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.
#61
Drunk guest sneaking off at night time to swim in the large river next to the wedding site. Thought they had secretly got away from the family trying to stop them, only to stand in front of a big spotlight and have their shadow of getting undressed to skinny dip projected onto the cliffs above the river for everyone to see.
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7points
#62
Between the ceremony and the reception, the groom and his guests got word that his beloved grandfather, who was in hospital at the time, had passed. The groom and half the reception was in tears and chose not to attend the reception, instead heading to the grandparents house to take care of grandma. The marriage seemed a bit cursed after that and they divorced a while later.
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6points
#63
I was at a wedding yesterday. And the hummus came out before the utensil for the humus came out. People legit just started grabbing handfuls of it and putting it on their plates. Was hilarious and gross.
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6points
#64
Oh this past month I attended a wedding and a friend of the bride introduced herself to me in a most memorable way. I was chatting with her husband (I'm married as well) things like "the bride is gorgeous" and "I'm so happy for the two of them".
His wife walked up to us and grinded on his leg and simultaneously let out a horrific fart. She followed it up by flashing me her boob ring. This all happened right in front of the wedding party... I'll nerve forget that. She then grabbed his hand and announced that they were going to do it in the bathroom. I'm pretty sure there's trouble in paradise based on her behavior.
His wife walked up to us and grinded on his leg and simultaneously let out a horrific fart. She followed it up by flashing me her boob ring. This all happened right in front of the wedding party... I'll nerve forget that. She then grabbed his hand and announced that they were going to do it in the bathroom. I'm pretty sure there's trouble in paradise based on her behavior.
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6points
#65
My mom taking 5 slices of cake when there we're some people not even being abled to get a single slice. Like me. It was a white chocolate cake my aunt made for her own wedding. I love my aunts cakes, she makes really good brownies too, anyway. It's not that wild. But terribly selfish.
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6points
#66
Mother of the groom getting drunk before the ceremony began, then increasingly belligerent, aggressive, and getting escorted out of the reception by security.
No wait. I /can/ believe that.
No wait. I /can/ believe that.
5points
#67
The best man recalled in his speech the time that he and the groom went to a brothel together.
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5points
#68
On the dance floor one couple was 2stepping and the guy decided to flip the girlfriend in a dress not knowing she wasn’t wearing any underwear, safe to say everyone watching also found out she wasn’t wearing any underwear.
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5points
#69
My veil caught fire. I don't even know who was supposed to lift it before I did the stupid 'Unity Candle' blow out. I was 22 years old.
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5points
#70
MAGA wedding. And not trailer trash, it was at a really really nice venue and was easily a $40k wedding. They wore MAGA hats (with the wedding dress!) and wrapped themselves in an American flag for photos. All of their “getting ready” photos had weird MAGA paraphernalia in them - the photo of the rings had his PBA card and the red cap in it. At the reception, they wore full jumpsuits with DT’s face on them.
I’m shocked that the photographer, the venue, or literally anyone in attendance didn’t put their foot down.
I’m shocked that the photographer, the venue, or literally anyone in attendance didn’t put their foot down.
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5points
#71
Not THAT wild but my brother got married, I (with permission) invited my BIL and dude he was dating to party at reception. It’s late, my husband and I ordered an uber. BIL and friend jumped in and left us stranded.
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5points
#72
At my wedding two of the groom's cousins got in a fist fight. They were brother and sister.
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4points
#73
In the grooms speech he said, thanks for all the gifts but the best gift is the one I will unwrap later and looked at the bride. He was sat along side the brides parents.
Absolute silence. I was the best man so I did my speech and the night carried on. All the guests kept coming to me and saying how shocking it was. We all stayed in the hotel that night and in the morning everyone was saying it was actually quite funny but shocking at the time.
Everyone in the direct family are all quite chilled people and we have laughed about it since, but the wedding photography guy said in all his years thats the single funniest thing he ever heard.
Absolute silence. I was the best man so I did my speech and the night carried on. All the guests kept coming to me and saying how shocking it was. We all stayed in the hotel that night and in the morning everyone was saying it was actually quite funny but shocking at the time.
Everyone in the direct family are all quite chilled people and we have laughed about it since, but the wedding photography guy said in all his years thats the single funniest thing he ever heard.
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4points
#74
Sitting through a catholic wedding and the bride and groom had their nephew baptized right in the middle of their sermon lecture thing. It was pre-arranged because that was the only time their favorite priest was going to be at that church for a long time. It added about 90 minutes to the wedding ceremony.
Or the groom's mom getting plastered and crying hysterically during the whole thing and everyone ignoring her like it wasn't happening the whole time.
Or the groom's mom getting plastered and crying hysterically during the whole thing and everyone ignoring her like it wasn't happening the whole time.
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4points
#75
This is a very innocent one.
When I was 6 I was in a wedding as the flower girl.
Before the ceremony started I had already broken 2 pairs of leotards (it was winter and I was wearing elegant shorts, early 90s style).
By lunch, I had broken 4.
After the pictures were done, my parents gave up and let me run with nothing else .
Yes, my parents knew me very well, they came prepared with 3 pairs, my grandmother had to run and purchase a few more.
When I was 6 I was in a wedding as the flower girl.
Before the ceremony started I had already broken 2 pairs of leotards (it was winter and I was wearing elegant shorts, early 90s style).
By lunch, I had broken 4.
After the pictures were done, my parents gave up and let me run with nothing else .
Yes, my parents knew me very well, they came prepared with 3 pairs, my grandmother had to run and purchase a few more.
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4points
#76
I was a wedding dj for like 12 years, saw all sorts of stuff.
One wedding I felt particularily bad for was the beautiful lodge hotel where everyone got to sleep at the end of the night surrounded by wilderness.
During the ceremony, I could tell the bride was getting a bit sloppy drunk, but didnt take much notice.
During the reception not long after, they could barely do their first dance and the groom had to carry his new wife over his shoulder and into a room... she passed out for the rest of the night.
One wedding I felt particularily bad for was the beautiful lodge hotel where everyone got to sleep at the end of the night surrounded by wilderness.
During the ceremony, I could tell the bride was getting a bit sloppy drunk, but didnt take much notice.
During the reception not long after, they could barely do their first dance and the groom had to carry his new wife over his shoulder and into a room... she passed out for the rest of the night.
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3points