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Ever been to a disastrous wedding?

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  • #32
    Rightwing
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    I'd say the wedding in cork 6 months ago with the girl marrying a gay was a disaster :mad:


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
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    Some years ago my partner was asked to be best man for a guy he was friends with when he was a kid. He wasn't really friends with this guy any more but figured he would oblige as the guy didn't really have any friends. He never met the bride until the day of the "wedding".

    The invitation was received. The kind you get in a notepad for a child's birthday and fill in the gaps. Date and venue were set. Registry office jobby then back to a hotel for the usual white wedding carry on. Grand.

    There was little contact from the groom but the wedding was going ahead and all was good. He didn't want much help from best man, no stag or the likes. It was all a touch awkward.

    The week of the wedding and nobody could contact the groom. He was ignoring calls right up until the day before and noone knew of the wedding was going ahead. My fella's phone finally rang. The hotel had "lost" the couple's deposit and the wedding couldn't be held there. Sooooooo the marriage part was still going ahead and we arrived at registry office the following morning. There were a handful of family and us. I was the most dressed up person there at that point.

    Groom arrives and has *no* money. Best man has to pay registrar! Groom takes off suit jacket and under his white shirt you could very clearly see his Celtic Jersey.

    Bride arrives very very late, pissed (turns out they met in AA). Young daughter in tow. Full meringue wedding gown. Bridesmaid holding her train right up in the sir for the whole world to see her knickers. Bride was so drunk she couldn't pronounce some of the words of the vows.

    I now pronounce you man and wife was done, we're all standing outside registry office with nowhere to go! So my fella suggests a pub that's kind of restauranty and we all head there. Knowing the groom has no money we decide to pay for everyone's carvery instead of giving them the money we had for their gift!

    2pm arrives, and it turns out it's time for the brides daughter to go back foster care and her social worker picked her up. I sh*t you not. 3pm bride still in full meringue in middle of pub and barman refuses to serve her more drink as she's plastered. At that point I went home.

    They headed to another [kip of a] pub, and drank there for the afternoon. Bride in meringue, groom in Celtic Jersey. Later that evening the band in the pub played "their song" and they had their first dance in the middle of the pub. They then got chips in the chipper and brought them into the pub.

    They broke up six months later.


  • #34
    Necro
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    My own wedding went off grand, except for my best man. He cursed his way through the speech, dropping F-bombs constantly and even wheeling out the C-bomb.
    Then he proceeded to get drunk and have a punch up that closed the late bar. Disaster doesn't even describe him.


  • #35
    The Peanut
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Some years ago my partner was asked to be best man for a guy he was friends with when he was a kid. He wasn't really friends with this guy any more but figured he would oblige as the guy didn't really have any friends. He never met the bride until the day of the "wedding".

    The invitation was received. The kind you get in a notepad for a child's birthday and fill in the gaps. Date and venue were set. Registry office jobby then back to a hotel for the usual white wedding carry on. Grand.

    There was little contact from the groom but the wedding was going ahead and all was good. He didn't want much help from best man, no stag or the likes. It was all a touch awkward.

    The week of the wedding and nobody could contact the groom. He was ignoring calls right up until the day before and noone knew of the wedding was going ahead. My fella's phone finally rang. The hotel had "lost" the couple's deposit and the wedding couldn't be held there. Sooooooo the marriage part was still going ahead and we arrived at registry office the following morning. There were a handful of family and us. I was the most dressed up person there at that point.

    Groom arrives and has *no* money. Best man has to pay registrar! Groom takes off suit jacket and under his white shirt you could very clearly see his Celtic Jersey.

    Bride arrives very very late, pissed (turns out they met in AA). Young daughter in tow. Full meringue wedding gown. Bridesmaid holding her train right up in the sir for the whole world to see her knickers. Bride was so drunk she couldn't pronounce some of the words of the vows.

    I now pronounce you man and wife was done, we're all standing outside registry office with nowhere to go! So my fella suggests a pub that's kind of restauranty and we all head there. Knowing the groom has no money we decide to pay for everyone's carvery instead of giving them the money we had for their gift!

    2pm arrives, and it turns out it's time for the brides daughter to go back foster care and her social worker picked her up. I sh*t you not. 3pm bride still in full meringue in middle of pub and barman refuses to serve her more drink as she's plastered. At that point I went home.

    They headed to another [kip of a] pub, and drank there for the afternoon. Bride in meringue, groom in Celtic Jersey. Later that evening the band in the pub played "their song" and they had their first dance in the middle of the pub. They then got chips in the chipper and brought them into the pub.

    They broke up six months later.

    That whole story is so sad. All I can think of is the poor child.


  • #36
    Rightwing
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Some years ago my partner was asked to be best man for a guy he was friends with when he was a kid. He wasn't really friends with this guy any more but figured he would oblige as the guy didn't really have any friends. He never met the bride until the day of the "wedding".

    The invitation was received. The kind you get in a notepad for a child's birthday and fill in the gaps. Date and venue were set. Registry office jobby then back to a hotel for the usual white wedding carry on. Grand.

    There was little contact from the groom but the wedding was going ahead and all was good. He didn't want much help from best man, no stag or the likes. It was all a touch awkward.

    The week of the wedding and nobody could contact the groom. He was ignoring calls right up until the day before and noone knew of the wedding was going ahead. My fella's phone finally rang. The hotel had "lost" the couple's deposit and the wedding couldn't be held there. Sooooooo the marriage part was still going ahead and we arrived at registry office the following morning. There were a handful of family and us. I was the most dressed up person there at that point.

    Groom arrives and has *no* money. Best man has to pay registrar! Groom takes off suit jacket and under his white shirt you could very clearly see his Celtic Jersey.

    Bride arrives very very late, pissed (turns out they met in AA). Young daughter in tow. Full meringue wedding gown. Bridesmaid holding her train right up in the sir for the whole world to see her knickers. Bride was so drunk she couldn't pronounce some of the words of the vows.

    I now pronounce you man and wife was done, we're all standing outside registry office with nowhere to go! So my fella suggests a pub that's kind of restauranty and we all head there. Knowing the groom has no money we decide to pay for everyone's carvery instead of giving them the money we had for their gift!

    2pm arrives, and it turns out it's time for the brides daughter to go back foster care and her social worker picked her up. I sh*t you not. 3pm bride still in full meringue in middle of pub and barman refuses to serve her more drink as she's plastered. At that point I went home.

    They headed to another [kip of a] pub, and drank there for the afternoon. Bride in meringue, groom in Celtic Jersey. Later that evening the band in the pub played "their song" and they had their first dance in the middle of the pub. They then got chips in the chipper and brought them into the pub.

    They broke up six months later.

    Fine Irish wedding.


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  • #37
    donegaLroad
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    I have played at approx 500 weddings over the years, and I always get talking to other hired hands such as the video man, the chocolate fountain guy, the photographer, limo driver,

    At one particular wedding in Tyrone, the video guy told me that he had been filming a wedding 2 weeks before, where the father of the bride had lost £5,000 cash during the evening.

    So they asked him to examine the video after the wedding to see if there had been anyone spotted near the father of the bride's table during the night, which might have looked suspicious.. it turned out, it was the groom that was caught on film pick-pocketing the father-in-law.

    The marriage was over straight away.

    (sorry if anyone knows anyone, that knows anyone, that knows anyone who is related to etc)


  • #38
    Lisha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭Lisha


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    I have played at approx 500 weddings over the years, and I always get talking to other hired hands such as the video man, the chocolate fountain guy, the photographer, limo driver,

    At one particular wedding in Tyrone, the video guy told me that he had been filming a wedding 2 weeks before, where the father of the bride had lost £5,000 cash during the evening.

    So they asked him to examine the video after the wedding to see if there had been anyone spotted near the father of the bride's table during the night, which might have looked suspicious.. it turned out, it was the groom that was caught on film pick-pocketing the father-in-law.

    The marriage was over straight away.

    (sorry if anyone knows anyone, that knows anyone, that knows anyone who is related to etc)

    wtf would anyone have 5grand I'm cash at a wedding!


  • #39
    Nekarsulm
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    Was at a wedding where the grooms father and his own brother ended up to punching the heads off each other. Turned out grooms father was tipping a girl in the local Dept. Ag. office and brother found out during the meal.


  • #40
    donegaLroad
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    Lisha wrote: »
    wtf would anyone have 5grand I'm cash at a wedding!

    it was the father of the bride, he was going to be buying rounds, paying for rooms, taxis, pay the wedding band


  • #41
    The Aussie
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    The Wife dragged me off to a friend of a friends Wedding a few years ago now for a couple living in Limerick, the couple are bit of an odd couple but well suited for each other for the same reason.

    The Groom during his speech proceeded to spend 10 minutes telling everyone how much of a "Tough Guy" he was throwing in fighting stories, there were School Fight stories, he spent a year in Australia so there were Travelling Fight stories, Work Fight stories, just came across as a immature pin d!ck tool, then spent 2 minutes thanking everyone, I can't believe they are still together, but they are fairly odd to be fair...


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  • #42
    Lisha
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    donegaLroad wrote: »
    it was the father of the bride, he was going to be buying rounds, paying for rooms, taxis, pay the wedding band

    Yeah fair enough, boring us paid for our own and had all payments in envelopes neatly arranged in hotel safe. I'd never be comfortable of pulling big wads of cash out of pockets.


  • #43
    humbert
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    ...
    They broke up six months later.
    There are starving Ebola infected kids in Africa who upon reading that would have to consider their own lives relatively ok.


  • #44
    ZeroThreat
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    Augmerson wrote: »
    Don't go to any wedding involving Walder Frey.

    Or any where the groom dies :D

    http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA0LzE0LzA5L1NjcmVlblNob3QyLmZiMjAzLnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/9507dbbe/aed/Screen-Shot-2014-04-13-at-11.06.49-PM.png


  • #45
    anncoates
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    donegaLroad wrote: »
    it was the father of the bride, he was going to be buying rounds, paying for rooms, taxis, pay the wedding band

    Actually our wedding DJ ( a last minute choice as a friend couldn't make it) didn't play about half the songs we set out in advance and slipped in a few horrible unsolicited tunes so I instructed my best man not to pay him and escort him off the premises if necessary but my wife overruled me to avoid a scene which knowing my mate was probably for the best.

    If I ever have cause to get married again, I'm hooking Spotify up to an amplifier.


  • #46
    kylith
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    anncoates wrote: »

    If I ever have cause to get married again, I'm hooking Spotify up to an amplifier.

    Mate of mine made a playlist in Itunes and hooked it up to the speakers. You honestly couldn't tell the difference.


  • #47
    donegaLroad
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    anncoates wrote: »
    Actually our wedding DJ ( a last minute choice as a friend couldn't make it) didn't play about half the songs we set out in advance and slipped in a few horrible unsolicited tunes so I instructed my best man not to pay him and escort him off the premises if necessary but my wife overruled me to avoid a scene which knowing my mate was probably for the best.

    If I ever have cause to get married again, I'm hooking Spotify up to an amplifier.


    I'll bet that some of those 'horrible unsolicited tunes' you mentioned were....

    Sex is on Fire

    I used to love her a long long time ago

    The Galway Girl

    Scissor Sisters

    celtic rock version of the Field's of Athenry

    Summer of 69


  • #48
    anncoates
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    donegaLroad wrote: »
    celtic rock version of the Field's of Athenry

    Wife or no wife, that's a kicked down the front stairs of the hotel offence.


  • #49
    Nekarsulm
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    Went to France on the Oscar Wilde back in August. Our wedding band (from 2001) were the musical entertainment on the way out!


  • #50
    Mrs W
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    Went to the wedding of OH old friend who he hadn't seen in years, they'd been in college together. The couple were quite young getting married and from the inner city. Alarm bells should have rang when they were all doing drugs in the toilets.
    About 10pm a bit of a row kicked off, father of the bride stepped in and threw a box, mother of the bride stepped in just as a return punch was coming and ended up with the most horrific black eye. It swelled up like I don't know what within 10 mins, the whole place kicked off and half the crowd were locked outside and the other half inside.
    The bridesmaid was arrested for biting a guard who tried to arrest her boyfriend.

    They do say the worse the wedding the better the marriage and they're still together though!


  • #51
    donegaLroad
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    Lisha wrote: »
    Yeah fair enough, boring us paid for our own and had all payments in envelopes neatly arranged in hotel safe. I'd never be comfortable of pulling big wads of cash out of pockets.

    thats a more sensible idea Lisha..


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  • #52
    Menas
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    Never been to a disaster wedding to be honest. Have been to a few really **** ones.
    They tend to be the ones that either the couple put no effort in to (irish formula wedding) or put too much in to.

    The best ones tend to be good laid back affairs where the couple are very obviously enjoying themselves.
    My 75 year old mum dancing to metalica is a particular highlight of my own wedding!


  • #53
    Call me Al
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    A couple of them.
    One where the groom and his men were plastered and where this best man proceeded to insult the bride sveral times during his speech, that is when he actually managed to utter a comprehensible word. It was very uncomfortable to witness it.

    The next where the groom and his mother picked on the bride for the night. It ended in a screaming match and the MoG calling the tearful bride a selfish c##t in the middle of a packed reception hall.

    What a bunch of charmers, both couples still together though.


  • #54
    Deco99
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    Trigger Happy wrote: »
    Never been to a disaster wedding to be honest. Have been to a few really **** ones.
    They tend to be the ones that either the couple put no effort in to (irish formula wedding) or put too much in to.

    The best ones tend to be good laid back affairs where the couple are very obviously enjoying themselves.
    My 75 year old mum dancing to metalica is a particular highlight of my own wedding!

    Anyone else been to three weddings, three saturdays in a row at same hotel with same band? The irish formula wedding gets old. Fast.


  • #55
    Bang_Bang
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    I was at a wedding a few years back and the best man started punching the head off his girlfriend in the middle of the dance floor. The poor girls nose was plastered all over her face and there was blood everywhere. Then a full on boxing match started on the dance floor between the two families.

    I ran over and grabbed my little girl and fled with my wife. We stayed in the lobby and 4 Garda cars arrived and a few vans, most of the grooms family were arrested.

    It turns out the eijet that started it was a really paranoid fúcker and when his girlfriend was dancing on the dance floor and laughing, he thought she was arranging sex with someone behind his back. So he decided to walk over and punch the head off her. What made it worse, this fella drank a bottle of paddy during the wedding.

    Whiskey should only drank by people of stable mind, if you're unstable, stay the **** away from it.

    The couple had 2 kids there too that witnessed the whole thing.


  • #56
    Menas
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    Deco99 wrote: »
    Anyone else been to three weddings, three saturdays in a row at same hotel with same band? The irish formula wedding gets old. Fast.

    And the same food! Reheated Chicken stuffed wrapped in ham anyone?


  • #57
    starlit
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    No i've been lucky never to have attended a disasterous Wedding. Though say some Weddings I enjoyed more than others.


  • #58
    Vojera
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    I wouldn't say disastrous, but I was at a wedding where no one danced. It was quite small, about 40 people, and the band were Elvis impersonators so that's all they did. The dj wasn't great either and the room was way too big, which made the dance floor seem even emptier.

    For about 80% of the songs, the only people on the dance floor were me and another friend of the bride who was also trying to keep things going. Awkward!


  • #59
    Ihatecuddles
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    Vic_08 wrote: »
    Sorry but no wedding disaster story is ever going to beat the thread here a few months ago about the guy who sh!t bombed the wedding hotel.

    As soon as I saw the thread title I knew my wedding would be mentioned :o


  • #60
    Roanmore
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    I was working in a hotel in Baltimore, West Cork a long time ago. There was a wedding every week and all were pretty much the same.

    However one weekend 2 locals were getting married. All the talk in the week before the wedding around the village was how the bar would be left open until morning, big session, etc.
    Once the music finished they all decamped into the residents bar, sing song started, drinks flowing, etc. We were ready for the long night.

    I was washing some glasses and this couple in their 40's who were standing at the bar were arguing a bit, he was fairly drunk, in a bit of a mood. Next to them was was a big guy who was talking to his friend, she engaged them in conversation as the husband wouldn't talk to her. This made him worse and he went for the big guy (he was small enough himself), big guy basically picked him up and just shook him but by doing this he bopped himself on the nose with the small guys head.
    Loads of screaming & shouting, they were pulled apart and things calmed down. The small guy's brother in law decided that wasn't enough decided to weigh in on the big guy, more fighting, shouting and screaming.

    Manager threw them all out of the bar, bride, groom the lot. Ended up we had an earlier night than most weddings:D


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