What went wrong with your wedding?

[KSUViolet06]

This girl I just started working with this school year told me a funny story today (she got married in October). She had a destination wedding in Outer Banks (NC). She and her fiance drove down to NC a week early because they were also having all their pre-wedding events (showers, bachelorette, rehearsal dinner, etc) there as well.

They were planning to leave immediately after she got off work one morning, so they could get there in time to meet the venue coordinator (it's a long drive from OH to NC).

Since she was going to be working and he had the day off, she trusted her fiance to have the car packed and ready to go when she got off, so they could just leave. She left a list of all the important things that needed to go with them, including like 5 garment bags containing her dress, the tuxes, the flower girl dresses, etc.

Well, that day he didn't wake up until she called to say she was on her way home. So of course he just started grabbing garment bags and throwing them into the car. When she got home, she was in a hurry so she quickly double checked that everything was there and they left.

Fast forward to the night BEFORE the wedding. Her MOH is getting things out and ready for the next day, and she just happens to ask "Where's your veil?" My friend says, "oh it's in the garment bag with my dress."

MOH unzips the garment bag to look for the veil and sees JUST the underskirt/poof for the dress. She told me her MOH let out a "horror movie scream" and said "Oh my God your dress is gone!"There is no dress to be found.

The dress shop had put the dress and underskirt part in separate bags, which looked alike. So when fiance packed the car, he only grabbed one of them, assuming that it was her dress. The flower girls' dresses were also not there.

She freaked out and called her fiance crying (luckily he was not completely wasted or anything) saying that her dress and the flower girls dresses were in Ohio and she didn't know what to do. She was obviously distraught and upset that he had forgotten it, but tearfully decided that she could just "get married in whatever because it didn't really matter because it was too late anyway."

He obviously didn't see her being happy getting married in whatever they could find the next day. There's no way they were going to get a dress in NC on that day that wasn't just something they could grab at a Macy's or something, and he knew she'd be really sad knowing that HER dress was left in Ohio and she just had to get married in "whatever"

So his Best Man and another Groomsman got into a car at 9 pm the night before the wedding and drove back up to Ohio, got the dresses and drove back before their evening ceremony the next day.

That's love.

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

He obviously didn't see her being happy getting married in whatever they could find the next day. There's no way they were going to get a dress in NC on that day that wasn't just something they could grab at a Macy's or something, and he knew she'd be really sad knowing that HER dress was left in Ohio and she just had to get married in "whatever"

So his Best Man and another Groomsman got into a car at 9 pm the night before the wedding and drove back up to Ohio, got the dresses and drove back before their evening ceremony the next day.

That's love.

That's so sweet!

And poor honeychile! I can't even imagine. I would likely throw a fit if my wedding was going that way.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

That's cute.

Although you know he's bringing that up every time he messes up from here on out.

[KSUViolet06]

Bumping just because honeychile's story is legendary.

[carnation]

Too true! Hahaha, "Mary and Herman"!!!

[thetygerlily]

Most of my wedding went pretty well so a couple of the bad things were fairly minor:
- I HATED the corsages and boutenniers for the parents. They were hideous. The rest of the flowers were fine, but those things were ugly. When I talked about creating something custom, she should've just said "I can't do that" instead of "sure!".
- Our wedding was outside in August, so we handed out fans in our wedding color (red). I hate being hot. Well, it didn't rain, but it was a little cool. So really it was comfortable- but made the fans useless.

However, one bad thing did happen that completely shadowed the entire day:
- I got a migraine. I'd suffered from them off & on for about 7 years and because they were relatively infrequent (every few months) I didn't have any medication. Well this was one of the worst- including my first experience with intense nausea and heat chills. My hair & makeup person was so great about it- as I was huddled in the chair with my eyes closed, she was trying to pin my updo as gingerly as possible. We have a picture of one of my bridesmaids running to the venue with saltines and coke. I remember my bridesmaids and friends from out of town coming in so exuberant and excited, only to be told "shh, she has a migraine!" and sit huddled at the edge of the room. All that delicious food we had tasted terrible, my dress was miserable because it was hot and heavy, the last thing I wanted to do was have a first dance (and really I only made it about half the dance)... you get the picture. I'm not an overly outgoing preson, but I was feeling less than social that day.

I also wound up getting a migraine on leg 2 of our honeymoon. It started to hit on the flight from Buenos Aires to Santiago, and fully manifested in the Santiago airport. If anyone's been to Santiago, they have a very lengthy customs process. Not only do you have to clear customs, but you also have to pay tax for visiting. Two extensive lines. By the time we finally got up to customs, the agent looked at me so sympathetically when I asked where the bathroom was... it was a good 5 minute walk past customs. My husband stayed there to get stamped while I stumbled for the bathroom... I was very fortunate that customs agent was so nice. My first day in Chile was less than pleasant.

I got a prescription for migraine medication as soon as we got back. I've had other very unfortunate times (like when we had my family over for Christmas or 10 minutes before my friend's bridal shower), but those definitely took the cake.

On the bright side, you can't tell how miserable I was in most of the pictures.

[christiangirl]

I have been HIGHLY entertained reading things. Thank you, everyone.

honeychile gets an award. A big, shiny, gold award.

[ellebud]

I just realized something. We've been to several weddings recently and the MOB, MOG, (grandmothers were dead) didn't wear flowers. So much nicer, in my opinior, than wearing a giant flower that looks like a third boob.

[honeychile]

I'm glad I entertained y'all. I did think I'd mention that my story is on pages 3 AND 4, though. (And my guy marvels at my non-bridezilla attitude! Maybe I'll let him read why.)

ETA: I'll throw in one thing that didn't happen, but I recently saw a picture of it and maybe I'll share it. We were talking to the florist and somehow, the traditional of the cake smashing in the face came up. Whether it's urban legend or not, she mentioned a bride who had warned her husband not to smash the cake or else. Of course, he smashed the cake, and she picked up the cake knife and stabbed him! I turned to my then-fiance and said, "and let that be a lesson to you!" In all of the cake cutting pictures, you can tell that I have a death grip on the cake knife!

[KSUViolet06]

^^^The funniest thing about your story is that after ONE post I thought that was as bad as it could get, yet it continued to get worse.

I'm certain this time around will go perfectly though! Congrats!

[honeychile]

I'm still trying to figure out who Mary and Herman were!

[honeychile]

wrigley and I had dinner tonight, and I mentioned the infamous "Herman and Mary". I'm bumping this as I compose "Bad Wedding Karma Deux".

At least the groom was right this time around!

[OldOleMiss]

Oh honeychile-- I am in TEARS laughing (or is it crying) over your day...

My anniversary is in a few days and this thread got me "re-living" my day... the highlight(s) of my seemingly very smooth wedding included:

A drunk in-law who got up at our rehearsal dinner and proceeded to tell a very funny yet very touching story-- the only problem was the story was about my DH and his old college girlfriend… (can we just say awkward?)

A Groomsman knocked on my DH’s hotel door 10 mins before they needed to be at the church saying he had lost a shoe??? (HOW does one even do that?) Since my husband couldn’t “fix” this problem the guy thus came down the aisle with one “tux shoe” and one brown loafer— (WHY oh WHY wouldn’t you just wear TWO shoes that matched instead of one and one???)

I lost so much weight due to stress that my dress had been altered within an inch of its life- I then proceeded to lose more before the wedding and on the day of it didn’t fit!!!! The only solution my mother could come up with was stuffing the top with socks… thus taking me from a (somewhat hopeful A cup to something akin to Dolly Partton) - the dress fit but guest (and husband) reactions were rather priceless….

I ended up HATING my photographer and my only bridezilla moment came when I yelled at him in the church to “HURRY THE “cuss word” up or just get the “another cuss word” out”… thus appalling all involved, being yelled at by my mother like I was a 4 year old and DH and I ending up with no photos of the reception as he actually did “get the “cuss word” out…. ".

Our limo driver who was from out of town assured us he knew where the country club was … he didn’t… (he was lucky I had gotten my frustrations out on the photographer- AND that the car was stocked with champagne)

A bridesmaid who was an “I had to ask” bridesmaid- got very drunk and proceeded to tell anyone who would listen what a bitch I was because the monograms on her bridesmaid gift were in blue and I KNEW she hated the color blue and picked that color because I hated her…. (oooookay I actually did it because they matched the dresses- but I guess I did that to spite her too…)

However now ALL of these things provide wonderful laughs— but I do tell my husband “we should have eloped”….

[Munchkin03]

Keep these stories coming!

[JayhawkAOII]

My dear husband and I had an interesting day.

My father showed up. I do not have a relationship with him. He thought he would be playing a role. Um, yeah, not so much. His very thoughtful wedding gift? A $40 "silver" tea set from Service Merchandise that was impossible to return because there was no receipt.

My sister broke up with her boyfriend the day before she flew into St. Louis for the wedding. She was a hot mess the entire weekend, and I was thanking God that I only had to deal with 1 bridesmaid.

Our florist was suffering from the effects of HIV, and passed away not long after our wedding. A week before the wedding, however, he was no where to be found and he had not contacted the caterer to get into the venue to set up a decorating time. Our caterer got us another florist for wedding flowers - I had two sets when the original florist showed up. Thank my lucky stars I have a wonderful mama who just said quietly to the second florist "let me get you my visa card and I will pay for all of this. Thank you for coming on short notice".

Our wedding cake was wrong. It had tiers. I did not want tiers. It was tasty and delicious none the less. We have a very funny picture of my husband and I getting ready to cut the cake and he finally looks at it. He's got the greatest "wtf" look on his face.

It rained. Not a gentle rain. A torential downpour. It started the afternoon of our wedding and continued raining until Wednesday of the following week. Yeah yeah good luck and all, but the pictures inside the church were very very dark with no sunlight outside.

My husband spilled red wine on my wedding dress at the reception. I have no idea to this day if it came out.

Our honeymoon, if one could call it that, was the real kicker. Remember the rain above? My husband decided we should go to Chicago for a couple of days after the wedding. It was snowing in Chicago. It was the coldest May weekend on record and I had not planned on cold weather clothing having never been to Chicago before. All I wanted was to sleep, and my husband thought we should be up at 6 every day to sightsee. It is a wonder that we stayed married after that weekend.

He did make it up to me. We took a real honeymoon in Grenada after we had been married 5 years.

20 years later, we're still going strong.