed fixated on us. It was really creepy, but the leap from jealousy to complete madness certainly happened that day! I told my bf that i hadn't and it was an idiotic suggestion but he took the bro's before ho's line and insisted i was a trollop. He got in touch a few years later with the usual hi how are you, i of course wanted to know what had happened and he just said he realised i'd been telling the truth and could we give it another shot:rolleyes:

Jesus. You miss them much? :rolleyes:

coco85 · 02-10-2008 11:05pm

stovelid wrote: »

Do either of them read boards....or any of their friends. They may be able to hazard a guess as to whose wedding you're dissing?

To be honest.. i'm not bothered.. the bride and i never really got on and i only went to make sure there would not be a fallout between her family and my family!... bride even told me a couple of months ago that she knows i don't like her!!!... needless to say the traditional kissing the bride at the church door after the cermony was more then just a little unconfortable!

02-10-2008 11:23pm

coco85 wrote: »

To be honest.. i'm not bothered.. the bride and i never really got on and i only went to make sure there would not be a fallout between her family and my family!... bride even told me a couple of months ago that she knows i don't like her!!!... needless to say the traditional kissing the bride at the church door after the cermony was more then just a little unconfortable!

well tbh it sounds as thought the wedding was probably fine but you have a problem with the bride.....

No choice on food - so what?
not your favourite wine - so what?
Bride late - so what?
Bar closed at 1am? isn't that normal????? and why would you have wanted to stay any later if it was that bad??? and the reason it's called a "residents bar" is usually cos it's only for residents.....

It's their day - not yours!

G&T · 02-10-2008 11:28pm

Zzippy wrote: »

She didn't turn up!

I got your joke:D

I would never do to the expence of going to the wedding
of someone I didn't like,so ive enjoyed them all.

coco85 · 02-10-2008 11:37pm

Deleted User wrote: »

well tbh it sounds as thought the wedding was probably fine but you have a problem with the bride.....

No choice on food - so what?
not your favourite wine - so what?
Bride late - so what?
Bar closed at 1am? isn't that normal????? and why would you have wanted to stay any later if it was that bad??? and the reason it's called a "residents bar" is usually cos it's only for residents.....

It's their day - not yours!

Just to clear things up.. i went expecting to have a great day as there were lots of family and close friends going...

No choice on food - so what? - did they take their 200+ guests into consideration when chosing the menu.. 90% of people there were culchies from the middle of nowhere!!!
not your favourite wine - so what?- ok-so what..
Bride late - so what? we all expect the bride to be late but that was the lastest i've ever experienced... maybe 1.25 hrs is the norm these days???
Bar closed at 1am? isn't that normal????? and why would you have wanted to stay any later if it was that bad??? and the reason it's called a "residents bar" is usually cos it's only for residents.....I have never been to a wedding where things wrapped up before 2/3am.....

As for my having a problem with the bride.. granted i don't get on very well with her.. but i understand that many other guests inculding our friends and family did not enjoy the day either- and they don't have any problem with the bride/groom/their families.. no problems at all... one couple i know who are getting married soon mentioned that they now know how not to have a wedding!

It's their day - not yours!- as for this comment- i understand this but if they are going to such expense to provide for their guests maybe they should have 1)taken their guests into consideration when planning the day in the first place- and 2) not disappeared after the meal for the rest of the night!- they should have eloped if they wanted to be on their own...

Either way the purpose of this thread was to hear other peoples stories about wedding incidents.....

Zaph · 03-10-2008 12:05am

Only ever at one really bad wedding. It was fine until it came to the speeches. First was the best man, who went on for ages. Then the groom, followed by the father of the bride, the father of the groom, the chief bridesmaid, the priest (who seemed determined to outdo the best man), then the bridesmaids reading cards, etc., and finally the bride decided to say a few words. Now if any of this had been remotely entertaining (although to be fair, the groom's short speech was) it would have been grand. But two and a half hours of speeches was torturous. We couldn't even get a drink as the bar was in the same room and it would have looked very rude.

03-10-2008 8:49am

Never been at a 'bad' wedding as such but one sticks out in my mind.
It was a 35,000 euro wedding (I know because the groom told everyone what it had cost) and went to show me that money can't buy a good wedding.

Freezing cold church, two hour drive to reception venue which was very olde worlde and pretty but also freezing cold and not very clean, late dinner because the wedding couple were so long getting photos done, ridiculously long speeches, crap band.

After that I decided that if I had 35,000 euro to spend I'd rather do it on a five-star job for 40 guests than a bog-standard bash for 200.

Clareman · 03-10-2008 9:39am

I was at a wedding last year of a doctor and her husband, and by god did they want to bring out all the pomp and ceremony.
At the church when handing over the piece of silver (sign of all I have etc.) she laughed when he handed it to her.
We went to the reception venue straight from the church, not only were there no other guests there, the place was closed, bar in the hotel was even closed.
Bar finally opened, it was still covered in empty glasses & ASHTRAYS from the night before.
Reception hall is then open and we are shown in there to have a drink (about 40 other guests have arrived at this stage).
Normally all the above wouldn’t bother me but the mother of the bride made a point of coming over to us and saying how wonderful the place was and how the wedding co-ordinator was such a fantastic thing and everyone should hire one.
It was discovered that there were 4 tables missing for people, so when people went to take their seats there were people just standing up looking at people getting their soup while waiting for their table.
No potatoes were given to our table (oversight so I’ll let that 1 go).
There were no table spoons, milk or sugar available for tea or coffee.
When the main course was over the top table were served their dessert, so everyone sat back and waited for theirs, nothing coming. After 20 minutes someone noticed a table at the back with desserts on it, people then started to realise that there was a buffet type dessert and started getting it.
Speeches took 2 hours and 27 minutes, father of the bride spoke for 58 minutes and the father of the groom spoke for 45 minutes.
Because of all the delays people for the afters were arriving while the speeches were going on.
At the meal there were 2 tables of people (10 per table) under the age of 40, everyone else was a friend of mammy or daddy (there was 280 people at the wedding).
The band started playing at around 11.30, they stopped at 12.30, the DJ then started and at 1 o’clock he stopped, all music had to be stopped at 1.

A lot of the above could be down to the venue and their planning, but the bride and the mother of the bride made such points of how wonderful the venue was, how they were made feel so special, how everything was about them showed how happy they were with it.

xzanti · 03-10-2008 9:51am

My story is a little different, I didn't actually make it to this wedding...

I befriended a girl in a job I was in, she didn't know many Irish people as she had come from Nigeria, nice girl, got on well with her etc.. Anyway I only knew her about 2 months when she announced she was getting married and would I be her Bridesmaid.??. I was a bit taken aback and kind of put on the spot so I said yes.. Anyway the following week she told me we were going to go into the Jervis Centre and pick out a dress for me.. So in we went, anyway somewhere in the heel of the hunt it began to dawn on me that she was expecting ME to pay for the dress.. I was dumbstruck, hadn't a clue what to say, I just made my excuses and legged it and told her I couldn't do the wedding as I'd something else on that day.. She kept trying to get me to go to other family functions after that too, she wanted me to go to her sisters babys Birthday party one time, I was nearly going to go till she asked me if I liked my Goat cooked medium or rare.. I don't do Goat

Zzippy · 03-10-2008 10:19am

coco85 wrote: »

.. oh she turned up alright.. an hour late.. invitations said church at 2pm.. she didn't arrive untill 3pm and spent another 15min taking photo's outside the church before the mass even started!!!....

I know it was her choice to be late.. but i thought being sooooo late was taking the p***!!!.. especially after i rushing to get there on time!!!!

Umm, my post was a joke, and not referring to yours! Whoosh...

xzanti wrote: »

I was nearly going to go till she asked me if I liked my Goat cooked medium or rare.. I don't do Goat

Shoulda gone, goat is delicious! Mmmmm... maybe this should be in BGRH

helimachoptor · 03-10-2008 10:44am

At a wedding a couple of years back, a friend of my girlfriends.

The bride was 24, the groom 37.. average age of the guest was about 60.

The band were playing the usual wedding songs, no one was dancing in the end the played all the golden oldie stuff and the dancefloor was packed.

As soon as the DJ started the OAPs went to bed, this was about 11pm
so literally there was me,my gf, bride, groom, best man, bridesmaid and about 10 other people in a room that had held 250 for dinner.

I went to bed about an hour later, next day the couple were in the pub and going on about how great their wedding was:D

Maybe it was great for them but for me it was terrible

Clareman · 03-10-2008 10:50am

helimachoptor wrote: »

Maybe it was great for them but for me it was terrible

The only reason I came into the Ladies Lounge (I wiped my feet I promise) was I was looking up something for my fiance and did a search for weddings (it's early excuse me

), but I think that statement just summed up the whole thing to me, I honest to god don't care what people think about our wedding, once we enjoy it then it's going to be the best wedding ever.

If they mind they don't matter, if they matter they don't mind :P

Macha · 03-10-2008 11:12am

Clareman wrote: »

The only reason I came into the Ladies Lounge (I wiped my feet I promise) was I was looking up something for my fiance and did a search for weddings (it's early excuse me ), but I think that statement just summed up the whole thing to me, I honest to god don't care what people think about our wedding, once we enjoy it then it's going to be the best wedding ever.

If they mind they don't matter, if they matter they don't mind :P

If you don't care at all what they think, why invite them? There's a difference between tying yourself up in a knot trying to please everyone and making sure your guests enjoy themselves at the event that:

a) you have invited them to
b) they have made the effort to attend (possibly taking time off work)
c) and probably spent a decent amount of cash on (through clothes, travelling, accommodation, presents etc)

It's just basic decency.

GeorgeCostanza · 03-10-2008 11:13am

coco85 wrote: »

As for the meal- no choice on the menu- we were subjected to Goats cheese starter, pea soup, rare fillet steak(no option of how we'd like our steak cooked), and apple crumble.. cheap vinegar like wine.....

Sounds like a nice menu. I've never attended or heard of a wedding venue that allows guests to dictate the 'rareness' of their steak. Just my opinion, but if you're one of these people that likes their meat burnt to a crisp, then you shouldn't be critiquing menus.

coco85 wrote: »

Then there was the fact that the music stopped at 1am... and the bars closed-only residents of the hotel allowed into the residents bar..

You're complaining because the music stopped at 1am??? It's a wedding, not a nightclub. By the way, that's why it's called the residents bar!!!! Because it's for the benefit of hotel residents. It also happens to be the law.

trio · 03-10-2008 11:23am

This is why such things exists as "Bar Extensions". They usually cost about €250 as I recall, but they're well worth it as 1am really IS too early for most guests to retire. But some couples don't want to spend the money, which is wierd, as they're spending €350 on a wedding car.

The band started playing at around 11.30, they stopped at 12.30, the DJ then started and at 1 o’clock he stopped, all music had to be stopped at 1.

This happened at a wedding I was at, in Ashford Castle. Bloody speeches went on till 11.30, by which time we were all knackered and dry as a bone as the toast glass was long gone but most were too embarressed to leave the table in full view of the speakers to go to the bar.

Then the band came on for one hour, then the DJ did exactly half an hour and the whole thing closed down.

It was a U.S./Ireland wedding, and the U.S. guests presumably thought it was all normal but the Irish guests were pretty perplexed.

Gillo · 03-10-2008 11:33am

Getting married in less three months I'm getting worried, I can't think of any bad weddings I've been to....

None of you lot are getting invites now:mad:

Ostrom · 03-10-2008 11:34am

If it counts for the topic, and having just attended a great wedding in the hotel I used to work in for many years, I remember some incidents....

Three years ago, standard wedding setup, everyone arrives, nice crowd.

The wedding party are shown to their seats, and as seems to be the custom these days, the speeches begin before the meal. Nice.

An uncle of the groom stands to say a few words.

Before he opens his mouth, a man jumps from his seat, over the top table, headbutts the guy straight in the forehead and walks away.

Kinda soured the atmosphere for evening....

Clareman · 03-10-2008 11:48am

taconnol wrote: »

If you don't care at all what they think, why invite them? There's a difference between tying yourself up in a knot trying to please everyone and making sure your guests enjoy themselves at the event that:

a) you have invited them to
b) they have made the effort to attend (possibly taking time off work)
c) and probably spent a decent amount of cash on (through clothes, travelling, accommodation, presents etc)

It's just basic decency.

If you try to keep all the people happy all the time your going to end up making no body happy, we were at another wedding where the Groom got sick the whole night before with nerves and the bride didn't smile once during the whole meal, really didn't enjoy the day as there was a weird atmosphere about the place. The best you can do is prepare as much as possible, have a good venue, tell them that everything has to be right, have a few people organised to check everything pre-arrival and try to have a menu that people would eat. I've been to a number of weddings where people have had fillet steak but people didn't eat it cause it wasn't cooked the way they liked, beef would have been a better option really.

All you can do is prepare as much as possible and remember it's the bride's day, once she's happy that's all that matters

Macha · 03-10-2008 11:57am

Clareman wrote: »

If you try to keep all the people happy all the time your going to end up making no body happy, we were at another wedding where the Groom got sick the whole night before with nerves and the bride didn't smile once during the whole meal, really didn't enjoy the day as there was a weird atmosphere about the place. The best you can do is prepare as much as possible, have a good venue, tell them that everything has to be right, have a few people organised to check everything pre-arrival and try to have a menu that people would eat. I've been to a number of weddings where people have had fillet steak but people didn't eat it cause it wasn't cooked the way they liked, beef would have been a better option really.

Oh sure, I totally agree, you're never going to please everyone. Plus a few incidents mentioned were outside the control of the bride and groom. Nevertheless, if/when I get married, I will be hoping all guests have a great time.

Clareman wrote: »

All you can do is prepare as much as possible and remember it's the bride's day, once she's happy that's all that matters

Couldn't agree less! This is 2008, not 1908. Both partners are equally as important on the day.

Clareman · 03-10-2008 12:00pm

taconnol wrote: »

Couldn't agree less! This is 2008, not 1908. Both partners are equally as important on the day.

I thought the same before we started arraging everything, I might be completly wrong (or old fashioned) but I think that everything during the day should be about the bride, we will be having the rest of our lives together, I think she should have 1 day in the limelight.

This is just my opinion, everyone is entitled to theirs and every couple is different, as someone mentioned before, when I was dreaming about scoring the winning goal in the All Ireland, she was dreaming of her perfect wedding.

xzanti · 03-10-2008 12:01pm

Clareman wrote: »

If you try to keep all the people happy all the time your going to end up making no body happy, we were at another wedding where the Groom got sick the whole night before with nerves and the bride didn't smile once during the whole meal, really didn't enjoy the day as there was a weird atmosphere about the place. The best you can do is prepare as much as possible, have a good venue, tell them that everything has to be right, have a few people organised to check everything pre-arrival and try to have a menu that people would eat. I've been to a number of weddings where people have had fillet steak but people didn't eat it cause it wasn't cooked the way they liked, beef would have been a better option really.

All you can do is prepare as much as possible and remember it's the bride's day, once she's happy that's all that matters

I think the point Taconnol is trying to make is that when the guest has made the effort to, as he said, turn up, probably take time off work, (where women are concerned mostly) agonise over an outfit, choose a gift etc.. It's expected that the hosts have made at least a reasonable effort to make everyone comfortable, fed, watered and entertained to the best of their ability.. A wedding is usually planned over a few months if not years so it's not unreasonable to expect it to be well planned and executed..

I helped in the plannnig of my sisters wedding and I think it took less than a half a day to ring around and find out if we had any vegetarians attending and if anyone had any alergies etc.. Something as simple as that can make the difference between someone enjoying the wedding and not..

LolaDub · 03-10-2008 12:06pm

F.A. wrote: »

And you didn't jump to the occasion??

Erm no i didn't! But i have his number if you'd like a chance?

Forky wrote: »

Jesus. You miss them much? :rolleyes:

Definitely not! Lol! It was just the weirdest thing! And the few times the best man and hiswife spoke to me during the night they were perfectly friendly, so i think that itself should have shown i hadn't done anything awful. Ah well, if it were to happen again i would announce to the bride all of the things her husband said about her when she wasn't around then leg it!

Generally though i would think of weddings are their day not mine and its lovely to be invited. I think in most hotels the bar stays open until 11-12.30 ish and the bar extension is a few hundred euro, extra options on the menu are also extra, extra course/toasts are extra, even covers for the chairs are extra! Weddings are very expensive business, at the end of the day if they think enough of you to invite you, perhaps people should just be grateful for that, big occassions are rarely perfect.

metalgear2k2 · 03-10-2008 12:06pm

taconnol wrote: »

Couldn't agree less! This is 2008, not 1908. Both partners are equally as important on the day.

Bull****, its her day, if she's happy everyone's happy, men don't grow up dreaming about what their wedding day is going to be like, that it has to be this and has to be that, women do, and that's how it is, end of!!!

Macha · 03-10-2008 12:13pm

metalgear2k2 wrote: »

Bull****, its her day, if she's happy everyone's happy, men don't grow up dreaming about what their wedding day is going to be like, that it has to be this and has to be that, women do, and that's how it is, end of!!!

Can we get rid of the generalisations? Enough of the "women do, and that's how it is" please.

I take Clareman's point that for his particular wedding, the day itself means a whole lot more to his fiancee than to him - but he also accepts that that's specific to his relationship.

I certainly didn't grow up "dreaming" about my wedding day. If/when I get married, it will be because both I and my partner want it, not just because I want to be a princess for a day and have the photos to match.

I'm getting really sick of the gender stereotyping on boards. Stop.thinking.you.know.my.mind.just.because.of.my.gender.

Clareman · 03-10-2008 12:16pm

For the last time, will everyone stop generalising

Macha · 03-10-2008 12:20pm

Clareman wrote: »

For the last time, will everyone stop generalising

Look who's talking, ya culchie!

(Ok sorry gone totally OT sorry, sorry)

Oryx · 03-10-2008 12:27pm

Worst wedding I ever attended was actually a really good day. We all had a blast. It was a bad wedding because it was a close friend who was getting wed, they were only 21 and we could all see the relationship was a car crash. It was kinda tragic to watch. (In fact on the day bets were going around on how long it would last -cruel but true). They were split within about 3 months, the post wedding bills lasted years though.

Mr Pot · 03-10-2008 12:29pm

mine

chickenhawk · 03-10-2008 12:32pm

taconnol wrote: »

. Stop.thinking.you.know.my.mind.just.because.of.my.gender.

Actually it's because of your gender we know we can't read your mind.

Mr Pot wrote: »

mine

Tell all.

Femelade · 03-10-2008 12:35pm

My boyfriends ex couldnt keep her hands or eyes off him for a whole day at a wedding we were at. told his friends she wanted him back, ran away from him everythime i came over..
then rang him at 5am to tell him she was locked out of her room and would he help her...
I was extremely pissed off.
but that had nothing to do with the organising of the weeding..wedding was actually good, as was every wedding i've been to!

Mr Pot · 03-10-2008 12:37pm

^ Just a joke really, you haven't met my wife

I got married at registary, one day when we woke we decided to get married. I phoned up my parents the next day to tell them.

I have a 7 month old son now and were still very happily married

Oryx · 03-10-2008 12:41pm

Mr Pot wrote: »

^ Just a joke really, you haven't met my wife

I got married at registary, one day when we woke we decided to get married. I phoned up my parents the next day to tell them.

I have a 7 month old son now and were still very happily married

Cant have been in Ireland. You have to give 3 months notice. So no Las Vegas type drunken marriages for us!!

Damn, Im sorry that was a joke though. I was looking forward to some scandal.

chickenhawk · 03-10-2008 12:48pm

Mr Pot wrote: »

^ Just a joke really, you haven't met my wife
she's watching...I'll tell ye later.

I got married at registary, one day when we woke we decided to get married.

FTFY.

It's ok we can read between the lines!

Sounds nice. No time for pressure or a huge guest list!

Mr Pot · 03-10-2008 12:49pm

The party was most important and a great one

GeturGun · 03-10-2008 1:01pm

Was at a wedding a few years ago, one the girls of a group of friends of mine. She sat the whole group together at one table - except me - I was sat at a table on the other side of the room with people I did not know. Obviously I had to grin and bear it on the day, but will never forgive her for that

And apart from that it was the most boring wedding ever :rolleyes: Bride was gone to bed - with a headache(!) - before the music even ended.

Oryx · 03-10-2008 1:09pm

GeturGun wrote: »

Was at a wedding a few years ago, one the girls of a group of friends of mine. She sat the whole group together at one table - except me - I was sat at a table on the other side of the room with people I did not know. Obviously I had to grin and bear it on the day, but will never forgive her for that

And apart from that it was the most boring wedding ever :rolleyes: Bride was gone to bed - with a headache(!) - before the music even ended.

I attended my brothers wedding minus my other half and I was seated like Mary bloody Poppins, the only adult supervision at the table where all the kids were sitting. But hey, hes my brother. What could I say? I just made sure the kids drank loads of fizz and dessert before they went back to their parents.

Zzippy · 03-10-2008 1:09pm

GeturGun wrote: »

Was at a wedding a few years ago, one the girls of a group of friends of mine. She sat the whole group together at one table - except me - I was sat at a table on the other side of the room with people I did not know. Obviously I had to grin and bear it on the day, but will never forgive her for that

And apart from that it was the most boring wedding ever :rolleyes: Bride was gone to bed - with a headache(!) - before the music even ended.

I hate when the couple decide to sit the single people together, like they're desperate or something and need to hook up, and not with their friends who happen to be in relationships... although sometimes it can be fun. Was at a wedding in Holland recently, was sat beside a girl from Ireland, probably the only other single person there (was a small wedding). We had no interest in hooking up but she was such a sound person we had a great night...

Sorry, know the thread is about worst weddings... my worst was in America - 7 groomsmen and 7 bridesmaids, the priest made a big point during mass of saying Protestants could not receive communion, like they were evil or something, the reception was from 5pm to 10pm then we were turfed out of the function room, the residents bar was crap and the police were called to break up a fight so we were in bed by 12. :rolleyes:

Riverside · 03-10-2008 1:15pm

Christmas 2005 - Cousin's Wedding in Waterford

I should have realised it was going to a disaster when the Invite was sent to my parents address when I hadn't lived there in 10 years.

Wedding to start at 1pm per the invite. So all the guests are at the Church (in the middle of nowhere) on time, no groom to welcome them which I thought was very rude as all the other weddings I have been at the Groom & Groomsmen have been there to welcome the guests. Eventually he turns up at 1.40pm just before the Bride and just before many guests were about to walk out!
I am sitting towards the rear of the Church and he asks me were the Best Man is!! I mean WTF "Is it my wedding?" and "I had nothing to do with the planning". Also in the booklet had the wrong Pope...now I know Pope JP was only dead 8 months but it was obvious that they had just copied somebody elses booklet from like a year before!
Get to the reception and there is no cups left for tea and coffee. Now having worked in Hotels and knowing the old "pay for 200 cups and staff are told to put out 150 cups" routine, I ask the waiter for a cup to which he replies.. "The Bride & Groom only paid for the first 100 cups of Tea/Coffee" (Oh and the waiter was not lying...my aunt asked later and the Groom (when drunk) said that this was the case).
The meal was ok from what I can recall...I hit the bar and downed a couple of vodkas seeing as how I was not going to get any Tea!
The Band...I knew were going to be a disaster when they were setting up. They wore matching suits from like the 1970's or that era. These were youngish lads. So the band cranks up...1 song then a break...then another song and a break...then another song and a break...you get the drift. You know how it is at a wedding when there is a good dancing crowd and the band is like that..you were just getting into a swing of a dance and the band took a break! Cousin admitted they were the cheapest band on the list!
Then the DJ started up....he was ok but played Republican songs for a full hour...we were shocked as no consideration was given towards guests who were not republican!
Also cousins sisters did not make one bit of effort with cousins/aunts/uncles who had travelled half of the country for the Wedding day, instead preferring to canoodle with their BF's in the corner!
To cap it all off the Cousin stated that he wasn't going on his honeymoon until the end of January as it was cheaper then!

Theme for the Wedding....Rude and Cheap!!

Needless to say I was gone straight after breakfast the next morning at 10am so I didn't have to face any of them!

His sister got married earlier this year and although I was not invited (thankfully!!) I believe they had learned a lot from the previous wedding!

Worst Wedding You ever attended and why?

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