‘What was the wildest thing you witnessed at a wedding?’ – 17 eye-opening occurrences that definitely weren’t on the itinerary
Wedding days are one of the happiest days in a person’s life, but they also have the potential to be one of the weirdest.
With so many people in one place and sky high expectations, the chance of something going wrong is significant. To find out how weddings have gone awry, anasannanas put the following to r/AskReddit:
‘What was the wildest thing you witnessed at a wedding?’
Confetti at the ready, here are the top replies…
1.
‘DJ and father of the bride got into a fist fight when father found DJ hooking up with brides 17 year old sister. Woof.’
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2.
‘A kid was running around and crashed into the camera, breaking the lens. The camera guy was in tears’
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3.
‘A child pushing the 4 tier cake off the table and it just going everywhere. Bride and groom were furious.
Not super scandalous but wildest thing I’ve seen at a wedding so far.’
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4.
‘A guy who had been stalking the bride for years tried to sneak into the wedding ceremony, got recognized by some of her friends and stopped. He then tried to force his way past to get to her, the police were called, and now there is a criminal record and a restraining order against him.’
-Aibeit
5.
‘Bride had always dreamed of driving herself to the church in an open topped sports car. The wind blew her veil over her face and she crashed the car.
‘She didn’t wear a seatbelt because she was worried about creasing the dress and so face-planted the steering wheel and broke her nose. Blood and snot all over the very expensive vintage family wedding dress.
‘We were waiting at the church with no clue what was happening because she was alone in the car. The ceremony was cancelled because there was another wedding booked later. The venue, band, food etc was non-refundable and so wasted. The bride had no insurance and so the car costs thousands on top of the wasted venues etc.
‘Huge arguments and fights outside the church between the families with tensions high after comments about leaving him at the altar
‘Once she recovered she wanted it all again exactly the same. They split up.’
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6.
‘I was in a wedding where the officiant requested a moment of remembrance in honor of the brides father Larry… his name was not Larry, he also was not dead. He was sitting in the front row. Before anyone asks, he did not walk her down the aisle. They didn’t have the best relationship, her grandfather gave her away.’
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7.
‘The groom’s step dad got drunk and called his mom a bitch, so the groom punched his step dad in the mouth.
‘I was part of a catering crew and one of our guys helped break it up.
‘Even more awkward: I lived in an apartment next door to the groom.’
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8.
‘I was a photographer and my best friend at the time did not want to have me taking photos, because I was the best man. Additionally, his soon-to-be wife absolutely loathed me (though she loathed everyone, including him). She instead hired her best friend and gave her something like a thousand bucks to take photos.
‘This was in the 90s.
‘The friend shows up. Mind you, she had zero experience taking photos. And, she has purchased several disposable cameras. For you young folks, most of those cameras had 800 speed film, which usually meant they were okay for mostly lifeless outdoor photos. Literally everything else would be super grainy and/or dark as shit.
‘I tell them I hope they have a better plan, but the wife goes to bat for her friend while yelling at me. Okay, I think, good luck with all that.
‘Two weeks later, of course, they come to me asking if there’s any way to “fix” the photos she just got back from the WalMart photo lab. The wife is in tears. Of course, there is nothing to be done.
‘I will never forget, though, the wedding taking place and her friend cranking that camera dial nonstop every few seconds. Click. Criiiick criiiick criiick click. Criiiiick crriiiick criiiick. Click.’
-Blametheorangejuice
9.
‘A childhood friend had an outdoor wedding at a popular historic building/community center. Reception moved inside. Everything is antique. It’s quite beautiful. The wild part was at the end. The parents of the bride would not “let” bride and groom leave for their wedding night/honeymoon until all the tables and chairs were put away. Family members and friends of both bride and groom (including me) hastily got conscripted to help out.
‘Night ended at like 10 or 11 pm with bride leaving crying and shaking in anger while husband desperately tried to calm her down. All of us still there threw rice over them in the dark as they left for their ride to honeymoon suite. Bride’s parents had no chill and still thought they were in the right.
‘Bride and groom held hostage at their own wedding … by her parents’
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