What are your wedding problems?

Question

What are your wedding problems?

Answer 1

Can't find the right venue for the ceremony! We don't want a church wedding so we're doing an outdoor garden type wedding with an indoor reception. We're also looking for a place with a suitable back-up in case of inclement weather. Because we live in such an expensive area, it's a task and a half!! The conventional wedding facilities are pretty much a no because of the cost. I can't see spending that much and having to have their food and their rules.

If we don't start having some luck I'm going to start pulling my hair out.

(by the way, we're in the boston area so if anyone knows of a beautiful park or something with a decent inclement weather option anywhere within 1.5 hours of Boston I'd be so very grateful for suggestions)  

Answer 2

Money!  I am trying to stay under budget, but once vendors hear the word "wedding" they start hearing cha-ching noises too.  I ordered flowers, no problem, but then the florist realized they were for a wedding and TRIPLED the price.  Uggh!

Answer 3

My mother

His mother

His brother

Our conflicting tastes in style

Money problems

Answer 4

i  only problem minor problems with my wedding. our limo was 1 hour late and it was the wrong limo so the best man had to sit on the floor...

one of the bridesmaids kept hitting on my husband during our reception and even tried to open our present the next day at gift opening-lol

one of the other bridesmaids didn't get her dress until the day before my wedding.

this is from my sisters wedding:

1.We would like to thank you for the use of your facility for our wedding reception. The hall was large which supported our 250 guests and we enjoyed the extra room to mingle with friends as well as a dance floor.

2.On May 8, 2007, we entered into an agreement with the Beddington Heights Community Association for the rental of your main hall, fully functioning kitchen, parking lot and bathrooms.  This facility was chosen because of its apparent capacity to hold guests in excess of 200 individuals, had a fully functioning kitchen with two stoves, an accessory oven, one fridge and one deep freeze in the main floor kitchen.  Based on a walk through of the hall, parking lot and surrounding area, it was determined this facility was acceptable and suitable to handle a wedding reception.  In the agreement it was decided, based on a decision to have a bar at the wedding, for the pop and ice to be included into the rental price.  An agreement was signed in the amount of $2,356.20 on the understanding that we would have access to the facility on Friday June 13, 2008 to prepare for the reception.

3.In order to prepare for the 240 guests and prepare the hall we arrived at the hall on Friday June 13, 2008. The hall, the stairways, the main floor kitchen and upstairs kitchen all required sanitation so that it could be used. The entire kitchen area and counter tops had to be disinfected.

4.The following is what we noted:

a)When entering the kitchen, we were greeted by the security staff, who calmly explained to us that the large fridge in the main kitchen had not been working for at least a week. Since our agreement had states that we were able to use the fridge Friday night, we had to make use of the small and slightly broken fridges on the second level of the community centre. Again, we chose the Beddington Community Centre because we could bring our own food. Our parents had spent countless hours preparing and cooking our homemade wedding buffet for 250 people. The non-functioning refrigeration units made for an extremely frustrating time trying to move all the food into the upstairs fridge on Friday night and then back down again on Saturday morning with left-overs back to the second floor again Saturday evening to keep it cool for the following day.

b)We were not told in advance that the community centre parking lot would house a recycling drop-off location on the day of our wedding. This was quite the shock as the wedding party drove up in the vehicle, only to see numerous 60 x 40 foot of garbage piles that consumed the majority of the parking lot. As well, we chose your facility for our event because we were having a large reception, 250 people. Many of these guests were from out of town and actually second guessed the location of our reception, thinking they were at the wrong building. This initial view of the building we had personally chosen for our wedding reception, over a year and a half ago, was clearly not the same image we received on our wedding day. By late that evening the main parking lot finally cleared of recyclable goods, however, much debris remained on the side of the parking lot. Can you imagine, what was going through the minds of the guests?

c)Two ovens, which were both working at the time the contract was signed, would not heat up to proper temperatures.  This was an extreme inconvenience and resulted in a main dish of ham being served cold.

d)When we entered the kitchen on Friday night, the floor and countertops were not satisfactory. There was dirt on the floor and the counters were dirty. We had to disinfect the entire kitchen prior to preparing any food. This establishment was supposed to be ‘ready to use’ in order to prepare for the wedding. Instead we had to clean up the hall just to make it sanitary to prepare and serve food. This was not part of the contract.

e)One of the toilets, in the ladies bathroom did not flush properly, and leaked all over the floor. After informing the security staff on duty, he preceded to clean it up with a mop, once. The bride’s mother had to repeatedly mop up the mess throughout the remainder of the evening, so the water would not be an embarrassment to our wedding guests.

f)At one point during the evening, the gentlemen on security was sawing away the drywall beside the office door doing some sort of general maintenance. This task was underway during our reception with all guests present.

g)We were not provided with coffee urns for the reception. On the Friday before the wedding at 3:00pm we received a phone call telling us that all of the coffee urns were broken. Among the hectic day that it was, we now had to run around Calgary trying to find large coffee urns for our 250 guests.

h)The bartenders were not aware that they had to provide ice. The bartenders told us that if we used the ice in the freezer the community association would charge us $20/bag. The groom’s father had to leave the reception to buy ice and cold beverages, at premium price due to the fact that there was non-functioning refrigeration. ...

Answer 5

Family involvement...

Answer 6

I am not having a conventional wedding  by any means, and when my dad found out about this he freaked and refused to go to the wedding. My mom on the other hand, thinks its just peachy that I have the courage to go against the norm. The bissgest reason dad freaked out is because my dress isnt white, but the way I see it is that its my wedding and I will do things the way I want to.. he already had his, and if he didnt get things his way then its his problem. Still makes for a lot of headaches though.

Answer 7

see my post -

"Nine months pregnant bridesmaid at wedding?"

Answer 8

Other people are my wedding problem.  Flaky friends and demanding family have turned my wedding from my dream to something that barely resembles what I imagined.  Although I am still very excited and can't wait to marry my fiance, I feel like some people have done their best to sabotage it for me or stress me to the breaking point.

I won't let them though!  22 days to go!

Answer 9

Hopefully, these problems you are asking is not about your commitment to the relationship...!  Otherwise, save yourself the money, time, and heartache on both sides and break it off.

My simple problems at my wedding were:  The cell phone lines were down... no one could reach my mother who had the dress.  My groom went home at the last minute because he forgot to shave.  The camera guy wasn't there till 4 minutes till the ceremony.  There wasn't enough chairs for all the people that came into the church. I got my dress just in time to jump into it and grab my flowers and go down the isle.  All my bridesmaids realized that their dress straps all were falling down right before the ceremony.... HELLO! So thankfully, I had some thread and a needle and my aunt fixed them while we were waiting for my dress!

Other than that the day and everything went perfect... It was just a scramble to get everyone to the isle on time.  And my groom was there by that time.

Oh... also I would consider one of my husbands friends taking a picture of his *** and balls as a problem. Yuck!  Not what I wanted to see!  

Answer 10

My main problem have been bridesmaids. Don't get me wrong, I have two amazing bridesmaids and now one more. I had a horrible one and gave her an out and she took it, now I have one who called me the day before my wedding shower and told me she could not make it! She was helping organize it and paying for the building, and flaked on everything! She is still being hard to deal with!