Have you ever been to a tacky wedding? If you have...what made it tacky?

Question

I know everyone has different tastes in what they like...but have you ever been to a wedding where something made you say, "What were they thinking?!"

I went to a wedding last night and instead of buying a cake, the bride and groom bought hundreds of little tiny banana cream pies from Kroger. I just found the fact that they left the little pies in their containers with the labels still on to be a little tacky.

Answer 1

I am a caterer, and I have seen all types of weddings. Some people think that just because the wedding isn't quite "traditional" it is tacky. Some of the weirdest things are usually how to get the bride and groom to kiss during supper, as well as how the make their enterance and first dance.

Answer 2

As bad as I hate to admit to this one but Im going to be in this wedding. Its my childhood she is getting married for her 2nd time wearing a white gown trimmed with camo. The MOH (me) and the bridemaids will be in camo shirts and khaki skirts. The guys will be in khaki pants white shirts an camo ties. Yes she is a runner up for my big fat redneck wedding. The favors are soap on a rope, the toast is going to be done out of mason jars, the center pieces are made out of mason jars with candles and the are going to be hay bells laying on the tables.

Answer 3

I just went to a wedding this last saturday. And oh my h**l. So they had a chocolate fountain, so they had strawberries, bananas, and pretzels to dip in it... But the tacky part was they got a huge metal bowl and dumped a whole package of Oreos and nutter butters in it an d just set it on the table for people to grab. I just thought it was sooo tacky.

Answer 4

I've never been to a tacky wedding.I have been fortunate enough to have family and friends who have taste.

I wouldn't call it tacky though. The idea is nice, just bad or last minute planning. It's kind of weird nobody setting up noticed that. Hopefully they weren't paying anybody for that.

Answer 5

You're right that everyone has different tastes - I've been to lots of weddings where I think "ew", but that's just their style.

For me, the tackiest thing is when the guests, family members, or bride and groom make a scene - when someone gets drunk, someone starts demanding attention or making a tactless toast, etc.

I was at a wedding where the maid of honor (bride's sister) got smashed during the reception and made a toast to the "rhythm method" of birth control, without which her sister (the bride) would not have been born. The bride and her parents were so embarrassed, and no one could get the sister under control during the toast without making an even bigger scene. It was truly terrible.

Answer 6

After the Ceremony the bride got her b***s out and the groom pranced around in a Monkey Thong

Answer 7

LOL, Jessica.  That one takes the cake.  It should go in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Tackiest Wedding.

I've been to a wedding where they had a beautiful 7 tiered cake, but when it came time to cut it, they rolled that one out and rolled in a couple of plain sheet cakes.  That made me wonder...Was that a fake cake?  If not, what in the world are they going to do with a whole 7 tiered cake?  Did they borrow it perhaps? ...I dunno.

Answer 8

Well I don't like the word tacky I think it's overused by brides when others use traditions in their part of the country that they wouldn't in theirs.

However...my cousin had an entire 'what was she thinking' wedding. She wanted to get married in the middle of a bridge...it was a bridge in the country...She had people standing at both ends stopping traffic. It was the middle of October and it was raining very cold rain but she didn't care.It was in 2000 and the dresses we all wore screamed 1982, her hair did also.

She was selective on the bar...as in certain people got free drinks but others had to pay.

She didn't really decorate the reception site...there were the long banquet tables with no covers, a floating candle in the middle of each (not lit) and like 2 dozen balloons blown up and on the floor.

She didn't have a cake for cutting on display...the cake came from out back and it was already cut up and on plates... It was 2 cakes she got off the clearance rack at Walmart that were like birthday theme but you know how they put them on clearance or sale after they are a few days old? Yep those ones because she said she wasn't going to spend money on a real cake.

EDIT Fizzy Stuff what is with people wearing nice outfits then changing??? When my best friend got married last year there was a couple who were at the wedding the girl wore a beautiful pink dress, he in khakis, white shirt and pink tie to match his wife, really they looked like a beautiful couple..THEN when they showed up at the reception she had a pair of skin tight jeans with a few holes in them and a stained old tshirt and he had a very stained white old tank top with old oil stained cut off jean shorts with the white 'strings' hanging down. I could not believe it!!

Answer 9

I went to a wedding that the groom wore hunting camo's with a tux jacket then the reception was at a park pavillion ( bring your own food and drink!!!) then the toast was with BEER in bottles!

Another wedding I went to the bride wore cut off shorts and a white t and the groom wore cut off shorts and a concert t and the reception was at a VFW hall and there was no food it was bring your own drinks ( even soda) the music was just a radio ( not even cd's playing just a country station) the tables were just fold out tables with no coverings

Another wedding I went to was my cousins-- she was pregant and yet the only one drinking she hid a box of wine at her seat and drank all night then she opened her wedding gifts ! While opening her gifts she received 2 of something then asked both people she got the gifts from for receipts so she could return the items because now seeing them she changed her mind and didn't want them after she had registered for these things.

Answer 10

I went to a wedding where the entrance was a long hall with two long tables on each side. There are at least 10 secured boxes to receive cash and checks near guest books that were guarded by the groom's and bride's family members. The invitation said something like "we preferred cash". I just didn't know that they actually expected everyone to pay the admission right then when we were filling out the guest books.

Answer 11

yes - after I moved to the midwest from the west coast, we went to Oklahoma to a wedding for an associates of my husband's (we were newlywed's ourselves).  We dressed up, and drove down, but I found it strange that my hubby was asked to drive the "keg" down (Kansas has better beer, I guess).  When we arrived we had a hard time finding  the place - turned out it was this little "shotgun" type shack with a bunch of naked kids in front playing.  Most of the people were dressed in "farm casual" clothes.  This was both of their second weddings - and they both had a bunch of kids - pot-luck food & wedding "pie".  The preacher was her uncle who went on & on about women's place's in the home and submitting to their husband, etc.  Several of the men got drunk, and at least one woman.  I begged my husband to leave, but we couldn't as the keg was not "floating" yet - we finally escaped around midnight from the madness...  yes, to my knowledge, they are  still married and have had more children (8 now I think between them)

Answer 12

The tackiest thing I've seen at a wedding was at my own - someone from my church put a BRIGHT ORANGE 5 gallon bucket to "pour drinks-in." (when finished with them). The crazy thing - I didn't even notice it until I got my pictures back! Urg!

Oh yea, and if you really wanna read about tacky weddings, go to www.etiquettehell.com

Answer 13

i didnt go but a friend of mine said they served lil "dime" ham sandwiches and aldis chips also served cake only to family members ..they walked around eveyone else to serve it...talk about rude

Answer 14

This was my "tacky" experience, although I think in some areas of the country it is the norm...

I am from the Northeast and attended a wedding in the Midwest.  The day after the wedding, all the guests went to the brides parents house to watch the newlyweds open all the gifts.  If there was cash inside the envelope, they announced who it was from and how much was in it.  If it was a physical item (a vase, a plate, etc) it was passed around the room for everyone to check out.

Those of us from the Northeast almost fell over when we were told this was "customary" for where we were.

Answer 15

Yes two, one wedding party started at 2 in the afternoon 'till about 6, I thought that was obscene.

And there was another one where two sisters from each side of the family got in huge fight and the bride got caught in it, how embarrassing :]

Answer 16

well my mother in law been married 4 times and was still wearing white on her last wedding.

Answer 17

Hardly any food, no water on the dessert, rude bride, both families not speaking to each other, the thank you cards were 9 months late and they were a collage picture sof her (uughhh), also the favors were piratied CD's with a picture of her on the cover, The TY cards also cointaind 6 (6!!)Cd's of pictures of her in the wedding (hlarky any of the groom or the guests, it was mostly her). They spent 35k The rehearsal dinner was pizza, and CHECK this, they spend 6k on flowers!!! and they tried to be very sophisticated, but the had a MONEY DANCE!!!! yes, on a 35k wedding. Also, they were 150 guests, and there was no assigned seating, so peeple were fightin over the tables, it was just disorganized.

Also, the wedding party was given a 3 day long assigned "duties" that included delivering flowers, setting up a chandelier, wrapping fabric on trees, picking up candles and liquor etc. People were sooo tired by the wedding day and they slaved their friends.

Their invitations were DIY and they were glued very poorly and the labels were printed on a computer, so when we got the invitation, it was all dirty because the ink smudged from the post office rolls.

and last but not least, even though it was held at a very nice venue in California, some guests came with shorts and flip flops, the guest book attendant was a cousin of hers that wore a hot hot pink very short dress that was two sizes to small and it look very very bad.

Good luck

Answer 18

A wedding that my husband and I were djs for could be called tacky, perhaps for the fact that the brother's of both the bride and groom got into a fist fight, or perhaps for the fact that the bride got into it too... or maybe because the groom's Mum kicked off her shoes and kicked the brother of the bride... and the music played on!

The best part was the after wedding party which we were invited to, back at the bride's family home and where there was an enormous amount of food, etc. as they half expected the wedding would end early.

Answer 19

A 4th of July wedding that was 3 hours late because the bride was cooking her own reception dinner ....hamburgers and hot dogs *doh*

But we honestly should have known better because the invitations were copied on regular filler paper.....

Okay I guess that ranks as beyond tacky and just d**n ridiculous !!

Answer 20

I went to a wedding of my male childhood friend where the bride was in a "dress" that made me cringe .  It was two pieces. The top part tied around her neck like a halter top and was so low cut that her b*****s were in danger of flopping out. Then her mid drift was exposed the the bottom part was a very short skirt that when she bent over you could almost see everything. She then wore a veil that went down to the back of her knees. It was a dingy white and old looking.

The groom was in a maroon crushed velvet suit.

She walked down the aisle to "rock you like a hurricane", which I actually found pretty funny.

At the reception there were two big kegs sitting on opposite ends of them room, both with an ample supply of those red plastic disposeable cups. Her family got really drunk and VERY rowdy. A fist fight actually broke out!

For dinner they went to burger king and picked up a whole bunch of hamburger and fries.

Their cake was a novelty cake. It was flat sheet cake with a bikini girl on it and said, "congrats on getting hitched"

As messed up as their wedding was, they are actually one of the happiest couples I know and their marriage is still going very strong 10 years later!

Answer 21

I remember going to a couple of weddings when i was young that i thought really brought out the worst in people.  From crude jokes to bad food to bizarre dances ( Hokey-Pokey, Chicken Dance, etc.).  I stay away from these events ever since.

Answer 22

I was at a wedding wear they got married in the same room as the reception.  So you sat at the table where you would be eating dinner and watched them get married and then dinner was served.

I know they did it to save money, but you couldn't even see!

Answer 23

No I don't do weddings, and if there was one I wouldn't go. Weddings are boring. I would rather stare at a washing machine cleaning clothes for 6 hours.

You find more joy in a b*****d funeral to be honest.

Answer 24

The idea started off being good... but the finish might have killed it, I guess...

I've been to weddings where they have a "demo" cake (Looks beautiful, but the inside's made out of foam) and they gave out beautifully decorated plastic boxes with a slice of lightly decorated 'wedding cake'.

It was really nice, and everyone commented on how unique it was!

I find the 'money dance' tacky....

There is a VERY fine line between cutting down costs and just being lazy!

Answer 25

Yes.. it was mine

SteveC

Answer 26

lol Yeah those little cakes would be cute but they should have taken them out.

Honestly the thing that bugs me the most is bad behavior by guests and people in the wedding.  Some people need to realize that just because you go to a wedding doesn't mean you have to drink yourself so stupid that you pass out on the dance floor.

Brides who throw fits at their own weddings bug me. I'm also so over seeing drunken members of the wedding party. Self control people!!! When you are a member of a wedding party, the bride, the groom or the bride or groom's parents, siblings or grandparents, you are on display and people are going to notice what you do, so act right! I'm also over people making speeches expressing how they didn't want their son or daugther to marry the bride or groom. Should have done that before the wedding!

Answer 27

I gotta say, after reading other posts, most of my family and friends have pretty good taste! I havent seen too much tacky stuff at weddings honestly.

The worst thing I saw was the father of the bride, straight after the ceremony, appeared wearing a ratty Tshirt and cutoff jean shorts. The strings from the denim were even dangling down. And bare feet. He then danced with his daughter, the bride, who was in a proper wedding dress. I thought that was really rude of him.

Also a wedding where not only did they have cans of beer available to purchase, but also you had to buy your own soda or juice.

But these dont hold a candle to some of the atrocities others have posted!

My sister went to a wedding where I guess the bridesmaids wore colors of the rainbow. The centrepieces were pots of gold that had chocolate coins glued on it. The pots were spray painted black and the paint was rubbing on the guests hands. Oh and in the middle of the gold coins there were balloons coming out, which were falling down because they had been blown up a week prior to the wedding.

Answer 28

My cousin's wedding was truly memorable because of the Mystery Meat and the corn.

The bride's mom did all of the food and had to go home (about a half hour away) to get all of the food and bring it back. By then we were all STARVING so when the told guest to go ahead and serve themselves we were over joyed! Until we got to the line. There was three HUGE pots of corn (enough to feed five times the number of guests) and some sort of meat. We never did figure out what it was but the closest we could figure was Spam. : ) At another cousin's wedding the brides aunt wore a floor length red lacy negligee.

Answer 29

my friend went to a wedding where the was a water fountain in the cake. it was in the middle of the bottom layer and it shot out over the cake.  she just said it looked like a giant waste of money.  and they served some kind of fish that made the entire hall reek of fish.  and I saw pictures of the dresses which looked horrbile on all the bridesmaids because they were all bigger (which isnt a problem) but the dresses looked like they were ordered a few sizes too small.

Answer 30

The bridesmaids wore strapless gowns that had never been altered. They were all falling off and their chests were falling out. They were holding them up as they walked down the aisle! I would rather have no bridesmaids than allow them to look that way at my wedding. Fake flowers are too tacky for me. I mean if you can't afford real ones then don't have any. If you can't even afford a bouquet for $12 from the grocery store you shouldn't be getting married.