Any funny/strange wedding stories to share?

[Mbart]

As I was reading the wedding thread, I was wondering whether anyone had any funny wedding stories to share? Anyone slip into the cake? Anyone see their grandpa lose his pants while dancing? Anyone have the flower girl quit halfway down the aisle?

None of these things happened at my wedding, but it would've made a good memory. Altho. I do recall my 4-year-old neice shoving a wad of tissue paper up her nose moments before she was to walk down the aisle as flower girl at my SIL's wedding. Her mom and dad (doctor and nurse) were doing everything to get it out, to no avail. They finally found someone with a tweezers and were able to extract it in the nick of time!

My wierd wedding memory: we had a very nice, respectable wedding and reception, but in-between my husband dragged me and the wedding party to County Stadium, the Milwaukee Brewers baseball park, for pictures! He was going through his baseball obsession - don't ask! Anyway, there was a game that day, and here we were getting pictures taken in front of a stadium swarming with people. Very embarrassing, but we actually have a very nice, if you can actually call it that, picture from the event.

Anyone else with funny or strange (or both) wedding experiences?

[sneezles]

While waiting for everyone to leave the chapel so we could take pictures, we waited in the groomsmen's room. I backed up (it was a rather small room) to make room for everyone (6 of us) and knocked over a half-empty coke can my darling DH had been drinking prior to the ceremony. My train was now drenched in coke but I was so happy it didn't bother me (the train does not appear in any of the pics). Later at the recption I rinsed it out in the sink as bet I could and never gave it a second thought!

[JillC]

Well, this wasn't very funny at the time...
Our DJ was stoned out of his mind. Instead of a wedding cake, we had a dessert table. By the end of the night, the DJ had about 5 empty dessert dishes up at his stand.
Luckily, the only people who noticed were our close family and friends who thought he was pretty hilarious. Neither my husband nor I were amused and, unfortunately, it kind of put a damper on my evening. I kept worrying that he'd do something awful, but the worst he did was dance around behind his equipment.
It's taken me two years to be able to find the situation somewhat humorous.
Jill

[Alisa]

The ring-bearer at our wedding was our friend's 4 year old son, Aaron. Everything went perfectly until after we exchanged rings. Aaron figured now that his job was done he was off the hook, so he promptly lay down on the alter, put his head on the ring pillow, and had a nap. Luckily the photographer took pictures!

[Gail]

Besides the fact I was late to the chapel and the caterers stole the leftover salmon, everything went fine.

However, we did get chased by a hog on our honeymoon.

[Jewel]

I'm with the group that says 'it wasn't funny at the time...'. We got married in Pittsburgh, PA, which is DH's home town. His mom ran all my errands for six months checking out bakeries, florists, banquet rooms, etc. Between the two of us we racked up long-distance phone bills like never before or since! We had every single thing planned down to the letter, I left NOTHING to chance. I even packed my wedding gown in my carry-on luggage 'just in case' the luggage got lost! We arrived two days before the wedding was to take place. DH called the county courthouse to check on where we were supposed to go to get our Marriage License and what we would need. For some reason, neither one of us thought that was a big deal! We each had Driver's Licenses and we thought that was all we would need.

The nice lady on the phone asked Dave if either one of us had been married before. He hadn't, but I had...and the nice lady then told him that I had to have a CERTIFED copy of my Divorce Decree in hand when we went to get the Marriage License. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif It was something we hadn't even considered! I had a certified copy (had to obtain one several years back when I went back to my maiden name) but it was 3000 miles away in Seattle! The courthouse in my home town in California wouldn't mail one, and there wasn't time anyway. I had 24 hours to obtain this certified copy or I wasn't getting married, and we had people flying in from all over for this shindig!! I thought of a friend going to my home to get the copy and mail it overnight, but we had no way of getting her a key. I was in total shock, and was quickly turning into a blithering idiot with my wonderful DH saying 'Honey, we'll think of something!' every 10 minutes. We actually thought of going through with the ceremony without the license and doing the thing by mail later, but the pastor said no way.

Luckily my parents were flying out from my hometown in CA that afternoon to be in my wedding. I called my Mom at 5:30am CA time (she thought someone died) and begged and pleaded through tears. They went down to the county courthouse on their way to the airport , got a certifed copy of my divorce decree and barely made it to the airport on time. She was waving the decree at me when she got off the plane in Pittsburgh!

All was saved, but I kinda like what my father said a few minutes later... "That idiot you were married to always seems to find a way to cause trouble, doesn't he?" http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[crlykat]

We got married in a public park, although the area of the park where our ceremony was to take place was a small natural amphitheater that overlooked the harbor and is partially hidden from view by trees.

The amphitheater is partially ringed by a walkway and is sunken. I was so worried during the year of planning that others visiting the park that day would stumble upon our spot and interrupt by accident, but everyone kept telling me that would never happen or if people did, they would be discreet and back away. They convinced me that I was worrying for nothing! Should have trusted my gut...

Day of the ceremony, everything is going smoothly. Then, in the middle of the ceremony as we are listening to the reverend's words, a homeless man eating nachos walked right up to the edge of the seated audience and proceeds to sit on the grass IN FRONT and watch our ceremony as if we were afternoon entertainment! I didnt see a thing since I was facing towards the reverend, good thing, but everyone told me after they were looking at each other like , uh what do we do now? My wedding coordinator kicked him out gracefully, even though it looked like he wanted to stay and finish his meal there.

About 5 minutes after that, a little boy chasing a ball ran right into the aisle and almost down to the amphitheater, but his mother came right after him and pulled him back. I was oblivious to both of those things! Didnt find out til the reception!

I did see a little wild bunny hop up to the edge of the grass about 5 feet away from the best man and proceed to eat his dinner! He stayed for a while, foraging for the best grasses. I took it as a good sign. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[luv2cook]

Jewel: Hubby and I tried to get married in Jamaica in '94. Same thing. When we applied for the marriage license, the form asked if either had been married. Hubby had and we didn't have it so we didn't get married.

I promptly took the rings back to the store when we returned home. Ended up getting married in Feb. of '95, tho. Amazing how things work out, isn't it?

[Julia1Pin]

Our rabbi took an un-funny thing and made it pretty hilarious.

During the rehersal apparently my niece (she's 10) was paying VERY close attention. The rabbi had explained to my husband to break the glass with his right foot. That night, my DH was playing basketball in the back-yard with my sisters husband. Well, since it was the night before the wedding, he had to go and sprain his ankle to the point of where he could hardly walk (understatement). Well, he's a trooper and wrapped the foot tightly the next morning (our wedding day).

That day my niece asked me what foot he sprained. She was very happy that he sprained his left ankle, because of having to break the glass with his right one.

I told this to the rabbi before the ceremony, and so during the ceremony, when it was time to break the glass, the rabbi made a joke about making sure to break the glass, with his right foot, and not his left. The wedding party started uncontrolably laughing. No one in the audience knew what was going on, but it was pretty darn funny. I can't wait to see the video http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Beth]

I had 2 neices as jr. bridesmaids, and while we were all dressing, one had her white pantyhose/tights run into shreds. Someone took off and found a gas station where they were able to get a pair of Leggs that fit the bill. As we were headed out of the dressing room, I was dying of thirst, but I didn't want to bend over with veil and all to drink out of the fountain in the hall of the church. Someone got the egg the pantyhose had come in and filled it so I could have a drink. Photographer caught us sipping and giggling, and it made the album.

That's a cute funny, but our honeymoon had several not so funny moments, including an air conditioning vent that rattled constantly and finding out that my husband's wedding ring had been stolen from our room while we were snorkeling. We had so many complaints with the hotel and their insurance carrier that we wound up getting a full refund and the ring replaced. Guess he who laughs last laughs best. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by Beth (edited 06-02-2001).]

[kwormann]

My wedding day was just a day to get through (my father died 10 weeks prior), so I honestly dont remember much, but I do have a cute flower girl story PRIOR to the wedding!

My neice was almost 3 and was going to be the flower girl. She went around for weeks saying she was going to be the flowerchild and Aunt Kimmy's wedding http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[Lauren]

Our wedding went off smoothly, despite the fact that it rained all day and evening, we had a night wedding at a temple with the ceremony and reception indoors. But, I do have a funny honeymoon memory! We were living in RI and the wedding was in the Boston area, so we had things packed for the trip and things needed for the day before the wedding when we were staying at our parents homes. We get to Hawaii for a two week honeymoon and I realize I left my birth control pills at my Mom's house. I freaked, as I wasn't planning on conceiving at that time. I thought of Fedex. Fortunately, I saw an ad in the hotel directory for a pharmacy that will perscribe one month of a medication. I guess a lot of people forget their medications when on vacation. So,it all worked out fine. Labor Day weekend will be our 13th anniversary and we cherish our two boys, 10 and 8, every day! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[SQ]

The wedding went smoothly, but here's the honeymoon story:

On our way back from Hawaii to NJ, we had a stop in LA. Since we had some extra time we went to the tower at LAX to see what the view was like from the restaurant. (I forget what that tower is called). After spending a little time there we headed back for our connecting flight. Outside the terminal, I saw a clock which said it was 11a. (Our watches said 10a.). I asked my new DH about this and he said, "Their clock is wrong." (Have you ever heard of an airport clock showing the incorrect time?) We ran to the ticket counter anyway, and discovered that the clocks on the mainland change (spring forward) a week before they do in Hawaii! Oops. Yes, we did miss our connecting flight. However, we were able to get another flight which took us to Newark, NJ instead of JFK, NY. This would've been great, except we needed to call from the air to have our pick-up ride redirected. And after we got to NJ we had to drive to NY to retrieve our luggage!

[Susann]

JillC, I feel your pain. DH got drunk (he usually is not a drinker) and passed out.

[Jodi]

We had a trolley for our rather large wedding party (18 people), and on the way from the church to the reception, there wasn't much room to walk around -- especially in that bulky dress. I was trapped in the front of the trolley with all the guys (that's where the beer was), trying to get back to my sister so she could bustle me before anyone stepped on my train. One of the groomsmen asked what I needed and offered to do it. He's never even BEEN to a wedding, so I laughed. Wouldn't you know he bustled me up perfectly? (I guess it's not really that hard, just something you think of your mom or maid of honor doing -- not one of the guys!!)

[BlueV8Dakota]

Our wedding was Oct 18, 1991 and it went pretty smoothly. I being a wedding photgrapher, had everything planned and even the bridesmaids who usually were late for everything showed up on time and dressed. I told them to be there 45 minutes before their scheduled time.
The only thing I didn't do was get enough to eat. My BIL(the best man) is always tasting other peoples food and while I was greeting other relatives he ate my dinner. My DH got a little tipsy toward the end of the evening and while doing the Polish Bridal dance at the end of the night he decided to pick me up and spin like a top. He lost control and on the video it looks like a 3 Stooges movie.
We sway one way and another, barely missing the videographer. Then he falls backward and I land right on top of him. It was quite memorable because it's on video and all the family goes Oh, the poor bride and they all help me up and leave him sitting there.
I did get my meal later as we drove hom , my brother drove our beautiful whit Lincoln Town car through the McDonalds drive thru and I got a Happy Meal.

[Jen]

This is another one of those "not so funny at the time stories". When we got married, just about the only thing DH was responsible for was booking our hotel room for the wedding night. We had been running around in the weeks before the wedding and both of us had put lots of $ on our credit cards with last-minute stuff. He knew that we wouldn't get to the hotel until late, and they put all the charges through at 6 pm, so he went to the bank 5 days before the wedding and put an extra couple hundred dollars on his card just to be extra-sure that it wouldn't be declined. The woman at the bank told him not to worry, that it would go on right away. (You can see where this is going). As an extra precaution, he called the hotel and told them that just in case the card was declined, to call his cell (someone had it at the wedding for other reasons) and we would give them another card #. Well, both plans fell through - the $ didn't go onto his card until 5 days after the wedding - 10 days after he deposited it!! Which was infuriating enough. But, of course, the hotel didn't call, so they gave our room away to someone else. He was telling me this story in the car after we left the reception - my parents had left my overnight bag at their house, so we were heading back there before going to the hotel. I suggested that he call...just in case...to check on the hotel. When we realized our room was gone, we tried EVERY half-way decent hotel in the city. But it was the last weekend in July and there was tons of stuff going on in Vancouver that weekend (fireworks festival, etc) and NO ROOMS!! Finally I called back the original hotel in tears, spoke to the manager, and explained the problem, but they said even their reserve rooms were gone and they couldn't do anything for us. At this point my parents got back to their house, expecting us to be long gone, but found me hysterical in tears and my husband looking sooo guilty! We had our apartment ready but the mattress for our bed wasn't being delivered until the next morning...but we did have a futon with a really nice mattress on it. So we called our landlords (they had been at the wedding - they were also friends of ours) and told them we'd be spending the night and not to worry if they heard us rustling around downstairs. My parents gave us some bedding and sent us off (my dad's words were "get some sleep...or something...it will look better in the morning!"). So we spent our wedding night on our own futon...not exactly the romantic night we had envisioned!

But what makes this a really special story for us is that, knowing our plans had been royally screwed up, our landlord-friends got up early the next morning and made us a huge breakfast - eggs, bacon, toast, coffee and tea, the whole works - and brought it down to us on a tray. It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for us. It made the whole incident seem really silly. I have to admit, five years later I'm still pretty PO'd at DH for making such a huge mistake, but it's one of his few in our marriage! So I guess I should count my blessings. To make up for it, we spent our first anniversary in a ridiculously expensive B&B in Victoria - that was a nice treat!

[AndreaU]

At our reception, as they were serving the food (sit-down dinner), the waiter approached my husband and confirmed that he ordered chicken. He replied that he did. The waiter brought over a covered plate and when he uncovered it, there was a rubber chicken on the plate! One of the ushers set up the gag. We then decided to take "Chicken" with us on our honeymoon & take pictures of his journeys along the way!

[KathrynY]

DH was a groomsman in the wedding party of a childhood friend. As I sat with his parents in the pew watching the ceremony, we noticed that the groomsmen were all shaking with contained laughter. We couldn't figure out what was so funny, as it was a quiet part of the ceremony where the bride and groom were kneeling in front of the altar. After a while the guys calmed down so we forgot about it.

DH confessed later that as they were all getting dressed, the groom put a leg into his rented tuxedo pants and accidentally ripped out the hem (which I guess they only tack in place anyway). So, what solution did the groomsmen come up with...? They STAPLED THE HEM back in place! No one thought any more about it until that quiet part during the ceremony when the groom knelt at the altar, and the lights in the church were angled just so that they caught the staples in his pants legs and they gleamed beautifully! Of course we couldn't see this from the pews but the groomsmen got a birds' eye view. Thankfully the bride didn't know until after it was all over!

[RobinC]

I was the maid of honor at my best friend's wedding a few years ago. Her mother is Korean, and almost all of the guests were Korean. Almost all of the guests had cameras too. When we saw ALL of the cameras, my friend said to me, "Don't you know, we Koreans are shameless with our cameras." The wedding photgrapher had a heck of a time competing with the guest's camera flashes when he was trying to take the "official" wedding photos. During the ceremony, one of the guests climbed on up to the alter, in back of the minister, to capture shots of the couple saying their vows. I couldn't believe the number of camera flashes going off. It was almost like the olympics. The bride shrugged, smiled and said, "That's my family."

[hka]

At my cousin's wedding, I was her matron of honor. As we were all standing watching my cousin and her husband get married, this cat comes waltzing in the church up to the front where we all were, sits down and starts taking a bath! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif It was the cutest thing. They luckily got pictures of it and my cousin wasn't upset by it at all.

At my wedding, I had a guy, who mistakenly thought we had dated at one time, crash my wedding. It was like something out of a Twight Light Zone episode. I was in the room with the rest of the brides maids waiting to go out to get started when my best friend came back into the room after speaking with her husband. Her faced looked really strange and I thought, oh know, they've just had a fight. So, I'm about to ask her what's wrong when all of a sudden the door slowly opens and there standing in the middle of it is this guy! I was shocked! When my best friend had met her husband they decided that rather than going on an official date that they'd rather go out with other people. Well, I was asked if I'd mind going and that it wasn't a date but just a way for them to feel more comfortable without the pressure of the "date" word. Well, this was the guy that was going with my friends husband to be. I guess he took from that, that we had officially dated. I also learned after the reception, that he also crashed, that he was telling my family and friends that "yeah, we used to date but then dh made her breakfast"! That made me a bit angry when I learned about that but then I didn't worry about it too much because my family and friends know me and knows that he was not telling the truth. Also, guess who caught my garder belt? You guessed it! He did! Too funny!

[AvrilH]

At dh's first wedding, the ring bearer threw up. An omen, perhaps?

At my wedding, all that I recall is my mother running around naked, saying she had to still do her nails, about 10 minutes AFTER we were supposed to leave for the church.

When we got to the church, I walked under a pine tree and got my hair caught in a branch (I'm really tall, and had unusually high heels on). My Dad said "There goes the fancy hairdo!" THANKS DAD. (My MOH did repair it.)

At my brother's first wedding rehearsal, the bride punched him when she had trouble getting up from kneeling, and he kind of fumbled when he tried to help her (also an omen, I would suggest.)

At my MOm's wedding (1968) the minister asked each of them if they'd obey their spouse. Both agreed. Neither has come through on that one, ever! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

I sincerely think my DH is a little disapointed no major "stories" came out of our wedding. His attitude is usually "It's funny now, and it was pretty **** funny at the time too!"

(Although we have some fine stories about my mother going INSANE as the wedding was being planned).