What are some things that might go wrong in a wedding?

I ask this because my wedding is in less than 5 months, 148 days to be exact, but who's counting, right? Anyway, I have been haveing dreams lately that something terrible is going to go wrong at my wedding. I was just wondering if anything happened at yours.

Well, a friend of mine had his best man drop the ring. Thank heavens it didn't fall into the hole in the stage.

Our wedding pretty much went off without a hitch. The only snag we ran into was two weeks before the wedding. The resturaunt we planned to have our rehersal dinner at went out of business due to the owner deciding that it was time to retire. (Shouldn't they have met their obligations first?)

Anyway, we found a new place that turned out to be better.

Moral: Don't sweat the small stuff. The wedding is just the beginning of a long and fulfilling adventure for both of you.

Congrats.

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"It's ok to go off on a rabbit trail provided that you catch the rabbit."

I have been to many weddings. Last weekend neither the groom or bride could get the ring on. It was no big deal though. They eventually did.

A couple of weeks ago, the grooms' parents were an hour late, one of the brides' maids got left at the hair salon and was an hour late. But it was no big deal - the photographer still had time to do the photos, and everything was fine.

I have never known any event where something didnt go wrong. Sometimes it is minute and extremly small, and you might not even know about it. In the end, as long as you and the groom are there, and the preacher/pastor/priest, all is well, for that is what matters. Dont stress the other stuff- that is what the maid of honor and wedding planners or people at the church who assist, etc are for.

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- Evangelium Vitae

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– Gaudium et Spes n. 22

I have been through two weddings and they both had things go wrong. The first one, the aisle runner didn't open right and my grandpa had to push it down the aisle by hand. Also, it poured down rain just as we were pronounced man and wife, so we got drenched in birdseed and rain when we left the church. The second time, my pastor got the time wrong for the rehearsal and had a funeral during our rehearsal and wasn't there. We couldn't reach him by phone and had no idea where he was until he called three hours later wondering why no one was at the church.

The thing about it is, if you plan for a perfect wedding, you will be disappointed. Just enjoy your day. Have a guest bring a camera just in case there is problems with the photographer or their equipment, confirm your caterer, DJ, cake, reception hall, and photographer a couple of days before, and try to relax.

You never forget your wedding day, and the stuff that goes wrong just adds icing to the cake. You might feel horrified at the time, but later on you will look back and chuckle.

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We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. ~Rabindranath Tagore

Heres one, at an outside wedding in the middle of the afternoon: The bride and groom are standing across from each other as the preacher talks about communion, in front of the couple a loaf of bread and a 2 cups of grape juice, its about 85-90 degrees out, they are in the shade, the preacher asks the bride to take a piece of the bread and raise her glass, just as she does the groom looks in his cup and sees not one but two flies floating in it, he whispers to her not to drink the whole cup he will needs to use hers, then as she takes the "blood" he watches her down the whole glass, yup the whole thing, now its his turn he repeats the process, and well lets just say I took one for the team, YUCK! they actually touched my lip. My bride knew i was trying to tell her something but was to nervous to even pay attention.....it was a good laugh after the service.

Warrior Poet

At our wedding my husband forgot my ring in his briefcase. During a prayer he whispered to his bestman to go to the car and get the ring out of his SUITcase. So the best man's out in the parking lot tearing through the suitcase, of course with no luck. He decided to check the BRIEFcase just in case. Thankfully it was there. So during another prayer the best man sneaked the ring back in and we had it in time for the ring exchange. The funny thing is, I had NO idea all this was going on, didn't even see the best man sneak out and back in again. On the outside my dh was calm and cool, but he says that he was really stressing out the whole time.

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These stories are so cute!! My brother got married last year and everything seemed to fine, even though I'm sure there were some mess ups you couldn't tell. The only bad thing I can think abotu its that my sister (a bridesmaid) was almost late for the pictures because she takes forever to get ready! Oh, well, but I can just imagine when she gets married. LOL

I am getting married on September 27th... like 84 days. And let me tell you...

First, my grandmother told me on my birthday in February that she wasn't coming to the wedding and that I am going to hell because we are getting married in a Catholic church. Little does she know I went through catechism and became Catholic!!

Second, my best friend growing up who was like a brother to me was going to be my honor-attendant. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, he decides he 'cant do it' and also won't be at the wedding. I still haven't spoken to him- and that was March 4th he did that.

Third, my newly made maid-of-honor decided she was going to go to Alaska for a month on a mission trip- leaving me alone to do everything- pick out bridesmaid dresses, organize invitations, decorations..everything. And she said she would be back June 30th. She still isn't back and I don't know when she will be back. Her roomates don't know and her mom won't answer the phone.

Fourth, I had to move 400 miles away from our wedding site suddenly two months ago. So its a 14 hour drive to Mass on a Sunday and back home again.

Fifth, I had been having nightmares that our priest would be transferred. Then, last Friday, we suddenly get a diocese newsletter, which said that the Bishop was moving 32 priests in the diocese. Our beloved Fr. Harris being one of them. And the church he is going to has a wedding the same day as ours...so he can't do ours. His last Mass was last Sunday.

Sixth, half of my family isn't coming to the wedding. Not that they couldnt, they just don't want to. And I am the only girl out of 9 cousins and all my life, the boys have been fawned over and catered to and I have been ignored because I am a girl. And its happening again.

Seventh, my fiance's family refuses to contribute any money to the wedding. So all I hear from my parents is about how they can't afford anything.. and we are scrimping major to begin with... doing our own flowers, doing our own decorating, doing our own music- no ceremony or reception music except what we can buy and burn.

Eighth, my best female friend got engaged after me and decided she should be married before us.. so she put her wedding date the weekend before ours just to 'squeeze hers in'.

Ninth, the stress is incredible, because I only just was able to find a job after two months and start on Tuesday.. but all we could afford at the store last week was a jug of water, a jug of milk and a box of cheerios. And that's it. All the money goes to rent and bills because where we have to live is one of the most expensive counties in the country. So we live on the verge of eviction and going hungry...we already had to get financial help from the church or we would have been evicted already.

Tenth, since I had to find the bridesmaid dresses alone, I went for the basic, cheapest nice thing I could find. Which is a $110 basic cut dress from David's bridal. And my bridesmaid wants to have a fit because she doesn't have $110 immediately available. Even though the next cheapest thing was $150, which I liked better, but went cheaper for their sake. She is my future brother-in-law's girlfriend and my future inlaws said they would help her buy the dress. Yet they cannot contribute to flowers, to the rehearsal dinner or anything.

Eleventh, my fiance might not even be at the rehearsal and Friday decorating events.... he doesn't know if he can get off from the academy (starts July 31 for the Sheriffs Dept) for that day and say's he'll ask but that's all he can do.



Shall I continue.....? Things can be pretty miserable outside of forgetting rings in suitcase or aisle runners not unrolling right. That's small stuff. I pretty much have full mutiny on my hands and am about to just run away to Canada and forget the whole thing, I am so fed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


[Edit to add: But I am not going to.. if worst comes to worst I will just tell everyone to forget coming and my fiance and I and our honor attendants will do the ceremony and everyone else can ruin their own days instead of mine!!!!!!]

Pegasus,

Will it help your nerves to dwell on all the things that might go WRONG?

How many things will go right?

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"You cannot make a deal with the devil and win," - me.

A good friend of mine got married last month. Despite a pouring rainstorm things went pretty well from our perspective as guests. Unfortunately there were some problems in the background.

The lady from the catering company was, to put it nicely, inept. She showed up too late to do the setup they were supposed to do, had her people block parking spaces needed by guests, interrupted the bride and groom with trivial things while they were preparing for the ceremony, was obnoxious and abusive to guests, and inserted herself when they were posing for photos. Believe it or not, the caterers are affiliated with a well-known local restaurant.

Fortunately both the bride and groom are pretty easygoing and not the type to dwell on dwell on the negative. Everyone had a great time, but it was largely in spite of the professionals involved and not because of them.

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