I don’t know about you, Pandas, but all the weddings I’ve been to have been truly magical and magnificent. Of course, some minor mishaps are unavoidable, but overall, they were great experiences that I’d happily revisit in real-life, not just photos. If you go on the internet, however, you quickly learn that fairytale weddings aren’t always the norm: some are disasters of epic proportions. Disasters that you can’t stop reading about.
Unfortunately, it’s not all classy receptions, coordinated dress codes, and bright smiles everywhere, as the redditors in this viral thread showed. They spoke about some of the worst and ‘trashiest’ celebrations of love they’d ever witnessed. And it just goes to show once again that fact can truly be stranger than fiction.
Scroll down to read about some of the strangest weddings that will make you go, “Wait, what?!” As you’re reading, don’t forget to upvote the ones that made your jaws drop, Pandas. And if you’re in the mood for some more examples of what people should never ever do at weddings, check out Bored Panda’s earlier article right here.

#21

Rich french people where we didn't know anyone and despite costing major coin, there were two tiers of invitees. Those that got orange juice peanuts for snack food and those that got the real [stuff], like champagne and finger sandwiches. The cocktail party was literally on two sides of a courtyard and people who didn't get the champagne had to stay to one side.
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91points
#23
So I'm a Minister and I was approached by a couple that wasn't that well off so I donated my services. The day of the wedding arrives and we decide to do it illegally in a state park without a permit. I'm the only person in there that didn't have multiple, awful tattoos. The bride was late by half an hour. Naturally the groom is stressed waiting on his bride so he produces a joint,takes a hit and offers it to me and the father of the bride. I respectfully decline. The bride arrives and her brothers play "God gave me you" over car speakers. The only problem is that no one thought to actually download the song so they were relying on data,in a state park. Naturally it takes forever for the song to buffer so the bride is standing there awkwardly hand-in-hand with her screaming daughter. To no one's surprise they were trying to play the song off of YouTube so an ad plays first. The bride walks down the aisle yelling at her daughter to shut up the whole time. I do my part,then the couple recites their vows,and now for the rings. Well, there are no rings. Instead the bride and groom to be decided to get tattooed rings so I had them fist bump while saying in unison "with this ring I thee wed".
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82points
#24

My cousin who, let's say, isn't playing with a full deck and thought that she had hired a caterer because she sat at a bar one night and said to this lady "you should do the food for my wedding". Waited until about an hour after the food should have logically arrived before starting to make some phone calls, only to find out that the "caterer" was on vacation in Costa Rica and had no idea that the bride thought she was doing food for the wedding. Dominoes to the rescue about 2 hours later. But the reception being at a bowling ally with a keg in the middle of the dance floor was completely planned.
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80points
#25

My aunt married her third husband in Waffle House in Atlanta Georgia. They chose the booth where Kid Rock was once arrested.
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79points
#26
It wasn't trashy because of anything the couple did. But.... ...my friend walks down the aisle and the pastor is drunk. So he starts off with "We are here to celebrate the love between Daniel and.... what's her face." And it just goes downhill from there. I have never laughed at so many weird references in a ceremony before or after. He talked about not letting her uncle interfere in their sex life and how it was a marriage bed, not a marriage couch or kitchen table...
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76points
#27

The Groom is a plumber. The flowers the men wore on their lapels were mini toilets with flowers in them. The centerpieces were plungers. No, I'm not making this up.
64points
#28

The groom showed up in a Hooters T-shirt. Turns out they had actually been divorced for 6 months at the time of the ceremony. The bride celebrated her honeymoon by checking herself into a mental hospital the day after the ceremony.
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64points
#29

My mom's fifth.
It was a bbq grill out. The preacher showed up, shared a beer with the groom, they sat in lawn chairs and insulted minorities for a bit. Groom asked if he could say his vows from said lawn chair. Mom said no.
After the vows we had to make our own food if we were hungry. Groom pulled out his phone and began looking up football scores. My mom sat at the table alone with the cake.
I got the hell out of there.
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63points
#30

A friend of mine hired me to play music with him at a ceremony, but as is customary in those situations I didn't know who was getting married until they showed up. Here's the backstory.
My wife was working for a corporation and one of her team members was a guy who was happily married to his high school sweetheart and had two young daughters. Another of their coworkers was his best friend, who was single. Let's call the married guy Phil, his wife Kim, and his BFF Tim. Tim was a short, mousey kind of guy who had trouble getting dates, so Phil and Kim used to bring him along is situations where he'd normally be a third wheel - going sailing, going out to eat at nice restaurants, and so on. Phil didn't mind 'cause Tim was such a good friend and he felt bad that he was lonely.
So one time Phil is going out of town and he suggests that Kim and Tim keep each other company while he's gone. Well, that's exactly what they did, and when Phil got back his high school sweetheart announced that she and Tim were now an item and he was no longer in the picture.
So imagine my surprise when the wedding couple shows up and Tim comes up to say hello to me. The cringiest part of the whole thing was Tim bringing Phil's daughters up during the wedding vows and talking about how he loved them like his own and how he was going to take care of them, etc. Those poor little girls looked like they wanted to crawl under a rock and die.
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62points
#31

A few weeks before the wedding, the groom posts to facebook about how he's never getting married. A week before the ceremony, the groom disappears. After a couple days with no contact, the bride cancels the catering and the hall.
The day before the wedding, the groom shows up and and agrees to get married. With everything canceled, they decide to hold an outdoor wedding in a local park, and have everyone over at their house for KFC.
The groom was late to the ceremony, leading most people to think he bailed at the last minute. When he arrived, the bride chewed him out while she "hid" behind some bushes so he wouldn't see her. The officiant was an old man in a trucker hat who "sang" the ceremony.
The reception is in their backyard, and a bring your own chair affair. The problem with that is that they took possession of the house the day before the ceremony and literally didn't have time to clean the house (and most importantly the bathroom) from the horrific state the previous owners left it in. My wife used the bathroom at the gas station down the road; that's how bad it was.
All told, I can't blame the bride for throwing together a wedding in a day. However, no one was all that surprised to learn their marriage lasted 3 weeks.
61points
#32

I once helped cater a hunting themed wedding, complete with camo print dress and tuxedos.
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60points
#33
The couple got married wearing matching Alabama University track suits. The bouquet was red and white roses with beer can tabs and little golden footballs dangling down from ribbons. The bride and groom were not alumni.
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54points
#34

My grandmother in-law went to a giraffe themed wedding for a guy with 3 baby mamas and an uncountable amount of kids. The bride and bridesmaids were in giraffe print dresses. There was also a giraffe cake and various sized giraffe ornaments scattered about.
51points
#35

my sisters. Her husband's mother wore a track suit to the wedding, the kicker is the track suit looked like it was from the 90's
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48points



