What about other people's weddings have left a bad impression on you?

A gap. Not enough food. Cash bar, or the thought of a cash bar. No thank you card after the wedding.

Having bad food. Not always bad tasting, but bad food choices. Like, a buffet with french toast and biscuits with various toppings for both.

Brides changing into jeans and tees after the ceremony.

Dry wedding and a thank you card with a generic printed message on the inside. I was also a BM in a wedding and the MOH only invited the brides instate friends to the shower. We didn't even know she was throwing one and were not able to send a gift in our absence. I felt bad, but I just didn't know it was happening.

Not thinking about the weather. As a bride and groom you might love 50 degree weather but most guests don't want to be cold at your outdoor ceremony as an example.

Being invited as "guest" when I'm engaged

Generic thank you card that's pre-printed

Bad food, long wait time between ceremony and reception, not getting the k you cards, bride's having meltdowns at their own wedding in front of everyone, running out of food.

My cousin's wedding - huge bridal party, gorgeous attire.

The reception was at a local cultural club (Polish, German, I can't remember). "Cocktail Hour" was outside under a pavilion for 2 hours with only popcorn to eat. The only available bar was the public bar inside the smoky club and it was cash bar.

Food was decent BBQ and the reception room was recently renovated. The extra-long cocktail hour that I had to pay for really ruined it for me.

I've never gone to a single wedding with booze. Not even once. And I've gone to at least 15 so far. Of those, two had food- one was a potluck served by children under the age of ten. I went to a wedding once where they had a giant picture of the bride in an elegant frame in her wedding dress on her side of the aisle and on his side was an equally large picture of the groom as a child in overalls and it was so dusty you could hardly tell it was a picture of him. Brown, thick, nasty dust. I went to a wedding once where the father of the bride walked her down the aisle in a suit and then the next time we saw him he was in basketball shorts and a steelers jersey for their father/daughter dance. One time the couple was so nervous and giggling they were trembling while cutting the cake and a random lady in the crowd (mother of one of the bridesmaids) came up and took the knife out of their hands and "showed them how to do it". The last wedding I went to didn't have a photographer- the bride and groom went around snapping selfies on the groom's phone with guests, during their first dance, and before cutting the cake.

You can't make this shit up.

When there was a 2.5 hour cocktail hour. It was WAY too long. An hour of hors d'oeuvres and cocktails is great. 1.5 hours starts to get a little boring, but manageable. 2.5 hours and I was totally bored and also wanted to eat my arm off because I was so hungry. Also a the same wedding - a chapel that seated 140 but the guest list was 185. People were squished in so tightly that we felt like sardines and were sweating like pigs. Some people had to stand outside and didn't even see the ceremony.

Outdoor ceremony and reception in July. It was at that point that I decided I would never have an outdoor wedding!

Any gap at all.

1) Family wedding where I was voluntold to set up, ice cupcakes, decorate the venue, etc etc etc...all things a DOC should have done. I literally got there in my dress and was told, "FutureMrsB, you're doing this now."

2) Same wedding. No thank-you-card.

3) Same wedding. Invited on an invitation by myself...even though FH and I had been together for 4 years at that point.

4) Same wedding. Poorly hosted reception. No alcohol, no dancing, no music, no food that wasn't sweet (candy, cookies, cupcakes...it was dinner time!). And then when everybody left we had to clean up because the B&G hadn't arranged for somebody to do that.

I forgot one! Once I was at a wedding and the bride got "kidnapped" during the reception. Her cousins came in and physically carried her out of the building and drove away. The groom was so upset he chased after them and cried. It was awful. She was gone almost half an hour. She told me later they took her to get a burger.

I weep as I sip from my flask for all of you who have attended dry weddings. I cannot imagine going to any event where alcohol is not served.

We traveled 8 hours to the wedding and the bride/groom never even approached us to talk to us or thank us for coming. We finally meant the groom for the first time at the continental breakfast the next morning and talked to them for about 60 seconds because we approached them.

Also, a wedding that was dj'ed by a friend with top 100 music nobody (including the poor grandparents) knew how to dance to.

Oh! At the very first wedding I went to the playlist had three songs. Four hours of "Hallelujah", "At Last", and "I Hope You Dance". Needless to say... we didn't.

... @FutureMrsB, crying at "voluntold."

I worked in my teens at the venue my reception is being held. I remember a drunk bridesmaid getting lifted up and the dude sat her on top of the layer of cake that was cut and I don't think she even realized or cared at that moment.

My sister had a cash bar at her wedding. A cash bar with only 2 beer and 2 wine options. I repeat only 4 options for a bar that they didn't even pay for! The worst.

On a hilarious note, her and her husband are SUPER excited for our open bar.

The only thing I really ever remember is the alcohol option. If there is only beer and wine or a signature drink I get annoyed. I don't mind a cash bar as long as it's offered. I've never experienced not enough food or a gap so I can't comment on that. No thank you card, no air conditioning, honeyfunds. Non of that bothers me at all. Oh! I was also recently B listed. HaHa! I think it's funny. I'll absolutely be attending and buying them a gift of course.

Oh!! Someone reminded me- being separated from SO. The worst!

I attended a wedding where a keg was in the middle of the dance floor. Around 9 the bride, groom, and their parents walked around asking for donations so they could get another keg.