Has anyone stopped a wedding? Has it ever worked?

MadsL wrote: »

Very long story, but have a friend that hitched from UK to Germany to see his ex before she got married.

Showed up the night before her wedding.

She went wtf? He said I still love you. She said ok, lets go, lets elope. He hesitated and then mumbled something about how they could see how they felt. She said fcuk you, and he ended up sleeping in a tent in the garden that night, he was woken by her father very early saying "think you better be going now".

She got married.
He regrets not getting down on one knee there and then.
He's miserable in his current relationship and has two kids (who he adores)

Don't half-hearted if you gonna do it, gotta marry the girl/guy.

All due respect, but your mate sounds a right d**k. Who tries to stop their ex's wedding if they're not sure how they feel themselves? Probably ruined her day, and put a sour note on the marriage early - unless she said 'ok' just to call his bull.

Props to the dad walking out to the tent to tell yer man to shove off. I can imagine it as a very funny moment. Was the dad dressed in a tux? Was he German? Did he speak like Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds? Details!

Quorum wrote: »

Lulz. Likes dramatic gestures, just not the serious sh i t that may go with it!

Yeah, I hitched with him most of that trip and after. After was mostly him going "fück fück fück" Someone stole his only shoes in Amsterdam afterwards so that was probably instant Karma.

Props to the dad walking out to the tent to tell yer man to shove off. I can imagine it as a very funny moment. Was the dad dressed in a tux? Was he German? Did he speak like Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds? Details!

More cold and clear I would imagine, like this.



I blame Sabrina.

They don't say that line in most Irish weddings because it's not part of the Catholic ligurgy thing. Couldn't tell you what the script is for a civil marriage here though. You only hear that on the telly.

I loved Libby, I really missed her when she left (and they kinda just disappeared her, she was suddenly gone). She was the ultimate arch villan. And had really great hair.

geeky wrote: »

It actually sounds like the script to quite a decent comedy movie. Better than the hangover anyway.

You have no idea the funny sh1t that happened...

The precusor to that was managing to keel over backwards off a barstool in a coffee shop in Amsterdam and smack his head off the floor. He blacks out, the waitress tries to throw him out, he starts vomiting and nearly slides off the steps.

I spend 30 mins trying to figure out if he is concussed or stoned, whilst I'm really stoned. I eventually find a police station and explain that my friend is probably concussed and where is the nearest hospital. The cop asks "where did the accident happen" I (stupidly) reply "In a coffee shop" - the cop pulls out a tourist map and writes a ring on the map and an address. Go here he says. We do. It's a hostel not a hospital. And closed.

Hitching through rural Germany we find a field to sleep in. Being a bit cold the only wood we can find is wooden barriers around an excavation hole about six feet deep - we bust those up and light a fire. We go to sleep only to be woken by four Germans who fall on top us and they are totally pissed and find us hysterically funny. One of them is carrying a pumpkin and keeps showing it to us. They eventually leave, and we try to sleep. We hear them shouting in the distance. We wake up in the morning and make our way back to the road, past the excavation trench. There is a pumpkin in the bottom of it. As we are talking about Smashing Pumpkins

We also hitched with a guy with a Mercedes, we complement the car saying we love these vintage Mercs. He coldly says, it is brand new. Awkward silence prevails for the rest of the hitch.

I was groomsman at a wedding in the mid 90's and had to walk out into the registry office and tell everyone (60 people) that that the wedding was off as he had gotten cold feet. had to say it in German and then in English. (English guy supposed to marry a German girl in Germany).

As if things weren't bad enough when I said it in German that the wedding was off all the Germans gasped so the English were left waiting for a minute to see what I would say. I told them, then some big cnut of a guy stands up, asks me am I Irish ? I say I am and he just says in a really aggressive voice " I hate the fcuking Irish, I bet this is your fault you scummy Irish bastard". Ignorant cnut.

We still went back to the football club where the reception and afters for about 150 people was to be held and ate and drank plenty. The aforementioned big English cnut tried to start a couple of fights with me and the Germans until the barman threw him out. Totally racist gobsh1te altogether. An awful, awful day and terrible memories of it.

I came back to Ireland 2 months later on holidays to go to a schooolmates wedding, the bride called it off the evening before. Probably the right decision, both are happy in different long term relationships now.

I stayed the fcuk away from weddings for a long, long time after that, just went to afters.

bijapos wrote: »

I was groomsman at a wedding in the mid 90's and had to walk out into the registry office and tell everyone (60 people) that that the wedding was off as he had gotten cold feet. had to say it in German and then in English. (English guy supposed to marry a German girl in Germany).

As if things weren't bad enough when I said it in German that the wedding was off all the Germans gasped so the English were left waiting for a minute to see what I would say. I told them, then some big cnut of a guy stands up, asks me am I Irish ? I say I am and he just says in a really aggressive voice " I hate the fcuking Irish, I bet this is your fault you scummy Irish bastard". Ignorant cnut.

We still went back to the football club where the reception and afters for about 150 people was to be held and ate and drank plenty. The aforementioned big English cnut tried to start a couple of fights with me and the Germans until the barman threw him out. Totally racist gobsh1te altogether. An awful, awful day and terrible memories of it.

I came back to Ireland 2 months later on holidays to go to a schooolmates wedding, the bride called it off the evening before. Probably the right decision, both are happy in different long term relationships now.

I stayed the fcuk away from weddings for a long, long time after that, just went to afters.

The Wedding Crusher

MadsL wrote: »

One of them is carrying a pumpkin and keeps showing it to us.

I just choked on my drink laughing at that!

On topic - one of Sabrina's boyfriends became Turk in Scrubs! Loved that show.

I may get banned for this but I have to try and unite these two topics...


Sabrina + Weddings =