Ruining a wedding

BaZmO* · 02-05-2021 8:57pm

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Haven't seen the bouquet toss for a while, mainly because people getting married are older now and the friends are probably a bit embarrassed to get in!

I’d say it’s probably more to do with the bride wanting to hold onto it as a keepsake. Don’t they get them dried and framed now? Or did I imagine that?

I’ve been to lots of weddings and I can only remember it being thrown once. A bridesmaid caught it and threw it back at the bride.

There had been a lot of bad blood between the 2 for a while....loooonng story. In fact, there was a lot of bad blood at that wedding. Fotb hated the groom too.

Lisha · 02-05-2021 9:04pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

I’d say it’s probably more to do with the bride wanting to hold onto it as a keepsake. Don’t they get them dried and framed now? Or did I imagine that?

I’ve been to lots of weddings and I can only remember it being thrown once. A bridesmaid caught it and threw it back at the bride. There had been a lot of bad blood between the 2 for a while....loooonng story. In fact, there was a lot of bad blood at that wedding. Fotb hated the groom too.

........we are all ears..... one LOD is over at least..

Leg End Reject · 02-05-2021 9:11pm

Lisha wrote: »

........we are all ears..... one LOD is over at least..

Yes, that's just teasing us!

khalessi · 02-05-2021 9:16pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

I’d say it’s probably more to do with the bride wanting to hold onto it as a keepsake. Don’t they get them dried and framed now? Or did I imagine that?

Had mine dried and framed, lasted longer than the marriage.

PhilOssophy · 02-05-2021 9:18pm

Lisha wrote: »

........we are all ears..... one LOD is over at least..

What's LOD.....sorry if I'm not down with the cool kids!

khalessi · 02-05-2021 9:19pm

PhilOssophy wrote: »

What's LOD.....sorry if I'm not down with the cool kids!

Line of Duty

Lisha · 02-05-2021 9:30pm

PhilOssophy wrote: »

What's LOD.....sorry if I'm not down with the cool kids!

I’m about as far from a cool kid as I could be

Feel like is a v boring wedding reading this thread.... I did how ever forget to count in the top table into our numbers so we were short a table but hotel sorted that sharp enough .... also a couple who said they wouldn’t attend turned up, but we saw the good side of it.... also my brother in law leant clumisily on my veil while doing photos, (sitting on a rug) the comb drew blood... unusually for me I didn’t kill him... my head was so sore..

Beechwoodspark · 02-05-2021 9:45pm

Friends were at a wedding few years ago which they described as the worst wedding ever

Up in some semi derelict kip of a hostel up the wilds of Wicklow mountains

Bales of hay to sit on

Small bottle Home made red wine made by the groom on each table - absolute cat p1ss

Very little in the way of food served at the entire event. People were starving by 4pm let alone 10 pm when a few sausage rolls were brought out

Very very long boring speeches all about how great the bride and groom and their families are

It was described to me as a wedding designed to be as cheap as possible.

I’m just glad i didn’t go.

Pawwed Rig · 02-05-2021 9:52pm

khalessi wrote: »

Had mine dried and framed, lasted longer than the marriage.

That was tragic alright. RIP Khal Drogo

Beechwoodspark · 02-05-2021 10:07pm

nialler1978 wrote: »

yep, was at one where after hours in the residents bar some punter sh*t himself. smell was absolutely horrific. the person wasn't identified but the packed bar emptied almost immediately and the bar staff saw their opportunity and pulled the shutters down. not quite ruining the wedding but put a halt to the festivities pretty suddenly.

Have had a similar experience

Function room just closed. Guests now moved to Residents bar. Half 3 or 4 am. Party still going strong

Absolute sh1t stink wafting around all of a sudden

After a while the culprit was identified

Aul lad pushing 70 fast asleep on the sofa. Had been on the drink all day. Now In dreamland absolutely oblivious to the fact he had curled one out.

His wife in shock and the neighbours all gossiping. I left them to it but I personally felt it was a sort of indignified and sad end to their day.

LimeFruitGum · 02-05-2021 11:08pm

Ah sure my sister forgot to bring her bouquet to her wedding. The venue owner picked out a few blooms from her garden and made a pretty little posy at the last minute, because it was too late to go back & get the bouquet.

That's not even the worst bit. Sister also forgot to book the priest for a blessing, because she thought Mam was doing it. She was working in Dublin at the time, but getting married down home, hence the misunderstanding. This only came to light just before the wedding. We rang our parish priest to see if there was any remote chance he could do the honours, but he was engaged elsewhere.

That wan spent more time worrying about getting her tan and nails perfect than checking the more important stuff. This is par for the course, my sister is disorganised AF. Like, how can you forget to call the priest.

Now, she was marrying a Scottish Protestant in a small country house, so it isn't as disastrous as some of your stories. The Scots didn't notice, but you can be sure the Irish side did!

No holy bits! *vapours*
We made up some ****e about 'Oh there'll be a private blessing' later, but it never happened.

topmanamillion · 03-05-2021 11:25am

Years ago I was at a wedding and after dinner we were heading down town for a few drinks while the floor was being cleared and the band were setting up.
Anyway, I was sitting in the foyer waiting on the people I was with when this man much worse for wear comes staggering along holding the wall for support.
He pops off towards the toilet.
About 2 mins after another man comes down the same way.
The second fella comes straight back out of the toilet and shouts down the hall at 2 friends
"He's sh1t himself again".
The "again" part made me wonder;
Had he done it earlier in the day?
Or
Was this a regular occurrence at weddings/when he'd had a skin full?

Whichever it was, none of them seemed particularly shocked.
The 3 lads went in after your man and arm in arm walked him back out through the foyer with his legs at 10 and 4 and a strong odour blowing through the air.

screamer · 03-05-2021 12:25pm

Turfcutter wrote: »

The speeches get tiresome when 6 or 7 people get up and repeat the same stuff.
When each of them thanks the hotel (for doing what they're paid to do), the priest, the singer in the church.
Like ffs, think on your feet and cut all that stuff out once it has been said 5 times already.

It always sounds wooden when someone is reading verbatim from a script. The worst one I heard was a person reading a speech written for them and they couldn't make out the hand writing.

Yeah thanking the hotel, or the wedding co ordinator just makes me laugh. You’re paying heftily for having your wedding at their hotel, you’d think it was all given for free. A waste of time in a speech and a nonsensical thing to do

whitey1 · 03-05-2021 1:17pm

screamer wrote: »

Yeah thanking the hotel, or the wedding co ordinator just makes me laugh. You’re paying heftily for having your wedding at their hotel, you’d think it was all given for free. A waste of time in a speech and a nonsensical thing to do

I think that harkens back to a time when all receptions would have been held locally and the people serving at the reception would be well known and possibly even friends of the attendees

blockfighter · 03-05-2021 1:21pm

Was at a wedding where the groom mistakenly said the name of an ex instead of his new wife. The ex was also at the wedding so it got a bit awkward. Hilarious!

03-05-2021 1:24pm

screamer wrote: »

Yeah thanking the hotel, or the wedding co ordinator just makes me laugh. You’re paying heftily for having your wedding at their hotel, you’d think it was all given for free. A waste of time in a speech and a nonsensical thing to do

I think it’s polite to thank them if the whole thing went well. The whole crew at the hotel for ours were brilliant.

appledrop · 03-05-2021 1:28pm

blockfighter wrote: »

Was at a wedding where the groom mistakenly said the name of an ex instead of his new wife. The ex was also at the wedding so it got a bit awkward. Hilarious!

Jaysus, are they still together!

Porklife · 03-05-2021 1:38pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I think it’s polite to thank them if the whole thing went well. The whole crew at the hotel for ours were brilliant.

Hardly a waste of time either..it takes 10 seconds to say and thank you to the hotel for all their hard work. It's a lovely thing to do.

Not a ruined wedding as such as it didn't go ahead but my friend was supposed to be getting married last September but postponed it due to Covid.
Himself and the wife to be hadn't lived together before but were going out for years. Circumstances changed during lockdown and they moved in together. He called off the wedding and apparently they can't stand each other now!

suicide_circus · 03-05-2021 1:41pm

An aunt of mine was attending the wedding of an old school friend. The father of the bride was a prominent citizen and the reception took place in the best hotel in the region. Before the ceremony the priest had to rush to administer the last rights to an aged parishioner on his deathbed and was delayed half an hour. Anyway the rest of the festivities passed of well apart from some long winded speeches by local dignitaries. It seemed like nothing could spoil the day until the cutting of the cake...didnt a ghost materialise beside the happy couple! No one said anything because the bride had a particular fear of ghosts. The phantom lingered until after the first dance then flew out a nearby window.

plastic glass · 03-05-2021 1:50pm

blockfighter wrote: »

Was at a wedding where the groom mistakenly said the name of an ex instead of his new wife. The ex was also at the wedding so it got a bit awkward. Hilarious!

Was her name Rachel and was it in London?

gmisk · 03-05-2021 1:53pm

suicide_circus wrote: »

An aunt of mine was attending the wedding of an old school friend. The father of the bride was a prominent citizen and the reception took place in the best hotel in the region. Before the ceremony the priest had to rush to administer the last rights to an aged parishioner on his deathbed and was delayed half an hour. Anyway the rest of the festivities passed of well apart from some long winded speeches by local dignitaries. It seemed like nothing could spoil the day until the cutting of the cake...didnt a ghost materialise beside the happy couple! No one said anything because the bride had a particular fear of ghosts. The phantom lingered until after the first dance then flew out a nearby window.

No

razorblunt · 03-05-2021 2:10pm

topmanamillion wrote: »

Years ago I was at a wedding and after dinner we were heading down town for a few drinks while the floor was being cleared and the band were setting up.
Anyway, I was sitting in the foyer waiting on the people I was with when this man much worse for wear comes staggering along holding the wall for support.
He pops off towards the toilet.
About 2 mins after another man comes down the same way.
The second fella comes straight back out of the toilet and shouts down the hall at 2 friends
"He's sh1t himself again".
The "again" part made me wonder;
Had he done it earlier in the day?
Or
Was this a regular occurrence at weddings/when he'd had a skin full?

Whichever it was, none of them seemed particularly shocked.
The 3 lads went in after your man and arm in arm walked him back out through the foyer with his legs at 10 and 4 and a strong odour blowing through the air.

There's a saying that goes 'Never trust a fart after mile 20 of a marathon'.

It can also be read 'never trust a 7pm fart after a day on the Guinness'.

Beechwoodspark · 03-05-2021 3:16pm

screamer wrote: »

Yeah thanking the hotel, or the wedding co ordinator just makes me laugh. You’re paying heftily for having your wedding at their hotel, you’d think it was all given for free. A waste of time in a speech and a nonsensical thing to do

Yeah I dunno I often found it mad that the hotel manager and hotel staff would be thanked profusely

The hotel is charging top dollar for the whole thing. It’s not like they are doing it for the good of their health

chosen1 · 03-05-2021 4:57pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Yeah I dunno I often found it mad that the hotel manager and hotel staff would be thanked profusely

The hotel is charging top dollar for the whole thing. It’s not like they are doing it for the good of their health

As another poster said, it's just polite to thank someone for their service and takes 5 seconds.

I bet you don't thank the bus driver either!

spakman · 03-05-2021 5:33pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Yeah I dunno I often found it mad that the hotel manager and hotel staff would be thanked profusely

The hotel is charging top dollar for the whole thing. It’s not like they are doing it for the good of their health

Do you not thank restaurant staff when you're out for a meal?

Beechwoodspark · 03-05-2021 5:42pm

spakman wrote: »

Do you not thank restaurant staff when you're out for a meal?

Don’t mind a quick thanks at the end but I’ve been at weddings where they are gushing praise and eternal thanks to the hotel. That’s ott in my view.

Quick thanks at end no problem

Louis Friend · 03-05-2021 5:44pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Don’t mind a quick thanks at the end but I’ve been at weddings where they are gushing praise and eternal thanks to the hotel. That’s ott in my view.

Quick thanks at end no problem

I’ve been to lots of weddings and I’ve never heard anything other than a polite thank you of the staff at the venue followed by a quick round of applause.

whitey1 · 03-05-2021 6:16pm

Back in the day there was a great hotel in our town for weddings. It was within walking distance of the church and right across the street from one of the best pubs in the county

It was customary for the drinkers in attendance at the wedding to decamp to the pub after the church while the photographs were been taken and then again after the meal and while the band was setting up.

I was at one wedding and the head bridesmaid ended up coming over to the pub and read everyone the riot act (including her own husband) because the band had started and the place was half empty. I think it was a very common occurrence.

These were the days before taxis were readily available and people would also meet at the pub for a few quick ones before the church. I knew one guy who didn’t make it to the church for his own sisters wedding because a monsoon opened up right when then we’re getting ready to leave.

spacetweek · 03-05-2021 6:23pm

Louis Friend wrote: »

There were 182 people at our wedding.

We didn’t do ‘Afters’ ‘cause we think that’s a joke.

We paid for our own wedding and it cost more than the €100 a head our social circle would typically give. Hence no concerns about “making money” from the exercise.

We have no wedding list and never had a discussion with anyone about presents.

From memory, we got around 8 presents. The rest of the guests gave cash. I think we got about €25,000 in cash plus a few nice gifts.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you friends with Richard Branson and Sir Alan Sugar?

Really surprised at all the stories here about couples trying to work out how much money they stand to gain from getting married. As if it's about the money.

mohawk · 03-05-2021 6:39pm

spacetweek wrote: »

Really surprised at all the stories here about couples trying to work out how much money they stand to gain from getting married. As if it's about the money.

I find it in poor taste to be honest. Our wedding has been pushed from last month to next year so we can hopefully have close family and friends at it. Some of our guests wouldn’t have much moneywise. We aren’t inviting them for gifts we are inviting them because they are great people who are there for us in the good times and more importantly in the bad times.

Deise Vu · 03-05-2021 7:08pm

Speeches are the best way to ruin a wedding. I was at one where the father of the groom gave a one hour eulogy to Fianna Fáil to an audience that went from bemused to irritated to outraged and finally bored off their tits when the clown couldn’t take the hint that half of us went to the jacks and got lost in the bar on the way back.

That was probably upstaged by another father of the groom who was a trainee accountant who was less than diligent in applying himself to his exams. His loving father expressed the hope that now that “X” was married, he would settle down, do some work and pass his exams. Everyone went from looking earnestly at the top table to squirming and staring at the floor. It’s not the time for a father son reality check really.

One you couldn’t foresee was a wedding that was brought to a premature halt by one of the guests collapsing and dying. That was awkward. For a while, then the residents bar got swarmed. Nothing like a wedding and a wake on the same day.

dinneenp · 03-05-2021 7:36pm

Didn't ruin the wedding but was memorable- best man stood up for the speech and said "I'm not one for speeches/good at speeches so thank you all for coming. Enjoy the evening" and sat down.

We thought it was a joke at first but that was the speech.

dilallio · 03-05-2021 10:00pm

This one comes under the "Almost ruining a wedding" category.

I was at a wedding about 16 or 17 years ago of 2 close friends. One of the happy couple was related to Bishop Edward Daly, who was the main celebrant at the wedding mass. At the meal, I was sitting at a table just in front of the top table.

Bishop Daly (RIP) for those who might not know, was the priest who bravely risked his life during Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972. He was famously filmed waving a blood-soaked handkerchief as a white flag while leading a wounded 17 year old boy away from the gunfire while the British Paratroopers were firing on anyone who moved.

The wedding was lovely, and the groom's father stood up to make his speech. He rightly wanted to acknowledge how special and proud it was to have someone of Bishop Daly's calibre present, and wanted to acknowledge in particular, the bravery of the bishop during Bloody Sunday.

When he started this part of the speech, he first spoke about how everyone remembers where they were when they heard JFK got shot. He then spoke about how everyone remembered where they were when they heard that the Pope got shot, followed by the September 11 attacks.

Just as he was about to talk about Bloody Sunday, I jokingly said to my friend sitting next to me

"Here we go - the 4 Funerals & a Wedding Speech".

Unfortunately, it came out a lot louder than intended. 2 people at my table kicked me hard in the shins, and when I looked around, the groom was glaring at me and his new wife was staring down at her dessert.

Realising my stupidity, and wanting the ground to swallow me, I looked over to see if the Bishop had heard me along with everyone else.

He was smiliing at me and winked.

The grooms father continued, and got a great applause. It was genuinely a lovely speech and I was relieved that my idiotic badly-timed pun didn't ruin it.

Afterwards, I apologised profusely to the couple who saw the funny side of it, and I brough the grooms father to the bar for an apologetic pint. He told me he was concentrating so much on his written speech that he hadn't heard anything.

Bishop Daly came over and kindly said that he found it funny even if others hadn't, and as ther was no harm intended or done, I should forget about it and enjoy the day.

I feel very lucky to have friends like this couple.

Leg End Reject · 03-05-2021 10:09pm

Porklife wrote: »

Hardly a waste of time either..it takes 10 seconds to say and thank you to the hotel for all their hard work. It's a lovely thing to do.

Not a ruined wedding as such as it didn't go ahead but my friend was supposed to be getting married last September but postponed it due to Covid.
Himself and the wife to be hadn't lived together before but were going out for years. Circumstances changed during lockdown and they moved in together. He called off the wedding and apparently they can't stand each other now!

Better a cancelled wedding than a difficult divorce. I can't understand how anyone would get married without living together for at least 5 years first.

Porklife · 03-05-2021 10:39pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Better a cancelled wedding than a difficult divorce. I can't understand how anyone would get married without living together for at least 5 years first.

I wouldn't necessarily think 5 years but totally agree about living together for some time first.
They were high school sweethearts and had travelled extensively together and seemed like such a happy couple but after just a few months living together, it's all over.

spacetweek · 04-05-2021 11:43am

Friend of my wife's had her eyeball scratched by her 3 year old daughter on the morning of her wedding. She had to go to the doctor and got an eye patch, so covered it with sunglasses.

For the wedding photos, which were taken outdoors on a very sunny day, all the bridesmaids put sunglasses on too so it would look like a theme.

vincenzolorenzo · 04-05-2021 2:13pm

L1011 wrote: »

I've seen one bouquet toss at the ~10 weddings I've been at. Its not that common at all.

I've never been to a wedding where it wasn't done!

I've only seen the garter removal done once. Jaysus it is fair cringy stuff

woodchuck · 04-05-2021 2:43pm

dinneenp wrote: »

Didn't ruin the wedding but was memorable- best man stood up for the speech and said "I'm not one for speeches/good at speeches so thank you all for coming. Enjoy the evening" and sat down.

We thought it was a joke at first but that was the speech.

I think we might have been the same wedding...

The one I was at, the best man was known for being a talker and centre of attention. Apparently even before the wedding, people were placing bets on how long his speech would be. As a kind of "I'll show them" move, he decided to give the shortest speech ever. I'm glad we weren't subjected to an hour long speech, but it did seem kind of disrespectful to the couple getting married.

Scotty # · 04-05-2021 2:52pm

blockfighter wrote: »

Was at a wedding where the groom mistakenly said the name of an ex instead of his new wife. The ex was also at the wedding so it got a bit awkward. Hilarious!

I was at a wedding where the PRIEST (uncle of the groom) called the bride by the ex's name several times during the ceremony.

partyguinness · 04-05-2021 2:54pm

spacetweek wrote: »

Really surprised at all the stories here about couples trying to work out how much money they stand to gain from getting married. As if it's about the money.

I get the distinct impresison that is very much to the fore for a lot of couples.

I have seen couples wholly expecting to pay for the hotel, meal etc etc the morning after in cash from the envelopes. In fact they expect it. The more left over the better.

If the whole night works out at €50.00 per head and you are pulling in €100 to €200.00 per head then happy days plus whatever the parents may have paid for.

Pawwed Rig · 04-05-2021 3:16pm

partyguinness wrote: »

I get the distinct impresison that is very much to the fore for a lot of couples.

I have seen couples wholly expecting to pay for the hotel, meal etc etc the morning after in cash from the envelopes. In fact they expect it. The more left over the better.

If the whole night works out at €50.00 per head and you are pulling in €100 to €200.00 per head then happy days plus whatever the parents may have paid for.

It is more about budgeting and living within your means imo. I can't remember what our wedding cost but think the hotel and meal were about €70 a head. While we weren't relying on gifts to pay for that we were aware that there WOULD be gifts and that our bank balance would not be down the whole cost of the wedding when it was all over. It would be a poor start to a marriage if you didn't at least do a budget that included that high probability of receiving at least something. We were not going to hold gifts or lack thereof against anyone*

*note to self don't invite English people to my next wedding :pac:

Mollyb60 · 04-05-2021 3:43pm

woodchuck wrote: »

I think we might have been the same wedding...

The one I was at, the best man was known for being a talker and centre of attention. Apparently even before the wedding, people were placing bets on how long his speech would be. As a kind of "I'll show them" move, he decided to give the shortest speech ever. I'm glad we weren't subjected to an hour long speech, but it did seem kind of disrespectful to the couple getting married.

My husband and I didn't want any speeches at all at our wedding. My dad insisted on speaking for about 5 minutes which was fine. His opening line was something along the lines of "Someone told me a speech should be like a mini skirt, short enough to keep you interested but long enough to cover the basics". Sexist, but apt. :pac:
Me and my husband played rock, paper, scissors the week before the wedding to see who would do the short thanks. He lost so on the day he thanked everyone for coming, everyone who was involved in the wedding, told everyone to enjoy their meal and the rest of the day and sat back down.

partyguinness · 04-05-2021 3:45pm

Mollyb60 wrote: »

My husband and I didn't want any speeches at all at our wedding. My dad insisted on speaking for about 5 minutes which was fine. His opening line was something along the lines of "Someone told me a speech should be like a mini skirt, short enough to keep you interested but long enough to cover the basics". Sexist, but apt. :pac:

Not necessarily..;)

useless · 04-05-2021 4:00pm

dinneenp wrote: »

Didn't ruin the wedding but was memorable- best man stood up for the speech and said "I'm not one for speeches/good at speeches so thank you all for coming. Enjoy the evening" and sat down.

My Da did almost exactly that at mine. My wife's father went on a bit longer than normal, so it evened up nicely

pgj2015 · 04-05-2021 5:03pm

I was once at a wedding where the mother and father did a speech. The fathers must have been about 10 seconds because I cant remember him doing it. the groom asked me did I remember the dads speech, I said no, he said "neither can I" lol.

joebloggs32 · 04-05-2021 7:05pm

partyguinness wrote: »

I get the distinct impresison that is very much to the fore for a lot of couples.

I have seen couples wholly expecting to pay for the hotel, meal etc etc the morning after in cash from the envelopes. In fact they expect it. The more left over the better.

If the whole night works out at €50.00 per head and you are pulling in €100 to €200.00 per head then happy days plus whatever the parents may have paid for.

I had the funds in my account to pay whatever the cost would be, but i used the cash that came in as i wanted to get rid of it.
I think it would actually look worse to be spotted by someone heading into a bank lodging a big wedge of cash after your wedding.

BattleCorp · 04-05-2021 7:15pm

partyguinness wrote: »

If the whole night works out at €50.00 per head and you are pulling in €100 to €200.00 per head then happy days plus whatever the parents may have paid for.

T'wud be a very cheap wedding nowadays to expect to get away with €50 per head. I doubt you'd have any change out of €100 per person, and that wouldn't be anything mad extravagant.

rn · 04-05-2021 7:58pm

Two more stories to throw into the mix.

Friends wedding in Spain. The church had been booked for a second wedding, with just 1 hour between start of both ceremonies. Bride was a few mins late to boot. So it was a turbo mass, with no sermon and super short blessings. Parents of the groom, who were very religious, were fuming. Everyone else was delighted to get back out in the sunshine. We were all ushered on too at about 5 mins to the hour so we wouldn't mix up with next wedding party.

At a civil ceremony a few years ago. It was a large crowd. Celebrant asked everyone to "bless" the rings. But the crowd was significantly larger that they had estimated, so after about half way through crowd, they needed the rings back to get married. Grooms side of the ceremony got to bless them, but wife's side didn't. Not a big deal in grand scheme but it was awkward when the celebrant waited for few mins for rings to progress, then decided they needed em back to plough on anyway. At the same wedding, it was in middle of nowhere and all in the hotel. Majority had driven around 3 hours to get there and hotel only laid of trays of canapés. Everyone was starving and grumpy enough, lot of drinking on empty stomachs.

Louis Friend · 04-05-2021 8:55pm

spacetweek wrote: »

Friend of my wife's had her eyeball scratched by her 3 year old daughter on the morning of her wedding. She had to go to the doctor and got an eye patch, so covered it with sunglasses.

For the wedding photos, which were taken outdoors on a very sunny day, all the bridesmaids put sunglasses on too so it would look like a theme.

Perhaps it was God punishing her for having a child out of wedlock?

Toots · 04-05-2021 9:19pm

whitey1 wrote: »

Back in the day there was a great hotel in our town for weddings. It was within walking distance of the church and right across the street from one of the best pubs in the county

It was customary for the drinkers in attendance at the wedding to decamp to the pub after the church while the photographs were been taken and then again after the meal and while the band was setting up.

I was at one wedding and the head bridesmaid ended up coming over to the pub and read everyone the riot act (including her own husband) because the band had started and the place was half empty. I think it was a very common occurrence.

These were the days before taxis were readily available and people would also meet at the pub for a few quick ones before the church. I knew one guy who didn’t make it to the church for his own sisters wedding because a monsoon opened up right when then we’re getting ready to leave.

I wasn't a wedding guest at this, but happened to be in the bar of a hotel where a wedding was taking place that day. It also happened to be the same day as some big football match, and the bar was packed with wedding guests watching it on the TV.

Someone came in and announced that dinner was being called, and most of the guests cleared out, bar about 10 lads still downing pints and watching the match. A short time later, one of the bridesmaids arrived in looking pretty pissed off and told them that they'd missed the bride and groom arriving in for dinner, and to get in now because they were serving the starters. Three of the lads ran in after the bridesmaid but the others were still glued to the match.

A while later a very angry looking man who I think was either the father of the bride or the father of the groom arrived in and went quietly ballistic at them, ending with him telling them that seeing as they couldn't be bothered to come in for the starter, or the soup, and had now missed half the main course, they weren't welcome at the rest of the reception. The group of lads looked like someone had just shat in their pints and eventually they sorta all trailed off and left. One of them remarked how it was gonna be bloody awkward for him cos he was staying the night and his girlfriend (who I assume was also at the reception) was going to kill him.

Ruining a wedding

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