This article was originally published on Kueez
Your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life. You are standing up in front of your friends and family, professing how much you love someone. Usually, there are a few hiccups on the day of the wedding, but we found some horror stories about wedding days turning into disasters. As Murphy's Law states, anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and things went horribly wrong for these people. From missing dresses to venue mishaps, these are the worst things that can happen on your wedding day. Prepare to be in shock and possibly laugh at other people's wedding misfortunes.
1. "Did You Hear What The Bride Did?!"
This person always felt like the third wheel with his brother and sister because they were so close. When his sister got engaged, he could tell his brother was pissed off about something. On the day of the wedding, no one could find the brother. About halfway through the ceremony, everyone heard a car outside, and then the church doors crashed open.
The man running into the church was the bride's brother, who was drunk and naked and screaming that he objected to the wedding. He revealed that he had been sleeping with his sister for many years, and when she got pregnant, she had an abortion, which made him upset. The wedding was immediately canceled and the groom left right away. The siblings were excommunicated from their family and taken out of their parent's will.
2. "I Object!"
Have you ever seen a movie where someone stands up and objects to the marriage? You might assume that that doesn't happen in real life. At one wedding, while the bride and groom were at the alter, someone stood up and started proclaiming their love for the bride.
It gets better, though. The man who was proclaiming his love for the bride was sitting next to his wife. The bride and groom were absolutely mortified.
3. Might Contain Peanuts
When you get married, you want people to enjoy the food that you are serving at your reception. A person who worked at a catering company shared a story of one of the weirdest experiences from a wedding they catered. At the wedding, they were serving the desserts and announced that one of the cookies had peanuts in it.
A woman walked up and took one of the peanut cookies and suddenly went into anaphylactic shock. They called an ambulance immediately, and on her way to the hospital, she passed away. According to people who knew this woman, she knew that the cookies contained peanuts and that she was allergic.
4. "He's The Father!"
If you have ever seen The Maury Povich Show and wondered if that happens in real life, well this story will answer that question. At her brother-in-law's wedding, a woman saw his ex walk in even though she wasn't invited. The groom's ex was carrying a baby, and it was quite confusing.
When they said, "are there any objections," she stood up with the baby and a paternity test and said the baby was his. Since she had proof, he couldn't deny it. He couldn't even say that it happened before he got together with the bride because they had been dating for three years, and the baby was only two months old.
5. "Roll The Tape"
Sometimes it takes a lot to convince your friends a man is not right for them. A girl shared the story about her friend, who was getting married to a toxic man. The bride's friends called him Mr. Toxic. Well, one night, the bride's friends were at a bar, and they saw Mr. Toxic making out with another woman, so they filmed it. They proceeded to go over to the bride's house and show her the video. She said she didn't want to marry him, but she felt guilty because they had planned and paid for almost everything.
Her friends decided to go to her dad, who was a tough-looking guy and show him the video. He was infuriated and came up with a plan to make the ceremony a "gotcha" surprise. On the day of the ceremony, the bride's dad brought a large TV to plug in at the venue. When he walked his daughter down the aisle, the video of the groom cheating started playing on the TV. The groom turned a ghostly white and immediately left. Once he was gone, the father of the bride yelled, "let's party," and everyone enjoyed the night. Six months later, she met the perfect man, and they got married.
6. Sister Wives
When her boyfriend's friend was having a quick wedding and needed witnesses, this woman took the opportunity to experience this interesting wedding. In the small room, it was just the two witnesses, the bride and groom, and the pastor. During the ceremony, the woman noticed another woman walk in and lean against the back wall. The woman looked pissed off, and when it came time to ask if there was an objection the bride finally noticed the woman standing in the back. She said, "what is she doing here?"
The woman standing in the back then said she objected to the wedding. The bride replied, "shut up. Wait your turn. it's my scheduled day." The two witnesses ha no idea what was going on until the ceremony was over. It turns out the bride had been dating her husband for ten years until he started sleeping with her sister. The groom got both of them pregnant, and couldn't decide who he loved more, so he kept seeing both of them. The babies they had ended up being best friends. The witness said they are still together, and he even as a third pregnant mistress.
7. Marking His Territory
There was a wedding where the groom got so drunk before the wedding even started. After a few hours, he can barely stand up, but manages to tell his new father-in-law that he needs to tell him something in the bathroom.
When they went into the bathroom, the groom decided to pee all over the wall and then walk out, leaving his father-in-law in shock. No one ever talked about it after that.
8. A Wedding And A Funeral
Some weddings don't go exactly as planned, and this one ended in a deadly way. During the wedding reception, the groom attacked his new brother-in-law to death.
To top it off, he used the knife that was to cut the wedding cake.
9. Too Young
Getting married at a young age doesn't always work out, and that was the case for these two young lovers. A girl and her husband met during their junior year of high school and moved in together by senior year. The girl's sister was not a fan of him and knew he was hitting on other girls before they got engaged.
They went ahead with the wedding, but it was a disaster. The bride's step-mother read a poem that she made up halfway through the ceremony, and the groom's drunken father crashed the wedding. After the wedding, the bride found out that the groom had been texting her step-mom. She eventually divorced him.
10. The Shady Groom
It is probably not a good idea to invite your ex to your wedding, especially your ex-wife. A guy went to a wedding with his girlfriend who knew the bride and groom. As the ceremony started, the groom's ex-wife started shouting in the middle of the ceremony and was escorted out. There was a lot of alcohol and everyone was getting drunk. During the reception, the guy walks into the bathroom and sees someone who looks like the groom with a woman who is not the bride.
Since the guy didn't know the couple well, he wasn't sure it was the groom. Sometime later, his girlfriend says they should leave, and on the way out, they spot the same man going to town on a woman that is not the bride. It turns out the groom had been fooling around with his ex-wife for most of the reception.
11. Grandpa Wouldn't Miss This Wedding
When you care about someone, you will do anything to be there on their special day. Leading up to this person's friend's wedding, he knew that the bride was not close to her family beside her 90-year-old grandpa. He was in poor health so they held the wedding in his backyard. Just 2 days before the wedding, he had a massive heart attack and was rushed to the emergency room.
The doctors recommended that he stayed in the hospital or moved to hospice care. The grandpa insisted on leaving to get to his granddaughter's wedding. He left the hospital and went home to see the wedding without asking the doctors. The family was upset that he escaped from the hospital, but he managed to see the wedding, have a few beers, and sleep in his bed before returning to the hospital a day later.
12. Attention-in-Law
At a friend's wedding, this person witnessed the most bizarre scene. The ceremony and reception were held next to a lake, so everyone dressed accordingly because of the grass and less dressy setting. The bride's sister-in-law showed up in sky-high heels and a bedazzled tight dress. She clearly didn't get the memo about the attire, and throughout the ceremony, the microphone up front could pick up her saying, "bloody bugs, bloody pine needles, stupid dirt."
After the ceremony, the guests head towards the reception, and the sister-in-law stars throwing her shoes at her husband. She cuts his face, and people start helping him to stop the bleeding and take him to the hospital for stitches. She decides to grab the attention and jumps into the lake. Her father yells at her to get out of the lake, and they all drive off.
13. Off To A Great Start
One bride shared a story of how her husband went out the night before the wedding with her father and his father. The groom got wasted and the next day he was badly hungover. The bride's father had to help him get dressed. During the ceremony, the bride had to hold him up so he wouldn't fall over.
On the way to the reception, they had to pull the limo over so the groom could pee, and then he started having a tantrum. When they go to the party, he ate dinner in silence. To make matters worse, the bride's step-brother showed up high and fell asleep in his pasta.
14. "No Lonnie!"
When someone acts up at a wedding they deserve to be kicked out. No one should ruin your big day. Someone shared the story about being kicked out of their cousin's wedding with 20 other people. The bride's father and her cousin never got along, and during the reception, they had a heated argument.
There had been a pig roast for dinner, so the bride's cousin looking at a handful of people to help him, and they went and got a 20-pound bag of the leftover pig, came back to the table, and hit the bride's father with it. His aunt yelled, "Lonnie, NO!!" A fight ensued, and the family was never invited to another wedding.
15. Betrayal Leaves A Bitter Taste
Usually, you can predict how a wedding is going to go. There is the ceremony, cocktail hour, and then a reception, and not much happens out of the ordinary. At one particular wedding, things were going smoothly until someone decided to make a major announcement in the middle of the ceremony.
A man in the back of the room stood up and yelled, "She sucked me 30 minutes ago." Everyone was in utter shock, and the bride burst into tears. The groom immediately walked away, and it's safe to say the wedding was canceled.
16. An Unlikely Pairing
Sometimes it is hard to tell when a couple is going to last because 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. A husband and wife attended a wedding, and from the beginning, they did not think the couple would last. The groom seemed a bit odd, and they only thought they would last about two years.
They ended up having a child, but two years later things took a turn for the worst. The bride found out that her husband had lied about his past and education. Money was a huge issue for them and caused many fights.
17. Dark Family Secrets
Every family has their secrets and problems, but nothing like this family. This wedding story affected the generations to come. Someone's aunt was getting married, and her great-grandma stood up in the middle of the ceremony and said, "She is not a smith, she is getting married under false pretenses."
No one knew what she was talking about and she started to go on a delirious rant. She was removed from the church and the wedding continued. Fast forward fifty years later when her great-grandmother was dying and she admitted that the aunt's father was not biological. Unfortunately, she was never able to find out her real father was.
18. An Arranged Affair
In some cultures arranged marriages still exist. One banquet manager shared the story of a bizarre wedding he witnessed. The bride was at least 20 years younger and only 20 people were in attendance for the wedding. There was only one decoration and it was a heart-shaped picture of the bride and groom.
When the bride and groom entered the reception for the first time, someone played "I Got A Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas on a CD player. This was the only song that played the entire reception on repeat until the CD ended, and they had to restart it.
19. Bridezilla
Dealing with siblings who are getting married can be tricky. A woman was her sister's maid-of-honor and unpaid wedding planner. She described her sister as a bridezilla because she planned and paid for an expensive wedding shower, but her sister also demanded and a costly gift from her registry.
The bride wanted everything planned down to the very last detail because she is a micromanager. After everything was said and done, the marriage didn't last for more than three years.
20. Break Up, Then Make up, Then Break Up Again
One couple broke up at their rehearsal dinner because the bride was mad that her brother wasn't second in the order of groomsmen. The next day, everyone shows up to the church, not knowing if the bride will show up, but she does even though they are broken up.
In the middle of the ceremony, the bride's mother starts yelling that she objects and then leaves with her family. The bride then looks at her groom and says, "told you you should have put my brother second instead of fifth." The ceremony keeps going and the couple got divorced less than a year later.
21. Wedding Crashers
Sometimes families aren't always the most supportive of same-sex marriages, but love is love. At one same-sex marriage, the family of one spouse was very religious, and they had been estranged for years due to their child's sexuality. The family found out about the wedding and showed up even though they weren't invited.
They walked in in the middle of the ceremony and started yelling that they did not approve of the wedding. Guests at the wedding helped escort them out of the ceremony and locked the doors so they couldn't get back in. Although they were locked out, they continued to yell outside until the wedding was over.
22. Saving The First Kiss For Marriage
There are some people who wait to be intimate with their partners until marriage, but they usually have their first kiss prior to the wedding. One couple decided to wait till their wedding to have their first kiss, and the crowd had to witness this awkward moment.
The person who attended this wedding described their first kiss as "dogs licking their bowl clean.' It was not something anyone wanted to witness, and the bride looked disappointed by the kiss.
23. "How Long Do You Think These Two Will Last?"
When you see a toxic relationship, it is hard to support. This woman went to her husband's friend's wedding, where no one was supportive of the couple's relationship, including their families. The wedding was only immediate family and a few of the groom's friends. It was also the shortest ceremony this woman had ever witnessed.
The wedding was on the day of a sports final, so everyone had their phones out to watch the game during the ceremony. When they announced that they were husband and wife, no one was paying attention. During the reception there was a betting pool going around for how long it would take the couple to get divorced.
24. Groomzilla
We have all heard of "bridezillas," but now there is a story about a "groomzilla." Like any couple planning a wedding, there has to be some shared responsibility. One bride would give her fiance a list of tasks to complete, and as soon as she left, he would boss around the party planner.
During the planning period, the groom would come to meetings late, and he would be drunk when he did arrive. He expected the bride to handle everything, which is a good indication of how their future will be.
25. Every Party Has A Pooper
This woman told the story of her brother's wedding. She was a bridesmaid and said the bride was superficial throughout their entire relationship, and she was snippy during the wedding planning. The bride's sister-in-law planned the bachelorette party, and the bride was angry that her two sisters-in-law were having a conversation. When the rehearsal dinner came around, the bride sent her sister-in-law to do all the last-minute errands.
The bride was complaining about the sister-in-law on the day of the wedding and barely smiled the entire time. She refused to dance after her first dance, and even opened the gifts at the wedding. The couple remained married for about five years before getting divorced.
26. Mother Dearest
Dealing with your parents at your wedding can be challenging at times. During a friend's wedding, someone witnessed the mother of the groom stand up to give a speech. She was an abusive alcoholic, and no one was expecting her to speak.
She was clearly drunk, and she started ranting about how much of a loser she thought the bride was. The groom took the microphone away from his mom and kicked her out of the reception.
27. Marrying Into Crazy
You can choose the person you love, but you can't choose their family. One person went to her brother-in-law's wedding and his crazy ex decided to crash the party. She went on a rant stating that she forgave him for breaking up with her and he could stop pretending to be over her. Everyone was thoroughly confused by this outburst.
The ex decided to claim that she was pregnant with his child even though they hadn't been together in over three years. The groom said she was his biggest mistake and the best man had to escort her out and call the police.
28. No Laughing Matter
People who work at wedding venues have the most interesting stories. A woman shared the story of a time when she was working at a wedding and during the ceremony, the best man decided to object to the marriage by making jokes about the time he slept with the bride.
The best man thought the groom knew about it, but that was not the case. Things got awkward quickly, and the wedding was canceled, and everyone went home.
29. Dance Till The World Ends
Many small parties usually lead up to the wedding like the engagement party. At one engagement party, someone witnessed the groom try to carry his fiance away to show off his manly-ness.
The bride-to-be was pretty drunk and slapped him across the face because she wasn't done dancing. She started screaming at him to put her down so she could continue to get her groove on.
30. Worst Guest Ever
There aren't just bridezillas and groomzillas, there are also guestzillas. At someone's wedding, the bride's aunt showed up wearing a white lace gown and told the groom she didn't want him in the group picture because it was only for family.
She also started eating the top tier of cake that was put aside to be eaten on the first wedding anniversary.
31. For Better And For Worse
You know it is going to be a doomed marriage when the groom's speech starts off with, "When I joined a dating site, I never thought I'd be so lucky to find my own personal cook, dishwasher, and washing machine."
Everyone felt uncomfortable, but the groom was in for a shock when he realized that the bride was a diva and wouldn't do any of those things he wanted. We are assuming they didn't last very long.
32. Maid-Of-Dishonor
If you have to make a speech at a wedding, it is best to hold off on getting drunk until after the speech. At this woman's cousin's wedding, her maid-of-honor was a hot mess and was refusing to give a speech. She then drank a lot and decided she was now going to speak. Instead of writing a speech beforehand, she opened the notes section on her phone and started reading a list of memories while going on tangents.
Most of the stories were about how she loved the bride so much but hated the groom. This went on for a while until one of the bride's aunts stood up and linked a glass until the girl was quiet. The DJ also came to turn the microphone off.
33. So You Had A Bad Day
Some people decide to have a small wedding instead of a big affair and it works well for them. This couple was living in a country that they weren't born in, and the bride's family lived at least 10,000 miles away. The couple was under a lot of pressure, and the bride had her own personal issues. They decided to keep their wedding small by going to the courthouse and following it by a pub lunch.
There were only a few friends and close family there, but the bride did not look happy. At one point, she turned to her new husband and said she wanted to leave. For the rest of the day, she looked sad, which made the groom upset. They must have been having a bad day because the couple is still married 15 years later.
34. Spilling The Tea
In most wedding ceremonies, there is a part where the officiant says, "speak now or forever hold your peace." At this person's wedding, when it came to that part the bride said she had something to say.
The bride said, "I'd like to thank my maid of honor for sleeping with my fiance last night." She then stormed off, rightfully so. The story made it onto the local radio station.
35. Parental Discretion
Sometimes your family doesn't always like the people you marry. In one case, a woman was marrying an Australian man, and her family did not like that she was marrying a foreigner. They were so disapproving that they brought one of her ex-boyfriends to the wedding.
Her family might not have known, but the wedding was just a formality because they had already gotten legally married in Australia. They only had a second wedding to make her parents happy, and the groom paid for most of it.
36. What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas
Getting married is a big decision that shouldn't be made without thinking about it. In Las Vegas, a person who works at one of the many wedding chapels told the story of a Chinese couple that came in with a few of their friends to get married.
When it came time to exchange the rings, the groom was hesitant to put it on her finger, and that lasted for a few minutes. Everyone could tell something was wrong, and finally, the groom said, "there is someone else isn't there." the bride nodded, and they ended up not getting married. The friends who were in the audience bought the DVD so they could remember that experience for a long time.
37. All The Wrong Moves
Have you ever seen one of those videos where the bride or groom prepares a choreographed dance for the reception? Well, this one bride decided to surprise her new husband, so she sat him in the middle of the dance floor and disappeared.
When she came back, she was dressed in belly dancing attire and some unique choreography. It was confusing to everyone since they weren't middle eastern.
38. "I Call Dibs"
There are some couples who have a long history with each other or each other's families. At one wedding, the couple getting married had known each other since they were children.
When the bride's older brother got up to make a speech, he recalled changing his sister's diapers and proceeded to tell the groom, "I saw her first." Most people at the wedding were creeped out by this cringey comment.
39. DJ Mishap
Always pick your DJ wisely and make sure they know you well. There was a couple who had been together for over a decade before they introduced each other as boyfriend or girlfriend. They only officially dated for about a year when they got married.
Their families had known their situation, so it wasn't weird to them. During the party, the DJ brought the couple to the floor for a newlywed game, and when they said they had only dated for a year, the DJ went on a rant. He said that he didn't know why people got married after being together for such little time. All the guests were appalled by his behavior.
40. A Haunting Ceremony
When you are planning your wedding make sure the venue doesn't have any other large events going on at the same time. When someone's grandpa insisted on getting married at an old hotel, they didn't think anything of it.
The hotel he picked happened to be next to a large amusement park that was having a Halloween party on the same night as the wedding. Throughout the entire ceremony, everyone could hear screaming and chainsaws from the park.
41. Shotgun Wedding
At someone's wedding, it was the middle of the ceremony, and the groom's father got up to question if the bride was actually a virgin, and he didn't know much about the wedding.
It was a weird and embarrassing situation. The person who shared this story attended the wedding with a boyfriend, and because of this experience, she decided not to continue dating him.
42. A Short-Lived Romance
Someone was working at a wedding venue, and they dealt with a few strange situations, but nothing like this. A few days before the wedding, the couple called to cancel the wedding. A few days later, they called back and changed their mind. All their guests who showed up were angry that they canceled and then changed plans.
The ceremony only lasted about three minutes, and following that, the bride changed into sweatpants, and everyone got drunk. On the following money, the bride filed for divorce.
43. Admitting Her Mistakes
During the rehearsal dinner of someone's wedding, the groom's mom burst into tears because the groom looked miserable.
The groom's sadness might have been because the bride's vows stated, "I know I can be a pretty terrible person, and I don't know why you have stuck around, but that is all going to change starting today." The couple got divorced a year later.
44. Calling Her Man Out
It is always interesting when gossip comes out about the bride or groom during the ceremony. Someone went to a wedding where the bride called out her groom for cheating on her with her sister.
She stopped in the middle of the ceremony and ran off. At least the bride got revenge by publicly humiliating the groom and her sister.
45. Mistaken Identity
You never know what will happen when you are a bridesmaid at a wedding. This bridesmaid was at a wedding, and the groom was missing for a long period of time.
The bridesmaid found him making out with his second cousin. He claimed that he thought it was his new wife, even though this woman was wearing a bright red dress, unlike the bride.
46. When The Bride Loves Someone Else
When a woman went to her husband's friend's wedding, she never expected it to be so weird. At the wedding, this woman learned that the bride had been in love with her husband since college.
When the newlyweds got to the reception the bride came running over to this woman and her husband, leaving the groom standing alone. The bride was crying and clinging to a man that wasn't her new husband. When the woman and her husband tried to leave the bride came over, pointed at the woman's chest, and said, "Well I guess I know what I was missing all along."
47. "Sorry I Can't Make It."
A bartender witnessed the most bizarre thing at a wedding she was working. Fifteen minutes before a wedding was supposed to start, the groom got a text from his bride saying she was not coming. They had the party anyway because everything was paid for, but the groom looked miserable and left after an hour.
The bride didn't show up because her parents spent the previous day, convincing her not to go through with it. The day after the wedding, the bride showed up at his house, and they got back together.