Worst wedding you have attended

These are equally terrible and fun to read. I've never been to a truly bad wedding, but I'm hoping the events of my day will be timed properly for guest comfort. Awkward waiting and not knowing where to be/what to do/what's going on makes me crazy.

I have been to a lot of weddings but only 2 wedding were really bad.

The one wedding was my cousins wedding. He had his wedding on a public dog park beach. So there were dogs everywhere and loud. My brother is in a wheelchair and couldn't even be down where the ceremony was or see it the ceremony. There were a lot of older people who also couldn't go down there because of the sand as well. They only had 4 chairs where the ceremony actually was so everyone stood. The bride was over an hour late and everyone started to make cash bets on when she would show up. After the ceremony we traveled to a house for the reception which was in the backyard under a tent with no walls. We waited there for about 2 hours for the bride and groom because they were getting the perfect pictures on the beach with the sunset. It was extremely cold, we were in winter coats. When they finally got there we had to wait through I have no idea how many dances. The first dance, the bride and father, groom and mother, groom and dad, bride and sister and many more. Then they opened the buffet for everyone and the food was horrible and cold. We didn't stay after because it was already 1 in the morning and we had a 2 hour drive home. They hadn't even cut the cake or gotten to the actual dancing.

The other wedding was FH dad's. This was his 3rd wedding might I add. We had to travel from Maryland to Jersey. It was FH, FSIL, and me. She was asked not to bring her two daughters. We went the day before because FH was part of the wedding and had rehearsal that day. So we stayed at the crappy old hotel that they were having the wedding at. When we got there they canceled the rehearsal, so we wasted money to stay the night before. The next day they told us we had to leave the room at 11 in the morning. Which was fine but we had no where to get ready for the evening wedding. We asked the father were we could get ready he told us to figure it out and no body in the family would help us or let us use there room just to change. We ended up changing in a nasty bathroom somewhere near by. We had our feelings hurt because no body would help us and no body told us what would we were up against walking into this wedding. We were completely blind with no information. We didnt even get an invitation, we got phone calls. Finally the wedding happened and they put us in the farthest corn by ourselves. These tables held about 10 people and these are his kids. So only us 3 in the farthest corner. There really wasn't a ceremony it was them putting rings on and then they served food. The food was alright. But we had to pay for every drink even a glass of water. Everyone had there kids with them but my FSIL wasn't allowed to have her daughters. Finally we wanted to leave because we had enough. Well we got stuck there because FSIL got arrested for smoking in public which we didn't know was a problem in jersey. So we had to pay for another night until we got her out. Might I add their father is a cop and could have saved her but no he let her go. The following morning we left so early nobody knew we left. It was terrible.

O&L you bet your ass it was! We were all sick for days

At my MOH wedding the best man started his toast with a bad joke before handing the mike off to another groomsmen. That GM mentioned that he had been to many funerals but had never been able to witness someone's unholy matrimony... we were all sitting there amazed... then me(MOH) and the grooms BM had to collect money for the dollar dance. No one lined up for it. It was super awkward. After that most of the guests left. The bride and groom were upset because everyone left early. It could of been worse though. They wanted an out door ceremony in July in the Midwest. But me and the FOB talked them into letting guests sit at the tables and having it inside.

The one I just went to that was outside on a freezing and rainy day. It was under a tent in somebody's backyard, only 1 space heater. Food consisted of beef or chicken tacos. They had sangria and beer, but ran out an hour into the reception. We stopped for food on the way home and blasted the heat in the car!

I've posted about this one before, but it was a Hallowe'en wedding with a horror movie theme.

We were all told to come in costume, but my costume was deemed not elaborate enough. So I was forced to ear a dollar-store mardi-gras mask all night. Literally FORCED, as every time I tried to take it off the BMs would come running over and beg me to put it back on so that the bride didn't scream at them. The mask kept shedding bits of glitter and feathers into my meal, but sine it was a self-catered casserole designed to look like parts of a murder victim I didn't care much.

The Dj played a lot of horror movie themes. Everything got delayed because the bride wanted everyone to do a group dance to Thriller and not enough people were on the dance floor. The MOG spent a lot of time outside crying because she felt so stupid in the costume they made her wear. No one told her they had invited the local paper to cover the fun and she was scared everyone would see pictures and know how she felt. Meanwhile, the bride kept circulating around the room, insisting that everyone tell her how much fun they were having and how much better it was than a traditional wedding.

These are FHs OOT cousins, so we don't see them much, But apparently the whole thing drove a wedge between the bride and the groom's family. You wouldn't think a bad wedding would do that, but selfish hosting can really hurt people's feelings.

GeeQT - are you guys okay now? Food poisoning is the WORST, and if it lasted for days it sounds like you got a really bad bout.

Hope you're feeling better!

I went to one about two years ago where they ran out of food so they ran and bought Pollo Loco chicken, they used the grooms shoe to ask their guest for donations, then poured beer inside it and made the groom drink it, and then they had a pole dance competition.

I can't say I've ever been to a "bad wedding"- I just have been to some where certain things stand out in not such a good way: outdoor ceremonies in the South in summer (no shade, hotter than blazes), couldn't find relief after ceremony because reception space wasn't set up yet (how? Ceremony was outside!), only margaritas to drink (no food + hot sun= get drunk and sick faster...which wasn't my goal). Hmm- then there was the reception is the WORST part of town and I drove myself. Or the reception where we were seated in a separate room (that just sucked). Just...little things.

I went to one wedding that ran out of food (yikes), it was still pretty fun...I was one of the lucky ones who actually got a plate). The absolute worst wedding I have ever been to was last year. Ceremony started TWO HOURS late. The bride arrived an hour after she was suppose to walk down the isle still in curlers (I kid you not). The bride and groom had a singer in the midst of the ceremony who was off key; it was super out of place.

The reception was Party City'd out. Paper table clothes, napkins, plastic glasses. It seemed more like a birthday party, there wasn't any sort of personalization at all. Dinner was buffet style and wasn't too bad. The DJ messed up on their intro three times, and after the third time they just went in anyway. The DJ played the money dance song twice and no one got up to dance with the bride (super awkward). The wedding was a week before Christmas and was planned in just 2 months, so I'm under the impression everyone was strapped for cash. Plus she had already asked a few family members for money weeks prior to pay for the wedding. All of the music was from the 70s so only those from that generation were dancing. The bride invited two friends who had a major falling out so a dispute was had at the reception. Overall the bride and groom seemed to be having fun though so I guess that's all that really matters?

A wedding that was self catered and not enough seats at the ceremony!

I attended a wedding where the brides sisters kids kept running around during the ceremony to the point that the brides mother got up several times to go get the kids causing her to miss a huge chuck of the ceremony. At dinner time, I'm super hungry waiting for dinner to be served. Dinner never came. They ran out of food so several tables weren't fed including mine.

I was younger, probably about 14, and my mom and I were invited to my first grade teacher's daughter's wedding (my mom had worked at the school and was friends with my teacher if that makes the situation make more sense). The wedding was in a church downtown, so we had to pay to park to attend (which we had not been notified of beforehand, we assumed the church had a parking lot). Then the reception was at a mansion about 15-20 minutes away. It was summertime and cocktail hour (which took 2 hours while the couple took pictures ) was on the mansion's rooftop where it had to be close to 100 degrees. Everyone was drenched in sweat, but we weren't allowed to go inside until the couple got there. When we finally got to go find our seats, the seating chart separated my mom and me by putting me at "the kids table" even though I didn't know anyone else invited to the wedding, let alone their kids. Luckily someone offered to trade seats with me. The dining room was not built to accommodate all the guests that were invited because the tables and chairs were squished so close together that you could hardly sit down. The seats were so tight that while walking through to get to the buffet, a gentleman barely leaned back and crushed my mom's leg between two chairs and she ended up with a huge bruise. There was a way-too-long slideshow containing photos of the bride and groom while they were drunk and sticking their tongues out and making out, things you don't want your parents or grandparents to see. And, the couple ended up getting divorced so it was all for naught.

@Crescent omg I went to an even worse wedding than I posted about, but I was too young when it happened to recount it properly, but she walked down the aisle to I Don't Want to Miss a Thing and they stood there staring at each other until the song ended. I STILL can't listen to that song. And I was too young to remember much of it. Although I do also remember the reception being held in a stable. Not like a cute, kitschy barn, and actual stable, complete with horses in stalls and hay kicked everywhere. And picnic benches. Of course when I was 7 or however old I was I didn't completely realize how bad that was, but I knew if I were getting married, I wouldn't have wanted that.

I didn't attend this wedding but listen to this horror.

The husband of the poor girl I work with died of cancer the day before her brother in law's wedding (brother of the deceased). Not only did the wedding happen, but they still expected her to be in it. Worst part? They continued with their zombie themed wedding. This meant that the bridal party showed up in a hearse, everyone dressed up as zombies, and other death references. What in the actual hell???

What in the absolute fuck is wrong with people... All of these were horrible! I thought my cousins wedding was bad. The wedding started late on top of being an extremely long for no reason Catholic wedding. After not being involved in the family pictures we left to go to the reception. While we waited for the bridal party to show up there was a comedian for entertainment. She was super inappropriate and even talked about an underage girl's rack. This was a family affair and all 4 of my kids were there. It took over a hour for the bridal party to finally show and we could finally get drinks. The food was all Jamaican and served by all the guests. I was so thankful nobody asked me to serve. The bartenders were all guest too. The groomsman treated the affair as a frat party and got too drunk, the DJ ruined the first dance and my uncle was on men's where he wasn't supposed to drink and ended up leaving in an ambulance. My mom and I fought which caused her and FH to fight and then his mom and my mom got into it and we didn't talk for over 2 months. I realized I typed this as a mess, but the whole wedding was a mess. On top of everything the bridal party had to sit at the head table and they all hated it. Tuxes were lost and the gifted watches were broken. It was a wreck... They made it to their 1 year anniversary though!

Sadly it would have to be my sister's wedding. The church they rented out had a ethnic party the night prior( so you can imagine the smell) and we had to postpone decorating due to this. So the wedding got pushed back three hours and guest had to wait on everybody to get dressed. By the time we finished and ate nobody wanted to dance.

Self catered wedding on a cold rainy October day in a leaky forest preserve pavillion

Wow these stories are terrible! I haven't been to any super awful weddings, although the last one I attended a few months ago wasn't that fun. The DJ sucked and played only old music the entire night and wouldn't take requests, therefore the dance floor was empty for some of the wedding. I wanted to ensure that everyone would be up and dancing and having the time of their life at my wedding, and I am pleased to say that my wishes came true!

Jeez these are terrible. I've been to two awful weddings.

One wedding (FH's sister's) was an outdoor ceremony in the middle of July in Georgia (about 100 degrees). We sat outside on hay bales in the middle of a field. Ceremony started late and the music kept messing up. Officiant read his stuff off an Ipad (friendor) which kept messing up... Reception was held in a big barn with no air conditioning, so super stuffy and awful. Used a CD player for music that kept messing up. Not enough seats during dinner, had to sit on hay bales and balance plate on my lap. Oh forgot to mention we had helped set up the evening before, and ended up having to break down the venue once it was over. And NO ALCOHOL to help with the suffering! All 150ish guests were miserable.

A different wedding FH and I went to was for our friends. Wedding was scheduled to start at 4:00pm, we get there right on the dot at 4pm, and it had ALREADY STARTED. We had to embarrassingly wait outside the church doors until it was over, and we weren't the only ones. Couple had finger foods (think Chick Fil A nugget platter) in the lobby of the church, and they had their first dance and father/daughter dance in the middle of the lobby. Music wasn't loud enough, and people kept talking over it - so rude! "Reception" was dinner at a nearby Mexican restaurant that evening. Needless to say FH and I just went home instead.