It’s wedding season, y’all! Which means...it’s time for some wedding horror stories.Redditor u/Arknight40 asked, “Wedding photographers of Reddit, what was your ‘they’re not gonna last long’ moment?” From photographers to wedding planners, tons of people (including BuzzFeed readers!) who work in the industry shared their stories. Here are just a few of them:"Wedding photographer with 20 years of experience here…one that stands out was when the bride's parents' speech included this line regarding the groom: 'You weren’t who we envisioned for our daughter, but you have children together, so I guess we’re stuck with you.'"Getty Images"Photographer here. The MOB (mother of the bride) gave me a $700 tip for not walking out. The groom gave vows that were just about perfect, and the bride just said, 'I love you,' and finished. She was holding hands with the best man all through the wedding, and the groom looked so sad. A few months later, I was a photographer for the groom and the maid of honor's wedding. Ultimate karma." — Anonymous"I used to be a wedding photographer in Las Vegas at several hotels and downtown wedding chapels. I’ve got so many of these stories. On Monday the week of the wedding, I got booked to shoot it. On Wednesday, the hotel called me to cancel because the bride backed out. The next day, the hotel called again to rebook me because the wedding was back on. Get this — it was the same groom, but a different bride. Two days later (Friday), I shot the wedding with the new bride, who was about 18 or 19 years old (the groom was early 20s). It was clear they barely knew each other. The bride just kept saying, 'This is so wild, I can’t believe I’m doing this.' Yeah, neither could I."Getty Images"The couple got married and were on their way to the reception at our banquet hall when one of the bridesmaids told the bride that the groom had slept with the stripper hired for his stag night. The bride arrived in tears, went to the restroom, and wouldn't come out. When she finally did about an hour later, they had dinner, but there was no first dance, cake cutting, etc." — Anonymous"I used to work at a David's Bridal. The bride came in with tons of friends, we did the Say Yes To The Dress thing, and an hour later, she was standing there in $3,000 worth of stuff and didn't have any money with her or in her account. She decided she wanted to apply for the store credit card. I ran it through the system, and she got denied. She then called the groom for his info (which, to be fair, people did all the time), and he told her no. She threw a HUGE fit on the phone with him, standing on the bridal stage, literally demanding, 'WHY NOT? WHY?! WHY!!' like an actual child over and over again. I've never seen a 30-year-old age backward so quickly."I was a photographer at this bride's wedding, and she was such a monumental bitch that her mom gave me a $500 tip for not walking out. She was treating everyone (even her now-husband) like a piece of shit employee. She snapped when she wanted someone to do something for her. She berated the DJ for grabbing a sandwich when he'd been there for about eight hours. She even told him that he should've brought his own lunch and that she would be taking the cost of the food (which was an open buffet style) out of his paycheck. The couple was divorced within three years, but not before having three kids with stupid names."Erman Gunes via Getty Images"My mother was a wedding photographer until I was about 18 or 19, and I helped out on many of them. This one stands out the most. We were at a campsite where both the wedding and reception were being held. About halfway through the reception, I heard the groom start laughing maniacally. I peaked over his way and could see two groomsmen hauling the thrashing and screaming bride toward the lake. They threw her into the freezing cold water with her veil and dress still on. "When she got out of the water, I genuinely thought she might shoot somebody. Saying she looked like a drowned rat would have been an insult to rats. Her hair and makeup and probably the dress were ruined beyond repair. The fact that the groom laughed and didn’t do anything stuck with me as being a dog shit move, even as a teen. Apparently, she thought so, too, because if I remember correctly, they didn’t even make it six months."ridvan_celik via Getty Images"I’m a wedding photographer, and this one wedding I worked was an absolute nightmare. The groom kept running off with his friends to get drunk, leaving the bride alone. She couldn’t even talk to her bridesmaids because they were also getting drunk. This was all before the ceremony, too. During the ceremony, the bride was visibly upset as the groom kept slurring his lines, and it was clear he didn’t really care. When I asked them to get closer a little bit, they didn’t want to and just stayed a few inches apart. After, the bride was just completely bawling. They didn’t make it to three months." — AnonymousAnd finally, "Videographer here. I'll never forget this particular wedding. The groom thought he was such hot shit — he wore sunglasses during the whole ceremony. For the vows, he wanted his young kids to come up and be next to him for some reason. So, while the bride gave these wonderful, long, thought-out vows, he ignored her and paid attention to the kids, who were fucking around with the lapel mic I put on him the whole time. When she was finished, he laughed at her. He started his vows by saying, 'I mean, imma wing it. I just knew about this last night...' They were so short, and he put noticeably less effort than she did."Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity. RelatedMarriageRelationshipsweddings
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