Post by oregonpachey on May 17, 2012 14:48:23 GMT -5
Sort of stolen from CEP's thread about breaches of etiquette.
What happened at your wedding that you would consider a mishap?
At my sister's wedding, in a very nice church, we pulled up in the limo and there was a couple tailgating in the church parking lot. Complete with a cooler of beer and a BBQ. Said same couple wore matching demin overalls to the wedding and reception.
Also at my sister's wedding, someone's cell phone rang and the groom whispered "What the fuck?!?" in front of the pastor.
At my wedding my sister (bridesmaid) and DH's friend (groomsmen) disappeared for a while. Turns out they were smoking pot in the parking lot.
Our ring bearer fell and took the flower girl down with him. She spilled her petals, stopped, and had to pick them all up before she would keep going. I was at the back of the church and couldn't see what was going on, and everyone was laughing, and I was like OMGWTF is going on?
It rained most of the day, and was unseasonably chilly.
BIL got so drunk he threw up on the Art Institute floor the next day.
The person (rent a rabbi) that was supposed to marry us had a family emergency and was unable to make it. Our friend Barry conducted the ceremony. He had just given a client presentation about the 4 principals to a good consulting relationship. He tweaked it and made the 4 principals of marriage. We had to go to the court house and get officially married after the honeymoon. I was freaking out at the time, but looking back it was totally special and hilarious.
At my wedding whilst walking me down the aisle with my sons, one of them got stuck in a rose bush (I have NO idea how this happened). Our DoC swooped in and took care of him (he was FINE) thankfully.
During my ceremony we got pooped on by a bird. Thankfully our officiant was fantastic and everyone laught it off (oh and it only got on my hands, not my dress, hair, or face).
My MIL took out a warrant for my FIL's arrest for nonpayment of child support (for her two grown sons) two weeks before our wedding because my dad is a cop and she knew that there would be lots of cops there and if she mentioned to one of them that she had a warrant out for his arrest, they would be obligated to confirm it and arrest him. She actually said to my mother, "well that might be the only way I can get him."
Post by simpsongal on May 17, 2012 14:58:32 GMT -5
I had stomach flu.
Google maps got the directions to the church wrong.
Oh yeah, at the end of the night, dad was loading the car and locked his keys in the car w/the car still running. He ended up breaking a window to get in - fun times....
I asked my MOH to make sure that she grabbed my overnight bag from my parents house. She forgot. If it wasn't for my SIL and her pool coverup, I would have had to do the walk of shame the day after the wedding.
Post by heyrebekah on May 17, 2012 14:59:50 GMT -5
Not etiquette-related, but before my wedding as everyone was getting ready in the hotel, one of my cousins fell in the shower. He broke the toilet in his hotel room which caused a flood. Apparently the fire department was there.
Post by peachdragon on May 17, 2012 15:04:53 GMT -5
Nothing too bad. I tripped on my wedding gown going up the step to meet my husband at the altar. Also, an 18 month old decided to try to join in the ceremony by walking right up to us during our vows or whatnot.
Since my wedding isn't until October, I can't play. But I do have a few mishaps to share from weddings I've been to.
At my cousins wedding, her new husband got trashed, puked all over the dancefloor, and had to be carried out to the car by his groomsmen. At 10pm.
I 'tried' to go to a wedding last weekend for a close friend. The groom didn't show up. No notice, no note, nothing. Not even the best man knew what was going on. Finally, an hour after the ceremony was supposed to start, the groom sent his mom a text message saying 'cancel the wedding for me'.
Post by gracioushoney on May 17, 2012 15:05:54 GMT -5
My dad lost his pants and DH called to tell me and was laughing the whole time on the phone while I was stressing out. Luckily, we found them in the girl's room where his suit had been kept.
BIL didn't bring his tie, so he ended up wearing a 10-year-old's tie, but no one could tell because of the vest he was wearing.
MH stepped on my dress at the reception and caught me before I fell. One of my friends actually got a picture of this. The look on my face was priceless!
My MIL took out a warrant for my FIL's arrest for nonpayment of child support (for her two grown sons) two weeks before our wedding because my dad is a cop and she knew that there would be lots of cops there and if she mentioned to one of them that she had a warrant out for his arrest, they would be obligated to confirm it and arrest him. She actually said to my mother, "well that might be the only way I can get him."
DH's aunt cut our cake. She just waltzed on up to the cake table, grabbed the knife, and took out a massive slice. I have no pictures of our cake without a massive fucking slice removed.
BIL sat at our gift table with a bottle of liquor and cried our whole reception about how he was so lonely (BIL is a pot head who refuses to work, cheats on all his girlfriends, lives with my in-laws, and loves to draw attention to himself.) DH told him to go somewhere.
We got ready in the church basement and the wedding party lined up on the stairs to walk down the aisle. At the last minute my aunt (the coordinator) is standing at the top of the stairs and realizes that I am (at the bottom of the stairs) chomping on a massive wod of chewing gum. I was so flustered I had no idea. She tells me to give it to her and I take it out of my mouth and the person in front of me grabs it, it literally passes through about six hands and everyone tells the next person the same thing..."papiercherri was chewing gum!!" It's on video and it's kind of funny to watch everyone passing my gum all the way up the stairs and mumbling about it. The look on their faces is like "eewww, WTF, ooook, Jesus."
We could not find the woman marrying us. She thought I wanted to get married infront of our hotel. I wanted to be married infront of the Hilton Hawaiin Village on their beach. She was in a panic thought I would be freaking out and upset since our miscommunication caused her to be late. I didn't care. We finally found each other, kicked off our shoes and got married. I was the most laid back bride ever.
Post by UMaineTeach on May 17, 2012 15:12:25 GMT -5
I forgot to bustle my gown before we went into the reception. The plan was to go right into the first dance, so my dress was dragging and getting in the way.
i stepped on my dress as i was walking up the platform steps after my dad "gave me away". thankfully the dress didn't come down, but h was nervous and pulling me along as he was holding my hand. one of my bridesmaids realized what was going on and took my bouquet so i could grab my dress and untangle myself. it all happened in a matter of seconds, but i was positive i was going to face plant in front of 200 people and flash them the goods.
at my sil's wedding, one of the groomsmen - who was specifically asked not to give a speech b/c he has a history - was completely drunk and insisted on saying a few word anyway. it was suuuper awkward because a segment of h's family likes to believe that no one has sex until they are married so stories about sleepovers and other graphic references to sex were not well received.
My mom fell down my stairs the morning of my wedding. My dad was envisioning a trip to the ER, but a bag of frozen peas, a cocktail, and a couple of pain pills did the trick. Too bad she didn't remember most of the reception
DH forgot the rings and had to send someone back to pick them up. When my dad and I arrived, MIL came out of the church waving her arms, saying, "We have a problem!" No biggie, the ceremony just started 5 minutes late.
Kinkos dropped the ball on printing our programs. But hey, they were programs.
GMIL didn't think our cake was real (?), so she stuck her finger in it. Apparently this isn't the first time she's stuck her finger in a cake at a family event.
My brothers' weddings were much more...interesting. One brother got drunk at the other brother's wedding, and said/did some hilariously goofy sstuff. My mom got drunk at my other brother's RD and started shouting greetings to people in the middle of the bride's speech to her MOH. Mom was hungover for the actual wedding day, but still swears it was a migraine.
My MIL took out a warrant for my FIL's arrest for nonpayment of child support (for her two grown sons) two weeks before our wedding because my dad is a cop and she knew that there would be lots of cops there and if she mentioned to one of them that she had a warrant out for his arrest, they would be obligated to confirm it and arrest him. She actually said to my mother, "well that might be the only way I can get him."
This is actually kindof awesome.
It really sucked. She refused to pursue it when they were growing up and she actually needed the child support, but thought our wedding was a perfect time to finally decide to go after him. She ended up withdrawing the warrant after my mom had a chat with her.
Post by zeewifeandmama on May 17, 2012 15:16:04 GMT -5
I forgot to pack my overnight bag into the car....so the next morning/afternoon I did "the walk of shame in my pettiskirt and MH undershirt...it was hilarious and embarrassing to be walking through The Laguna Cliffs Marriott with no shoes on and not really properly dressed.
Other than that: My moms car got broken into and all of her clothes that she had packed to get ready with us at the hotel got stolen ...along with her purse. WHY her purse was in her car is beyond me. I got a call at like 7 am telling me this by my hysterical mess of a mother. That was enough drama for one wedding.
One of DH's friends from college got drunk and tried to punch the videographer. Too bad he wasn't filming at the time, that would have spiced up the wedding video a bit!
My uncle lost his pants at our wedding. I am still not sure how this happened. I know that he changed between the ceremony and the reception (normal for Indian weddings). But I have no idea how he lost his dress pants that he wore for the reception. The next morning, he calls us to ask if we can look around the hotel rooms that we had set aside for changing areas to see if we can find them. They are no where to be found, even after asking the hotel staff. We later find out that it's "no big deal" because he gets them for free as a part of his work uniform. What?
For a friend's wedding where my husband was also a groomsman, the videographer asked my husband a question about the day's events as a sort of interview. My husband responds by looking at his watch and then the day of timeline and says that "We are already behind schedule." This ended up in the final cut of their wedding video. Oops.
Post by mrsjuleshs on May 17, 2012 15:21:55 GMT -5
I don't recall anything really horrible. The hotel lobby was under construction and it pissed my grandparents off. We had to explain how Hurricane Katrina sorta shifted the priorities of most construction workers in our area so all of this type of work was pushed back. Then the hotel didn't have a room for us so my MOH went down to rip them a new one. I wish I would have seen her climbing over the desk.
DH stepped on my dress and broke the loop holding the train up. His dad did this at their wedding so I guess we kept with tradition.
We didn't have a wedding party so my oldest brother offered to say a little something before dinner. He told a story he thought was about the man I just married but was actually about the guy I dated before I met my H.