Ghetto Wedding Stories

Let me add my ghetto fabulous experiences

Wedding one
The bridesmaids had different dresses...um some with gloves, some without. At the reception, the bride's uncle had fired up the grill at his house, in another city mind you, and brought us rib tips, yeah he stored it in a cooler and drove from St. Louis to TN to serve this at the wedding. To go along with this entree was green beans, greens, spaghetti, and some sweet a@# Koolaid, oh yeah and a little whop sided cake. On the tables where small burning candles with balloons and plants centered ever so nicely over the flame...can we say FIRE. We had a little take home gift, a book of matches with a Motel 6 appeal with some glitter on the table that got on my suit and I was....oh excuse me I'm rambling.

Wedding 2
Thank goodness I didn't make to the reception. I heard about this one from my co-workers.
The bride and groom had ghetto families. The groom's family didn't like the bride. The bride's family didn't like the groom's family because they didn't like the bride. Are you all with me? At the reception the groom's sister made a smart remark to the bride and it was on. Shoes flying, tables turned over and they were kicked out of the reception hall. The owners of the reception hall told everyone in the place to get out.

[toocute]

Originally posted by Eclipse:
Y'all I had to get up and close my office door I was laughing so hard!!

Ya know!!!

Jail pose in pictures is fine eclipse, my hubby and his fellas did that but NOT in the CHURCH! I wouldn't want that in my video. There are a bit too many ghetto wedding stories!



[This message has been edited by toocute (edited January 03, 2001).]

[toocute]

Originally posted by DELTABRAT:
I am laughing too hard up in here.

Toocute: The jail pose. Is that the one where the man squats down, legs sorta open, with both elbows kinda propped up on his knees and...oh yeah...one hand propped under his chin like a playa?

YES!!!!!

[ManndingoNUPE]

Lawd, how could I forget one of my boys from high schools wedding. She was about 3 months pregnant when they decided to get married. Now the night before the wedding, I asked him if he loved her. His answer was she was there for me when I needed her. So that sets the stage.

Ok, the wedding was actually at the the bride's parent's house. A very, very, small townhouse. The wedding was late, and the father comes down the stairs and annonces to us all that the wedding would have started on time, but he forgot his shotgun. He said it in a joking manner, but I was like bra, we can fight our way out of here. My other friend, had actually parked his truck near the front of house, just in case we had to duck out. The bride's family hated my friend, and thus hated all of us with him.

After the wedding was over and the bride recieved the gifts and money, don't you know that the father made the daughter pay him rent for her room that she was living in.

She had to dig into the funds that people had just given her, and pay him. I was like, no way I would do that. And the two of them were leaving to go to New Orleans right afther that.

They aren't together anymore. I still say we should have just faught our way out.

MN

[MaMaBuddha]

hey sistah friends and guys...

nupe4life....

i feel all ghetto-ostracized cause i am a product of the a few ghetto weddings...

this past november i was selected as the mc (mistress of ceremonies) for my best friends wedding in miami, florida.

now miami happens to the the ghettoiest city out of all the states besides new orleans, nyc, la and the other little country towns that lurk...gold teeth, leather shorts and all.

i had the pleasure of witnessing trick daddy and trina (friends of the groom) drop by and pay homage in a drop top benz, blasting that florida song get f*cked up*
for all those dade county people.

i had the pleasure to witness the groom and his part pimp strut down the aisle to a slow jam (i can't remember the name of it for the life of me)

i had the pleasure of witnessing the wedding party except the bride and groom getting drunk off henny, cisco (yes they had cisco) and remy in the back seat of a hummer limo.

i had the pleasure of watching a whole bunch of drunk groom's men (all with gold and platinum teeth) acting up when I was announcing the wedding party. then the dj, blasted ever single one of luke skywalker songs that have been banned all over the place....needless to say the families were appalled. but all the little kids rushed to the dance floor and were doing the latest bootie hump.

we won't even get into hair styles...cause a few horses were running around dag near bucket naked freezing in Miami.....


this has me laughing hysterically...

but i have to say i love my ghetto folks...they keep it real.


Theeeee MaMaBuddha

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by MaMaBuddha:
hey sistah friends and guys...

but i have to say i love my ghetto folks...they keep it real.


Theeeee MaMaBuddha

REAL GHETTO!

[ManndingoNUPE]

And the most g-etto wedding award of the year goes to Mamabuda,hand/feet/teeth(with platinum) down.

MN

[hope01]

OK y'all I read a lot about ghetto weddings but I can guarantee I can top that Last summer I was a bridesmaid in my college room mate's wedding. First off, the wedding took place in the middle of July in Florida...hello it was like 105. Anyway, We (the wedding party) had to be at the church an hour early get this to have alterations done on the home made bridesmaid dresses we had to pick up the night before! Well the wedding was supposed to start at 4:00 but it started at 6:00 One of the bridesmaid’s dresses had to be held up by another brides maid because the strap broke. Then the groomsmen walked down the aisle in a pimp stroll with canes and top hats to "I swear" by AZ yet. Their suits looked like a godfather movie The minister conducted prayer like 6-7 times before he pronounced them man and wife. Y'all I consider myself pretty religious but I have never had that much church in my life! He preached as if it was Easter Sunday morning! He constantly repeated "Lawd help so and so and so and so understand the institution of marriage because gawd help me they know nothing about marriage or what they are getting into" It was like he had a fight with his wife before the ceremony. There was only one limo, a stretch Navigator for 20 people (the bride, her mom, the groom, his mom and the wedding party), did I mention that the Navigator did not have air conditioning and it was like 105 in July in Florida.Then to make matters worse the Limo got lost going to the reception hall. Then the reception was a trip first the choreographed entrance then the food was like cold cut platters, store bought potato salad and Cole slaw, potato chips and salsa and a sheet cake with their names on it! The grooms ex girlfriend showed up in a see through lace pantsuit that resembled my grandmothers curtains. She was giving the bride nasty looks so the maid of honor the bride's sister threaten to beat her up right before the good luck toast

[AKA2D '91]

C****CAN WE SAY....

GHETTO! ****

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by Total Elegance:
Let me add my ghetto fabulous experiences

Wedding one
The bridesmaids had different dresses...um some with gloves, some without. At the reception, the bride's uncle had fired up the grill at his house, in another city mind you, and brought us rib tips, yeah he stored it in a cooler and drove from St. Louis to TN to serve this at the wedding. To go along with this entree was green beans, greens, spaghetti, and some sweet a@# Koolaid, oh yeah and a little whop sided cake. On the tables where small burning candles with balloons and plants centered ever so nicely over the flame...can we say FIRE. We had a little take home gift, a book of matches with a Motel 6 appeal with some glitter on the table that got on my suit and I was....oh excuse me I'm rambling.

Wedding 2
Thank goodness I didn't make to the reception. I heard about this one from my co-workers.
The bride and groom had ghetto families. The groom's family didn't like the bride. The bride's family didn't like the groom's family because they didn't like the bride. Are you all with me? At the reception the groom's sister made a smart remark to the bride and it was on. Shoes flying, tables turned over and they were kicked out of the reception hall. The owners of the reception hall told everyone in the place to get out.

DANG, SISTA, WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TAPE THAT WEDDING FIGHT?! I WOULDA PAID MADD CHEDDA TO SEE THAT MESS. I BET THAT SCENE WOULDA BEEN BETTER THAN A PAY-PER-VIEW WWF SMACKDOWN!

Anyhow, I doubt if my story can compare to any of yours, but here goes:

I attended my sister's wedding 3 years ago. While everyone was color coordinated, the best man sang the wedding song of '97 "Only for You"--not sure of exact title (there was an English and Spanish version of it). Anyway, we had 2 receptions, one in the same room as the ceremony (potluck meal was in the back of the ceremony room, guests were seated to the left of the potluck tables and the altar was 20 feet in front of the first row (an L-shaped formation, if you will). So after the ceremony and reception #1, we went to the groom's brother's house for reception #2, where we ate more food, there was plenty of hard liquor, and kids playing and getting dirty in their Sunday's best".

I went to two weddings last year and thank God neither were anything near my sister's. The bride and groom btw, were in their late 30's.

Just my .02 cents

[NUPE4LIFE]

Oh yeah, I forgot the most ghetto piece of information. During the reception, the groom's brothers did a toast. They were saying how they were gonna miss their brother. They said and I quote, "we use to be a trio, now we're a twoo" that's two-o! I didn't think that was a word at all. Man by this point I had completely lost it. And yes I can agree with the sister who said how much they prayed. I was like damn, if this man prays one more time I'm gonna die. There was so much ghettoness that I'm sure I'm missing something so I'll try to remember some of it.

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KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC.
SPR 97
XI LAMBDA

[AKA2D '91]

that's more than enough, INFO, BROTHER!
a TWOO? NAW...BROTHERS...IT'S A DUO! (folks should have paid attention in school)

LAWD, HAVE MERCY!

I SEE WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN TO A GHETTO WEDDING, CAUSE IF I HAD...

WOE UNTO THOSE FOLKS...I'D BE A STONE CHARACTER up in that place!

You all have totally tripped me the *bleep* out!

I am too thankful I have missed out!

[kiml122]

I must say that I have never been to a ghetto wedding...oops unless you count the one I went to about 2 years ago.

The bride was a friend of mine from grade school. I get to the chuch and I see one of my girlfriends sitting on the grooms side. I walk over and was like why you sitting over here. She and her mom were like we felt sorry for the groom because no one was on his side. So I sat over there with them. It was the 3 of us and that was it. Finally the groom gets to the church and a few more of his peeps show up, but not that many.

The bride is late, we find out later that the bride and bridesmaids are in a limo and it had broken down. The bridesmaids dresses were truly,can u say U-G-L-Y.

Once we are at the reception, which was held at another church (why not just have it at the church where the wedding was).

I'm looking for some hors d'oeuvre (sp) because that wedding was way to long and a sista is a little hungry. I talking to the peeps at my table because we all knew each other, and come to find out, the hors d'oeuvres were some mints that were on the table. You know the mints that they put out at Christmas that are different colors. You know the ones that melt in your mouth.

Well next comes the food, did I mention that we ate off plastic plates. Did I mention that the juice fountain ran out of juice. Did I also mention that they started running out of food before everyone was out of the buffet line.

Did I mention that when the bride was dancing with her father and the groom was dancing with his mom, she (his mom) had on big fuzzy slippers her feet hurt y'all.

Did I also mention that the groom was walking around the reception with the brides veil on his head talking bout " he rides motorcycles" vroom,vroom, I swear y'all he was going vroom, vroom. Last but not least, did I mention when we went to look at the groom's ring, the ring didn't fit and he had it on his pinky finger. I'm sorry, but it didn't even go all the way on his pinky finger.

Okay, that's all, but that is enuf!!

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Peace
KL

[Inquisitive]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91:
REAL GHETTO!

LOL

[Diamon]

Okay..**wiping the tears from my eyes** I think I might have a lil' som'in to add. BTW, NUPE4LIFE, I think you and I attended a few of the same weddings. I have been to a few ghetto weddings BUT picutre this..... (Mother's Day)....

1. We were sitting in this SMALL church waiting for 2 1/2 hours for the ceremony to begin. The bride had 15 attendants and so did the groom in this S-M-A-L-L church. The church was so small that the wedding party did not even have room to fully march down the aisle before they were bumping into other participants coming from a different direction. Once they were in line, the attendants were in the front and wrapped around the side aisle.

2. The maid of honor (one of the bride's sisters) decided that she wanted to wear the same backless, around the neck dress that everyone else was wearing...did I mention she's a good 320-350 lbs.....oops!

3. The church was so small, the ushers kept pushing my husband and I up closer until my husband was sitting where? ON THE SAME ROW AS THE GROOM'S MOTHER.

4. This wedding had an MC also

5. The pastor (bride's godfather) had on much ghetto gold and a sharkskin suit with a process.

6. One of the bridesmaids obviously forgot where she was and decided to give the bride a shout out in the middle of the ceremony
" You go (so and so)!!!"

7. But the ultimate was when the bride's brother so proudly pulled out the movie screen and slide projector in the middle of this SMALL church and showed all of these GHETTO pictures of the bride and groom..yes the jail pose, the hooch pose (w/ the miniskirt and legs crossed), and the infamous pictures in front of the airbrushed sheets of cars, Mickey Mouse, etc. By then I was no more good!!!!!!! I could not hold in the laughter anymore.

8. Oh gosh, I forgot...once the wedding was over. We all filed outside and what did we see...7 stretch limos outside!!!!!