Wedding Bloopers

PM_Mama00 · #1 10-04-2003, 04:04 PM

Does anyone have any wedding bloopers?

carnation · #2 10-04-2003, 04:06 PM

At my Beta Buddy's wedding, her veil caught on a candelabrum and it started to tilt towards her veil. The best man leapt across the aisle and grabbed it right before the candles would've sent her veil up in flames.

aephi alum · #3 10-04-2003, 05:33 PM

Not so much a blooper as just a funny story...

My husband is a bit of a klutz. Well, actually, that's like saying a 500-degree oven is "a bit warm".

There are two points in the Jewish wedding ceremony where the bride and groom drink from a glass of wine. I was joking with my husband a few days before the wedding, that since he was such a klutz, he was going to be nervous, and I wanted my wedding dress to actually stay white, I was going to have a word with the rabbi and make sure the wine would be white, in case he spilled it. (He was not amused.)

At the appropriate point in the ceremony, the rabbi handed me the glass of wine. I hadn't noticed until I had the goblet in my hands, because it was a metal goblet, but it was in fact white wine. I took a sip and handed it to my husband...

He did a classic double take. He looked at the wine, looked at me, looked at the wine, looked at me... then took a sip. Our best man told us afterwards, that it seriously looked like he was having second thoughts about getting married!

As it happened, he didn't spill a drop.

MereMere21 · #4 10-04-2003, 06:23 PM

Some of my sorority sisters were on their way to our wedding and went to the wrong house. They said they walked up rang the doorbell and asked when the ceremony started. Apparently I wasn't clear when I said the 3rd driveway past the stop sign on the left - somehow they thought that meant right LMAO.

AOX81 · #5 10-04-2003, 06:57 PM

My brother-in-law was the best man...he was 14 or 15 at the time. When it came time for the rings, he handed my husband a condom instead. Lets just say that the pastor was not a happy camper.

Peaches-n-Cream · #6 10-04-2003, 08:22 PM

I am surprised that this hasn't been on TV's Bloopers Shows. When my cousin threw the bouquet at her wedding, I somehow wound up falling sprawled out in front of all the single women. I caught the bouquet though.

AOIIsilver · #7 10-04-2003, 10:21 PM

Sorry this is a bit long......but funny....

It was nearly 108 degrees the day that we got married in a barely air conditioned church. I was very hot in a long-sleeved gown, and one of my bridesmaids used hairspray to which I am very allergic. Needless-to-say, I passed out.

My mother-in-law pumped lots of diet soft drinks into me and got me back on my feet.

Well, it was time for the ceremony (an hour-long service), and I realized that I REALLY had to go to the bathroom! AND, my dress was so big that it would not fit through the bathroom door with all of the hoop skirts, etc. Unfortunately, all of our clothes had already been moved to the reception site 15 minutes away...so, I had to get undressed and borrow the photographer's jacket to run almost naked in the back of the church to the potty!

To make matters worse, my dress was very complex to put-on. The bridal march started, and I was still trying to get into my dress!

I almost missed my wedding because I had to go to the bathroom! What an excuse... UMMM, Sorry that I stood you up at the altar, I had to go to the bathroom!

Silver

honeychile · #8 10-04-2003, 10:33 PM

*One sorority sister got married in what had to be the hottest church in the country. Her (real) sister fainted, taking the American flag down with her, which hit one of the floral pieces...

*At my ill-fated wedding, I had lost so much weight between fittings, my dress had to be taken in 4" at the waist the day before. Unfortunately, that sent my V-neckline into a plunging neckline, and most of the photos with men in them look as if they're staring down my dress! I started to post the other things that went wrong that day, but decided to be philosophical: marry the wrong man, expect a crazy day.

*Another sorority sister had her band cancel TWO HOURS before the service! She told the booking service that there better be some sort of band at the reception, or else. They sent a one-man band!

*A cousin actually said the wrong woman's name (they divorced).

DeltAlum · #9 10-04-2003, 10:46 PM

The future Mrs. DeltAlum and I went to the wedding of one of my former girlfriends. We sat behind her grandmother, who, before the service turned around and said, "This is a wonderful day, but I always (expected or hoped -- I can't quite remember) it would be you up there."

The future Mrs. DA wasn't too amused.

When we got married a year or so later, the same former girlfriend happened into the room where I was waiting for the minister (she was looking for the women's room in a confusing old church), so we chatted about old times for about 30 minutes. It was the first time I told her about her grandmother's comment and she was mortified.

On another topic, most of our family is involved in musical theatre. When our oldest daughter married a second time, it was in the theatre where she and hubby number two met during a production of Into The Woods (Baker and Baker's Wife respectively). Our son was also in that show as Jack.

The ceremony began with several minutes of stand-up comedy by the director. Then several of the best performers in Denver theatre sang. When it came time for son (best man) to produce the rings, he checked his pockets, and with a look of horror, ran off the stage and brought back "Milky White" (those of you familiar with Into the Woods will know what that means) and proceeded to fish the rings out of the cow's mouth. When he sang a song from an original musical written for his high school, it nearly literally stopped the show.

Hootie · #10 10-06-2003, 01:08 AM

I went to the wedding of a high school boyfriend's step brother back in the day. The couple had been together for a long time and had a little boy already. He served as the ring bear. Well during the middle of the ceremony he got figity in his seat so he decided to take his little trucks and cars and start playing with them up at the alter. He kept going inbetween his parents and trying to go under the bride's dress. It was really sweet, but sorta annoying (he kept making loud noises).

sherbertlemons · #11 10-06-2003, 02:47 AM

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Originally posted by DeltAlum
On another topic, most of our family is involved in musical theatre. When our oldest daughter married a second time, it was in the theatre where she and hubby number two met during a production of Into The Woods (Baker and Baker's Wife respectively). Our son was also in that show as Jack.

The ceremony began with several minutes of stand-up comedy by the director. Then several of the best performers in Denver theatre sang. When it came time for son (best man) to produce the rings, he checked his pockets, and with a look of horror, ran off the stage and brought back "Milky White" (those of you familiar with Into the Woods will know what that means) and proceeded to fish the rings out of the cow's mouth. When he sang a song from an original musical written for his high school, it nearly literally stopped the show.

That is just too cute.

I love weddings with some sort of signifigance to the couple, and I also love Into the Woods.

JennRN · #12 10-06-2003, 03:19 AM

-The head of the groom's cake fell off right before the reception started-the bakers had to come back and fix it.

-One bridesmaid had the wrong style dress-I guess I told her the wrong dress number to get-but at least it was the same color, and she had long hair, so you couldn't tell!!

-This isn't really a blooper, but a funny story. During the rehersal, the wedding coordinator told me that when my music started, my dad and I would walk in, pause at the first pew while she fluffed out my dress, and continue when we were ready. So, during the wedding, thats exactly what I did. Later in the limo, on the way to the reception, my husband asked why the hell did I stop before continuing down the isle-he said that he saw me stop, saw my dad talking to me, and thought I was having second thoughts and my dad was trying to talk me down the rest of the isle!!! I hadn't even thought to tell him that I would be stopping!! He told me he was pretty sure that he could run me down though, since my dress was so big and I wouldn't be able to run that fast.

greeklawgirl · #13 10-06-2003, 11:15 AM

For some reason, I was put in charge of the wedding bands, and I forgot them at home! I was in a panic because I thought that I had lost them. Baby Brother managed to find them and get back to the church with about 5 minutes to spare.

While we were taking pictures, we arranged for a cocktail hour with heavy appetizers for our guests. The original plan was that after cocktails, we would do introductions, the first dance, and then 30 minutes of dancing to work up an appetite for dinner.

Well...the DJ also blew out his speakers in the middle of our first dance. We ended up having to bump up our dinner by half an hour so he could get new ones delivered while everyone was wating. Luckily, our guests were really good sports about the whole situation and proceeded to stuff themselves silly for 2 hours straight, lol.

The DJ got the new speakers and the rest of the evening was saved!