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I've been to several GHETTO weddings.
The last one was over the Thanksgiving holiday. I don't know if any of you have seen the Prophet Jones video (the new wannabe Dru Hill) but that is where the bride and groom got the idea for this video. All of the groomsman (that's what they're called right???) had on black suits with red t-shirts and white and red shell top Adidas. The bridesmaids wore red skin tights dresses that barely covered their behinds with red strap up sandals. Please note that this wedding took place in Philadelphia in November therefore, it was aobut 40 degrees outside. The groom had on a black suit with a white t-shirt and white shell top Adidas with a black do rag on. The bride had on a skin tight white dress that barely covered her behind. But, unlike her bridesmaids, her dress had white mesh across the middle showing off her belly, which wasn't even close to being flat. She wore white patent-leather knee boots. This wedding was an absolute mess. The bridesmaids did the little ghetto wedding bop down the aisle. Several were popping and smacking gum. The reception was even worse. It was in the church basement and consisted of chicken wings, cheese and crackers. There were about 150 people there and food for about 20. The only thing that could have been more ghetto was if they had thrown sunflower seeds instead of rice. And, the way that the service and reception went, I don't know why they didn't. It surely would have been fitting. The only reason that I went was because the groom and I grew up around each other. And, my mother promised his mother that I would be in attendance. |
I got three words to say about that wedding
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My cousin was "Scheduled" to be married a year ago to one guy. Well that got cancelled, but you know things happen. Her next "wedding" a few MONTHS later (to another man) got cancelled too, the day before but no one had been notified. And I mean NO ONE. So when we got to the church, there was a note on the door and we found out the news. They had went to get their marriage license, and the office was closed!? My other cousin and her daughter had stayed up all night long making 800 favors for this wedding ,and she was HOT! The brides grandmother had made the food for the reception, and since it was cancelled she took the food home. Why was the bride mad at her for taking the food? She talking about "it was for my wedding I'm going to take it!"
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I just love it...
...When new peeps join greekchat and bring up hilarious OLD threads. I almost lost my job laughing from this thread back in the day. :D
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And this.. http://sgezine.com/wed/index.html http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/eek.gif |
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Now, that wedding wins first prize as the most ghetto wedding EVER!!!!!! When I first saw it, I couldn't tell if it was a wedding or a formal Christmas party because the bride looked like she was dressed as Mrs. Claus. Everything was just tacky: the cake, the dresses, the red ice sculpture, and that ashy elbow!!! |
Yup, that wedding was utterly ghettolicious. :rolleyes:
A tiara and fur? Lawdhamercy. Big glasses of MARGARITAS for your toast? How about some champagne, and I don't mean Andre. I mean some classy stuff. |
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This is the funniest thread that exists...I have to bump it up so other people who missed it can enjoy it. Damn, there are some scary ass ghetto weddings going on. Somehow I don't think any of them will appear on "A Wedding Story"...ha ha...keep em coming!
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These are really funny stories. lol:p
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GHETTO WEDDINGS
I went to a ghetto wedding not too long ago, but it was to my gay white friend Tony's wedding I've known since the 10th grade(NEVER AGAIN!)
Well I went to a gay wedding y'all(no lie) each groomsman had a different color of the rainbow on(red, yellow, green, etc) with top hats and shoes to match. The groom and groom:eek: came down the isle to "I knew I loved you before I met you" but it wasn't the slow version, it was the fast house remix! It sounded good, but not for a damn wedding. And there were more drag queens there than real women. When the groom kissed the groom, one of them yelled out "It' don't get no betta than that!" I could have died. The reception was held AT THE CLUB with finger foods shaped like a particular body part( I KID YOU NOT! I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT MESS) and gay men, drag queens and all danced the night away to house music. I will never go to another one. QTE |
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Oh, Clawd!
I just went back and read this entire thread. I don't know why I never responded because I was a "silent monitor" back then, but I should have.
This is why my fiancee and I are ELOPING :D I did have a story though...it wasn't really ghetto, but I was still like, "damn, why?" Well my good friend from high school got married about two years ago and she wanted me to come, so I hopped on a plane and we (my BF, my mother and myself) flew down to St. Pete, FL. Now I was already hot because she asked me to be a bridesmaid, but she never sent me the dress design...but I'm okay. I can get over that. The wedding was a mess. The church was hot (no air conditioning) and we're all sittin up in there cursing and sweating because you know we didn't start on time. The bridesmaids come down the aisle wearing burgundy dresses-which would have been aight if they were all the SAME shade. I think I counted about 2 or 3 different shades of burgundy-and why would you pick that color for a summer wedding?? Then my friend comes down the aisle with her mom, she looks great! Until I find out later that this beautiful gown is BORROWED from her mom's friend! Come on now! You could have gotten your own... The ceremony was fine...bada bing...you're now husband and wife, smiles all around. I'm sure we're all thanking God at this point because we are simply dying for some fresh air. I know I was RUNNING up out of the church. We get to the reception (which took about 45 minutes because we didn't know where in the hell it was and we got shoddy directions) which is at a country club. Okay, things are looking up... No, actually they're not. We get in there...plastic plates and silverware and cups. Water stains on the ceiling. No dance floor. The guests get there and we're waiting to eat...and waiting...and waiting. So people are up in there saying stuff like, "WTF?? I'm hongry" and "When the hell are we gonna eat?" The bride and groom show up about a HALF HOUR later, so you know a sista is runnin to the buffet table outside...only to find that the food they served was the same food I could have bought at Publix on the way over...cause that was where it was from! Chicken wings, cheese and crackers, and a itty bitty platter of shrimp (which guests are about to go to blows over). I get what I can and go back to the reception. I could go on and on about the DJ that sucked, or the drunk in-laws, or the fact that I left early and hit the KFC on the way back to the hotel and hit the beach for the rest of the day. But ya'll don't wanna hear that :D |
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OMGoodness............that does not sound like a wedding at all! It sounds more like a coming out party (no pun intended:D ). but to be honest with you, I wish I could have been there to see it all go down! |
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ROFLMP&GBO. The idea of finger food shaped like a particular body part would be enough to send me running to the porcelain god. :eek: :p |
THIS IS SOME FUNNY ISHT!!!!!
Oh Gosh! The Hilarity!!
HC in that picture from the link one of the groomsman was wearing Khakis?! :eek: :mad: And the yellow school bus for the cake!!!! AHHHHAAAHAAHAAA!!!! This is tooooo much!!! |
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Andre is OK... if you are already drunk... lmao |
I had to bump this one back up...:D because I had to remind myself of what NOT to do at my wedding.
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HC this lady at the beauty shop told me her niece is getting married next May?
HC the chick has 52 people in the wedding? :eek: HC the chick is UNEMPLOYED? HC that's extremely GHETTO? |
Hate to say this...
But if I ever get married, I'm gonna have a Vegas-style wedding, with a Black Elvis and Motown back-up singers, in one of those Chapels of Happiness...
That's only 'cuz my folx said if I'm not married by 35, they're not gonna pay for the wedding... I have at least a year and a half... It sounds like most of these stories are related to the couple being rather young--under 25... How many of these marriages have lasted? Oh, and one more thing, I would prefer an Adult-oriented wedding to limit the number of children and underaged attendees at my affair... Then again, my parents would be soooo happy to get rid of me, I'd be at the Venetian or Bellagio Hotels, which is what I always wanted!!! |
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I went to my ship's wedding about 2 years ago, and she had what I guess you would call "the dollar dance"!!! I thought it was cute, they had a LOT of fun, plus may I add that it is a perfect way of getting extra money (she got over $400 :eek: )
Do you think this was GHETTO????? I was thinking of having the same thing at my wedding, especially since this would be a GREAT way to get everyone involved.... What are your thoughts...????? |
another ghetto wedding
All I can say is, older folks can't DO everythang young folks do:rolleyes:
My Mama's Auntie got married again, she's 80 years old and her man is a younger man(73). So basically, both of them sat behind Jesus in Kindergarden back in the day:D Anyway the wedding wasn't ghetto, it went off without a hitch, I left to go to work and my mama calls me to tell me that everybody was doing the electric slide(it's electric!). When my Auntie really was getting into it, well she slipped on something on the floor, she flew up in the air, and hit my cousin Lela in the face with her foot, making her nose bleed. She broke her hip, it's going to take months to recover, and her husband is right there by her side(even though they haven't made the marriage "real" yet) OH THAT IS SO GROSS! (barfs). But it's true! My life is a damn B movie:p QTE |
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What is a dollar danc?....
The "dollar dance" is a tradition in many cultures-- in the Mexican American culture (from what my students tell me)-- the bride has a purse that she keeps during the dance. Friends and relatives give the new couple money for good luck-- but I also saw this done at a REAL Greek wedding (meaning people from Greece). I have also seen "wishing wells" where people drop money into a cardboard well.
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Personally, I don't think it's ghetto because people can choose not to dance with the bride and groom during that time. But of course in my experience most of the people who dance with the bride/groom are relatives or very very close friends who want to do it and think it's fun. From my understanding about the original idea behind the concept from back in the day, this was a way for people to help a newly married couple get started (financially speaking, of course). |
Thanks for the clarification, you guys... and to answer your question (DableST_1), I don't think its ghetto at all. I think it's sweet!
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[ The wedding was a mess. The church was hot (no air conditioning) and we're all sittin up in there cursing and sweating because you know we didn't start on time. The bridesmaids come down the aisle wearing burgundy dresses-which would have been aight if they were all the SAME shade. I think I counted about 2 or 3 different shades of burgundy-and why would you pick that color for a summer wedding?? Then my friend comes down the aisle with her mom, she looks great! Until I find out later that this beautiful gown is BORROWED from her mom's friend! Come on now! You could have gotten your own... The ceremony was fine...bada bing...you're now husband and wife, smiles all around. I'm sure we're all thanking God at this point because we are simply dying for some fresh air. I know I was RUNNING up out of the church. No, actually they're not. We get in there...plastic plates and silverware and cups. Water stains on the ceiling. No dance floor. The guests get there and we're waiting to eat...and waiting...and waiting. So people are up in there saying stuff like, "WTF?? I'm hongry" and "When the hell are we gonna eat?" The bride and groom show up about a HALF HOUR later, so you know a sista is runnin to the buffet table outside...only to find that the food they served was the same food I could have bought at Publix on the way over...cause that was where it was from! Chicken wings, cheese and crackers, and a itty bitty platter of shrimp (which guests are about to go to blows over). I get what I can and go back to the reception. Maybe they did not have enough money for a eloborate wedding..!!!!! Marriage is about love and committment.. It does not matter how much money you spend on it or if YOUR DRESS IS BORROWED!:eek: |
Okay, im no wedding planner or anything but i know some things are not "called for" at a wedding...and ive been to a quite a few...you know, your friends who get invited, they dont want to go along, so im always the one they snag to go to these weddings...
GOOD LAWD.... 1. chicken wings at a wedding...theyre messy.... 2. receptions in the basement of a church is okay if youre on a tight budget, but ive seen the paper table cloths, which looks kind of tacky 3. If a Delta marries a Sigma, why you gon to have BLUE and RED as the colors, pick one or the other......i couldnt keep my eyes off the blue ribbons wrapped around the red flowers 4. the flower girl, needs to go the the SHOP just like you need to go to the shop to get your hair done, dont let the flower girl come down the aisle looking LATE and TIRED, POOR GIRL with crusty toothpaste on her mouth and strands of hair not tied into her ponytail 5. For the more full figured bridesmaid, please pick dresses that cater to ALL of the bridesmaids, so that you dont have a couple women with satin pouchs of you know what..... |
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this takes the cake...how could i forget.... I recently went to my guys wedding. Hes classy guy like most sigmas (LOL), Hes married this girl, who to say the least is not at his educational level, needless to say, the wedding was a circus of ghetto people on one side, and class on the other... BUT the climax, some girl, with long, really long nails and a tight, too tight brown dress got a little drunk at the reception, and basicaly was making her rounds with most of the guys. She then started to mess with this one guy, whose girlfriend and, i think, friend of the bride, saw it. well GOOD LAWD, let me tell you, things got UGGGLLLLLYYYYY....ALL i saw was women beating this girl down, the her girls jumped in, i saw flowers here and there, bridesmaids dresses torn off, weaves on the table |
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Pinning money on someone for their birthday is big here, too. Some weddings have the "wishing well" where there is something big decorated in the colors of the wedding and guests can give whatever (money) they choose. Now, I find this ghetto IF one thinks I'm supposed to purchase a gift AND give you money for the well or the dance. Either the gift or the money... |
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You want to know about tacky and ghetto.... I went to a wedding where the bridesmaid where wearing these dresses that looked like they were dyed red the day before. Plus they looked like old wedding dresses from the 80's just dyed and they had these tacky red flowers around thier head. It was so ugly. :eek:
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You coulda downloaded it to a RealPlayer file and let us see it. We can use a good laugh every now and then. Shoot, Jerry Springer would have paid you big bucks to air that on TV. :D OK, this really isn't ghetto per se, but it does convey a serious message. A few weeks ago, i attended a wedding of my pastor's mother, who is 74 years old and was marrying a deacon after being widowed for over 20 years. The bridesmaids and groomsmen (all grand or great-grandchildren of the bride), wore color coordinated outfits (no tuxedos or formal dresses). Not a problem. The ceremony went very well overall. The problem I had was with the reception. About halfway through the reception, they ran out of food. While I did get to eat, my table was the last table that was able to do so. There were still two tables of guests who was still waiting to eat. It got to the point that the pastor had to have someone go to the Olive Garden to buy more food that was paid for out of the pastor's pocket (it was an all-pasta type meal). It got to the point that he even had the non-eating guests get first crack at the wedding cake (rightfully so all things considered) There was a very good reason why this took place, and it had nothing to do with the wedding planners or the preparation: It was because guests who were continuously told to RSVP if they were going to attend did not do so. Thus there were more guests in attendance than who RSVPed. I will never forget the sad/disappointed look in the pastor's eyes when this situation came to a head. BTW, I did RSVP, albeit on the last day to do so. Needless to say, the food from Olive Garden came promptly and everyone had a meal. Moral to the story: Please RSVP and encourage your friends and relatives who will attend a wedding to do the same thing. It is for a reason. |
I have two stories
1. The first one has to do with my step-sister. She got married two years ago. Not in a church but at the justice of the peace . What's the problem you say. About three months later she has her wedding reception, not a party but a reception. I mean complete with limo, the wedding hall, bridesmaids, flower girls, and yes a wedding dress she bought for her reception. :confused: What made it even worse is the house she was leaving from in the limo you could see from the end of the block where the reception hall was located. Maybe it is just me but if I got married by a judge I wouldn't go out and buy a real wedding gown and have a real catered recption several months later.
2. The second one, unfortunately, was my mother's. Trying to save money she used friends of my step-father to make the cake and help coordinate the wedding. ( you can see where this was going). Well first the cake. The lady made the cake at our house and we bought all the materials for the cake and I believe my mother even helped. ( it was a traditional jamaican black cake). The grooms men brought the cake to the hall. My boyfriend tells me the cake is oosing out some sicky stuff and the icing came off the back of the largest cake. So I had to fix that. Then when it was time to cut the cake for the guests the cake lady didn't want to cut it. I had to calm my mother down b/c she was getting ready to cut it herself. Despite all that she still wanted $300 for making the cake. Sorry it is so long. The "wedding planner" was no Jennifer Lopez. She did absolutley nothing! I did most of the work and I was three states away. My mother told her to call the florist and give them the address of the church and hall a 3 days later she hands the florist card back to my mother ( she didn't do it). Then she refers a guy to my mother to be an usher at the hall to help direct the guests. After every was done aparently the fee for the guy to stand there for 1hr was $100. :eek: and of cousre her fee was$100 also. Word of advice: Get professionals!!!!!!!! |
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Let me preface by saying that I'm NOT from Dallas. Here they have "bell ringers" which are little boys that run down the aisle ringing a bell to announce that the bride is coming! Isn't that the purpose of the organist and "Here Comes the Bride" ? :confused:
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