Most people expect a wedding to follow a predictable script — a handful of traditional rituals, a few toasts, and some dancing. Nobody, however, prepares for a bride in a full gown sprinting down a bowling alley lane to dive headfirst into the pins. Or a couple turning their reception into a full-scale galactic battle, complete with a Jedi groom and Princess Leia bride.
These wild, funny, and occasionally unhinged wedding moments were shared on an online forum recently, and we’ve collected some of the best ones right here.
All these stories prove that no matter how much time and money you spend on logistics, you can never truly control human behavior or fate.
#41
I worked at a wedding facility. My favorite one was when we told this group that they were not allowed to lift grandma into the air while she sits on a chair. They are not designed for that and will break. Also keep in mind sometimes these chairs were set up and torn down for three separate weddings in one day and they were not handled lightly. Most had a bit of a wiggle.
They did it anyways. They got one good lift in, and on the second lift the chair shattered and Grandma fell. She was not seriously injured, just some scrapes and bruises, but nothing was broken.
We told you not to do that, lol.
They did it anyways. They got one good lift in, and on the second lift the chair shattered and Grandma fell. She was not seriously injured, just some scrapes and bruises, but nothing was broken.
We told you not to do that, lol.
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9points
#42
My moms ex husbands (older siblings father) girlfriend called my mom a fat jerk and I tried to fight her.
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8points
#43
Not in attendance, but a friend attended a wedding where the bride's father literally passed away after his speech to the bride and groom. I can't even imagine how jarring that would be.
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8points
#44

I worked in catering in high school and saw a ton of weddings. Two stick out the most.
Drunk best man hid under table before they announce bridge and groom. When she goes to sit he jumps out to scare her and she flips over her chair and ends up smashing her head.
Another time the tables had candle displays and bride managed to set her hair on fire.
Drunk best man hid under table before they announce bridge and groom. When she goes to sit he jumps out to scare her and she flips over her chair and ends up smashing her head.
Another time the tables had candle displays and bride managed to set her hair on fire.
8points
#45
This might seem tame, but I went to a wedding where the ceremony took place at like 1:30, and the reception wasn’t until way later in the evening. The ceremony took place at a church and was only 45 minutes, maybe an hour. Then the bridal party left for pictures. Then there was a small gathering with some food for the bridal party at someone’s house, but it was only open to members of the bride’s family. That meant the rest of the guests had nothing to do and nothing to eat for hours. The reception hall wasn’t open and the town where the wedding was didn’t have a lot to do. It’s wild to me because it’s just so….rude. Like they made a speech at the wedding thanking everybody for coming and how people came from far away for their wedding, yet they couldn’t be bothered to even put out food or open their home to other guests.
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#46

A bride was found in our city one Saturday evening alone, in her wedding gown, sitting on a curb with no sign of friends or family and no clues as to where her wedding celebration was taking place. She was so drunk she needed to be taken to detox and that’s exactly what they did.
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#47
I was the photographer at a wedding where the bride, groom, and both parties went on a bar hopping adventure on a party bus...before the ceremony. Talk about fun though. We walked straight off the bus into the ceremony. This wasn't a trashy wedding either, it was a beautiful venue with chandeliers and such. The entire wedding party was wasted. One of them was throwing up in the parking lot. They were all stumbling down the aisle. The bride couldn't stop laughing. It was something.
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#48
The one and only wedding I've been to was when I was maybe 7, I remember going to my mom's cousins wedding, everything was fine till later that night her new husband cheated on her at the after party and they broke up the next day. .
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#49
Watch a drunk women drop a strawberry in the chocolate fountain, then shove her arm in up to her wrist to fish it out….
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8points
#50
A bunch of drunk Scotsmen, in kilts, line dancing on the bar at a country and western bar. This was post wedding ceremony and pre reception. They just wanted a drink at the hotel bar before the reception started.
And no, there was nothing on under the kilts. I've never laughed as much as I did that night. It was awesome.
And no, there was nothing on under the kilts. I've never laughed as much as I did that night. It was awesome.
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8points
#51
The bride found out the groom had gambled thousands and hadn't been paying the mortgage. There were loads of wedding vendors including the hotel that still needed bills settling. She did not react well.
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#52
When I was 14, I was taken to a wedding for my mom’s friend. My mom’s husband groped the brides 12 year old daughter infront of me and I told him he was a pig. He threw me down a set of stairs.
Mom stayed married to him for another 7 years. Didn’t believe me he groped the girl, and didn’t care he threw me down a set of stairs.
Mom stayed married to him for another 7 years. Didn’t believe me he groped the girl, and didn’t care he threw me down a set of stairs.
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#53
After taking a phone call immediately before his speech, the father of the bride cried because hulk hogan died and not because his daughter was getting married.
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#54
Bride and groom wanted to do that dance where everyone lifts them up on chairs, despite neither of them being Jewish.
The guys holding the back of the brides chair lifted too much, and she fell off. It was filmed and ended up getting shown on that show Ridiculousness.
The guys holding the back of the brides chair lifted too much, and she fell off. It was filmed and ended up getting shown on that show Ridiculousness.
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#56
Was working the wedding bar, best mans speech made some reference/joke to a trip that basically confirmed some suspicion the bride had. Bride stormed out, best man kicked out of the room. All the guest kept drinking but the best man and groom ended up in a fight a few hours later with the police called.
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7points
#57
Groom was drunk. They never signed the papers. Didn’t spend much time together during the reception. Never ended up ever being married.
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7points
#58
Drunk bride at the reception having a major crying jag that she married the wrong guy. No the marriage did not last.
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#59
Went to a wedding of my wife’s high school friend. The actual ceremony was only about 5 minutes. During the entire reception the bride and groom did not interact except for their first dance. The entire night they were separated and in different groups.
Divorce came less than a year after the wedding.
Divorce came less than a year after the wedding.
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#60
The father of the bride dying of a massive heart attack 30 seconds into the maid of honor’s speech (who was also the brides twin sister) and about 60 seconds after completing his wedding speech. It was the worst thing I have ever seen in person.
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