Wedding Workers Tell All
Weddings are meant to be the happiest day of a couple’s life—warm memories, good food, and embarrassing speeches. But what happens when the person snapping the photos or serving the cake witnesses a ceremony gone wrong? Say “I do”
and read about the hilarious scenes witnessed by these wedding workers creating the marital magic.
1. Ornament Explosion
As a wedding photographer I got lucky seeing the best and worse ceremonies. One bride I photographed twice. Her first wedding was during Christmas.
Groom's family decides they hate the bride's family during the reception and takes the glass ornaments off the tables, throwing them onto the dance floor. The ornaments shatter and cut up the bride’s family members that were dancing barefoot.
This couple had been together for five years before getting engaged, and the bride got served divorce papers less than six months after the wedding. She was stunned and had no idea her husband wanted a divorce. Several years later, I had the pleasure ofshooting her second wedding. She definitely traded up and is very happy now.
2. Sweat In The Sky
The bride asked me to please get a few shots up ASAP for Facebook, which I did that night. I then received a 1 am phone call from the groom, who was FURIOUS that I had "made him look bad" by posting pictures where his "hair looked all sweaty".
This was an outdoor wedding. In Louisiana. On July 4th. At noon. They didn't last a year.
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3.One-Click Wonder
The one wedding I have ever photographed was held at a stately property owned by the groom's mother. The moment I got there I knew it was going to be an interesting day but stayed optimistic.
In the kiss she was all-in, he was taken aback and off-balance. Afterward, the groom's mommy licked her hanky and proceeded to clean lipstick off her sons face.
As the party continued the grooms’ mom became more domineering, even shoehorning herself between the couple while they cut the cake. It was the first and only wedding I've ever seen where, whilst the groom removed the garter, he had his mommy coaching him. "Silly, don't use your hands, you're supposed to use your teeth!"
As the day winds down the bride and groom look like they’re ready to leave, but there’s no car in sight or limo to drive them away. Instead, they walk straight over to the house behind mummy’s, and he carries his bride over the threshold.
Five minutes later, mommy dearest makes her way across the lawn and goes in right behind them. The marriage lasted almost three weeks.
4. Hands Off
While photographing a wedding I had a groomsman hit on me all night, and repeatedly put his hands on me. I told the bride and groom I was uncomfortable and they both just laughed.
At one point, he ended up following me into the bathroom and trying to kiss me. After throwing him off me, I told the newlyweds I was leaving an hour early after their first dance.
They tried to sue me over it. Now they’re divorced.
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