
"The groom was on his phone the entire time. I flew Mexico for the destination wedding with my kids, and he chose one of the most expensive hotels, and he looked bored at his own wedding. Leading up to the wedding, he claimed he was sick and had the hotel staff getting him cold towels and checking on him. Drama king. Up until the ceremony , I and the rest of the bride friends were hoping she was gonna back out. I was her MOH."
"The parents let the Bride sing a song about love she'd written herselfWe were at a satellite table with some other unimportant people but the old couple at our table whispered to the rest of us at the table, "you know, they paid for a lot of those voice lessons."In retrospect it was hilarious, like at the end of Dirty Dancing where the mom says, "I think she gets it from me" even though there's no evidence even to the end that the mom knows anything about dancing."When you were in the room, I was in bloom""When you told me you were in love, I knew it was what you were made of""In love ... In LOOOOOOVE"It was so bad. 1990s."
"My own wedding.Married in Hawaii on the beach near the north shore.Signs on the beach for dangerous currents.Invited all to throw flowers in the surf to remember those they've lost.Then my groomsmen decided to go for a swim. 3 men entered, 2 men made it out, 3rd almost didn't.Luckily, a guy on a surfboard rushed in to pull the third out.Then Baywatch, yes, yellow pickups, red shorts and all show up.All three ended up in the hospital as they drank a lot of ocean water.So the after wedding luau was awkward.And my wedding pictures didn't have any of my groomsmen in them.Luckily, the husbands of the bridesmaids thought it would be funny if they got matching hawaiian shirts. And they kinda matched mine and the wedding colors.So my wedding pictures that hung in the house weren't the actual wedding party.Now I'm divorced and only speak to one of the groomsmen."
"This one is kind of sad, and the wedding wasn’t ruined because of it. It was just a bit of an awkward distraction. One of the bride’s friends had recently lost her father and was bawling during the father/daughter dance. She ended up excusing herself, and was crying in the bathroom with another friend trying to comfort her. I know she was embarrassed, and the bride was understanding about it."
Every interview after this is like 'how did you deal with this'. Even now, decades later.