“The Groom Had Sex With A Bridesmaid”: Wedding Staffers Share Wild Horror Stories From The Job

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“I’m a destination wedding planner, so I usually plan everything by email and phone calls. I only meet the couple once they arrive at the destination, about four days before the wedding. The day they arrived, I welcomed them and let them rest. The next day was our meeting, and I was waiting for them at my office at the resort where they’re staying. I received a call from the receptionist, who was crying, and she’ telling me how the groom’s mom is wild, telling me she locked her in her room because there was no premium wine brand in the freezer (that is definitely not included). And when the receptionist went to the room to try to calm her down, she just locked her in. The bride came into my office crying; meanwhile, the groom was nowhere to be seen. She said she hated her MIL and that the groom was drunk for a whole day, so she couldn’t convince him to be at the meeting…”

“I asked her if she wanted to try again later, and she said we should do it now. We checked the wedding plans together. They stated they didn’t want a rehearsal for the ceremony, so we just went to the venues to see everything. The groom showed up at my office five hours later for the meeting, drunk, so I explained that we already had it, and he left very mad.

On the wedding day, the bride cried the entire morning, talking about how much she hated her MIL and how wild she was. I checked everything like I always do, I’m a little sargent when it comes to times and planning. The groom was nowhere to be seen, off with the rest of his family, while the bride was ready in her room with her bridesmaids, and her family was at the venue. But we couldn’t start without the groom. 30 minutes later, I found the groom; he was at another venue, drunk and angry because there was no setup for his wedding.

I took him to the real venue, and we started the ceremony. The bride was crying (again) and wanted to put distance between them. After the ceremony, he blamed me for being drunk, and his mother yelled at me. The bride approached us to calm the situation. She got hit by the MIL, and the MIL didn’t apologize; she actually told her it was her fault for being in a bad mood and that she deserved it.

Fast forward to the dinner, and the groom is even drunker, and the bride is nowhere to be seen. I searched for her to see if I could help. 30 minutes later, I asked the hotel staff if anyone had seen the bride, and they guided me to the front desk. She left the resort on her wedding night and flew back home the next day. The groom and his family were angry, and somehow, all of this was the resort’s fault.

They asked for a refund after the bride, by phone the next day, told that groom she wanted a divorce and said it was because she ‘didn’t like the wedding.’ Two months later, they were divorced, and the bride pressed charges against the MIL because, in the divorce hearing, she attacked her.”

—u/michcnat