What's the worst wedding YOU'VE ever been to?

Wow, these are awful. I've been to a wedding where it got kind of boring after a while so we cut out early. But that's about it. I feel sorry for all you ladies that had to attend, and sorry for someone's messy wedding....

I wouldn't necessarily say that this wedding was terrible, but there were aspects of it that could have been rethought, IMO.

-The ceremony and reception was held over and hour from all family/friends. - When I asked the bride why she chose it, she said because they liked it, and wanted to have the reception at a nice hotel so their guests could get a room for the night after drinking. A wonderful thought, but I wanted to go home and sleep in my own bed, and not pay for a hotel room, so I left early.

- There was about 2 hours of 'nothing to do' time between the ceremony and reception. They did serve cocktails, but guests were left socializing in the lobby of the hotel. We weren't allow to go into the reception hall until right before the bride and groom made their appearance. I actually ran into some high school friends who had gotten a room, we spent about an hour drinking in their room before we went down and waited for the BP.

-The cake was terrible.

We went to one recently where:

-There was 2 hours between when the ceremony ended and when we were allowed to arrive at the reception hall

-Once the reception began (at 6), the Bride and groom didn't arrive until 6:30 and we didn't start dinner until 8 (Since the ceremony started at 3, most guests had an early lunch - before getting ready for the ceremony - so that was an AWFUL long time to go without food, especially for little ones like our nieces)

-After dinner they did their "toast" at the head table, without announcing it to anyone

-Dancing didn't start until 9:45

-To top it all off, if you wanted to drink anything besides beer or water, you had to pay ($2 for a small cup of pop half filled with ice). Which was frustrating enough while we were there, but we later found out that it wasn't the venue charging. The bride and groom kept the money from the cash "bar" for their honeymoon.

The worst? No alcohol and no dancing. Over by 8pm.

Two, not HORRIBLE but hope mine aren't the same. For a friend and a cousin.

Friend - She sent out invites with the address of the reception hall and the wedding in reverse order. My best friend and I arrived at the reception hall instead of the wedding ceremony. We turned around and drove 45 minutes to the correct location on a long winding road in the woods. We literally ran into the church (where there was no room and people were standing in the back and down the isle) as the bride and groom kissed and walked out. We drove an hour to the brides grandmothers house (which was too small for 200 PLUS people) and everyone was cramming on couches and standing on the patio were they served cheese, crackers and m&ms. I asked how long before the reception and the bride tells me reservations are for 8... it's 4'pm. 4 hours!!! The MOH accidentally flooded the bathroom upstairs so water leaked through the ceiling and onto the bride and guests seated in the livingroom

Cont... and a bunch of kids stole all the candy so everyone sat around eating crackers. We left early.
Cousins shotgun wedding- Backyard wedding, a dirt lot with a plastic sheet runner. The bride kept tripping from her heels poking through the plastic and catching. There was a wind storm w/ dirt flying up and hitting people in the face during ceremony. Biker dad of bride refused to wear " a monkey tux" and walked her in a vest with no shirt and chaps and when he handed her off he said "Now you can deal with her". Pot luck where a dozen people brought deviled eggs, potato and ambrosia salad. No music, tables, or alcohol because the bride was pregnant and it wasn't fair and not enough chairs. Our grandma sat on the ground with some kids on the side (stubburn and refused to take a chair from someone). I officiated but there was no mic so I yelled the vows and the grooms family blasted me for not making it religious enough. Whew!

We went to an outdoor wedding in February (we live in Omaha Nebraska...) and the ceremony took about 45 minutes. Then we had 3 hours between ceremony and reception and once we got to the reception it was a fully cash bar (even for pop) For dinner they ordered pizza from the local Pizza Hut and had a cake pop machine set up for us to make our own cakes. The DJ was terrible and it was just way too quite. You could tell the budget was spent on the dress and the venue, but no thought was put into the food or anything else for that matter

I've only been to evangelical weddings which are dry and no music or dancing. But knowing the hosts I knew this ahead of time. I look forward to a attending a standard wedding soon

View Quoted Comment Was it due to religion?

So I didn’t attend, but lots of friends did and relayed it to me (I was invited but you’ll find out why I didn’t go)


-picked a wedding date and didn’t tell anyone said wedding date-never sent save the dates to guests (which is fine if you don’t, but since they didn’t tell anyone the date lol)-when we would see them, they never mentioned we were invited to their wedding, so we assumed we weren’t, which was fine!-we got an invitation...two and half weeks before the wedding. It was on the same day as my bridal shower that my MOH already had a final count for. When my husband called to let the groom know why we couldn’t come he said “well you can skip the shower, right? This is way more important.”-AFTER the conversation about the shower, we get invited to a Facebook group called “our wedding” where they had different information than what was on the paper invitation we got. In that group was a link to their wedding website, where I went to RSVP “cannot attend”. Well, I look at the wedding party, and they have my husband as a groomsman! I asked him if knew about it. So he calls the groom to clear it up and the groom goes “oh yeah, want to be in my wedding? By the way I’ll need the tux deposit by the end of the day.” We already told you we couldn’t come. 😂-the wedding weekend rolls around, and the bridal party is told they can camp in the bride and groom’s backyard. In February. So they had to find last minute hotels in the middle of nowhere. The groomsmen ended up sleeping in the unfinished basement that flooded because a pipe burst overnight. -on the wedding day, the groomsmen found out that some of their tuxes were the wrong sizes because the groom didn’t input their sizes right-the groom and groomsmen were 45 minutes late to the ceremony because the groom thought that “ceremony begins at 2:30” meant that the guests started arriving at 2:30. -the reception was at a middle school gym and they weren’t allowed to have alcohol. Except they did anyway which was room temperature cases of beer. -I did hear the food was pretty good though -they only played country music, which don’t get me wrong is fine for a party at your own home, but not everyone likes it, and the bride got mad that one was dancing

The worst wedding I have been to, and luckily I haven't been to any bad weddings. All of them were beautiful--but one was over memorial day on a beautiful venue in the poconos. It was on the mountainside. Usually, in Pennsylvania, May is when the weather finally is not frigid.

Well on the day of the wedding, it was like 50-55 degrees. All of the women didn't bring coats because we didn't realize it was outside. It was cold, luckily the reception was inside and the food was average. It was a beautiful wedding, just far too cold to be outside.

View Quoted Comment Lol. Number 3 is so cringeworthy 😂