"Zero Class": People Are Sharing The Tackiest Behavior They've Ever Seen At Weddings, And It's Pureeee Mess
We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the tackiest, most entitled thing they've ever witnessed at a wedding. Needless to say, the replies were WILD. Here are some of the most jaw-dropping:
1."This technically happened after the wedding. I was invited to the wedding of a young, very conservative Baptist. They made a big show of handing over their purity rings, the pastor gave a short sermon on waiting until marriage, then they did this foot-washing thing. It was all very cringy. Like, why was this whole wedding about sex? About two-ish weeks later, everyone who had been invited got a letter in the mail from the bride and her mother, where the mother made the bride tell everyone that she had gotten pregnant before her wedding and how exactly it had happened."
"It was entirely unnecessary, horrifying, and I can only imagine how humiliated the bride must have felt to be forced to send such a letter. The couple had been together and engaged for a long while; it's not like they got married because she got knocked up. Their parents failed by not teaching them basic sex ed. Reading what these two kids did thinking it couldn't lead to pregnancy was gross and sad. Ew."
2."The new mother-in-law thought since she paid for the cake, she was entitled to cut herself a 'small piece' before the reception started, because, in her words, 'I think I might be diabetic and my sugar was dropping.'"
—Anonymous
3."One of the bridesmaids made a speech about herself that dragged on. She told the bride that she was the princess because she, herself, was really the queen, and she should be thanking her for taking her under her wing. It was truly laughable. She also didn’t wait in line for drinks or food. She went behind the bar to get her own drinks (there was a bartender), and cut the entire line to eat. She wouldn’t let the bride get dressed to show us the first look and refused to leave the room. She complained about pictures and stopped doing them altogether. She demanded the groomsmen lift her up like in Dirty Dancing when they came in and got introduced. She cut a slit in her dress because she had to look sexy. And, at one point, she threw my purse out of the room."
4."I watched a bride yell at the hall manager that she ordered green beans instead of carrots. Everyone was seated for dinner and she was at the head table thrusting the plate of vegetables at him and yelling that she wasn’t going to pay for that. The groom (my brother) should've known then that it was going to be a messy and expensive divorce."
—Anonymous
5."I was in the Army with this real sweetheart of a guy. He was such a nice person, it was hard to believe he was a hardened combat veteran. I was part of his wedding (I led the saber arch) and it was great. Everyone was having a wonderful time. But, near the end of the reception, I ran into his older sister, who was stomping around the reception hall. She was mad — truly angry beyond compare. I chatted her up and found out what the problem was. Apparently, she couldn't understand how this entire ordeal, the wedding, the reception, everything, was for her little brother. She then insulted her brother to my face, saying, 'I mean...he's just a dork, right? Isn't he?' and then stormed out of the reception. I guess she had been the center of attention, the oldest, brilliant child, while he had been just the goofy guy. Now, here we were. He had a successful career, a great wife, and was loved by everyone, while she had few friends and no job."
"I talked to some other people, and apparently I wasn't the only person she had vented to that night. At least she left before anything embarrassing happened."
—Anonymous
6."When they don't provide enough cake for everyone. The first wedding I attended, they had a tiny wedding cake that only the groom, the bride, and close family were given pieces of while we got nothing. It doesn't have to be from the actual wedding cake, but at least give your guests something!"
7."I'm in an interfaith marriage. I am Jewish (currently practicing), and my husband was raised Christian (not practicing). We were married in a reform synagogue so the rabbi spoke in English and Hebrew, explaining everything as he went for those who weren't Jewish. After the ceremony, my now in-laws came up to my husband and I and told us how 'pleasantly surprised' they were at how 'lovely and meaningful' our Jewish ceremony was. They were saying they didn’t think they would 'get any of it' or understand it. Their passive-aggressive antisemitism still shocks me when I think about that moment."
—Anonymous
8."The groom and best man opened all the gift envelopes and loudly counted the money at one of the guest tables during the reception."
—Anonymous
9."My aunt (dad's sister) took my dad's seat at my wedding ceremony. The pews faced inward toward the aisle, so her seat was at the very front and my dad had to look past her to watch our ceremony. He had to walk around her to get to his seat, after walking me down the aisle, since she didn't scoot over, even though it's a given that he should get the front seat, he had even told her he was going to sit there prior to the ceremony starting."
—Anonymous
10."My sister-in-law and her husband had a 'personal' photo shoot with our wedding photographer on our wedding day. She did ask if it would be ok to 'get a few photos.' I said yes, not knowing she wanted a full-on portrait session. I guess since her mother was paying, she thought that was OK."
11."My cousin got married about two weeks before me. She brought the proof book from her wedding to my wedding. All the guests from my dad’s side of the family spent the evening looking at her wedding pics and talking about her wedding. It felt like mine was being compared unfavorably. SMH."
—Anonymous
12."I used to work as a wedding DJ. One reception was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. The families booked a resort for the reception — complete with hotel rooms. The father of the bride used his 20-minute-long toast to recap the highlights of his business success and name-drop. Not to be outdone, the mother of the bride danced on tables and lifted her dress up enough so that everyone saw she was wearing a thong. The groom flirted with my friend who had come along to help me. He tried to get her to go back to his room with him and the best man less than two hours after saying 'I do.' The bride walked up to the groom in the middle of the dance floor and loudly sent him to his room like he was a child. Zero class."
—Anonymous
13."I once went to a wedding where not all the wedding guests were invited to the reception. Those that were invited to the reception received an additional card with reception details in their wedding invitation. I was best friends with one of the bride's younger sisters who had clued me in on this beforehand. My family didn't get the reception invite. The ceremony ended, and as people were leaving the church, my friend asked if my family and I were coming to the reception. I said we weren't invited."
"She looked confused and then asked her sister, the bride, if we could come. While I did ultimately get to go to the reception and have fun with my friends, I've never forgotten the snub. My family always thought we were close family friends with the bride and her family. This was also the age of uploading your entire camera roll to Facebook, so I'm sure there were other snubs who did not get to go who were hurt to open Facebook in the following days to find out there actually had been a reception, they just weren't invited."
—Anonymous
14."My son had an open bar at his wedding reception, so a relative decided to get TWO bottles of champagne."
—Anonymous
15."A friend of mine had a phone call from her mother, who was asking on behalf of the bride (friend’s cousin) how much money she had put in the wishing well. So tacky."
16."I have an upcoming California wedding for a couple originally from the area. Audaciously, the bride and groom are expecting people to donate toward the purchase of a fancy puppy. Classless and horrible considering that California animal shelters are at capacity and the state has one of the highest euthanasia rates due to overcrowding in shelters perpetuated by selfish humans who breed and buy. Like seriously, it's 2023, people. RSVPing a strong NO!"
—Anonymous
17."I was in my brother-in-law's wedding. As we were taking pictures, I was asked to leave the area because the pictures were 'just for family.' My husband and I had already been married for over 20 years (and are still married). My MIL said it loud enough for guests to hear. I made a beeline to the bar!"
—Anonymous
18."I hope everyone is in agreement that proposing at a wedding when you don’t have the couple’s permission prior to the wedding is a very rude thing to do. Well, this happened at my cousin’s wedding just a few weeks ago. Her colleague’s boyfriend proposed to her whilst the best man was attempting to give his speech, and once the groom very politely asked them (the colleague and boyfriend) if they could 'please wait a moment,' the colleague suddenly became infuriated and shouted across the hall, 'Let someone else be happy, for goodness' sake!' It was truly mind-boggling to hear. Needless to say, the bride made sure they did not attend the reception."
—Anonymous
19."Last year I went to my girlfriend's cousin's wedding. Her dad went up to give a speech to his newly-married daughter, and at the end of the speech, he yelled out, 'Trump 2024!'"
—Anonymous
20."The maid of honor stormed off from the head table during the toast when the bride announced she was pregnant."
—Anonymous
21."The bride and groom had a completely different dinner than the guests. They ate shrimp and pasta. We were given the choice of chicken, which was undercooked, or prime rib, which was really just overcooked slices of roast beef."
—Anonymous
22.Finally: "I have several instances from just one wedding where the bride was a total piece of work. She told everyone a guest was pregnant when that guest had had difficulty conceiving for years. She admitted that she didn’t talk to the groom’s family at the reception. She stopped the bus before wedding party pictures to check out the venue and have a billion photographs of the decor, but took hardly any wedding photos with her groom. She cussed at guests to get them on the dance floor, even though she was in the bar area most of the night herself. The cherry on top: When I said goodbye to her as she was leaving and said I’d see her at brunch the next morning, she said, 'Oh, you’re coming?' I was the best man’s wife and we were invited. Needless to say, we didn’t go."
—Anonymous
What's the most tasteless, entitled, or downright ridiculous thing you've ever witnessed at a wedding? Tell us in the comments. 👀
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
