Your wedding day is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life.
But it doesn’t always go to plan, as these former guests discovered when the weddings they were at turned into a complete disaster.
Taking to Mumsnet, people recalled the worst weddings they’ve ever been to – with huge bust-ups and a lack of food and heating all being part of the mix.
The discussion began after one person recalled how she’d been to a wedding where the grandmother fell down a long flight of stairs and ‘cracked her head open’.
Mumsnet users recalled the worst weddings they’ve ever been to – with huge bust-ups and a lack of food and heating all being part of the mix
The discussion began after one person recalled how she’d been to a wedding where the grandmother fell down a long flight of stairs and ‘cracked her head open’
One person recalled how the husband informed everyone his wife had been sleeping with the best man, while another described how the groom’s family left halfway through the meal
Another woman said her own wedding had been ruined because she was ‘yelled at throughout’ by her sister-in-law
Posting under the username WashingMatilda, she explained: ‘[T]he grandmas wheelchair was left without its brakes on at the top of a big flight of steps outside the registry office.
‘She rolled forward, all the way down, cracked her head open on the slabs, ambulance took her off on blue lights, and the bride spent the reception scrubbing blood out of her train poor bloody woman. It was horrific. (Nan fine in the end).’
Other Mumsnet users began recalling their own horrific wedding experiences, with many involving dramatic rows.
One explained how the groom told everyone his wife had been sleeping with the best man for the past six months during his wedding speech.
One Mumsnet user recalled how she went to a wedding held in a freezing marquee on a farm
Another person described how there weren’t enough seats for all the guests, or food
Meanwhile, one person recalled how police had to be called at one wedding when a full-on fight broke out
Meanwhile, one woman said that her own wedding had been ruined because she was ‘yelled at throughout’ by her sister-in-law.
Another Mumsnet user recalled how she was invited to a wedding held in a freezing marquee on the farm – with guests resorting to fetching coats and blankets from their cars.
A lack of food and drink – and even seats in one case – proved to be a problem at many of the weddings.
One person recalled how the caterers didn’t turn up, while another described how the only food on offer was Haribo.
Meanwhile, one woman described how she was sick in the aisle at church during the ceremony, when she was acting as bridesmaid.
A lack of food and drink proved to be a problem at many of the weddings (file photo)
One person recalled how the caterers didn’t turn up, as well as telling stories about heavily intoxicated best men
A Mumsnet user described how the only food on offer was Haribo at one wedding. Another described how she was served up tripe
At one wedding, the bride and groom got into a fight that led to her stabbing her new husband with a fork
Meanwhile, one woman recalled how she was sick in the aisle at church during the ceremony, when she was acting as bridesmaid