You know how they say, “you learn from your mistakes?” Well, today, prepare to learn from the mistakes of others. Because, even if you were to imagine your wedding day worst-case scenario, we’re willing to bet the situations these Redditors witnessed are infinitely worse. Moral of the story? Avoid exes, family brawls and guests having a little too much fun with the open bar.
“I was best man in a wedding. I was standing next to the couple at the reception and the bride was tipsy (groom was sober). She told him aloud ‘I’m not really that in love with you…. but I think you’ll be a good husband.’ The look on his face sucked all the joy from me. He tried to laugh it off and told her to hush but he was tearing up as they walked away.” —winkers
“Probably when the bride came storming into the men’s room, screaming that it was the last dance, and everyone needed to be on the dance floor, or her night would be ruined.” —themoneyofart
“The bride was absolutely plastered, bar was closed, and she’s leaning against the bar. Some really dorky guy comes up to her and starts telling her how he thought they always more than friends, and they had a deep connection, and as if to just shut this moron up, the bride pulls the top of her dress down, says ‘There,’ and then walks away.” —philmorrisjunkie
“Two of my friends got married. The groom cheated on his bride quite often, including the night before the wedding. An anonymous text was sent out and spilled the beans to the bride. A fight ensued, but the wedding continued as planned. Also, the girl that did the bride’s makeup for the wedding…well, that was the girl who had been sleeping with the groom. I have never witnessed a more awkward situation in my life.” —ball_in_uh_cup
“My mom toasting the groom… (not me, thankfully) and saying how thankful she was to have the bride come into his life, thereby removing any questions about the groom’s sexual orientation.” —Daybreak74
“In comes an old Italian woman screaming ‘THEY’RE FIGHTING, THEY’RE FIGHTING!’ and before you could say amore the whole hall had emptied and everyone had rushed the parking lot. Outside 400 people were swinging there fists anywhere they could. Italian men fighting Polish men, Polish women fighting Italian women, there were even some kids throwing punches at each other. There was nothing any of the employees or owners could do but watch and wait for the cops to show up.” —DaHossBoss
“After everybody eats the potluck stuff and had a few fine beverages, the bride’s mother exclaimed that this party needs some entertainment. She then tried to convince her very pregnant daughter (the bride) to do a pole dance and strip tease on a tent pole. Her daughter refused. And that’s when she decided to take matters into her own hands.” —admiralwaffles
“All was going well until my five-year-old cousin, the ring bearer, takes the cushion with the ring on it and spins it above his head, throwing it at the flower girl, my four-year-old cousin who had been making faces at him, leaving the bride’s ring nowhere to be found. It took all of the bridesmaids and groomsmen a good while of crawling around on their knees to recover it.” —syowangza
“The groom decided half way through the ceremony that he didn’t want to get married. He was then attacked by the father and brother of the bride. After a brawl (and a few bloody noses) he changed his mind and they got married.” —_Arimanius
“During the cutting of the cake, the bride shoved cake in the grooms face. When he tried to return the favor, she tried to dodge and hit her head on the corner of a wall mounted cabinet. Gave her a nice bruise.” —Blasterbot
“My MIL’s one daughter had an outdoor wedding the summer when West Nile virus was all over the news. So, to get attention, she threw a giant fit, and showed up to the wedding wearing a pith helmet she had brought back from Australia, in camouflage, with mosquito netting, and refused to take it off. She is in all the wedding photos like this, the mother of the bride, looking entirely pleased with herself.”
“While in the reception line immediately following the wedding of my cousin Brad, there was a lady in front of us with a 5 year old child. When she came up to Brad we could tell that he was noticeably uncomfortable seeing this woman. She looked at Brad and asked ‘Do you happen to remember that party 6 years ago that we hooked up at? Well this is your daughter, see you soon.’ and walked away….” —Offcrandy
“I could hear them screaming and swearing at each other and then I heard a horrible scream. I called the police, and then the bride came in with a horrible bloody nose and blood all over her gown. Turns out the groom had slept with the maid of honor the night before, and when the bride called her out on it, the maid of honor punched her in the face and ran off.” —girly_416
“I officiated my best friend’s wedding. She got married in front of a fountain on a scenic set of stairs in a park. Halfway through the ceremony, a lady on her cellphone , walking two dogs and her (maybe 8 year old) daughter in tow walked right through the ceremony. She stopped by the fountain right next to me and carried out a conversation about a woman she worked with being a bitch and a skeezy ho.” —sig863
“It was our high school friend’s wedding and she had a way of getting guys to fall for her left and right… last thing you would think is that she would invite them to the wedding. Sure enough, one guy broke down in the middle of the aisle crying to show he still had an obsession of her, and other guy, during the little speech phase of the wedding said this ‘You are a very lucky man, and I hope to find a woman as lovely as you’ while sitting next to his girlfriend… the greatest face palm moment for for any wedding.” —KamFox
