Your wedding day is suppose to be one of the most memorable days of your life and most people spend months and big bucks trying to assure that their wedding day is picture perfect. Unfortunately, when you talk to people about their wedding there is usually always something weird or absurd that happened. These mishaps are usually not funny at the time but are what make weddings memorable in the years to come. “With every hitch, there’s at least one glitch” comes to mind.
Rings get lost, flowers or the cake fail to be delivered, rain on an outdoor wedding when there is no alternate plans are a few things that come to mind. Or maybe, just maybe, your photographer falls into a fountain as seen in the video below that is making the rounds on the internet.
Do you have a wedding mishap or mishaps (so sorry if this is plural for you) you would like to share? We would love to hear about them.
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Do you have a wedding mishap or mishaps (so sorry if this is plural for you)
Loved this line!
I don’t have any to share, but I love the topic and hope some will weigh in with some humorous recollections.
I will start. At a wedding of someone very close to me, the stepfather of the bride refused to go pick up his tux, wore an old shabby worn leather jacket and walked the mother of the bride down the aisle with a drink in his hand and drunk as a skunk. When it was time for the parents of the bride and groom to light the candles in the candle lighting ceremony, he got up with the mother of the bride and pushed the father of the bride out of the way ( who was dressed in a tux) and did not allow him to light the candle.
Pam, wow, no words.
If I was the bride, I think that would be the last time I spoke to my stepfather (unless he went to rehab or got a personality transplant or something!)
Everything was perfect and beautiful from the weather down to me, yes me, I was stuning. I know I was because walking down the aisle Daddy told so and when we reached the altar my groom to be told me so. The traditional ceremony was beautiful and even the minister’s voice and delivery was perfect until he uttered the words, “who gives this woman” and my Dad refused to answer and started looking up at the ceiling and humming Margaritaville. I was as mortified as my groom was, meanwhile the crowded church erupted into laughter and many of them started humming & singing Margaritaville. When my mom stood up and walked up onto the pulpit to stand beside my dad everyone got very quiet (my mom is formidable). She uttered these words, “her father and I do” and the congregation once again erupted but this time with applause.
At the time I remember thinking why is my dad trying to ruin my perfect day, however, now we all enjoy watching the video and his humorous protest to giving his little girl away.
Lindsey
I loved what your Dad did! Was that planned or spur of the moment?
He says that everything was so serious and planned out that he thought some fun and laughter was in order and on the spur of the moment decided he didn’t want to give his little girl away so in his soul he would drown his sorrow in a Margarita. Now a little over 7 yrs later he got 4 little girls and maybe another on the way just for finally deciding to let me go.
He is and always has been a wonderful father and a great role model even if he does have a wierd sense of humor that shows up at inconvenience times.
Congratulations Lindsey. Wow! You are going to be real busy. Do you have a due date?
Hey! Lindsey! Congratulations!
Are we hoping for twins? A little guy this time or another little girl for Grandpa to spoil?
My cousin loves white daisies, so she chose them for hers and her bridesmaids’ bouquets. She also arranged for daisies to decorate the cake. The baker had never used daisies on a wedding cake and didn’t like the idea. Daisies need a lot of water to keep them fresh. They don’t hold up as well as roses. The bride would not change her mind. So cut daisies in the little floral tubes of water were beautifully placed on her wedding cake. It made the cake weigh far too much, and the whole display came crashing down!
Aww!
They ended up getting a supermarket to put together a small wedding cake immediately, and purchased a large sheet cake decorated in white to make sure they have enough pieces for the crowd.
I didn’t realize that about daisies. Now that is quite a mishap. Did it happen at the reception?
I have been married twice. My first wedding went pretty much without a hitch except after my father gave me away he walked behind me and trip on my gown and I almost fell backwards at the altar. I was lucky at that point my husband was holding my hand or I would have gone down. I remember the priest saying well thats the first flub of the ceremony:)
My second wedding did not go off without a hitch either. My husband had never been married before so he wanted to get married at the church in his hometown. It was a very small wedding party just the maid of honor and best man. It is tough when you are in your 40′s to find a wedding gown to suits your age. I really wanted a shorter dress and that year the selection was horrible. I ended up buying a bridesmaid dress in perriwinkle and having it cut at the knee. That Friday my matron of honor called and was unable to attend to due a horrible stomach virus. My sister in law stepped up to the plate and offered to stand for me. So onto the rehearsal part on Friday night. My future brother in law would be escorting guests to thier seats and also doing a reading. He was being very jaded about the whole thing because he has been in weddings and knows whats going on. (Mister know it all )
My brother was walking me down the aisle since both my parents are gone. He wore his dress whites from the Navy with gloves and hat. He looked so handsome:) We are at the entrance of the church outside waiting for a signal to enter. My brother in law says go . My brother walks me down the aisle and I am looking and saying omg there is something wrong everyone is looking at us but have a odd expression on thier faces. Then I realize why…..my husband is not at the alter ! So here we are standing at the altar no husband or minister. All we could do is stand there till they came out. So we doing the ceremony and the minister asked my hubby do you take this man……..I almost fell on the floor laughing. After that everything went well and she even suprised us by singing us a personal song which was lovely. Now when I watch the video I can laugh. The rest of the day went perfect with the reception at my in-laws home and everyone had a great time.
We had arrived for the recption and I needed to sit down (I had a pretty bad flare of RA going that day.) Drinks and hors d’oeuvres were being served in another room. I saw the original cake being set up, but couldn’t take a picture because they shoo-ed me out of the room (annoying.) It was so pretty. I think my brother also went in just a few minutes later and saw it fall. Personally, I think it was the baker’s fault. He should have refused to use that many flowers or supported the layers better. I’ve watched enough cake shows on Food TV now to know that it can be done!
OK, I laughed out loud, Diane, when I read your wedding story. “Do you take this man.” My goodness, how funny! I would have liked to hear that!
My daughters wedding was a beautiful July day, ususally you have to beat the heat, but we lucked out with the temps right at
dregress. Perfect pics outside before the wedding. She was going down the stairs to wait for the guests to be seated, when her and her 32 lb gown fell on the steps on her behind, breaking the heels right off her shoes. Her future brother-law made a dash to the local wal-mart and picked up a pr of white shoes. They were not quite the same heel, so her step-father and I just picked her gown up at the sides a little as we escorted her down. No tears, a few laughs and no need to save either pair of shoes!!