IHO Train-Wreck Weddings...

MoxyMissi

What are some of the craziest/most memorable weddings you've been to?

One for me was my husband's uncle getting married to a woman that the rest of his family actively detested - good times!  They didn't bother having a toast, because there was NOTHING good that anyone could come up with to say about the wedding.

Another was a "wedding" where everyone showed up for the ceremony, only to find out that the couple had been married the night before, and we all had to sit through an hour and a half evangelical church service, complete with 80-verse hymns in mid-summer in a non-AC church.  Fun!

Susie Derkins

July wedding in Canajoharie.  On a dairy farm.  In the pouring rain.  With a tent over the "altar," but nowhere else.

They started an hour late, but didn't tell anyone to go hide in their cars til it stopped.  We all sat in the rain waiting, because the BP was kind of milling around with umbrellas and it looked like it could start at any time.  Nope, bride was biding her time inside while we got soaked.

DH was a GM, so I was by myself, among his friends from college and their family, none of whom I'd ever met.

And it seemed to me, which DH confirmed later, that the BMs were trash talking me the whole time.  I had the gaul to wear the same color as the BM dresses, and was about 60 lbs. lighter than any BM.  Which I would accept responsibility for (the color thing), except that the bride said the color was "apple," and the invitations were the color of an apple jolly rancher.  Green.  So I avoided my apple green dress and wore a cranberry one.  Except she apparently thought I would divine that she meant the wedding color was apple red.  Right.

Then cash bar.  That served white zinfandel.  Whee! 

Read2Me

I went to a hick wedding that was held in a Knights of Columbus, which isn't a bad thing- the fact that they couldn't rearrange the tables because they were set for Bingo the next day was (it was just long rows of rectangular tables)!  There were no invitations- the bride hung a flyer in the town's Super Duper and asked anyone who came to bring a dish to pass.  No bar- just a keg in the corner.  Most of the people there wore jeans and flannels.  I wore a cute velvet dress (it was a December wedding) and ended up being dressier than the bridesmaids.  All in all it was a really fun wedding though!

sugarland726

This wedding was train wreck, but not redneck/trashy. SIL got married Memorial Day this past year. It was a debacle for the 10 months they were engaged, but that's a whole separate story.

We were told that her brothers (my DH) would not be groomsmen because no siblings would be part of the wedding party. Funny though that the groom's brothers were groomsmen. They are very religious, so their pastor  officiated. He's apparently part Native American and looked straight out of the movies. He asked if the groom had any private words for the bride and he hugged her and was whispering in her ear. Umm, awkward!! Then the reverse happened.  Later in the ceremony the groom started talking about how lost he was until he found God and how better his life was. And "those of you that have found God know what I am talking about..." and the converse was implied towards our entire family. It was seriously a Jesus infomercial. I have NO problem with religion, especially at a wedding, but I don't want to be preached to!

Afterwards they go around the park to take pictures and we walk over to the tent to eat the (very) small food spread. The invitation said reception to follow (implied immediately). They took pictures for 2.5 hours!! They did a family picture and got all her siblings, but none of their spouses. I was fuming. I am family! That girl was in my wedding!!

When it came time to eat, her family's table ate dead last. They started calling tables at the other end and we got screwed. All the music was Christian. Lastly, his mother was cleaning up at 7pm even though they had the park until 9.

She didn't think it was important to send thank you notes until after 6 months, and they were Christmas/thank you notes combo. And they were misspelled (she's a teacher). Worst wedding I have ever been to.

Sorry that got so long! Apparently I have a lot to say.

Tiffgoddess

I have gone to a couple weird ones... when one of my cousin's got married, it literally was pouring.  She got married in a gazeebo and we were all under a tent.  Well the rain was coming down so hard all you could hear was the rain hitting the tent.  No one knew what was going on.  We all starting clapping when they kissed cause that is how we knew they were married.  Then when we went inside for the reception the DJ was the most awful DJ I have ever heard.  He played crappy music all night long not to mention he kept playing the same songs over and over.... and they didn't even have any open bar!  Not even a cheap beer or wine... it sucked.  We ended up leaving early it was so awful.

GlenLakeLove

I didn't go to this wedding but was invited. 8.5x11 copy paper invite complete with sticky note telling us what dish to bring. We got a bag of potato chips.

NikCole

An old coworkers wedding, at a Knights of Columbus type hall (actually KofC would be a step up!)

The womens bathroom flooded, because all the toliets backed up... the bride's dress got wet. Then everyone started using the men's, and they backed up too!

The food was awful, and the only drink options- coors lite or white zin

battybtags

I went to a wedding where they served a buffet of pizza and wings! The people who worked the wedding weren't even dressed up-most were in jeans (and this was a banquet hall!) and shirts. The coffee on the table was sudsy from soap...it was just gross!  We had a lot of fun laughing at stuff though!

mrsbaecker101108

Last summer I went to one of DH's cousin's weddings(his second, and this one was just as bad as the first).  It was held in an old school that is now used by the corrections officers as gym area.  All the bathrooms/locker rooms had signs that said "NO INMATES BEYOND THIS POINT". 

The ceremony was done by a JOP and was literaly 5 min long.  I think we have 3 pictures from it because our camera couldn't cycle that fast.  It was outside and it was hard to hear over the big trucks driving by and the wind.  The couple and the BP then left in their limo to go take pictures(with their 2 photographers) somewhere.  We were left to sit and wait in the gym.  There was no alcohol... no music... we just sat there talking and stuff. 

When the everyone finally got back about an hour and a half later it was time for introductions.  One of the other family members just stood up and announced the couple coming in. They then cut the cake and we were called to the buffet for food. It was sandwich rolls with different meats to put in them.  Also lots of macoroni and potato salads, which all had pickles in them.

The bride and groom made their rounds, never stoping to see our familes table(which literaly was the whole grooms family minus his parents and siblings).  We just sat and talked and drank, they finally had put out a  some boxed wine during dinner(my DH and his brother went on a beer run while they were doing pictures too). We all heard music coming from outside, and went to investigate.  Turns out their DJ never showed up so someone had put a CD into a car and the couple was having their first dance.  No announcement to this, it was just happening.

The rest of the reception went on outside. Lots of music being pumped from someones car stereo with the doors open and we were dancing in the schools parking lot.  We all were able to get wasted from the boxed wine and beer the guys had got.  Oh and the wine came from his sisters wedding the week before.

Yeah this was a high quality wedding....  And sorry for the novel.