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Ruining a wedding

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    #1232
    Blitzkrieger
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    Toots wrote: »
    Yeah I got the impression that it wasn't a group of random +1s but I suppose depending on how many guests they had overall, if there were 10 people missing from their seats it might be obvious just by looking. If they were all supposed to be at the same table it would be super obvious if most of a table was missing.

    This happened a few weeks before my own wedding, and I mentioned it to the wedding coordinator at the hotel who told me they deliberately don't put big matches on the TV in the bar if there's a wedding, to avoid stragglers coming for dinner.

    Missing the meal/speeches is perhaps a bit disrespectful, but if there's a big match on I don't see the harm in screening it - it's like two hours max out of the whole day.

    Not a wedding but we had a VP giving out to us at a company BBQ one year for watching a match. It was early in the day, there was sod all people there yet, and while watching we were chatting with people from other departments we didn't see much, and a handful of people we'd never spoken to before. Isn't socialising the whole point of the day?


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    #1233
    DublinWriter
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    Listen from 20:40, but not while driving.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S6gOX-ktk4&t=1246s


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    #1234
    Cork Lass
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    DublinWriter wrote: »
    Listen from 20:40, but not while driving.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S6gOX-ktk4&t=1246s

    Absolutely hilarious :pac:


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    #1235
    Beatty69
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    I was at a wedding maybe 15 years ago of a friend from college. 6 of us (all girls) had been invited but not our partners which was fine, cause the venue only catered for 100 we understood.

    Great wedding, very intimate, beautiful food etc. However, father of the bride proceeded to ask each one of us to dance which was nice you would think. No, full on tried to grope and snog every single one of us!! And the dance floor was tiny! The mortification of trying to laugh it off but knowing it was probably really awful for the bride.

    Now, he was separated from the mother of the bride but the fact that he was at least 25 years older than all of us and tried it with so many was awful.


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    #1236
    Doublebusy
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    Would you say this ruined the big day
    https://youtu.be/SaPiVFhCbSg


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    #1237
    SCOOP 64
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    Doublebusy wrote: »
    Would you say this ruined the big day
    https://youtu.be/SaPiVFhCbSg

    looks like it was going too roll over, did she put the seatbelt on?


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    #1238
    Doublebusy
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    No seatbelt and a hospital visit
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bride-rushed-hospital-wedding-day-20433666.amp


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    #1239
    ckeego
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    partyguinness wrote: »
    If you like Jack Dee...you are in luck..:D

    Right, point taken. I'll leave ye alone.

    In fairness, I love Jack D😂


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    #1240
    spacetweek
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    ontour2 wrote: »
    In their ultimate lack of wisdom, another guest made a wise crack to the bride about her new brother-in-law becoming her step father. Bride looses the plot, starts crying and telling the groom to sort it out. Groom was a quiet lad who had no interest in walking in on either his mother in law or his brother. Bride demanded the master key for the bedroom from us but we politely declined. Groom came up to get a round of drinks for the few in the residents bar that had witnessed bridezilla. We didn't charge him for the round. The next hours were two groups in the residents bar, one was the groom with his work colleagues and the other was a group of women trying to calm the bride and not been sure whether more drink or sobering her up was the way to go.

    Am I the only one that thinks the bride needs to lighten up a bit? Her ma is single ffs. What's the big deal?


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    #1241
    Princess Calla
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    spacetweek wrote: »
    Am I the only one that thinks the bride needs to lighten up a bit? Her ma is single ffs. What's the big deal?

    Yeah I'd have no problem with my mother having a one night stand with my brother in law. Especially as it was carried out so discretely.

    Future family events will be so much fun.

    Have you never heard of the expression don't sh1t on your doorstep?


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    #1242
    Leg End Reject
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    spacetweek wrote: »
    Am I the only one that thinks the bride needs to lighten up a bit? Her ma is single ffs. What's the big deal?

    I think most people would rather their mother didn't openly ride a man young enough to be her son, especially at their wedding.

    A little bit of discretion and respect for her daughter isn't too much to expect.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




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    #1243
    Pawwed Rig
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    I think most people would rather their mother didn't openly ride a man young enough to be her son, especially at their wedding.

    A little bit of discretion and respect for her daughter isn't too much to expect.

    It was a good story for this thread to be fair :pac:


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    Leg End Reject
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    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    It was a good story for this thread to be fair :pac:

    Yep, bet it's the only thing guests remember is that the bride's mother is a goer! :D
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




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    #1245
    [Deleted User]
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    spacetweek wrote: »
    Am I the only one that thinks the bride needs to lighten up a bit? Her ma is single ffs. What's the big deal?

    Absolutely. Great story, but this has me scratching my head.

    You know that episode of Friends where Monica Gellar throws a fit because her friend kissed her brother on her engagement night because it was 'her (Monica's) night'? Well that caused me to demote Monica from my third-favourite character to a lowly fifth. Her and Chandler could get lost, after that. I'm still mad about it tbh.

    Same here. It's a party, let the people enjoy themselves.


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    ontour2
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    I think most people would rather their mother didn't openly ride a man young enough to be her son, especially at their wedding.

    A little bit of discretion and respect for her daughter isn't too much to expect.

    The funny part of that one was that two days later the mother of the bride and the best man came back to the hotel, checked in for two nights and ordered a bottle of champagne to the room.
    It took every ounce of professionalism to keep a straight face while delivering that order.
    You would think they would have ventured to somewhere they were not known but obviously they felt that the hotel may have been a key ingredient!


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    #1247
    PhilOssophy
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    I think most people would rather their mother didn't openly ride a man young enough to be her son, especially at their wedding.

    A little bit of discretion and respect for her daughter isn't too much to expect.

    Especially her new brother in law!!!


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    Princess Calla
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    ontour2 wrote: »
    The funny part of that one was that two days later the mother of the bride and the best man came back to the hotel, checked in for two nights and ordered a bottle of champagne to the room.
    It took every ounce of professionalism to keep a straight face while delivering that order.
    You would think they would have ventured to somewhere they were not known but obviously they felt that the hotel may have been a key ingredient!

    Out of curiosity what ages are we talking about?

    A young MOB and older BM or are we in complete cougar territory :D


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    #1249
    ontour2
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    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Out of curiosity what ages are we talking about?

    A young MOB and older BM or are we in complete cougar territory :D

    I had to google to check the rules on 'Cougar territory' :D

    the woman is usually 35 years or older with the man more than eight years her junior

    MOB - late 40s, BM - early twenties, so looks like it clearly qualifies.

    In his defense, in a choice between the bridesmaids and the MOB, he did pick the best available option...


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    Trigger Happy
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    DublinWriter wrote: »
    Listen from 20:40, but not while driving.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S6gOX-ktk4&t=1246s

    That's only brilliant...made my day!


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    Neyite
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Yep, bet it's the only thing guests remember is that the bride's mother is a goer! :D

    The bride creating a massive scene like she did only ensured that the whole crowd knew rather than just a select few.


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    #1252
    josip
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    Neyite wrote: »
    The bride creating a massive scene like she did only ensured that the whole crowd knew rather than just a select few.


    If you want to know what a girl will be like when she's older, look at her mother :D


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    #1253
    frecklier
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    My friend is from a big rugby family in Co. Down. Her sister's wedding was the day of one of the Six Nations matches, and everyone was listening on headphones during the mass. My friend made sure her wedding wasn't going to fall on any of the match days. Ended up being the day Ulster won the Heineken Cup. The speeches were all about the rugby, the bride barely got a mention.


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    #1254
    Celmullet
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    At a friend's wedding, we were at those big round tables and one of the other guests accidentally set fire to the table by throwing his napkin on a candle that quickly caught all the other paper crap on the table


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    #1255
    BattleCorp
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    Celmullet wrote: »
    At a friend's wedding, we were at those big round tables and one of the other guests accidentally set fire to the table by throwing his napkin on a candle that quickly caught all the other paper crap on the table

    My best man actually did that during the speeches during my wedding. He would discard a sheet of paper when he was finished with it but unfortunately he fired it down on top of a tea light. Wasn't a big flame but it was funny for a second or two when we could see the panic on his face. The ironic thing about that too was that he is a part-time fire fighter. :D


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    #1256
    ontour2
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    From behind the bar...

    Possibly the most hideous wedding cake I have ever seen, it was 5 tiers with pink icing and pictures of the bride and groom printed in icing. Later in the evening it came to cutting the cake up to send out with the evening food. Bride had identified the tier that she wanted us to cut. Brought the cake in and started to cut it and inside was styrofoam. Went back to find a heavier tier and luckily found one, cut in and it was cake! However this cake must have been the subject of some science experiment as it was so dry that it could not be served, would have been easier to eat the styrofoam.

    Time to consult with the mother of the groom as she seemed sound and we were fairly sure she did not make the cake. Luckily the hotel served a classic oxford lunch so 2 bar staff and the mother of the groom, transplanted the icing to the oxford lunch 'glueing' it with honey and sent it out. Some of the icing photos got distorted so we strategically cut the slices.

    Next morning over breakfast the bride was raving about the cake that was ludicrously expensive and wanted the rest cut up and to give to guests before they left. Mother of the groom decided that the sham was over and told her new daughter in law about the disaster of a cake. She was polite about it but apparently she had offered to make the cake and that offer was rejected as the bride wanted the 'special cake'!


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    #1257
    pgj2015
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Absolutely. Great story, but this has me scratching my head.

    You know that episode of Friends where Monica Gellar throws a fit because her friend kissed her brother on her engagement night because it was 'her (Monica's) night'? Well that caused me to demote Monica from my third-favourite character to a lowly fifth. Her and Chandler could get lost, after that. I'm still mad about it tbh.

    Same here. It's a party, let the people enjoy themselves.




    ah come on. its ok for the likes of jeremy kyle guests but anyone with any bit of class wouldn't go there.


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    Frynge
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    Similare theme one from behind the bar.

    We were turning the room over after the meal and moving the cake to another table. It was myself and a new guy who had just started (first wedding). The cake was on a swan stand and we were putting it onto a different table next to the stage. we both picked up a tier and moved them with out issue. i told him to take the last tier and the stand while I dropped the table.

    He picked up what he taught was going to be a heavy biscuit cake but was actually a styrofoam fake. In essence he hoffed the thing about 20 feet into the middle of the dance floor. The bride saw everything and the look of fear on the new guys face was priceless.

    everybody was frozen for what was probably on a second and the bride broke the silence with laughter.


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    #1259
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    ah come on. its ok for the likes of jeremy kyle guests but anyone with any bit of class wouldn't go there.
    Trying to have class sounds very depressing, if a relative's fling can ruin your wedding. What did people think happened at weddings?!


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    BaZmO*
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    Celmullet wrote: »
    At a friend's wedding, we were at those big round tables and one of the other guests accidentally set fire to the table by throwing his napkin on a candle that quickly caught all the other paper crap on the table

    Not a wedding but it reminded me of my brother's kid's Christening in London.

    They tend to do a job lot of ceremonies at the same time, so there was another family there doing a Christening, Communion and Confirmation.

    We were all standing around the Baptismal Font. The other kids mentioned above (all girls) were holding lit candles and one of them got too close to the one with the Communion veil. Of course it caught fire!! :eek:

    Luckily no harm was done but everyone present spent the rest of the service staring at the girls with the candles making sure they didn't get to close to anyone else!


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    #1261
    whitey1
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    Not a wedding, but a funeral

    A distant relation (through marriage) of the deceased did 2 things in the run up to a funeral that caused so much tension that the ERU were activated. Cant go into too many details but one of the things involved a request for tickets for the All Ireland Final. I’ll leave it up to your imagination.


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