12 Scandalous Situations that Turned Wedding into Real Disaster

Weddings can be stressful, even when everything goes as planned. But it can be devastating if, in the middle of the celebration, you uncover a painful truth or witness shocking behavior from others. Such moments can turn what should be a joyful day into a nightmare, leaving lasting scars.

• I was a guest of a friend of the bride, didn’t know anyone attending. Very expensive, over-the-top place with several hundred guests at this very Italian wedding. The maid of honor grabs the mic and begins her speech, rambling. It quickly devolves into her stating that the recently deceased mother of the bride was against this wedding and that’s basically what killed her.
  The happy couple was separated and divorced within a year. © Rocky1268 / Reddit

• The bride’s father was 45 min late to walk his daughter down the aisle. While we were waiting the air conditioning broke in the venue. It was over 100 degrees outside and humid AF. The place was overcrowded. You could barely move without bumping into someone else and in the heat that was extra miserable.
  I guess the air conditioning problem had also affected the refrigeration or something because most of the food was spoiled. The only food on the buffet was salad, spaghetti and rolls. Not enough to feed even half the guests. Most people left after the first dance. Two of the bride’s aunts fainted. The bride and the wedding planner were crying. © PleasantSalad / Reddit

• I went to the wedding of a cousin-in-law. Things were looking awesome; the couple had almost finished saying their vows when a woman from the bachelor party showed up and claimed she was pregnant with his child. © flamingtrucker94 / Reddit

• The groom said another woman’s name at the altar during the vows. They went through with the ceremony, but it quickly turned out to be his second of three divorces—the third divorce being with the actual girl he said the name of at the ceremony. © MikeT75 / Reddit

• It was a big wedding, with over 300 people. Turns out the bride had been having an affair with her cousin’s husband. The cousin had known for a little bit but waited until the wedding to go table to table, letting everyone know the bride was cheating with her husband. The poor groom was blindsided.
  The worst part was that his father-in-law was well-off and had opened up a restaurant for him. In the end, he lost both his wife and his restaurant. © admx14 / Reddit

• This was one I worked at. After the ceremony, right at the start of the reception — photographer was taking ‘jumping’ photos of the bride and bridesmaids, so they were all jumping in the air while wearing heels. Bride landed and dislocated her knee, then passed out and kept going in and out of consciousness. We called an ambulance who turned up and fixed her knee etc, but she wanted to continue with the wedding.
  She then had the first course of the meal and threw up down her dress, and had to sit with her mum in another room while everyone else danced etc. Felt so bad for her as she spent the rest of the evening crying. © bethcrumb / Reddit

• The best man decided it was time to tell everyone that he had been having an affair with the bride for the last few years. Pure gold. I’m a wedding videographer—I have it all on video! © djillusions24 / Reddit

• I used to work security for weddings at a banquet hall. During one wedding, a guy walked in wearing sunglasses and was escorted by the best man to the DJ booth. There, he played a short movie he had filmed of the bride cheating with some guy in Vegas on a trip he had paid for.
  The best man had sent a private investigator to find out what she was up to. Instead, they had a party to celebrate getting rid of the cheater. It was lit. © OkClassroom9** / Reddit

• Maybe not “ruined” but it definitely got tense. Started with the best man/groom’s brother just absolutely roasting the bride and her parents. Basically called them gold diggers and stuff in front of several hundred family and friends. Then they cut the cake. Apparently, the groom was told under no uncertain terms not to shove cake in her face. Well, he did it anyway and she stormed off, not to be seen for 20 minutes. Reception went on as planned, she got wasted and I’m told she passed out that night in the middle of the street while still in her wedding dress. Pure class. They’re divorced now. © Unknown author / Reddit

• This was around 2009. On the second day of the wedding, the bride went swimming in the ocean. It took place in Tenerife. She swam out too far and was basically ‘lost at sea’ for 9 hours or so. She eventually found her way back but was in bad shape. Everyone was panicked the whole day and thought she drowned. By the time she got back, she wished she had. Her husband found her phone and read a bunch of messages supposedly from her aunt (but it was quickly clear from the content it wasn’t her aunt at all, she had been having an affair with the best man for apparently years). They got an annulment shortly after. 60,000 down the drain. One of the most opulent weddings I’ve ever been to. © ciggies87 / Reddit

• It was a coworker’s wedding. The bride and groom both worked together at a restaurant. The groom didn’t show up. He found out that the bride had chatted with his roommate the night before the wedding through an “anonymous tip.” He later discovered that she had been in a relationship with his roommate for months.
  The kicker? All three of them still had to work together after this. Work was very awkward for months afterward. © Lostmyvibe / Reddit

Weddings can be full of sweet moments, especially when the bride or groom plans a surprise for their partner. However, even the best surprises can’t be fixed if one partner’s attitude ruins the day. What should be the happiest moment can quickly turn into disappointment if there’s a lack of care or respect from the person you love most.