The Worst Things People Have Seen Happen At A Wedding

I love raucous weddings.

Weddings where we dance the night away are a favorite, and maybe some debaucherous hanky panky is committed in a broom closet. All of the pure fun parts of life.

I even love the drama at some weddings... The ones where family secrets get spilled.

Or when in-laws are throwing punches and tossing down shots.

I was at a wedding once where the Uncle got up to give a toast and said... "Oh please. I give it six months!"

Then they danced to "My Heart Will Go On" from 'Titanic.'

Foreshadowing much?

They did end up sinking, but they made it past six months.

Redditor MARSJRA wanted to hear about unforgettable weddings, for all of the wrong reasons, so they asked:

"What’s the worst thing you’ve seen happen at a wedding (yours or someone else’s)?"

Not so Hip

"A young guy (maybe 20ish, and a distant relative of the bride, second cousin, or something like that) got absolutely blacked out drunk, projectile vomited all over the dance floor, and the bride's 72-year-old dad slipped and fell in it and broke his hip. That was a wild wedding."

- Reddit

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The Back-Up

"I went to a wedding for some close friends. They are high school sweethearts. They are also just, in general, sweethearts. They deserved a magical day and it went disastrously."

"Their priest died a few days before so they had to find a backup. This guy was either drunk or having a stroke. He could not remember the bride's name throughout the actual ceremony. He called her by at least 4 different names. She kept having to correct him."

"Then during the reception, which was outdoors, the wind picked up like crazy. No one could hear any speeches and everything started getting knocked over. Then it started raining."

"We were all shuffled inside a tiny room because there was another indoor wedding happening at the venue. So 200 people, soaked and now cramped. The bride and groom decided to cut the cake and celebrate in spite of everything."

"When they went to cut the cake, the wedding topper fell off and the bride's head split in half. The topper bride obviously. But still. The actual bride casually excused herself and had herself a very deserved moment alone."

"This was about 9 years ago and they are still happily married."

- Finalgirl2022

How Much???

"At one wedding I went to, the groom started complaining in his speech about how much it all cost and called out family members for not pitching in. It was so awkward, and everyone felt uncomfortable. Weddings can really bring out the drama!"

- AncientAthlete5243

"I went to a wedding where the father of the groom mentioned how lucky the couple was that he could support them for such an extravagant wedding (it was very nice, $100k+). Turns out he gave them $50… 😂 caused a ton of whispering drama with the bride’s family who gave them $50,000."

- My_G_Alt

Farewell...

"Just a few hours before the wedding, the groom's father, age- 50-ish, sat in his recliner to take a short power nap and never woke up. The couple went through with the wedding anyway since a lot of family had traveled there for it. Just a sad day all around."

- SaltConnection1109

"Similar story at a wedding I attended. The bride’s grandmother lay down for a nap between the ceremony and the reception, and then never woke up."

- angrymurderhornet

"My friend lost her dad less than 2 weeks before hers, and his wedding shirt got delivered while they were dealing with the paramedics. I was so sad for her. :( "

- raynebow121

911

"Watched my friend's mum have a drunken meltdown during her daughter's ceremony. Took six people to get her out! She started drinking at 5 am, was asked not to turn up to the hotel where the bridal party was getting ready, and then broke down when she saw the bridesmaid's dresses were black and not pink like she wanted, her daughter (the bride) wore royal blue instead of white. Her mum wanted nothing to do with dress shopping, so her future MIL came with her."

"The police ended up having to take her away after the venue called them."

- bettypgreen

Blown Away

"Well, the tornado at the outdoor reception was kinda bad."

- Key-Article6622

"Four days before my and my husband's wedding, a tornado touched down only a few miles from our house. Thankfully it was small and short-lived because it was on a direct path towards us."

- GeekyKirby

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Stuck

"Didn’t see it but certainly experienced it… I got stuck in an elevator for over an hour at a hotel wedding reception and no one noticed. I was 11."

- idkwiao

"My ex and I got stuck in an elevator prior to his friend’s wedding. He was a groomsman, and the rehearsal was actually right before the ceremony, and he ended up missing that. We got out just in time to get dressed and make it to the ceremony."

- im_no_one_special

"Not a wedding, but my hubby, myself, and a bunch of our high school friends got stuck in the elevator at our 10-year high school reunion. It wasn't so bad, though, because we had a cooler full of cold beer and booze."

- KittyKat2112

The Heart Attack Guy

"Guy had a heart attack while a prayer was being said, but he was adamant to not make a scene… so his sons dragged him out of the room while he was seated in his chair."

"While all this was done with good intentions, the chair screeching against the floor probably made more of a scene than if they had just carried him out of there… the heart attack guy survived."

- GHOTIMAN

The Retriever

"I’ve told this story before. The couple to be decided..."

"1) to use their black Lab as the ring bearer, and..."

"2) to release doves after the ceremony. In retrospect, of COURSE, the dog would absolutely lose his sh*t when 50 or so of the very thing he’s genetically programmed to chase just fly out of a box. Like, they’re called 'Labrador Retrievers.' They retrieve sh*t. It’s right there in the name."

"Anyway, all was calm until the minister opened the Box. The birds started flying out, and the dog couldn’t help himself. He lunged away from the flower girl, (who fell, and was now on the ground crying), sprinted the 20’ or so, and tackled the cage/box thing. For maybe 10 seconds, it was just a blur of screaming and feathers. He did eventually manage to catch one, and being who he was, he then proudly marched up to the bride and dropped it at her feet."

Don’t do the bird thing at weddings, people. Terrible idea for a whole bunch of reasons."

"(No, the couple in question is no longer married. Probably not because of this.)"

- Razor-dome

The more sermons you have...

"My best friend in high school invited me to her cousin's wedding. We’re both Indian and you typically invite everyone to Indian weddings because it’s usually a really extravagant party. She’s been to some of my family’s weddings."

"BUT: she forgot to mention her cousin’s Pentecostal. At Indian Pentecostal weddings you invite people to give sermons/testimony. The more sermons you have, the better you look. And like. Zero partying. It’s sermons and a quiet dinner. I sat through 4 hours of prayer and sermons and had mid-food around a bunch of people who also looked incredibly miserable. No alcohol either."

- This_Application_966

Clean-Up

"Bride’s entire family left to go smoke weed to celebrate. Staff thought the wedding was over since so many people left and started cleaning up. Then, the bride and groom had their first dance with the lights up and people sweeping around them.

- ellisow

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In Tears

"Former Banquet Bartender. So I have seen a lot of horror shows, Two that stick out, Father of the Bride performed a 45 Minute Drum Solo, in a wife-beater shirt. This one is sad, the DJ had a stroke prior to the wedding, was unable to operate his equipment, no music at all. Rolled the Grand Piano in and grabbed the Hotel Front Desk receptionist who could play. Called in a backup. The Poor DJ was in tears, the Bride and Groom were sad."

- rlgpino

"THIS IS THE POLICE!"

"I’m a wedding videographer. I’ve seen it all."

"The worst instance was filming a wedding for a pro-NHL player and his bride. Turns out, the bride had a thing for insanely giant dudes built like The Rock and had a super smart idea to invite her ex-boyfriend to the wedding."

"Everything was chill until the reception. My assistant and I kept hearing glasses break every minute or so. We were like 'Damn, these people are really partying hard.' But then we heard the loud boom and crash of a table flipping over.

"And then another..."

"Turns out the ex-boyfriend went Hulk Mode and started smashing everything. Obviously, no one tried to stop him because he was huge. The bride was crying, and the groom went to beat the Hulk’s a**."

"It was a pretty even fight, but the police pulled up quickly, jumped on the megaphone, and yelled 'This is the police! This party is OVER! Go home NOW!' Turns out the venue called them the second Hulk started breaking property."

"The bride is sobbing her eyes out, and the groom and Hulk are detained. Everyone awkwardly scampered out, including us. Got a message from the bride the next day apologizing for the mess."

- modern_mirror

Change of Faith

"While I was not in the reception room, my mom dragged my husband on stage in front of all the guests and made him recite some words in a language he did not speak. We had discussed our unwillingness to do anything like that before the wedding, and she promised no surprises. It turns out, he professed to convert religions to her religion. He was a Catholic missionary."

"All her guests flooded over to the table his parents were at and congratulated them on his change of faith, which they were not happy about. I didn’t find out until the honeymoon. That was the 100000th shi**y thing she did on my wedding day. I should never have invited her. My wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the day I realized my mother genuinely did not care about me."

- WhatsInAName8879660

A Bloody End

"I was a +1 at a wedding where I only knew my date and her mother, it was for a family friend of theirs. The bride's side was Italian and the groom's side was rural Ontario rednecks, literally degens from upcountry."

"The Father of the groom got wasted and had a fistfight with the father of the maid of honor. The groom basically tried to get his dad to calm down and stop ruining the wedding, and the dad sucker punched his own son. There were a bunch of people fighting after that, and I just kind of stood and watched."

"The reception abruptly ended at that point, but I can remember that a lot of rented tuxedos got very bloody very quickly."

- rpgguy_1o1

That's my Mom

"My mother was drunk as hell, flashing the entire reception hall full of guests."

"She has a habit of flashing people, to my dismay, when drinking. I had told her before the wedding that if she did that, I would have her removed from the reception entirely. She waited until the last 30 min or so to do it."

"There was still around 70% of the guests still there."

- DarkJudgex

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I would've had such a great time at so many of these!

I suppose this is why so many people do cash bars instead of open bars.

Or, God forbid... dry weddings.

You just can't trust every guest.

But what a story to share forever.

Best of luck to future newlyweds out there.