Yahoo Lifestyle Wedding Guests Revealed Their Most Baffling Experiences, And They're Truly Unbelievable
We recently wrote a post about the worst things folks have ever witnessed at a wedding, and oh my lordy...
There were a lottttt of shocking stories, and they inspired folks of the BuzzFeed Community to share some wild wedding experiences of their own.
So, here are some of the most baffling things that have ever happened at weddings:
Note: Some submissions were pulled from this Reddit thread by user u/NickWhite566.
1."I’m the director of catering at a hotel and I have so many stories. But, one of my favorites was when the bride left after dinner was served. She went upstairs to her room because she was tired. She texted her husband and he came up with her and never returned. The party went on. She went back without her husband, saying she needed 'a couple of drinks.' At the end of the night, she went to an after-party at a bar with just the groomsmen. The next day, the bride and groom had breakfast at separate tables."
2."My sister-in-law (who I barely consider my sister-in-law because we don't speak) got trashed on her wedding night to my brother. She vomited all over herself in her multi-thousand-dollar gown. My entire family had flown from the northeast to the deep south to be there. She hated all of us, didn't invite us to brunch the day after the wedding, then came over to our guest house to be a jerk. They're still together, but I don't know how well it's going."
3."It was my brother-in-law’s wedding (it was his second wedding because he had cheated on his long-time spouse with another woman from business school). As fate would have it, his second wedding was to this woman from business school. Understandably, her family knew nothing about his previous marriage or the extent of his infidelity (or that she was a 'home wrecker'). During the best man's speech, his best friend from childhood accidentally called his new wife by the previous wife’s name (not once, but twice). They both had to face the 'shame' of their past indiscretions to all of their family and friends on the night of their wedding."
"She rushed away, fuming, to hide in the bathroom, and the photographer, clueless, got a picture of her as an 'action shot.' It ended up being the cover photo of their virtual wedding album.
It was beautiful karmic justice and the wildest thing I’ve ever seen at a wedding. It was definitely the worst thing the new bride had also seen at a wedding, but if you make your bed, you gotta lay in it."
4."The bride said 'NO' at the altar — she literally walked back down the aisle and out the door. The groom stood there for a moment and then went to a side room. The minister followed the groom, then came back and said that while the wedding was off, the reception would go forward since the food was already there. It was an awkward reception, and nobody stayed long after eating. Why did they 'want' to get married, you ask? The bride was pregnant, and they thought it was the 'right thing to do.' She decided that pregnancy was not a good reason to marry after all. She had the baby, and they ended up raising the child together (but in a romantic partnership)."
5."My grandma attended a summer wedding in the '60s where the groom died of anaphylactic shock. He swallowed a bee during his toast, and it stung him inside his throat ☹️."
6."I used to have a friend who owned a small hotel, which operated primarily as a wedding venue. They lived in one of the hotel rooms, so all of the events taking place in the courtyard directly outside their door could be heard very clearly. We were hanging out one night during a wedding and listening to the speeches, the most notable of which was the best man speech. During the speech, he told the story of having a threesome with both the bride and groom at Burning Man and heavily alluded to still being in love with the groom. There were a lot of older relatives in attendance — the place went silent, and the wedding ended about two hours early."
7."I had a friend from high school who got married pretty young (around 22 years old). It was a lovely wedding and a long reception with a ton of courses. Her parents had a lot of kids and not a lot of money, so this big wedding must have cost them everything. She was their oldest girl — it was important to them. The bride had always been a lightweight when it came to drinking. When we’d go to parties in high school, she’d be drunk off of one wine cooler, so I was concerned when I saw the way she was drinking at the reception. True to form, she got SO WASTED that she had to be taken away in an ambulance before they even got to dessert. I’ve never seen anything like it."
"We lost touch for several years after the wedding, but when we reconnected, she was married to someone else. I did not attend her second wedding — I imagine it was the exact opposite of the first."
8."I was a bridesmaid at my older sister's first wedding when I was just 13 years old (she's been married three times). I got really drunk at the reception, and while I was getting some air outside, her new husband came out and kissed me romantically. He was such a scumbag — he cheated on my sister, gave her crabs, and went to jail a few times."
9."The bride was dead set on wearing not one, but two designer gowns. To finance all of that, there was no heating at the lovely February wedding. They also provided only food and cake for a third of the guests. The food itself was two small patties, white sauce, and about 3 ounces of cooked chicken. But she did love both her dresses!"
10."At a relative's wedding, the groom's ex showed up and revealed he had a son the new bride knew nothing about. The child was conceived while the groom was in a relationship with his bride. The bride did know about the daughter he had fathered while they were 'on a break' with a different woman and thought that was the last of his infidelity. But, it turns out his other ex was also still his 'side-piece.' There was no question that the young boy was actually his son, either — he looked just like his dad!"
"They did still get married. The flower girl got to meet her new 'brother from another mother,' and they are still married a decade later. She complains she still thinks he cheats on her (he does)."
"That's a scene straight out of a bad rom-com."
11."This was my former co-worker’s wedding. When everyone had finished eating and started to dance, the bride and groom turned off the music and turned up the lights. They told all the guests they were leaving and that the venue needed to be cleaned up by the time their rental period ended (20 minutes). The guests had no idea. The bride and groom took off, and we were all left to fold chairs, collect dishes, take them to the kitchen, and gather linens. Then we all just mosied off into the night."
12."My cousin’s wife’s brother got super high and drunk at her wedding reception. He got upset about something and then decided he was going to drive home. His dad said absolutely not and took his keys away from him. They ended up eventually getting into a fistfight that made its way out into the parking lot, where the bride’s brother punched a car window out. The groomsmen then jumped in to tackle him, there was blood everywhere, they called the cops, and the bride’s mother was bawling. The bride’s brother ended up getting arrested, and the bridesmaids used their little Tide To Go pens to try and get blood out of groomsmen’s suits."
13."I was a bridesmaid in a wedding where one of the other bridesmaids had feelings for the groom. She kept going on and on about how similar they were (apparently, this only started right before the wedding). I quietly offered to throw down, but my friend said to ignore her. The bride and groom had talked about it — I think they ghosted her after the wedding."
14."My aunt had a wedding during a tropical storm. The power went out in the church during the ceremony, so it had to be completed in the dark with phone lights. Then, at the reception, which was held in a semi-outdoor space, there were generators to try to get some power up. But it was extremely loud, so you couldn’t hear the music or people. Then it rained so hard that water was seeping from the walls and ceilings, flooding a good portion of the reception floor. The final piece? The maid of honor got so drunk that she threw up right at the entrance of the venue, so everyone had to pass by it to enter and leave until they finally found someone to clean it up."
15."I went to a wedding where the bridesmaids also wore white. It was an outdoor wedding around sunset, and the sun shined to make it obvious that a bridesmaid was wearing absolutely no undergarments. It was so awkward and everyone talked about it at the reception but ignored it during the ceremony."
16.And finally, "A few years ago, my cousin was getting married — the man she was marrying was 'perfect' for her. I was jealous because I wanted something like they had. Anyway, the day of the wedding comes, and her maid of honor (sister) and her soon-to-be husband were nowhere to be found. Well, she's waiting in the church, and one of the groomsmen came in with a handwritten letter from her fiancé. Turns out her sister and fiancé had been sleeping together for a while. She was pregnant, and they ran off to Vegas to get married — so, no wedding."
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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