As much as we all hope every wedding is picture perfect sometimes things do go wrong. Its important to keep in mind when planning your wedding that everything might not go as planned. From my experience if a bride rolls with it and keep a good attitude they’ll find the humor in it all. Here is a list of the things I’ve seen go wrong at weddings.
– Timelines are always the first to go….
– Drunk Bridesmaids throwing up in the bathroom *only occurs with younger crowds and open bars
– Names Spelt wrong on announcements, invites and information boards
– Missing family members
– Brides dress rips
– Brides dress won’t bustle
– Officiants show up late
o Many times Officiants will do multiple weddings in one day and traffic tends to occasionally hold things up.
– Bride dress day of wont fit
– Strapless Dress is so heavy it keeps falling
– People getting arrested for fighting
– Public screaming matches between the brides family and grooms family
– Rain outdoor ceremony no back up plan
– Air conditioning broken and its about 1000 degrees inside
– Jealous bridesmaid roast
– Unity sand container breaks
– Unity candles go out while trying to light it
– Fist fights where location had to call in additional security
– Flaky bridesmaids being flaky
– Brides late
– Grooms late
– Groom at alter forgets his vow, awkward silence….
– Groom refuses to take sunglasses off during the whole ceremony
– Bride’s mom falls off the chair during the Hora
– Really bad speeches
– Mother-in-law after trying to plan the wedding, calling the bride a bitch, decides to wear a white dress to a wedding
– 1000 degrees in Redlands during August. Outdoor wedding not one umbrella or an ounce of shade.
– Power goes out to the whole neighborhood
– Sprinklers go off during a backyard wedding
– Divorced parents getting upset at one another for bringing dates
When things go wrong I find brides handle it one of two ways.. They laugh it off and the party goes on or they get emotional cry and sometimes scream. Crying and screaming is generally a buzz kill. Guest tend to get freaked and want to leave.