Top 10 ways that guests can and do ruin weddings
These are true, real life ways that some guests have previously ruined weddings, and ways in which to steer clear of them.
10. Hitting on the bar/waiting staff – It certainly isn’t appropriate, and it is definitely embarrassing, especially when you either get turned down or are getting asked to leave for inappropriate behaviour. Just admire from a distance…
9. Spill anything on the bride – Don’t even try to venture near the bride with a can of coke or a glass of red wine. One of the worst mistakes a guest can make! Water and lemonade are always a safe choice.
8. Telling the DJ to change the music – When it’s your wedding, you can choose the wedding. At someone else’s – leave the set list to the bridge & groom!
7. Drinking too much – It’s a wedding, not a house party. Don’t go over the top and get silly – who knows what could happen? You don’t want to remember the wedding through the embarrassing wedding photos afterwards. And worst of all, you don’t want the bride and groom remembering their wedding that way…
6. Wearing white – At someone else’s wedding, do not come wearing white. Out of all the clothes in the wardrobe, of all the clothes they had on sale in the shops, there has got to be something in there that isn’t white. Or even in the cream family. Committing this hideous faux-pas is the ultimate no-no. Apart from upstaging the bride wearing bright red…
5. Making a blushing groom, not blushing bride – Just because he is your best mate, it doesn’t give you the opportunity or even the right to let rip all the embarrassing stories that happened at the stag do. Do the grandma test – if it would be good enough for her, it’s good enough for the wedding.
4. Hooking up at the wedding – The wedding isn’t a club. Nor should it be used as one. Instead of grabbing the closest well dressed groomsman or the sexiest bridesmaid, go classy and ask for a number instead.
3. Answering the ‘objections’ question – When the minister asks if there are any reasons or objections why the two at the alter shouldn’t be getting married, do not speak up at this moment, even as a joke that the groom, in a different situation, may find funny. Leave any humorous remarks out, or mention relationship breakers before the ceremony in private.
2. Letting kids run riot – We’ve all seen it, the babies screaming during the ceremony, the kids pulling off tablecloths and knocking over the flowers – keeping the children under control, especially at the life-changing moments for the happy couple – will make for a carefree day.
1. Nicking the nice bits off the cake – We all know how difficult it is to refrain from touching and maybe even taking tasty bits off of confectionery. Even trying to avoid touching the weird looking jacket at the back of the shop is tough. But please, please, abstain from the wedding cake. Stay away if you can’t resist. If your finger accidentally goes through the icing, guess who’ll be paying…for life!
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