A person's wedding day is an important and memorable event. Lots of time, money, and stress can go into making sure everything is perfect. But there are some situations that are nearly impossible to plan for.
From unhappy couples to unpredictable guests, a lot can go wrong at a wedding. Here are some of the wildest and most disastrous wedding stories we encountered:
1."I saw the bride and groom get in a huge argument where the bride produced their actual marriage license and set it on fire in front of the entire reception. Good times."
2."I was the flower girl in a wedding when I was 6. The ceremony was going fine until the kiss. The groom looked to the crowd, laughed, and said, 'I don't want to kiss her.' Everyone thought he was joking, but he really would not kiss his bride and left her standing there totally embarrassed. Even at age 6, I was dumbfounded. The marriage lasted less than a year."
3."There was an 8-year-old boy who had loads of confetti in his hand. Turns out he thought it was sugar paper, ate all of it, and then proceeded to projectile vomit everywhere through the middle of the ceremony. It was one of the funniest and most disgusting moments of my life."
4."I was an attendant in my best friend's wedding. Her father walked her down the aisle, and while he was not visibly drunk, he had a hard time walking behind her to take his seat. He stepped on her dress, ripping it from her back and down to her ass, which revealed her red thong. They had to stop the wedding so that she could find safety pins."
5."There were four separate fistfights, and the bride was involved in two of them. She threw the first punch in the second fight."
6."During the best man speech, the best man proposed to the maid of honor. It totally stole the night from the bride and groom. Now the best man and maid of honor are in the process of divorcing. The bride and groom did NOT know this was going to happen. No one did."
7."I went to my cousin's wedding, where the groom and groomsmen wore tuxedo T-shirts. When it was time for the groom to say, 'I do,' he said, 'Aww shit, I guess.' Shortly after eating, he and his friends proceeded to light the trash on fire and shoot clay pigeons behind the house."
8."The sister of the bride, who wasn't invited, showed up drunk and got in a fight with the bride until the father of the bride broke it up by putting the sister in a choke hold and dragging her out of the venue. The bride was surprisingly fine afterward."
10."I was at a wedding where one of the bridesmaids had gotten married a month earlier and thought it was a good idea to change out of her dress and into her wedding dress for the reception. The rest of us in the wedding party told her to change back. She decided to stand at the head of the buffet line and tell each and every one of us how she really felt about us. Booze was involved, so you can imagine how it went. She refused to change out of her wedding dress until one of the other bridesmaids locked her in the bathroom and told her to change or it was going to get physical. She changed and left not long after. The rest of the reception was a fantastic time."
11."The bride's stepmother and mother got into a fight. The stepmother bit the mother. The wedding came to a screeching halt."
12."For the bouquet toss, a middle-aged guy forced his middle-aged girlfriend out onto the floor, then stood by her so she couldn't leave. The bouquet was caught by an excited little girl. The guy proceeded to yank the bouquet out of the little girl's hands, give it to his girlfriend, and then run off the floor cheering loudly and high-fiving one of his buddies. The little girl ran away crying."
13."My mother-in-law handed out my new sister-in-law's EP to as many guests as she could and threw a fit in the middle of the dance floor later that night because I didn’t let her daughter sing with the band. Her exact words were, 'How dare you make today all about you.' It was MY wedding day."
14."An ex-boyfriend of the bride got super drunk at the reception and started rambling loudly about how the marriage was wrong and how she was the love of his life. He was there with his new (and soon-to-be ex-) girlfriend."
15."My stepdad used to be in a band that sometimes played weddings. He told me that at one wedding, the groom got up to give a speech before the first dance and told everyone that the bride and best man should have the first dance because they had been fucking. He then left, and the bride and best man actually had that dance."
16."The bride never showed up. My cousin was the groom and had about 500 people in attendance. He got on the mic and said there was no bride. We had the party anyway. He married someone else two years later."
17."My brother and sister-in-law thought it would be fun to have their dogs walked down the aisle after their flower girl spread the flower petals. The dogs thought that midway down the aisle was the perfect place for a shitting photo op on the white runner."
19."I worked weddings for a living and once saw the best man get loaded, give a speech, profess his love for the bride, and say how they had slept together two nights prior."
20."The groom was so hammered he could barely stand for his vows. Then, the couple got in a huge fight at the reception. It lasted less than a year."
21."This happened during my second wedding. The officiant asked, 'Does anyone have any reason these two should not be wed?' A storm was coming, and at that exact moment, a very low rumble of thunder came from the sky. Everyone just stopped and looked up. I said, 'Maybe try that again?' Everyone chuckled, he asked again, and nothing else happened. Well, I found out five months later that she had been cheating on me for a while. We aren’t together anymore."
22."The groom was drinking heavily, and by the time the cake was supposed to be cut, he was passed out at the back of the room. The bride was crying hysterically. Her dad stepped in and cut the cake with her."
23."Shortly after the ceremony, the groom announced to everyone, including his bride, that he had enlisted in the Navy and was due to report in a few weeks. She was beyond surprised. They didn't even make it a year."
24."About an hour before my cousin’s wedding, she made the comment that her next wedding wasn’t going to be as big and complicated. She was right. Her second wedding was super small."
25."At the reception, the bride received a tip to go out to the parking lot, where she found her new husband making out with his ex-girlfriend. The ensuing fight came inside the hall, and the party screeched to a halt."
26."At the reception dinner, a drunk bridesmaid stood up and gave a toast announcing that she and the bride had hooked up at the bachelorette party the day before the wedding and that she should be the one marrying the bride. The groom sat there frozen with his glass half up. Crickets. Then, the bride's father stood up and gave his toast like nothing had happened. The groom left the reception early. The marriage didn't last."
27."The bride got drunk and started screaming about how much she hated her in-laws, who were obviously within earshot. The couple lasted a few years, had kids, and unfortunately are spending thousands in a nasty divorce right now."
28."During the first wedding I ever attended, the bride and groom walked down the aisle after the ceremony to the song 'Highway to Hell.' They were divorced two months later."
29."I worked at a banquet hall where one of my fellow servers caught the groom and a bridesmaid in the supply closet during the reception. I assume the couple didn't last long."
30."The bride showed up late to her own wedding, crying and trying to compose herself because she had just said goodbye to the other guy she was seeing. The marriage lasted maybe six months."
31."The groom kept trying to kiss the bride during their first dance, and she kept subtly avoiding it. They divorced within the first year."
32."In the men's room at the reception, I overheard the groom telling his buddies how excited he was about the honeymoon destination because there were going to be tons of hot women there. The marriage didn't last long."
33."Even as a kid, I knew the marriage was doomed when the priest said, 'You may kiss the bride,' and the bride turned away so that the groom's kiss landed on her cheek. They have been divorced for a long time."
34."The bride went out for frozen yogurt right after the wedding with just her friends. She and the groom had ridden to the ceremony together. He had to hitch a ride home with me. They divorced one year later."
35."The bride showed up 45 minutes late to her own wedding and stoned out of her mind. The divorce is messy and still ongoing."
36."My cousin was marrying a guy named Chad, who was a total Chad. When it got to the vows and the priest said, 'For richer or poorer,' the groom replied, 'For richer or richer!' His side of the aisle guffawed like it was the height of comedy. My cousin's side was dead silent. They were divorced in three months."
37.Finally: "The bride sang 'Someone Like You' by Adele — an iconic breakup song — directly to the groom during the ceremony. The marriage lasted nine months."
Have you ever been to a wedding that went SUPER wrong? Tell us about it in the comments!
