A bunch of girls and I along with the bride practiced for days (yeah it was a last minute thing) a flash mob dance that we were going to do towards the end of the wedding a certain song was to come on and we would line up and dance. It went off without a hitch but no one was clapping although everyone was watching,… Read more
My dad and his youngest brother (both groomsmen) got into a parking lot fistfight over my mom (a bridesmaid) at their brother's wedding. My parents met that day and liked each other immediately, but my mom and my youngest uncle were the same age and all of the relatives thought they should get together, so they kept… Read more
I once got kicked out of a college friend's wedding because two of the ushers and I were practicing choke holds and sleeper holds on each other. We happened to be doing this on the stage, which probably was the only thing that got us noticed. The groom's dad yelled at us all like a bunch of 10-year-olds to stop… Read more
My brother-in-law helped to setup the reception. The problem is that he showed up super early and started drinking right away. By the beginning of the reception he rounding loud obnoxious drunk and settling toward angry sad drunk. An hour in he challenged my bewildered cousin, who he just met, to a fist fight (he was… Read more
My brother in law and my husband's various cousins (all males between 19 and 27 at the time) spent the week leading up to our wedding horsing around and jokingly pretending to punch each other in the nuts. Ha ha. Nut violence. Hilarious. Read more
I come from a HUGE family, half of which still live in Oklahoma. Yeah, you know this is about you, You. There was a rift in the 50s over a bunch of money from some business endeavor and that story itself is insane, but it came up at my cousin's wedding when I was 15. She had specifically stated NO FLASKS on the… Read more
At my cousin's wedding the groom, all 4 groomsmen, and a few extras got into a massive wrestling match/brawl that carried them into the cake (after about half had been eaten, so not a total disaster). The tuxes were a very light gray; the cake had a raspberry jam layer. It looked like they were mud wrestling in… Read more
My best friend's twin brother's wedding was the business. The bride's family is how do you say.......very Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies. Simple country folk that did very well in real estate. We are at a 5 star resort and in the lobby after the rehearsal dinner, the sister of the bride BEAT THE SHIT out of… Read more
Not my wedding but my mom's. My dear sweet grandmother (mom's side) was not happy that her ex husband (my mom's dad) brought a floozie to the wedding. They had divorced due to his philandering ways. From what I was told my 5 foot 1 inch grandma proceeded to grab said floozie and help her out of the reception. She did… Read more
For your Irish Coffee, add a little bit a Bailey's to your whipping cream before whipping. Read more
I often make my hot toddy using hot orange spice tea instead of just hot water. Read more
Not a disaster story, but a tip for any of you who might be mailing out invitations at some point: Assign each household a number and put it on the back of the RSVP card. Some people don't remember to put their own names on the card, or the names are illegible. It also gives you a simple way to sort them so you can… Read more
Hi, I'm the Current Iteration of Gordon Hayward. I read your beginner's guide to anal and I must say I'm intrigued! Read more
"Regularly making the bed makes making the bed less of a chore overall. (This is true of a lot of cleaning and organizing tasks: Staying on top of them makes them less painful and time-consuming)." Read more
Becoming a bed maker has lead to more restful sleep. I can't claim it would have that effect on anyone else, but why not try it? Read more
The biggest reason I always make the bed is that when I go to bed at night and it is unmade, I feel depressed, because I associate it with times when it didn't matter whether I made the bed because no one else was going to give a shit whether the bed was made. Read more
