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Another wedding, the best man insisted on accompanying the newlyweds on their honeymoon. Again the bride was at least able to get a room without best man, but they spent the honeymoon writing thank you notes! The wedding guests were surprised to learn when and where the notes had been written.
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That is truly bizarre!
Maybe it’s an urban legend, but I’ve heard that sometimes the parents of the bride or groom accompany the newlyweds on the honeymoon? What bride or groom would agree to have their in-laws on their honeymoon?!
my kids were ring bearer and flower girl years ago in a friend’s wedding and were both throwing up the day before the wedding.
the groom & his bro - who are doctors - snuck IVs and fluids out of the brother’s hospital, brought them over, pounded a nail in the wall and hooked them up to IVs for a full day. they made it through the ceremony just fine
(Wish they’d do that for us on other occasions! )
Honeymoon disaster.
I’ve told this before, but it always leaves me smh
H’s brother’s fiancée always wanted to go to a popular honeymoon designation that was a few hours drive from her hometown, where they were getting married…in June.
BIL was “in charge” of the honeymoon and he promised to take her there.
So, after the reception, off they drove and drove, arriving shortly after midnight…exhausted from the whole BIG DAY!
They walked up to the check-in desk and BIL asked for a room. Yup, he asked for a room! He had NOT made a reservation at a very popular honeymoon destination…in JUNE!!!
Of course, the destination was completely booked up, as well as everything else in the area. They had to turn around and drive awhile to some city (not a vacation area), spend the rest of the night. The next day they went home.
It had never crossed BIL’s mind that the place would not just have a room for them. He truly thought they could just show up!
SIL reminds BIL about this fiasco every so often.
bgbg4us, Hooking up recalcitrant/drunk wedding attendants to an IV maybe a way to discourage such behavior! 
My D had more than her share of IVs and really hates needles. Just the thought that if she doesn’t drink enough fluids she require an iv is usually enough for her to drinknas much as she can tolerate. When she doesn’t we know she’s a very ill puppy. 
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I have a friend who ended up doing a family trip abroad to a meaningful location, the bridal couple joined them for the first part of the trip & then all went their separate ways, so with the right people it can be a good thing
Alcoholic MIL (who drank way too much champagne) gave a toast that lasted 45 minutes before someone stopped her. Then, my mother gave a toast (quite short) in which she welcomed Glen into the family. Only problem was that DH’s name is NOT Glen. Fortunately, while there were a few male friends of mine at the wedding, none of them were named Glen.
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lol @dmd77 Did your mom ever say why/how she messed up your new-H’s name???
H and I went to a co-worker’s wedding and she had been very sick with the flu…and was still very sick. We didn’t know if the wedding would be cancelled or not. The day of the event she was pumped up with vitamin shots and made it thru. She’s a facebook friend and recently had her 30th anniversary. She posted a pic from the wedding and those of us who remembered could laugh with her (now) about how that all went down.
This is a very educational thread. I now realize that if nobody dies or is seriously ill at your wedding, it is not a disaster.
My own story doesn’t even compare.
The person who was supposed to arrange for the officiant for our civil ceremony (to be held at a private home) discovered the day before the wedding that the officiant couldn’t be there. During the ensuing hysterics, another family member (one not given to hysteria) found us another officiant via the telephone book. But if that hadn’t happened, so what? We could still have had the party (since it was too late to cancel the caterer and bartender), and we could have gone to City Hall the following day and gotten officially married.
Not a disaster, but strangely funny. My friend’s DS got engaged to a very much younger girl. She was conservative and chaste and quiet and from another state, My friend emailed the bride’s mother about dresses. Bride’s mother replied that her dress was “neutral” so pick any color.
Bride’s mother shows up in a long white gown with a train. Yes, fancier and strapless and like a sexier version of the wedding gown. Dances and drinks like there’s no tomorrow. But the bride thought it was all ok.
I wasn’t there so I don’t know how it ended…hope the couple can get beyond the mom…
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that is truly bizarre! Scene stealer!!
I wonder if she wore a fake baby-bump during her DD’s first pregnancy…hmmm
My youngest brother had a disaster-adverted wedding, thanks to having the rehearsal two days before the wedding rather than the night before.
We were all standing on the altar going thru the rehearsal, and when we got to the end, the priest asked my brother for the marriage license. The look on my brother’s face was sheer shock. Both he and the bride forgot to get their marriage license. It was on their list of “to do’s” that final week, but somehow got overlooked. If the rehearsal had been on a Friday night who knows what would have happened.
I suspect I will have a lot to contribute in a month or so. My niece is marrying her girlfriend and neither girl has very good taste. My poor sister is trying to walk the fine line between “it’s their wedding” and “oh God- that is NOT a good choice of______”.