Spin Cycle: Wedding Disasters

This weeks spin cycle is about weddings. I thought I would spin it up a bit and talk about wedding successes or disasters depending upon your point of view.

I have noticed that at many weddings I have attended that there are certain situations and/or people that usually accompany those weddings. I would have highlighted those things that happened at my wedding, but I figured I would just list them (even if they didn't happen at my wedding) so you can say it happened at your wedding too.

I will try my best at listing them in the order of the ceremony as well as be discrete so as not to offend too much. Much like a party is not successful unless the police arrive— many weddings might not be successful unless some, if not all of these occur:

Someone in the wedding party must faint…

Someone in our wedding party nearly fainted, but I must admit that I was the one who had the fainting spell at my sister's wedding. I must have locked my knees because I started feeling dizzy half way through the ceremony. I had the frame of mind to step off the stage and sit down. Unfortunately I missed the breaking of the glass, but at least I didn't fall down.

Someones always late…

I know that everyone seemed to show up on time for our wedding, but I have heard that loud click of the door when someone was trying to sneak into the church.

The photographer does something stupid…

Yes I know that photographing the moment is important— but why then do you have to have your gigantic tripod blocking the aisle.

You never can find "so and so" for the family photo…

Enough said.

There's always some obnoxious drunk relative at the reception…

Given that many weddings do not have alcohol this may not always be the case— so just an obnoxious relative will do here as well.

The DJ or band fails miserably…

I have seen many a wedding where the DC decides they are done for the evening and leave early. I have seen other times when you request a song and they never play it. One would think that if they have it in their repertoire and you are the groom that they should honor that request.

Someone gets hurt on the dance floor…

I wouldn't say that I actually got hurt, but I did rip my shoes at my Step-son's wedding because I was sliding across the dance floor on my knees. I'll save that story about our dance floor for another post.

There's something wrong with the cake…

Our wedding cake was so delicious that the staff decided to serve the topper. We spent a good hour the next morning looking through the kitchen to see where they may have kept the top of the cake— but later found out that it all was served. Oh well, there probably wasn't room in our freezer anyway.

There's never enough coffee…

I just hate it when the wait staff decides that everybody gets just one cup with the cake and then disappear. I threatened that I would bring my own pot and start brewing at the head table if that happened at ours.

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