"There was a couple who had been best friends forever—like...many years. They never put the boyfriend/girlfriend label on anything, but they were both in the military, lived together, and were an item long before they introduced each other as girlfriend and boyfriend.
"By the time they started "dating" they only really dated for about a year before they got married, even though they'd effectively been together for over a decade. Their families knew each other, everyone who knew them knew they were going to eventually get married—it wasn't weird if you knew them.
"During their wedding, they were brought to the dance floor to play some kind of newlywed game while the DJ (who didn't know them) MC'd the event. He asked how long they dated, to which they said just under a year.
"The DJ goes on this rant about how he can't believe people that only know each other for a short period of time and get married. He unironically asked them if they understood that they were getting MARRIED and that he seriously doubted that they'd known each other for long enough to make that kind of commitment."
—account deleted
"Talked to a customer the other day: she was engaged, and they went to Vegas to get married, about 20 guests came with.
"Her soon-to-be brother-in-law proposed to his GF while they were there a few days before the wedding, and then they HAD THEIR WEDDING THE DAY BEFORE HERS! P.S. They also asked if they could go 2s up on their limo. Astounding."
—rebelwithoutaloo
"I got married on St. Valentine's Day. Everything is going great until we arrive at the reception in our local pub, where we had lots of (mostly older) friends/acquaintances. My sister and her bloke stand up and announce their engagement. Thunder stolen. Thanks for that, sis. /s"
—Allen_Socket
The couple had the party/reception at a designer's house—like super fancy modern stuff in the center of Paris. They rented it for the day and up until 3 am. The catch is that the owner was a huge a**hole and he showed up at like midnight to "supervise" the party and make sure no one was damaging his super expensive property (we weren't, because we're adults).
He started asking people to be less noisy, etc. There was a pretty weird mood from then on, and we were all kind of stressed to have this weird guy chaperoning the whole thing. Anyway, there was a female DJ (who was also known to be a wild girl and a bit of an a**hole), the music was great, everyone is dancing.
The owner tries to get her to stop performing at like 2 am, but the place was rented until 3 am, so the bride and groom said no. Welp. At 2:59, he approaches the DJ booth and just PULLS THE PLUG. So immediate silence and confusion ensue.
The DJ freaks out (that can really damage electronic devices, not to mention it is super rude...), she walks up to the owner and starts screaming, so he PUNCHES HER IN THE FACE. She falls flat on her back. The bride starts to cry. Everyone is shocked.
—BetsyZZZ
"The bride and groom are at the altar, the minister is speaking, saying something to the effect of, 'We are here in the presence of friends and family who are all here to give this union their blessing...' to which the groom's mother stands up and says, 'No, not everyone. I do not give this my blessing.' It was both horrible and kind of hilarious."
—JedLeland
"Our minister had to leave the bit out of our wedding about 'speak now or hold your peace' because my in-laws said they were going to object. They had to make do with being the last ones to stand when I entered the church, ugly crying, glowering, and telling my parents how awful I was after the ceremony was over."
—jdinpjs
"I went to my husband's brothers' wedding a few years ago. His ex came, uninvited. We thought this was a little weird, but didn't think much of it as she sat down.
"She was carrying a baby. When the 'any objections' was called, she stood up and said that he had gotten her pregnant, and this was his son. The groom looked ashamed. He tried to deny it, but then she held up proof that it was his child. The wife ran out of the wedding, and they broke up."
—weird_emo_person1
"I saw a big brawl and the bride and groom break up. Midway through the reception, no one could find the bride. Turns out she was in her new husband's car, going at it with her ex-boyfriend.
"He hadn't even been invited, but apparently, the bride had texted him for one last go around. The groom's sister dragged her out of the car by her hair, and proceeded to beat her up. The bride ended up with a broken nose, and both eyes blackened.
"When the bride's family separated them, her mother took a swing at the groom's sister and ignited a brawl involving at least 50 people. It was ugly; I was one of the groomsmen, and we did what we could to separate everyone. Eventually, we had to just give up, and defend ourselves against both sides.
"Three people were hospitalized, one was permanently blinded in one eye, a second had a badly broken pelvis and detached retina, and the third ended up with internal bleeding. No one was arrested; I guess living in a small town where half the police force was in attendance has its perks. It's kind of creepy how well the whole incident was just quietly swept under the rug.
"The groom just sat crying afterward, and we didn't leave him alone that night. He went on his honeymoon with the best man and tried to have a good time. Poor guy still has commitment issues over 5 years later."
—JJJones345
"Our celebrant was in the middle of a mental breakdown (turns out her husband had just left her for a younger woman a few weeks prior), and she turned up to our wedding late and I'm pretty sure under the influence.
"She slurred through her speech then came time to pronounce us husband and wife... And she FORGOT OUR NAMES!
"'I now pronounce you Mr and Mrs.......'
"It's been 6 years. I can laugh about it now."
—LavenderBones6
"The worst thing involved the priest's homily at my uncle's wedding. He basically said marriage doesn't last forever and to not expect it to last so long. Exactly everything you wouldn't want to hear, especially from a priest."
—thrillerman18
"The groom's father was a pastor and officiated the wedding. The couple was temporarily living in a town called Calm Springs for a 1-year work assignment of the bride. The father starts talking about the meaning of the words Calm and Springs and how it relates to God for 15 minutes and something about giving God children.
"This couple had no other connection to the town other than living there for 1 year. It was bizarre. Then he started talking about how his son loves surfing. He barely said anything about the bride or them as a couple."
—jittery_raccoon
"At my wedding, the maid of honor gave a 15-minute speech that did nothing but reference her breakup, and then me and my wife’s prior relationships in gruesome detail. Longest 15 minutes of my life. We’re no longer married…"
—HackTheSystem
"The father of the bride at my friend's wedding gave a speech entirely about how stubborn she was. #awkward"
—pleasantnonsenses
"The bride's two sisters recited the bridal shower speeches, word-for-word, from the movie Bridesmaids. Didn't change anything, and the majority of the attendees did not get it. That was the entirety of their toast. It was completely impersonal and so awkward to experience."
—Poptart47
"I was at a large hotel and there was a good size wedding reception in the bar area. After a couple of drinks, I decided to use the restroom. I went into a stall and found a bouquet of flowers was shoved into the toilet.
"I turned around to see a few guys that looked to be groomsmen and nicely dressed guests. I said that someone had shoved a bouquet in the toilet. I then saw the group storm out. I went ahead and used another stall and washed up. When I returned to the bar area there was a complete full-on brawl happening.
"People were beating the sh*t out of each other, throwing stuff, and screaming. I found my SO at the time and we kind of stood by and watched. It poured out to the parking area and then the police showed up.
"Several people were arrested, and I saw the poor bride crying her eyes out. This was in the middle of Wisconsin. These people all looked like very attractive, healthy, suburban, upper-middle-class families. It was very surprising as I saw them all celebrating together only an hour so before."
—xXUpgraDDeXx
"I attended a wedding where the venue had to be changed to the zoo at the last minute. I was unaware one could even have a zoo wedding, but apparently, there's a pavilion for just such events.
"A member of the wedding party arrived early and decided to get a jump on the drinking, became drunk, and passed out on the picnic tables outside the pavilion area across from the monkeys.
"When I asked if anyone was aware there was a passed-out person I was told, “Oh yeah, no worries they do that a lot.” It never would have crossed my mind to get all f*cked up at the zoo, but now I've seen it."
—penny_can
"A bridesmaid’s boyfriend gets drunk. He starts a fight with his girlfriend. He gets physical with her and rips her dress. The groom intervenes and gets in the dude's face for starting sh*t at his wedding.
"Groom and boyfriend begin shoving, and the groom's mother tries to break it up. The boyfriend shoves the groom's mother. Groom goes ballistic and starts beating the sh*t out of the boyfriend.
"The boyfriend manages to get away, but not before grabbing his (I presume now ex) girlfriend's purse off her chair and makes a run for it. He steals her car and gets pulled over by the cops about two miles down the road for driving on the wrong side."
—PWcrash
"Someone's sanitary towel fell off and landed on the dance floor, and someone else just kicked it to the side so that the bride's dress didn't sweep it up. It just sat there all night."
—stingring_vagblaster
"At my cousin's wedding, there was a guy break dancing. He was quite good I must say. He, unfortunately, was not wearing the proper attire to be dancing in such a way.
"Naturally, he split his pants and was going commando underneath. He also just kept on going and gave zero f*cks."
—PmYourTopComment
"I swear this is true—saw it as a church employee: A wedding was supposed to start and all the guests, flowers, musicians, and the priest are in place, but neither the bride nor groom and their immediate families are there.
"The priest finally went and called...turns out that there was a fight the night before at the rehearsal dinner between members of both families, and the wedding was called off. Reception costs, florist costs...everything all wasted.
"The priest had to go out and tell the guests that it had been called off. A few months later it was rescheduled. The wedding day arrives, guests are in place, florist, musicians, priest...you guessed it: the entire wedding party and their families were no shows!
"Priest calls; there had been another fight between family members the night before. The priest again had to go out to the guests, “You’re not going to believe this....” Don’t know whatever happened to that couple because the church refused any further re-schedule!"
—Luvtahoe
"My wife was recently a bridesmaid for her friend who she hadn't really seen in a few years. It was actually a nice wedding and the reception was also pretty nice. Unfortunately, the groomsman my wife was paired with was under the impression that she was going to go home with him after the wedding.
"Me and my wife have been together for almost 20 years. And some rando she met one or two times is going to sweep her off her feet when her husband and kid are in the same room?
—PunchBeard
"Well, the one wedding I was at that I remember, all the bridesmaids went barefoot because they started arguing about shoes and the bride told them, “they could go barefoot for all she cared,” so they did.
—inportantusername
"The best man was extremely drunk before the ceremony. He made it through the ceremony, went MIA at the cocktail hour, and then at the bridal party intros looks semi sober.
"During his best man speech, he somehow cracks his glass and swallows glass (he announced it) then fully breaks his glass on the dance floor. The bride wanted to [unalive] him."
—ilivlife
Best? Worst? Depending on your perspective it could be either.
I was at the wedding of a distant cousin of my ex. It was being held on the bride's family farm. The couple is young, she's 20, and he's 23. They already have a toddler.
The ceremony goes off without a hitch. It's lovely, and we having a grand old time partying. About 11 pm, the bride comes running out of her parents' house in her bra and underwear, 7 sheets to the wind.
She runs up to the groom and screams, "F*CK YOU! You ruined my life! I hate you! I f*cking hate you!" She pushes him. "I never should have married you! I saw you looking at Katie! How could you???"
She's shoving him in the chest, and just screaming at him. All the guests are staring. He's stammering, "I don't know what you're talking about! I haven't done anything with Katie since that time I told you about a few years ago!"
The bride is still yelling at him and finally, she yells, "Well f*ck you, I never should have married you. And FYI Brian (the groom's best man, and cousin) is better in bed than you'll ever be!!!"
—canadian_maplesyrup
In Vegas, my ex and I just had our quickie wedding, and we got back to our hotel to see two guys throwing bones in the food court at the Excalibur. One was in a tux, and the other was in shorts and flip-flops and was just destroying the dude in the tux.
Cops came and arrested like 3 or 4 people. I ran into flip-flop man the next night and turns out the chick was already married to flip-flop man. Not divorced, not separated, still actively married and trying to marry tux boi.
She told him she was going to visit family while he was in town for a poker tournament. He ran into her totally by accident, and that's when the fight started. Shockingly, he was not from Florida.
—bill1nfamou5
"My cousin and his wife did this. The groom was the only one to wear a jacket, camo with a blazing orange vest, a matching pocket square, and an orange tie. The groomsmen had orange vests and camo ties...half of their shirts were untucked.
"And for some reason, they did it in summer at the beach...I can't wrap my head around that. They could have waited for fall and had in the middle of hunting season. Nope, July at the hot as f*ck beach.
"They're still married and really love each other, but they have no class at all."
—LongPorkJones
"My horseback riding instructor told me a story of a time somebody requested a horse for a wedding. They put the horse through the aisleway.
"These people surrounded the horse with firecrackers and sparklers in the small enclosed space! The horse then proceeded to freak out and bolt out of that place while destroying anything and everything on his way out.
"They never brought a horse to a wedding again."
—Slav_Vapor
