What went wrong with your wedding?

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

You so win, honeychile.

My sentiments exactly. My FUBARs were minor in comparison

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

My sentiments exactly. My FUBARs were minor in comparison

You'll love this, then: I showed my mother my post, and she immediately came up with at least eight other things that went very, very wrong! It was good for a laugh...

[sageofages]

Originally Posted by honeychile

You'll love this, then: I showed my mother my post, and she immediately came up with at least eight other things that went very, very wrong! It was good for a laugh...

Oh I think I could use another laugh (or eight)! Spill it Honeychile!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by sageofages

Oh I think I could use another laugh (or eight)! Spill it Honeychile!

Well, a few more, since my mother isn't here to help me with this:

-The original soloist eloped, so the church organist suggested a friend of hers. The soloist was to sing while we lit the Unity Candle. Her voice was SO BAD, my ex dropped his candle - thank heavens it wasn't lit yet!
-He then forgot the vow that he was to say at the lighting of the candle.
-He also tried to force my wedding ring on the wrong finger, despite me telling him so.
-The programs which caused so much trouble? The ushers "forgot" to pass them out.
-My father was feeling "the daddy blues" about his little girl getting married, and when asked who was giving me away, he said, "My mother & I", then was so embarrassed that he visibly teared up. (Actually, it was kinda cute!)
-The veil which was made for fresh flowers but ended up with glued silk flowers? The glue dried in my hair, and hunks of my hair came out with it later!
-The disc jockey was SO loud at first, the reverberations set off my titular godfather's pacemaker, and they had to leave early. The Club did wrap up their dinners.
-WAY too many people don't know or don't care what "Adult Reception" means.
-The bar was set up in one corner of the room, the dance floor at the complete other side. The bartender leapt over the bar and camethisclose to catching the bouquet. I'd give her lunge at least a 9.8.
-The angelic-looking flowergirl became rather non-angelic by the reception, and insisted on sitting next to me. I know I've mentioned that my bridesmaids were evenly divided between ADPis and Phi Mus - her mother was an ADPi, so she knew this little fact. One of the bridesmaids tried to talk her into behaving, and sitting in her correct seat. This adorable child announced at the top of her voice that whichever sorority "THAT WOMAN" was in, she would never, ever join it. Her little sister (all of 3 1/2 years old) said, "Then I will!"
-and the last one I'll share: we do a Friendship Circle at weddings, and serenade the bride & groom. One of my sisters had too much to drink, and when it was her turn to hug the groom, she put her hand on his chest and said, "You're not good enough for Honey!" Truer words have never been spoken!

[ForeverRoses]

^^^
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during all of that!


My wedding a few issues, but nothing like that! The biggest one was that my MOH was pregnant and 3 weeks before the wedding was put on bedrest. Luckily my sister-in-law was the same size (and we hadn't altered the dress to accomidate the baby bump), so she became a bridesmaid and my bio-sister became my stand-in MOH.

Oh and my veil was not detachable, so when my hairdresser did my hair she set it in place, well then on the drive to the church I accidentally buckled the veil into the seatbelt, where it became stuck.

Then the priest referred to me as the groom during the vows.

Finally, when we were pronounced husband and wife, the best man opened up a tin of altoids and presented us each one before we kissed. My husband has a strange sense of humor.

The one thing that I refused to do that I now wish I had done? My husband wanted to have "Be Not Afraid" played when he and the groomsmen entered the church. I said no-- but I wish I had said yes. It's now one of my favorite "church songs and we laugh every time we hear it-- so it's now more our song than anything actually played at our wedding!