Wedding horror stories

They had a buffet dinner and ran out of food before everyone was served.

Ran. Out. Of. Food.

I've been to three weddings in my life. The first one was okay. Nothing to turn my nose up at as it was cake and punch reception. They did serve food in the form of veggie and meat and cheese platters from Walmart. It was sweet but clearly thrown together in a short time period.

The second one I went to was a shit show. The bride was only sixteen years old. Yup. SIXTEEN. The groom was about 21 or 22. Anyways, I was the 'photographer' for that wedding. Keep in mind I had only picked up a camera about three months prior and was still very much a novice. The bridesmaids, who clearly didn't want to be there, wore their best looking dress they owned while the groomsmen wore full, black suits while it was 95+ outside with high humidity. Obviously no alcohol which wasn't a big deal to me. It was incredibly disorganized. The cake was good, though.

The third one wasn't as bad except it was a dry wedding trying to be a big party and you could tell that the bride had no interest in having an actual wedding. It was all set up by their parents who very clearly wanted them to have a wedding versus JOP. As a result, no one knew what to do. Again, I had only ever photographed one wedding before and it was in full light. This was a fairly dark setting with enough light to see the wedding party at the altar. Needless to say their pictures looked like shit and I swore to never photograph another wedding again. I didn't even get to eat or drink anything while I was there. As soon as they were done pulling me here and there for a picture with every single person they danced with, they finally let me go and I was gone. I've gotta say, it was by far the most boring wedding I'd ever been to. The only people on the dance floor most of the time were the kids and they were playing with and popping balloons. The most interesting part of the evening was when the bride accidentally caught her bouquet on fire.

Needless to say, I've learned a few things of what NOT to do for my own wedding.

Went to a wedding where it was 90 degree weather, outside, no breeze, and then ran out of food in the buffet line for the last 50 people. We asked the caterers if they had anymore and they said no, while they had plates full of food themselves! This helped sway my fiancé and I to an inside air-conditioned venue with plated entrees

I went to a wedding with a cash bar. Pretty much everyone left after the cake was cut.

Bride made MOG cry before the wedding because she refused to let MOG help her get ready. Reason Bride refused to be around MOG: she hated FSIL, who was with MOG. Instead of asking FSIL to stand outside or suck it up she screamed at her FMIL and refused to be near her before the wedding.

The vows were copy and paste wedding vows from a generic "how to write vows" website with only one copy taken from the bride's cleavage so Groom started his vows with, "I Bride…"

Groom's uncle told Groom's sister, "That wedding was a joke! The poem you wrote and recited was the only romantic thing about it!" Bride overheard the comment and refused to interact with Groom's uncle for the rest of the day/night.

Food was cold and there was mystery meat.

Bride and Groom didn't feel like dancing, even after dinner was served and people were bored so MOG and FOG started drunkenly dancing on a corner of the dance floor. Groom got mad and screamed at his parents.

FSIL of Bride was found two hours into the reception sitting on the sidewalk drunk, crying, and screaming, "That bitch is going to ruin his life and my family!" to anyone who would listen.

ETA: the wedding was at a popular wedding site where multiple weddings were going on so nobody knew which "bitch" Groom's sister was screaming about.

The only food at my SO's cousin's cocktail hour/reception was a meat and cheese display and a fruit and veggie display. Not very big ones. They were not replenished between cocktail hour and the reception. And they sat outside the whole time, getting rank af.

She bitched on facebook FOREVER about people leaving early to go get dinner when she had 'perfectly good' food already.

My friends got married in Vegas at Caesar's Palace, but the start of the ceremony was delayed because the groom was MIA! He finally showed up and stood at the front looking white as a sheet and all sweaty, almost as if he was going to run. Nobody knew what was happening. Turns out, he had gotten food poisoning from eating at a casino buffet the night before! He was drinking Gatorade through the entire reception. Poor guy. Moral of the story: stay far away from unfamiliar/casino buffet/self-catered food!

I was MOH in a friend's wedding. One of the BMs was legit being a Maidzilla and ended up not even coming to the wedding.

First she called and said she wasn't coming to the Rehearsal, because she was too tired after work, if I remember correctly.

Then, even though she was told weeks beforehand, she threw a fit when she was reminded what time the Bridal Party had to meet with the MUA/HD the next morning (wedding day).

Everyone was supposed to meet at 9:00 a.m. but she would have none of it.

I've told this story before, but it's a good one and why not?

FH's cousin was the groom, so we flew out there. It's a Hallowe'en horror-movie wedding, and they sent us instructions to come in costume. But I only had a carry-on, so I packed a black dress and some cobweb tights and figured that would be enough. Nope! Once we get there, I'm given a mardi-gras style dollar store mask and told people who are not adequately costumed have to wear these. HAVE to. The elastic crushed my hair and it kept dropping feathers and glitter in my food. But every time I took it off the panicked bridesmaids kept running over and begging me to put it back on so the bride wouldn't see the lack of masks and get mad at them for not enforcing her policy.

So eventually I just decided not to eat. Which was fine, seeing as the food was a bunch of self-catered mystery meat casseroles in red sauce. They were, I kid you not, SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE MURDER VICTIM REMAINS.

We. Were. Supposed. To eat the victims!

The MOG was in tears because the couple invited the local newspaper to cover their wacky costume wedding (seriously) and didn't tell anyone So she was photographed by the news in a costume that she had been bullied into wearing and felt so uncomfortable in. Rather than seeing to his mother and trying to help her, the groom passed out drunk with his head on the table. No idea where he got the booze since it was a dry wedding. He must have brought in a flask.

To top it all, the bride kept rushing up to people and frantically insisting that we praise her. "Isn't this so much more fun than a BORING traditional wedding? Aren't you glad we did this? Isn't this the most unique and best wedding EVER?" All while dripping with fake blood and wearing a bizarre medieval leopard print dress that wasn't from any horror movie I had ever seen but certainly was horrible.

Apparently they're on the verge of splitting up, as no one in the groom's family can stand her and that puts a strain on any marriage. I don't know if it's true though, since we haven't spoken to them since. Never got a thank you card for our gift, either!

So we won't, you know, be doing THAT.

I admit I was skimming this thread until I saw "supposed to eat the victims".

What the fuck.

@Delfina - I think I've seen pictures of this wedding! Groom as Freddy and poor MOG as a dude?

@SwissMS

I think that's right! MoG was definitely in a male drag, but I can't remember what the groom was wearing. Some horror movie killer costume, but I get them confused. I'll have to see if I can find pics.

Don't keep guests waiting too long. We went to a wedding that had a time listed of 4 pm. My FH was in the wedding so we were told to show up at 3 pm. None of the rest of the wedding party showed up (including the groom) until 4 pm. Ceremony didn't start until 5:30 pm. I was irritated. By that point I had gone to the bar (it was a restaurant) and ordered my own drinks.

I later found out the ceremony was supposed to start at 5 and ran 30 minutes late. It is not acceptable that they had a 1 hour buffer on the invitation. Put an invite start time that is within 15 minutes of when you actually think you will start.

Not really a horror story, just tacky AF:

I love my cousin. But her wedding was kind of nuts. Outside ceremony and reception in August. There weren't enough seats for everyone at the ceremony. I had to run to reserve two for my disabled dad and my mom. FH and I stood for the ceremony. JP misprounounced their last name. MOH made an announcement after the ceremony to bring chairs to the reception area. Pitchers of sangria that weren't cold. Ice available from a cooler, but nothing to scoop it with. I believe it was self-catered. I got very mildly sick from the potato salad. DJ but no dance floor, so we were dancing on slanted grass. Games of cornhole next to tall grass. Mosquitoes everywhere.

Like I said, I love my cousin... but it felt like a bbq.

Actually a semi-horror story that was handled expertly....

My FH and I were at a wedding at a country club in a little wine town. The bride/groom had a trolly that came from town so guests didn't have to drive. Well my FH was on the dance floor and got a little bit "too low" during the song Get Low and his pants split in the butt. After we told our friends, the coordinator came over and drove us-in the middle of the reception- in the country club van back and forth to our B&B in town so FH could change his pants. We barely missed any of the reception and our friends didn't have to feel bad. Excellent example of why a day of coordinator is a great investment.

My friend married a douchebag. He was super drunk at their wedding and tried to kiss a bridesmaid in the photobooth. The bridesmaid was terrified that when the bride got the photo disk it would show him trying to kiss her with her pushing him off. Also he made one of his groomsmen "romance" their suite for the night of. He drew them a jacuzzi bath with rose petals and the whole shabang. He was so drunk he jumped in the tub breaking a pipe and flooding half the suite. The only reason they didn't get kicked out was because the bride was hysterically crying. She then called a bridesmaid to leave the venue (the party was still going on after they left) to go to the hotel to help her out of her dress because her new husband was passed out.

So don't marry a douchebag.

These stories are amazing! hahaha. The worst I've experienced was my cousin's wedding. The ceremony was fine, but the reception was at an all you can eat chinese buffet, and all guests had to pay for themselves. It was a dry wedding and there were no favours. We also drove almost 2 hours to attend. So we basically drove 2 hours to go to an all you can eat buffet.

@GreeneBunny OMG. That is wayyyyyyy too long of a gap. So rude!

I have been to all types of weddings. Black tie, cash bar, 100+ degrees outside wedding. One wedding was out of state so like 20 of my friends flew from CA to AZ for the wedding. When we got to the reception she had seated all our rowdy friends outside while the bride groom and family sat inside. We could see through the glass walls. Lol!! Can't say I blame her! One wedding I went to was in Hawaii and got called off the night before after the rehearsal dinner. Yikes!! We ended up taking the bride to a luau on what would have been her wedding day. We got her nice and drunk and took her to the beach the next day. Then we had some wedding cake. Anyway, I have to say that I have had a blast at every single wedding I've been invited to. I am just always happy to be there and part of everything.