Ghetto Wedding Stories - Page 13

Steeltrap · #**181** 05-23-2004, 05:46 PM

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That. Is. So. Unrefined. How. Ghettois.

stardusttwin · #**182** 05-24-2004, 03:02 AM

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RE: picture outside of White Castle...I don't think that is the one on Atlantic Ave...In any case count from the right-skip the group of guys...the bride is the second female from the left (standing next to woman in capri pants and backpack)....at least that looks like a veil to me...

As for ghetto wedding stories...I was in one 2 weeks ago...my cousin was the bride (hereafter referred to as bridezilla). Here are a couple of the lowllights...

-we (bridal party) arrive 2:30 pm (for a 2 o'clock wedding), groom arrives at 3pm-service still can't start because officiant (grooms brother in law) STILL hasn't arrived!!! and when he does at 3:30pm he isn't even dressed!! (now he had to drive 6 hours from his house to get here - at some point you KNEW you wouldn't be in NY at 2pm-CALL COLLECT-say something!!)

-Wedding ceremony was over in 10 minutes because we had to be out of the space at 4pm sharp!! After I mention this is crazy after all this money wasted the ceremony was so short and rushed why did MOH tell me the bride and groom were married 2 days ago and this is just for show because BIL isn't licensed to perform ceremony in NY (so why in hades did we have to wait??!!) ESPECIALLY since he didn't attend the rehearsal and had placed himself exactly opposite of how we had rehearsed.

-all along we were told the grooms friend who is a photographer was supposed to take pictures-after the rushed ceremony a man with a camera strapped on his shoulder (who didn't show up at brides house for any of the before pictures) made a big deal of grouping us together and then pulled out a disposable camera-with my fourth nerve throbbing I ask where the devil is the real photographer?? It takes a minute before we realize this is the so-called photographer who weakly responded "Well I don't know how to use this other camera!"-he carried THE GROOMS Cannon 35mm camera (not automatic-a professional one you have to load) around the rest of the day-he clicked..sometimes the flash went off, most times it didn't...not sure if any pictures came out...

-Reception that was suppossed to start at 4pm STILL doesn't start until 6pm because no one bothered to check that the oven at the hall was not available for use-so food had to be taken back home to recook in oven...(instead of taking care of stuff at the hall all the "helpers" were at the site because they all had to see the wedding and didn't bother to mention that none of the hot food was heated)

-cake arrived from bakery at 5:30....

- bridezilla had to open cards in the bathroom looking for cash to pay the dj (when I suggested she write the amounts on the envelopes so she can send thank you cards she asked me "why do I have to send thank you cards?" -not holding breath for that one)- I had three nerves left at this point....

-at 8:10 when I tell bridezilla that we have to wrap it up she still doesn't comprehend that we only have space until 9pm-that means everything has to be out at 9pm so unless you are going to pay money for additional time you have to get out-they don't care that you've only had a 2 hour reception...she starts to open the champaign bottles because "we have to drink it now".....I grab a bottle and stop myself from hitting her....tell her to take the damn bottles home and bathe in them-I don't care...but move out of the way, stop opening bottles so we can pack up this stuff and get out of here...two nerves left.... she gets mad at me and stomps outside....I over hear her making plans to meet her girls at the local club later that nite

I knew it would be ghetto from the start...just not THIS ghetto.....its hard being the ebony sheep in the family.

Since ya'll revived the thread thought I'd update ya...married July 03 the happy couple is now separated...bride found out groom was cheating on her New Years Day (04)...gave him a black eye & moved out in March(still don't know what took so long). As of this month they are currently "dating" to see if they can work it out!! All of this drama before hitting the one year mark.

CrimsonTide4 · #**183** 05-24-2004, 07:35 AM

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Originally posted by stardusttwin
Since ya'll revived the thread thought I'd update ya...married July 03 the happy couple is now separated...bride found out groom was cheating on her New Years Day (04)...gave him a black eye & moved out in March(still don't know what took so long). As of this month they are currently "dating" to see if they can work it out!! All of this drama before hitting the one year mark.

LAWD that is a dayum shame!!

TonyB06 · #**184** 05-24-2004, 08:57 AM

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Originally posted by stardusttwin
Since ya'll revived the thread thought I'd update ya...married July 03 the happy couple is now separated...bride found out groom was cheating on her New Years Day (04)...gave him a black eye & moved out in March(still don't know what took so long). As of this month they are currently "dating" to see if they can work it out!! All of this drama before hitting the one year mark.

stardusttwin,
the best part was your continuing narration of your deteriorating nerves dealing with this

although it's not quite GWS material, I was talking with someone yesterday who said that during her wedding reception her veil briefly caught on fire after touching one of the candles on the head table.

"the bride, the bride, the bride is on fire, she don't need no water...

"

hands down, this is the BEST thread in Greekchat.

FeeFee · #**185** 05-24-2004, 09:40 AM

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"the bride, the bride, the bride is on fire, she don't need no water... "

Tony, have you made it to the basket yet? If not, you've just earned your boarding pass.

CrimsonTide4 · #**186** 05-24-2004, 10:18 AM

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Originally posted by TonyB06

although it's not quite GWS material, I was talking with someone yesterday who said that during her wedding reception her veil briefly caught on fire after touching one of the candles on the head table.

"the bride, the bride, the bride is on fire, she don't need no water... "

OH LAWD, LMAO!!!!

mu_agd · #**187** 05-24-2004, 11:16 AM

while this story isn't a ghetto wedding story, it is a case of bridezilla.

my cousin got married this weekend and it was a beautiful wedding. however, she did a few things that made my other cousins want to kill her. she called up every guest a few days before the wedding and told them what time they needed to leave their house to get to the place the wedding was at on time. even though she did this, on the invitation she called for the wedding to start at 7pm when it wasn't supposed to start until 7:30pm. she planned out the music the dj was supposed to play for the entire night, he was not allowed to deviate from her list. if someone requested a song he was told to run it by her and she would decide if he could play it or not. she basically just drove everyone crazy in the past few months prior to it.

stardusttwin · #**188** 05-24-2004, 02:21 PM

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on the invitation she called for the wedding to start at 7pm when it wasn't supposed to start until 7:30pm

This is a MAJOR pet peeve of mine...if you want it to start at 7:30 put 7:30 on the invite- be on time and any late comers will miss the ceremony. Its not fair for those who are used to being on time for things to have to sit around waiting for all the "1/2 hour rule followers" (well it says 7 so it won't start til 7:30...I'll go get my nails done at 6 and still make it on time...

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Tony...she almost shredded the last nerve when she told me they were dating this weekend...I just pretend I'm deaf and dumb and shake my head when she talks. Anything I say goes in one ear and right out the other.. so I've flown the white flag...I just give up.

abaici · #**189** 05-24-2004, 03:03 PM

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Tony...she almost shredded the last nerve when she told me they were dating this weekend...I just pretend I'm deaf and dumb and shake my head when she talks. Anything I say goes in one ear and right out the other.. so I've flown the white flag...I just give up.

You are better than me. Although I thoroughly enjoyed your narration, if it was me, I would have hurt her. I'm thinking the breaking point for me would have been bathroom accounting. Although, the "photographer" would have received a very loud, "Aww hell naw!! If it was gonna be like this, Lil Man Man could've taken pictures."

ZTAngel · #**190** 05-24-2004, 03:46 PM

This thread had me cracking up!

I went to a Redneck wedding about a year ago. It was my best friend's cousin's wedding. My friend wasn't dating anyone at the time and didn't want to go to her redneck family's function alone. I got to go with her. Lucky me.

For starters, the bride bought her dress in a cream color. She thought the dress was white because the store lighting was dim (notice: she got her dress at a Goodwill type place). Anyway, she threw the dress in her washing machine with some Clorox to bleach the dress back to white.

The dress ended up all splotchy. To top it off, she REEKED of bleach.

The ceremony took place in a beautiful park on a wooded bridge. The only problem was that they didn't want to pay for some fold-up chairs so we could all sit. We stood on a shakey wooden bridge for the whole ceremony. The park is located right by an airport. We couldn't hear the bride and groom saying their vows because the airplanes were flying overhead the whole time. The "VROOOOOOOOOOOOM" sound drowned out the whole ceremony. Luckily, the ceremony was only 15 minutes long since the priest had another wedding ceremony to perform that day.

The reception was held at a decent restaurant. I'll give them that.

Except, there was no wedding cake, no throwing of the bouquet, and no dance floor for the bride and groom's first dance.

The best man got really drunk off of Arbor Mist (the only alcoholic beverage provided). He stood up and said, "Finally, these two have exchanged vows and can now get in the sack. (snicker)" The bride's family were devout Baptists. The look on their faces was priceless. You could have heard a pin drop in that room after his speech.

1savvydiva · #**191** 05-24-2004, 08:42 PM

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Originally posted by ZTAngel

For starters, the bride bought her dress in a cream color. She thought the dress was white because the store lighting was dim (notice: she got her dress at a Goodwill type place). Anyway, she threw the dress in her washing machine with some Clorox to bleach the dress back to white. The dress ended up all splotchy. To top it off, she REEKED of bleach.

ROTFL!!!!

Yeah..that was a makeshift wedding for real!

Thisangel · #**192** 05-25-2004, 11:13 AM

I have a story that tops them all. When my cousin got married his babies momas got in to it at the wedding, there was a shoot out at the reception, and while tryin not to get shotmy cousin the groom gets hit by a car wich his brother is driving. It was horrible. I'm glad I wasn't there.

BLUTANG · #**193** 05-25-2004, 05:13 PM

i think i am about to be IN a ghetto wedding. My best friend and roomate (from an earlier post) is getting hitched in July. Our other roomie is also in the wedding party, and this trick is refusing to get her bridesmaid dress altered.

I told her she ain't gonna be standing there next to ME looking a mess - get that sh*t fixed.

abaici · #**194** 05-25-2004, 05:26 PM

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I have a story that tops them all. When my cousin got married his babies momas got in to it at the wedding, there was a shoot out at the reception, and while tryin not to get shotmy cousin the groom gets hit by a car wich his brother is driving. It was horrible. I'm glad I wasn't there.

dang! That sounds like a scene from a black movie.

NinjaPoodle · #**195** 05-28-2004, 12:45 PM

The dress...

but look at the man's expression..Priceless.
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A pretty woman can't save an UGLY dress!