Tell us something funny from your wedding.

MamaJAM wrote: I recently found the stuff from a party game we played at MIL's 50th b-day (9 years ago). Thought we could do some of the questions here to get to know each other a little better.....

Question #1 -
Tell us something funny that happened at your wedding or reception.

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: At the point where we needed to light the unity candle, our candle would NOT light. And I started snickering and so did Aaron. Even the pastor couldn't figure it out. Our unity candle was an oil candle and there was oil in it, it just didn't want to light. Finally did, but not before it through off my mom's tight schedule. That was the best part.

TeagansMom609 replied: We got married outside next to a lake. On our wedding video you can hardly hear us saying our vowels because a duck started walking around our feet and quacking really, really loud. "If anyone objects to this marraige speak now or forever hold your peace.", QUACK!!!!!

MamaJAM replied: We eloped...and it was just DH, me, our 2 witnesses and the judge in the room. We had brought along a camera - 35mm. Just as the judge was starting the ceremony our one witness snapped a picture -- which ended up being the last one on the roll. The camera was a self-winding camera and started to rewind the film. It was an old camera with an old battery -- so it was LOUDLY and SLOWLY rewinding. The sound was insanely loud and we were all fighting back the giggles.....I really thought the judge was going to refuse to marry us. She was saying "Marriage is a sacred institution that should not be entered into lightly" -- I was fighting back tears because I was desperately trying not to laugh. The ceremony was short...and the camera was rewinding through 90% of it! The second we left the judge's office - we all nearly died of laughter.

kimberley replied: Kelly, you have to post a clip of that duck!

since we eloped, i hoped no one but DH and the witnesses would hear about this... but here it goes

i had the jitters really bad. i don't think i have been *that* nervous in my entire life. i had no one to calm my nerves cuz the officiant's wife and the resort receptionist were our witnesses. as we started to say our vows, i learned for the first time that i have a nervous tic.... LAUGHTER.
i could barely get through any of the vows as i was laughing like a retarded hyena on acid through the whole thing . it was awful and i couldn't make it stop! DH had his own tic. we were holding hands and he kept rubbing the top of my hand with his thumb.. so much that i think he took a couple of layers of skin off i have yet to watch the video for fear of reliving the humiliation

we also lost all of our pictures we borrowed a neighbor's digital and it somehow got erased while we were trying to look at them. the officiant took a few but i lost those when my puter died so all i have left is the video.

C&K*s Mommie replied: I have no problem getting up in front of a big crowd, it is a small group that makes me nervous. So with that, I was saying hey to people as my father and FIL walked with me down the aisle to Chris. Also Chris decided not to try on hs suit, the night before like I asked him to do. Come to find out, his measurements were backwards. His pants were obviously too short, and his jacket was way too long for his arms! You can even tell in some pics!

Also, being that it was all fill-in-the-blank to us, since we had just rehearsed the night before. We were comfortable enough with the ceremony to just chat through it. Not really chat, but we were talking in whispers, and face motions while everything was going on. Every now and again I would look over at people and give a small wave, or make motions or faces to people.

I also was also 3mos PG at this our vow ceremony, we were legally married in Feb that yr. So when the preacher prayed over us to be blessed with a family, we looked at each other and almost cracked up. Chris' best man was looking up too at us. You can see us giving each other 'looks' in the pics.

One more, I had to well "let go" of a small one during the entire ceremony. And I kept referring to it, to get Chris to chuckle during the ceremony. He did, and we had a good small laugh.

mom21kid2dogs replied: We went back to my hometown to get married. The priest who did the wedding Mass knew neither myself nor my husband. This only became more obvious as the ceremony progessed he called me "Sharon"(my name is Cheryl) throughout the homily causing my uncles to snicker profusely (they still call me Sharon). I got the best lot, though. He called my husband (Stephen) Bill, Bob or Tom at least 5 times during the ceremony, including the vows. I'm not really sure if I'm legally married and I guess I'm open to having affairs if the name is right!

Sarah&Mackenzie replied: Well before I met my DH I dated a guy for 2.5 years and when I went on vacation to visit my family in California he came with. He met my aunts and my cousins. Well when I got married and we were walking out of the church and talking to people I was introducing my DH to my cousin (they had never met) and he goes I already met him when he came to CA. I said no this is a different guy. He was so embarresed, luckily my DH has a great sense of humor!!

Mom2BNTN replied:
We got married at a wedding chapel and our day could not have been more perfect. We had just been announced as husband and wife and on our way outside of the chapel for my bouquet toss I didn't notice the only step around and tripped!! Thank goodness my husband had a good enough hold on my arm that I didnt' fall all the way down, but the look on my face on our video was priceless!!

A&A'smommy replied: Well lets see the candles wouldn't light (mother candles and the one dh and I were suppose to light) because it was TOO windy. And then when it came time for me to put the ring on Jeremiahs finger I couldn't remember which one to put it on. OH and then we got a good laugh when Jeremiah gave me a BIG kiss at the end

luvmykids replied: After the wedding, during pictures, someone asked if it had "hit me" yet that we were married. I answered by throwing up.

My3LilMonkeys replied: Oh I have a few.....

First, a bunch of ppl were getting ready at our house and someone left the front door open and my indoor cat got out - an hour before we needed to leave. I was so on edge that I spent 30 min wandering around in the rain with my hair done, bawling my eyes out looking for the cat. I refused to leave until she was safely back in the house so we were 1/2 hour late to our own wedding.

DH and I had planned on an outside wedding but woke up to rain. So at the last minute it was moved to indoors at the reception location (due to us not having a backup plan). The reception area did not have a dressing room or anything so we began our processional from the bathroom .

And last one - DH does NOT like to be in front of ppl, and hates to have his picture taken. FIL told the JOP that before the ceremony so to pick on him, before the ceremony began he loudly announced that anyone who wished to take pics could feel free to get up and come up close!

holley79 replied: We got married next to the pool at my nice MIL's house. In the background all you hear is a lawn mower during the ceremony. then afterwards when we were lined up my veil got caught in the rose bush.

huggybugboy replied: This is a fun one!

First of all, we got married outside and I'm a klutz with heels, so I decided to wear tennis shoes instead. Plus I had these hideous white tights with giant blue flowers on them. They were great.

Dh is a big sap when it comes to weddings, so we have multiple pictures with drips of snot coming out of his nose.

Lastly, we had my two cousins and aunt sing for our first communion and they were awful! We were trying not to choke on the bread, we were giggling so bad.

ETA one more: We forgot to fill up the gas tank before the wedding so we went to the friendly 76 station in our wedding garb. Pretty embarrasing actually.

My2Beauties replied: Well let's see, I got so nervous right before my walk down the aisle that I got a huge red rash on my chest (had sort of a low cut dress) and I was beet red in the face. My ushers (after telling them a million times) rolled out the carpet way too early in the ceremony, before the ring bearer and not before the flower girls. When we kissed his redneck cousing yelled "GIT R DONE" really loud! That was actually hilarious. Brian couldn't pronounce one of the words the priest used in our vows, now I can't remember what it was. We lost the film to our camera right before the ceremony so didn't even get pics with our own camera. His uncle that videotaped it using our camcorder got about 5 minutes of our wedding video camcording his feet and him walking Brian done a dance when they pronounced us husband and wife (it's in one of the pics I posted)! I lost my favorite Fredericks of Hollywood X Bra at the freaking church and was moaning and whining about it when I changed at the reception, I had to borrow my friends bra and it ended up my bra somehow got put in Hanna's diaper bag My half brother came to my wedding that I hadn't seen in years with his children whom I haven't seen in years and Brian decided to give me a chair dance right there in front of him, he made his kids leave I was kind of upset by that he could have turned their heads for a second. But that is what makes that day so special to me! All the little mix-ups and screw-ups make it all the more real

Oh yeah - and before the ceremony they made Brian stand up at the altar for a good 20 minutes by himself, the priest (his uncle) thought it was about to begin and it actually wasn't because get this - they lost my wedding ring beside a garbage can, luckily they found it I would have killed someone Anywhoo Brian didn't know his brother (the best man) had lost it so he was staning up there and talking to everyone from the altar and he started dancing and entertaining our guests! They have video of it!

amymom replied: This is not my wedding but a new family wedding tradition. About 12 yrs ago, my brother got married and left cameras on the tables (it was relatively a new thing then). I have four very excentric brothers, so the 3 whose wedding it was not, took my Dad to the lady's room and took a picture that looked like he was entering the room. Then they took my Mom ( who was a very conservative, nice modest women --- how she grew crazy sons I do not know but that is another story), Well, they took her into the mens room and took pictures of her in front of the urinal. Sadly, this wedding was the last one my mom attended, she passed away the following year. Since then my 3 other brothers, my sister and numerous cousins have been married. At EVERY single wedding in honor of mom, my brothers gather together the significant women (like MOB, MOG, grandparents, my aunts etc.) to stand in front of the urinal. I do not have all the pictures but here is one of my SIL and the mother of the groom at one wedding:





The funniest was when they were at a place that had 6 urinals in the men's room all lined up. Well, my brothers took 5 of my mom's BEST friends into the men's room and they were all women in their early 70's Here are quotes from what they said:
"Now don't forget do NOT touch anything"
"Mary (our mom) really did this"
"She never told us"
"You have all grown into silly men"
and
"I am going to have my kids do this at our weddings now"