There are too many to mention, Long story short it was a disaster. We soon realized that it wasn't so much about the wedding it was about two soul mates with little to no money who after 6 yrs wanted to make it official. Our entire wedding and reception including invitation's and food was just under 1,800 half of which was paid by my mother. Not exactly what I envisioned my wedding being like as a child but the important part was that we were finally married and when the preacher pronounced us Mr. & Mrs Miller was one of the happiest days of my life !!!

And then came the reception Oh Boy talk about Hillbilly heaven !

Besides my oldest daughters attitude and refusal to take orders from anyone because "i know where mom wants everything" (and she didnt) our main hiccup was the pastor calling DH by his brothers name!!! I tease DH that if he makes me mad, I'll just go live with 'my other husband'.
I simply leaned back and looked at my brother in law and shook my head NO WAY!!

And the homeless guy my daughter made mad was pretty funny! He wanted a cup of lemonade and got mad when she told him no. He said "surely you can spare a cup of lemonade" and she got all momma mode and told him "no, I can't! I have 50 wedding guests who I have to provide lemonade for. There's a water fountain!" I told her Later i would have given him the lemonade but she said she was afraid if she gave it to him, she'd have to give some to all of them......

And Dawn, our entire ceremony and reception was under $2000.00. And I am pleased at how it all turned out!

I fully understand the children thing. Don't have any, don't particularly care to be around them for extended periods of time, but the part about the birth parents made me want to cry! :cry:

Wow is all I can say! Glad you have a good sense of humor. :D

You made me spit out my coffee on that one Cathy! Glad you were wrong about it being a bad omen. :)

This is such a funny thread! I love reading all the stories :)
I don't have one yet, I've been with my bf for 6 years now but we're waiting to move back to Bonaire to make it official :)
I'll let you all know the glitches of the wedding! :D

I vowed not to be a Bridezilla on my wedding day- I just let things slide, even if I didn't want to. It started with my hair- I brought in pictures of what I wanted- half up, half down and curls with sideswept bangs and my tiara. Well, the hairdresser had her own ideas and gave me a "Cinderella" look with curls piled high on my head, LONG strands pulled out and curled, pearl stands looped around the back, and poofy bangs. Needless to say I kept my veil on all night to hide as much of my hair as I could! Then my MIL decided that my SILs should have necklaces- even though they had chandelier earrings and a brooch on their shoulder. I let it slide because the necklaces she bought them were very simple and you could barely see them. At my reception when asked which cake to cut first I said, "Whichever is easier for you" so they cut the sheet cakes and not the actual wedding cake- though pretty much all of the cake was eaten eventually, I wish that DH and I had gotten some from the "real" wedding cake. There really wasn't much else- our "guys" all kept disappearing out to the parkig lot during pictures so that they could put keys on key rings to have a "prank" for DH at the reception- it was pretty lame and later they complained that they weren't in many pictures for the amount of time they had to be there. Oh well, maybe if they were actually where they were supposed to be! Oh, I also got a huge zit on my chin at the reception from hugging everyone and two of my friends took me in the back room and popped it!

I forgot my veil. My dad went to get it- 30 min. drive from the church, 30 mins back. The ceremony started a little late. :) In the mean time, my sis stepped on a floor register/ heating grate and got her 4 inch spike heel stuck in it. It took the most of the female members of the wedding party to finally get it off without breaking her heel!

Then we had the drunk chick that came as a friend's plus 1. She showed up at the reception and got drunk. She started dancing and it became apparent that she was going "commando" that day. She proceed to do twirls while dancing so all the guys where crowding around the dance floor. LOL!

There were a few other bumps, but those stick out the most.;)

Too funny... no more blessings? ;):rolleyes::D

Aww, about your DH's folks. Hope he was able to communicate and all is well now. Oh, and ouch about the train and rice in the eyes!

After reading this, I'm wondering how you go about an invitation that says "don't bring kids"??

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I checked with Emily Post to see how to exclude children and it said that they only time children were included in invitations is if you address it to the family or mention their names. It is supposed to be common knowledge that Mr and Mrs means just that! Mr and Mrs only. Of course we were only serving cake and punch, not a meal but still.....:mad:

Oh and I forgot to mention that my two best friends (we were the three muskateers) weren't speaking to each other and had scowls on their faces in every photo. I had my sister-in-law as my matron of honor and they were bridesmaids. Sigh. Well at least they both showed up even knowing that they were going to be together.:eek:

We've received invitations with a tag line in the bottom left corn that says, "No children, please." DH and I won't attend any weddings like that though.

That is so true about the wedding being about soul mates. :)

But, gotta laugh at your Hillbilly heaven comment. We say that exact phrase around here, too, especially being from Kentucky. :rolleyes:

You could also say "Adult Reception Only" I've seen this before - that way the children can attend the wedding ceremony, just not the reception.

My DJ cancelled on me a week before our wedding date - he decided to go his girlfriend's school class reunion instead - but swore the replacement was just as good if not better than him. His replacement did not have the song we picked out for our first dance as husband and wife and ended up with "A Whole New World" from the Disney movie Aladdin - we originally had a country song picked out, but I cannot remember what it is.

Also, the photographer was taking a million pictures at the church and we ended up running a little late to the reception only to realize as soon as we got there that I had left the music list of the music we wanted played at the reception at home - 10 minutes one way. Needless to say, by the time we actually made our entrance at the reception the majority of our guests were starving and half drunk because we were so late.

Oh and my hubby nearly cried during our vows and I shot him a look that said "if you make me cry I will slap you now!" LOL

Other than that, things were great. If it weren't so expensive, I would get married every year! Hubby and I have been married 20 years this coming up August.

I hit the top step and started crying. In fact in the video you can hear me say "I'm crying! I'm not going to make it down this aisle" and my mom reassuring me that I'm doing just fine....