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October 16, 2009

It's the day that every little girl dreams of the biggest party of one's life: her wedding day. So many details... so many things that can go wrong. The cake can fall, the band can suck, a wedding crasher can throw up on your mom's dress. But one man's disaster is another man's hilarious story. And here are some of our laugh-out-loud moments. Daphne Brogdon of Cool Mom asks, "What's your funniest wedding day story?"

Do you have a funny wedding story? Read some of our community's tales, and share your own here!

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Daphne Brogdon - Cool Mom Karen Walrond -Chookooloonks Mindy Roberts - The Mommy Blog Rebecca Woolf - Girl's Gone Child

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16 Comments

mmclaughlin

I didn't know that it was going to be my wedding day. I had weeks previously told my then boyfriend that if he was going to stay with me he was going to have to marry me. I had meant sometime in the future. Little did I know he took it literally. Valentine's day was coming up and it happened to be a Tuesday - the same days my newspaper at the time that I was Editor of had to go to print. Those days for me started at 8am and went until midnight. I told him I could only give him a couple hours for lunch in the middle of the day. He took it.

He also took me to the courthouse. The same room you get married in is the area you get passports so being the woman I am - with no passport - I thought it sweet we were going to get some so we could travel someday. Nope. We sat down at a desk and the woman started asking questions. Her last one was, "what is the date of the wedding?" and of course she looked at me. I shrugged as the man sitting next to me said, "we have an appointment in 10 minutes."
(!!!)

We waited in the hall for about 5 and then they called us in. He took a ring out of his sock and married me. Possibly the even bigger part of this story is that he 1) did the whole process online from his laptop while I was sitting next to him on the couch working on my laptop the week prior, and 2) He had no car at the time since he worked from home and only needed a bicycle so he had a friend drive him down to the courthouse to finalize for the coming big day and to take him to the shop to buy my ring.
We left the courthouse and went and had my ring sized and ate burger king for our first lunch as man and wife. Then I went back to the newspaper and had to send it to print before coming home to my new husband at midnight. It's now been 3 and a half years. <3

Sat, 2009-11-07 19:11

fitmamastoll

My husband thought this was funny, so I thought I'd share...after a long wedding day (that I still feel my best day ever in my life) after having never left the dance floor during our reception and staying until the last guest left for the night, my husband and I walked to our hotel room/honeymoon suite. On the way there, my husband thought we should have a bottle of bubbly to cap off the day/night - my feet were sore so he told me to wait at the top of the stairs and he'd be right back. He took off sprinting back to our reception tent to grab a bottle of champagne...because he was a chivalrous man he wanted to carry me over the threshold and bc he had decorated the room himself he wanted to see it firsthand with me, gone less than five minutes he rushed back with the champagne in hand and found me slumped over on the stairs asleep on the stairs!! Not passed out from too much booze - just dead tired. He thought it was so endearing..he snapped a photo then scooped me up and brought me to our room. To this day, he gives me a hard time now and then poking fun at how the anticipation of our wedding night was so exciting that I fell asleep - LOL

Fri, 2009-10-23 08:48

amyz5

funny episode.

my story:
1. got married in a loft in May with record heat – no AC

2. used hot new caterer with chic actor waitstaff at the buffet - ran out of food

3. all 4 grandparents attending - their limo got stuck in traffic, extended the pre-service cocktail hour and everyone was a bit drunk for the nuptials.

but hey, 24 years later and still married (and still laughing).

Sun, 2009-10-18 21:23

mommytoall

Kaltura

Yes eventually i got my dress we got ahold of someone in the church with keys

Fri, 2009-10-16 15:11

mommytoall

Oh one thing I forgot you know how u save the top of the weeding cake for a yr so we had it wrapped and boxed and put in my father-in-law( and neighbor) Freezer so it would be safe on our 1 yr anniversary we were gonna open it up and see if it was edible But it was Gone! asked Pops where it was he said I ate that along time ago was Good with my coffee ( he doesn't always understand everything ) LMBO

Fri, 2009-10-16 15:22

minerva682

I didn't have anything horrible happen on my wedding day, thankfully. We got married at an Inn and our afternoon reception was right off the main lobby in a beautiful room over looking the river. I guess other couples in the Inn for other reasons thought it was a nice wedding because they came in to sign our guest book and several witnesses saw a couple dancing just outside the room our reception was in.

After the reception was over I went to my room to change out of my gown because my mom was going to take it home so I didn't have to take in on our honeymoon. On my way back down the elevator in my regular clothes I lady asked if I saw the wedding and said it was beautiful. It make me feel nice to get a compliment like that. I never let on to her that I was in fact the bride.

Fri, 2009-10-16 13:30

jennchantal

At the end of our wedding in Kauai, my husband and I went down the waterslide in my wedding dress and his suit - literally taking the plunge! A bunch of our guests jumped into the pool after us.

And then my new mother-in-law pushed one of my unsuspecting friends (who had her blackberry in the purse she was holding) into the pool. Awesome.

Fri, 2009-10-16 12:21

Irisblossom81

My brother was drunk about half way through the reception. Most of us were feeling good, but he was stumbling and very happy drunk. He couldn't even do the chicken dance correctly, which the DJ stopped the music to point out to the entire party at the reception (another reason not to get married in a small town where you've knonw every for years). At the end of the night, my drunken brother and a drunken bridesmaid decide to go home together, except they can't drive. So my dad drove them to a hotel and rented them a room for the night. My brother has since received several chicken dance toys just to serve as a reminder of that night!

Fri, 2009-10-16 11:28

ktbuffy

I had this idea in my head of doing somethign really different for our wedding -- some historic house somewhere, maybe -- but then we got a great deal at a country club, and I'm enough of a budget fanatic for think, yeah, that sounds great. We couldn't get married in my family church because my husband had been divorced, so we literally asked the club manager if he could recommend a church nearby, and he was like, "Yeah, the reverend of the nearby Huguenot church is a member here -- good golfer -- and his wife works with my wife." Good enough for us!

But it turned out fantastically. We were frugal about everything but the band, and that allowed us to get a wonderful five-piece swing band (that were playing when my husband proposed). What I remember most about the day was having a fantastic time dancing. Everyone -- from the littlest kids to my uncle who's a bit of a curmudgeon -- said it was the best wedding they'd been to.

Which was personally gratifying since my older sister got engaged after us and married before us, just six months previously!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doyceandkate/2545662793/sizes/l/in/set-7215...

Fri, 2009-10-16 10:49

Jojo

Thanks for this, ladies. I needed it today. I read the description and started rolling my eyes and sighing. Every girl's dream, a wedding?! WTF???

I was way off-base. These are some great stories. It's nice to have a laugh on a very rainy and dismal day. I had a very traditional church wedding and then we all went out for dim sum. Perfect. My dress was white but off-the-rack for about $100 somewhere. My monster-in-law paid for the photographer (who insisted on having my husband stand so that he was artificially elevated to look taller) and then my m-i-l refused to give us our cheesy pictures for four years.

Fri, 2009-10-16 09:23

Daphne

I had the same reaction when I read that line too. I thought, "oh, was this cut differently." I so enjoyed everyone's story and seeing their wedding selves it could have gone on longer. I'm sure there is enough material for a round 2.

Mon, 2009-10-19 15:45

MeMyselfandMommy

This is hilarious! I love your stories...

So my bridesmaids and I were rushing to get ready and out of the door. We were running very late for pictures (we were supposed to be there at 9am to be gone before the guys got there at 10am). So we're finally ready, and I insist on driving myself to have something to keep my mind busy. Half way there my maid of honor goes, "Oh my god, I forgot to put on underwear!" We all die laughing, and still laugh about it today.

We get through pictures finally, and then leave so the guys can come get their pictures in real quick. The wedding was totally outdoors (thank you for the beautiful weather), so we were driving to a secret location for a limo to come pick us up. While we were waiting I had this sudden urge to pee. The public bathroom's were closed at the park, so we went into a very old Safe-Way and asked to use the employee bathroom. We were running around the store and everyone was staring at us. "Are you getting married today?" "No I dress this was every Saturday morning, and they all planned their outfits to match." Crazy people. We all squeeze into the bathroom to pee, and I realize that the string that is hanging down from the lace up back is long enough that I might trip on it. So we asked the cashier if she had any scissors. They did not. They had a razer blade instead. In the middle of the store, my bridesmaids are digging under my dress, my legs are spread, and they are cutting off the string with a very dull razor blade. Before we left the store, I decided that I NEEDED Tic-tacs to get through the day. We had no cash, and they accepted no cards. So we searched for change, and I think may have begged for change to get to a dollar.

Fri, 2009-10-16 08:55

Claire

We were planning a huge wedding... HUGE, in New Orleans. About 6 months before the wedding we were driving home and we both looked at each other and said at the same time "Let's just get married". So we nixed the wedding plans, I returned my wedding dress and bought a simpler dress. We invited just immediate family, contacted the Justice of the Peace and exactly 6 months to the day before our original planned wedding, got married in my dad's back yard, at 8pm, by candlelight.
The JP was over an hour late. My in laws were late. The wedding was suppose to start at 7 but we did not really care, we were getting married.
As I was dressing, my soon to be MIL came in to the room. She said she wanted to talk so we sat down. I was expecting a heart felt talk or something along those lines but noooo, she flat out stated that if I wanted to run she would support my decision 100%. WHAT?!?!? That was it, no "Welcome to the family" no "I am happy that you are marrying my son"...
I went ahead with the wedding anyway. We flubbed our vows, nothing went as planned but we were married!
We had a sit down dinner, all 12 of us. From the entire night THIS is what stands in the front of my mind the most. My grandfather wanted to make a toast. He stood up, (he was in his early 80's at the time) held up his wine glass and proceeded to yell so loud that I swear people on the other side of the world could hear, "You are gonna get lucky tonight!". That was his toast, 6 words, about us having sex tonight. LMAO!

Fri, 2009-10-16 08:01

kristanhoffman

Haha, what a great, funny episode! I love everyone's stories, especially Rebecca's, and that pic of Mindy was gorgeous (although yeah a little on the skeletal side :P). Thanks for sharing, y'all!

Fri, 2009-10-16 06:12

danielle

I'm not sure why they thought to give my cousin a book on marriage counseling jokingly or not it may not have been the best gift

Wed, 2010-03-10 04:08

spanglishmommy

LOL Rebecca, that Ave Maria story is way too funny.

I was almost two hours late to my wedding (we got married in a resort in the Dominican Republic). When I FINALLY got there, I was standing with my father just about to walk down the aisle when the photographer said "What happened did you forget your bouquet?" Ugggghhhh!! "YES So Sorry we can't start yet." My sister-in-law got in the back of some resort worker's moped and went to get it. So, we stood there for another 7 minutes or so while everyone stared and wondered and whispered.

Fri, 2009-10-16 05:00