People Share The Worst Thing They’ve Seen At A Wedding

Weddings are supposed to be the happiest day of peoples' lives, but for the following couples, it was far from it.

Not Exactly A Fairy Tale

1) “The divorced father of the groom started up about how much better his new wife was compared to his old wife, during his speech. He went on and on and started comparing the qualities of Asian women vs. white women. I’ve never looked at my shoes so hard in my life.”–

2) “The bride fainted and hit her head hard enough to go to the hospital in an ambulance. There were no refunds, so they amazingly still had the reception. It was pretty subdued. We had a few drinks and just left.”–

3) “My mother-in-law handed out an EP of my now sister-in-law to as many guests as she could & threw a fit in the middle of the dance floor later that night because I didn’t let her daughter sing with the band or karaoke. Her exact words were, ‘How dare you make today all about you.’ It was MY wedding day.”–

4) “The bride’s mother stood up during the ceremony and began screaming that the bride was a lying brat who never loved her mother.”–

5) “At a cousin’s wedding, my uncle was smashed and thought he’d had a stroke in the bathroom because he couldn’t straighten himself. Turned out he’d buttoned his waistcoat to his trousers and couldn’t stand up.”–

6) “During the best man speech, the best man proposed to the maid of honor. The bride and groom DID NOT know this was going to happen and it totally stole the night from them. Now the best man and maid of honor are in the process of divorcing.”

They Had No Idea The Wedding Would Be This Crazy

7) “My fiancé and I recently went to the trashiest wedding in existence. When the groom went for the garter belt, the bride smashed his face into her crotch and grinded against it saying, ‘Yeah baby.’ A detail that I forgot about was that the bride had informed everybody earlier that she was not wearing any underwear and it was also an outdoor wedding that had a temperature comparable to the surface of the sun.

There were four separate fistfights, with the bride being involved in two of them. She threw the first punch in the second fight.

After the bride and groom were pronounced husband and wife, all the bridesmaids proceeded to strip down to tank tops and booty shorts because they were too hot in their bridesmaid’s dresses.

Then, after dinner was completed, one of the bridesmaids and another guy who is there loudly proclaimed that they were ‘going in the field to go bang’ and they would be back in 15 minutes. One of the small children (no older than 8-years-old) at the reception turn to their mother and said, ‘Ewww mom, they’re going to go bang.’ The mom just laughed it off which just made us sad. Hillbilly Canadian weddings are a treat.”

No Matter How Much Planning Goes Into A Wedding, It Can Derail Quickly

8) “I went to a wedding of someone from my church a few years back. When it came time to say the vows, he pulls out a sheet of paper and reads on for like 5 minutes, getting really intimate and pouring his heart out to her. It was kind of awkward, to be honest. But the icing on the cake was her response. When he was done, she just giggled loudly and awkwardly and got out ‘ditto!’ That’s it. That was her wedding vow. So freaking awkward.”–

9) “The bride’s stepmother and mother got into a fight. The stepmother bit the mother – straight up chomp. Don’t think it broke the skin but it definitely left a gnarly swollen bruise. The wedding went to a screeching halt obviously after that.”–

10) “I was at a wedding this summer. The groom’s family absolutely tore their son/brother apart during the speeches. They didn’t say one loving thing and went on to talk about all the mistakes he made during this life. The worst thing they brought up was how he was responsible for a car accident that put someone in a coma. I was cringing.”–

11) “The sister of the bride, who wasn’t invited, showed up wasted and got into a fight with the bride until the father of the bride broke it up by putting the sister in a choke hold and dragged her out of the venue. The bride was surprisingly fine afterward.”–

12) “After arriving 45 minutes after the ceremony was to begin, during the ring exchange, the groom gets this blank look and says he didn’t know he was supposed to buy her another ring. The sister-in-law slipped off her wedding band and handed it off to the preacher.”

“The Biggest Train Wreck I’ve Ever Seen…”

13) “Brother and sister-in-law thought it would be fun to have their dogs walked down the aisle after their flower girl spread the flower petals. The dogs thought mid-way down the aisle was the perfect place for a pooping photo-op on the white runner.”–

14) “My husband’s brother had a seaside wedding. Our almost 2-year-old son was the ring bearer. He passed off the rings to the best man (his dad), then toddled away… off the cliff. It was probably a 60-80 foot drop to the beach below, but he luckily got caught up in the bushes and my husband snatched him up. He was buckled into his stroller after that. Kamikaze kid.”–

15) “I once worked a wedding where one of the guests thought it would be perfectly reasonable to change her baby’s poopy diaper on a table where other guests were eating. I offered to show her the restroom where we had a baby changing station or even an empty banquet room, but the disgusting nutcase said she was finished and had the audacity to shove the dirty diaper at me and tell me to throw it away for her. The other guests looked both disgusted and mortified.”–

16) “The bride walked down the aisle and then the groom outed her for fooling around with the best man the week before. He said he had it on nanny cam for those wanting proof.”–

17) “During the ‘Man of Honor’ speech (like a maid of honor, except a guy), he repeatedly said the name of the bride’s ex-boyfriend instead of her new husband. Three times. ‘When I first saw [Bride] and [Bride’s ex], I knew they were perfect for each other.’ Stuff like that. And he caught himself, too, every time. He was insanely embarrassed, but he still did it three times throughout the speech. It was so awkward watching it happen, probably the biggest social train wreck I’ve ever seen.”

She Tried To Crash The Wedding… As The Bride

18) “Just prior to my sister’s wedding ceremony beginning, as everyone was getting in place and last minute things were being done in this big old Catholic Church, my father noticed a woman with a confused look at the back of the Church and approached her, asking if she needed anything. She informed him she was the BRIDE, then opened a beat-up suitcase she had which contained something resembling a wedding-type dress.

My father, suspecting she had some mental health issues played along, suggesting that she may be in the wrong church. When that didn’t work, he slipped off and called the police. In the meantime, the lady walked up to my soon to be brother-in-law and said, ‘You aren’t going to leave me this time.’ When the police pulled up to the Church, the lady spotted them and made a quick exit. Turns out she had a habit of pulling the stunt.

My brother-in-law still occasionally reminds my sister that he had a choice on their wedding day, but still chose her.”

This Bridezilla Wasn’t Even The Bride

19) “I was at a wedding where one of the bridesmaids had gotten married a month earlier and thought it was a good idea to change out of her dress into her wedding dress for the reception. We in the wedding party told her to change back. She decided to stand at the head of the buffet line and tell each and every one of us as we came through the line how she felt — ‘screw you, screw you’ etc. It goes on and on. Drinking was involved so you can imagine how it was. She refused to change out of her wedding dress until one of the other bridesmaids locked her in the bathroom and told her to change or it was going to get physical. She changed and left not long after. The rest of the reception was a fantastic time.”

Their Wedding Was Ruined By Their Own Family

20) “The groom’s immediate family walked out during the Bride and Groom’s first dance and went home. He came from a very Christian family and this was their way of protesting the marriage since it was done outside of the church. It was pretty bad since this included his parents, grandparents, and siblings who were members of the wedding party, including his best man. Gutted him and they never let on to anyone they were going to do this. It was a pretty big buzzkill and some more of his extended family left and their friends, but we stayed and drank the night away. It’s been two years now and they still refuse to speak to him.”–

22) “The groom’s family were solid, fun, ‘working class’ folks. Bride’s family were uppity middle class, and the bride’s mother was super uptight. Bride’s mom insisted on having a reception at an expensive golf course and made the bar cash-only. The groom’s family decided to tailgate in the parking lot. Coolers, truck beds, lawn chairs, having a good time. Bride’s mom actually called the cops on the groom’s family during the reception. Rest of the night was tribal warfare. The bride and groom started kicking their own family members out of the reception for picking fights and being pricks. The bride eventually broke down in tears and hid in her hotel room. The bride’s mother would not let the husband into the room.”–

23) “The mother of the groom showed up in white. The bride took her shopping weeks before and thought they had found a blue dress that made the groom’s mother look beautiful. I wish to this day I had thought to spill my drink on her forcing her to change.”

“It Was Too Awkward For Everyone”

24) “Panic at the Disco’s ‘I Write Sins Not Tragedies’ orchestral version was the wedding march…”–

25) They didn’t have any tables or chairs. We had nowhere to sit or to put our plates down. Everyone had to hold their food standing up and put their drinks down on the ground. Since there were no chairs to make an aisle for her to walk down she just kind of strolled through the crowd while people were confused and talking. ‘Where are the chairs?’ was the theme of the wedding.”–

26) “The best man got up to give his speech. He made a really strange reference about being jealous of the groom’s body hair and that he thinks the groom might be a Bigfoot.”–

27) “I was just at a wedding where the father of the groom gave a 10-minute speech about socialism and how we were all here because of the community, complete with a 5-minute story about Steve the Hobo, the local homeless man that pretended to be a pirate and played with their kids. To top it all off, the mother of the groom grabbed the mic when he was done and did an impression of Steve the Hobo congratulating the bride and groom for the wedding.”–

28) “My cousin decided to save her first kiss ever for the ceremony. Celibacy taken to the next level. The bride and groom were visibly giddy from nerves throughout the 1-hour prayer-rich ceremony… And the kiss was the most awkward thing to watch. So much unnecessary jaw movement. They both turned beet red and hugged. Too awkward for everyone involved to be cute.”–

29) “The bride got so wasted she fell over, and the ‘twins’ popped out of her dress. Her mother tried to help her get herself together so she punched her mom in the face while shouting at her for ruining her wedding. It was glorious and tragic all at once.”–

30) “The guy was about to get married, but the cops arrested him mid-wedding because they robbed a grocery store at gunpoint to get food for the wedding the night before.”–

31) “My cousin’s maid of honor had to be dragged out of the reception while screaming ‘IT’LL NEVER LAAAAAAST!!!'”–

32) “My grandfather re-married recently. The bride FORGOT the dress. So my grandfather had to take the 2-hour drive back to her house to pick it up then bring it back so we can actually start the wedding. The whole time he was gone she wouldn’t quit crying and freaking out. It was an absolute nightmare.”

“Please Don’t Die At Our Wedding”

33) “For the bouquet toss, a middle-aged guy forced his middle-aged girlfriend out onto the floor, then stood by her so she couldn’t leave. The bouquet was caught by an excited little girl. The guy proceeded to yank the bouquet out of the little girl’s hands, gave it to his middle-aged girlfriend, then ran off the floor cheering loudly to high-five one of his buddies. The little girl ran away crying.”–

34) “At my own wedding reception, I saw my wife’s grandma, who was about 98, very slowly and with a terrible sense of inevitability falls sideways off her chair. She remained in a sitting position but just slooowly tilted sideways until she was on the floor, still in the exact same pose. It sounds horrible, but all I could think was, ‘for the love of God, don’t die at our wedding, please don’t die at our wedding.’ Luckily she was fine, and lived for another few years to see her 100th birthday.”–

35) “The bride thought it would be cute to have her newborn deliver the rings. The newborn decided it was a good time to puke all over the rings.”–

36) “There was an 8-year-old boy who had loads of confetti in his hand. I didn’t think much of it. Turns out he thought it was sugar paper and ate all of it. He then proceeded to projectile vomit everywhere through the middle of the ceremony. It was one of the funniest and most disgusting moments of my life.”

She Must Have Been So Mad

37) “The groom got so trashed that he straight disappeared from the reception. Everything got really awkward when it was time for the wedding to be OVER. The venue was kicking us out and the bride and groom were supposed to take off in their vintage car and drive off to their honeymoon suite. The music went off, lights went on, and it turned into the guests searching for the groom.

My husband finally found him in the parking lot basically face down on his lips. He helped him back into the wedding, which was basically the most awkward walk of shame past the bride’s glaring dad and grandfather. The groom was too wasted to drive, so the bride’s grandfather drove them to the hotel suite (which was a 30-minute drive).

My friend (the bride) later told me that when they got in the room, her new husband passed out cold on the bed and she had to wander the halls in her wedding dress looking for someone to unhook her dress for her so she could get out of it.”

The Crasher Was The Most Memorable Part Of The Wedding

38) “There was this guy outside of the hotel walking up to groups of people in the smoking area asking how much each person weighed. He was very overweight himself, and his jeans looked to be on inside out. He was severely underdressed for the occasion, and no one seemed to know him. Anyway, he would ask a person’s weight, and then exclaim, ‘I can bench that!’

Until one guy (I think he was a family member of the bride) got into an argument with him and started asking around if anyone knew this person, figuring that he was a wedding crasher. That’s when this gentleman decided to cut a deal with everyone. ‘If I can pick up that bench with my bare hands, can I stay for the party?’ To which everyone agrees, because the bench was clearly bolted to the ground. So, he walks over, puts his hands on the bench, crouches down, and with all of his might… poops his pants in front of everyone. He stood up and waddled off through the parking lot, never to be seen again.”

Happily Ever After Nightmare

39) “Just as the bride started walking down the aisle, her grandmother had a sudden cardiac event. We had to stop the procession and start CPR in the aisle way. What’s worse is that we were in a large park and people calling 911 couldn’t give the address. I ran to the rangers station but it was locked. I broke a window screen and crawled through to use the landline EMS could trace and respond. She didn’t make it. As an added bonus to the horrible situation, I later found out the ranger had placed a hidden camera in the women’s restroom where the girls got ready/dressed for the wedding. He served jail time.”–

40) “I was a waiter at a wedding where the bride’s grandmother (90’s) choked on something and no one noticed as she didn’t talk and was choking in her seat not able to motion. She falls out of her chair and the groom, being a doctor, had to get the blockage out and then perform CPR. While this was all going on, the bride’s father has a heart attack. Sadly, the grandmother didn’t make it and the father had some complications afterward from what I heard from my manager. A day that was supposed to be happy turned to a day no one wanted to remember.”–

He Bummed Out The Whole Wedding

41) “Some friends got married several years ago on September 14th. It was a Sunday night wedding/ceremony – music, dancing, the whole thing. People were there having a great time, even though most of us had to work the next day. We were just so happy for them.

The bride’s father gets up to make his speech, suddenly gets very serious, and says that while it’s a happy occasion, we can’t ever forget the fact ‘that we’re also marking the anniversary of a very horrible day…’

awkward silence

the poor bride’s face falling

‘…I’m of course talking about all the people that lost their lives on September 10th.’

Long, painful, silence. Nervous glances quickly exchanged.

Someone finally called out, ’11th!’

Undeterred, the bride’s dad then called for a moment of silence and that we all bow our heads for a full minute.”