As 2024 comes to a close and Americans look forward to everything that's to come in 2025, here's a look at some wild wedding stories that made people laugh, cry, and even cover their mouths in shock. last year.
Brides, grooms, wedding party members and more shared their personal stories – while etiquette experts and others shared professional opinions and advice.
There were plenty of tales to choose from, but here are five that stood out over the past year.
Which one takes the most surprising cake out of them all?
1. The couple assigned guests to attend the wedding day
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Kareem (“Reemo”) and Nova Styles charged guests $333 for the “wedding experience,” which amounted to a full day of activities around the city, as they described it in their video.
A couple is seen standing in front of the bus above, who paid $333 each to attend the “Wedding Experience” in New York City. (Reem Photography)
The two whittled their guest list down to just 60 people.
“They chose us,” Nova Styles said in a TikTok video. “They trusted this process by purchasing a ticket to our wedding.”
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After the wedding ceremony was over, the guests went to… Hudson YardsAnd a movie theater and the World Trade Center for dancing, food and merriment — with photo ops along the way, Nova Styles said in the videos.
2. The unfaithful bride makes lemonade from lemons
An anonymous woman in the Bay Area found herself with a non-refundable wedding venue The wedding has been called -So I did the next best thing.
She donated the space to Parents Helping Parents (PHP), an organization that provides support to children and adults with special needs, as well as their families.
“The bride’s family reported that our agency, Parents Helping Parents, provided services to the family to support the bride’s brother, who has special needs,” said Maria Dunn, executive director of PHP.
A California bride donated her wedding venue to a charity that helps children and adults with special needs, as well as their families. The group held a “ball for everyone”. (Parents helping parents)
PHP decided to use the already paid-for space to host a “party for people with disabilities from 0 to 100,” Fox News Digital previously reported.
Dubbed “Ball for All,” the party was complete with food, music, dancing and a photo booth.
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Dunn said she received a phone call from her Bride's family Two weeks before the scheduled wedding.
PHP moves quickly. Within three days, the event was planned right down to catering, Danny said.
Attendees enjoyed a night of dancing and food. (Parents helping parents)
“I imagine weddings get canceled every now and then, but I've never heard of one being turned into a community party for people with disabilities and their families,” Dan said.
She added: “It makes me feel so grateful for people's resilience and kindness – this bride's ability to do something so generous and thoughtful in the face of her grief is inspiring.”
3. The bride’s father forgot something very important
An amusing story from England showed that mistakes can happen to anyone – even on one of the most important days of a person's life.
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Neil Crossley, father of his daughter Amy Tutti, who married in Yorkshire, England in 2024, had a An embarrassing moment It was captured on film.
At Totti's wedding, Crossley began walking down the aisle toward the altar — without his daughter.
Neil Crossley, pictured here, began walking down the aisle without his daughter in an accidental moment captured on video. (Sonus)
He said there had been a “misunderstanding” and he thought he had been instructed to start walking.
Crosley eventually turned around, grabbed his daughter, and proceeded to a much more traditional walk down the aisle.
Guests can be heard on video laughing at the awkward moment, which Crossley said he later referenced in his father-of-the-bride's speech.
His daughter especially got a kick out of the whole mix.
Crossley escorted his daughter, Amy Totti, pictured here, down the aisle on his second attempt. (Sonus)
“I especially appreciated it because I was trying hard not to cry, and it helped me control myself,” Totti said.
“It was a special moment that none of us will forget,” she added.
4. The hungry wedding guest took matters into his own hands
Reddit user who was Kicked out of a wedding After drunkenly ordering pizza to replenish the depleted buffet, the latter laughed after revealing that the father of the bride had apologized and planned an alternative ceremony.
“AITA for ordering pizza at my friend's wedding because there was no food?” asked user “Adorable_Distance_15” in a post on the subreddit “r/AITAH,” an advice forum.
A very hungry wedding guest was kicked out of a wedding after ordering pizza because the bride's family ate all the food at the buffet. (Istock)
The man said in the post that he and his wife recently attended his friend's wedding, which was attended by about 70 guests, “most of them family.”
However, the bride's family ate all the food at the buffet before all the guests could eat their first courses.
“To my surprise, when we were contacted, nothing remained,” he wrote.
Adorable_Distance_15 and other hungry guests then ordered four large pizzas and some chicken wings to the venue.
“Now you have the audacity to ask us to participate.”
As the pizza ran out, the trouble began. A man, who turned out to be the bride's father, asked if he could have one of the two remaining slices.
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“Then I took the two slices and put them on my plate and started eating them. Then I looked at him and said something like, 'No, you and everyone at your table took more than your fair share from the buffet and ate.'” All of this is the reason we ordered food in the first place, and now you have the nerve. To ask us to participate.
One Reddit user (not pictured) said there will be another party planned to make up for the botched reception. (Istock)
These comments got the man kicked out of the reception, but after tempers subsided, the bride's father apologized.
To make up for the wedding woes, the father-in-law planned a “post-wedding dance party” for everyone who was in attendance at the original wedding, as well as other people, the Reddit poster said.
5. The bride and groom ask their guests to work
A couple told their wedding guests they would be too Put to work On the special day, their actions were described as “vulgar, vulgar, vulgar” by a horrified Reddit user.
Earlier this year, Reddit user “joyousfoodie” posted about her cousin's upcoming wedding, which she described as a “semi-destination wedding” that will be relatively small.
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While the woman said she was satisfied with the location and size of the wedding, several aspects of the upcoming wedding were worrying her.
“I just found out that the newlyweds are sending cards to uninvited people saying they are getting married soon and ‘You are in our hearts on this special day’ before the wedding,” she wrote.
“Their excuse is out of curiosity and thinking about them, but what I don't understand is why did he send this before the wedding?” Joyosvodi wrote.
However, the action that sparked the Reddit post was a text message from the couple stating that “everyone has a role to help with setup.”
“Everyone has a role to help set up,” the couple texted.
“Once the ceremony is completed, the wedding party will leave to take photos while the guests set up the reception tables,” the woman said in her message.
The couple never asked guests if they were willing to help and “just told people what to do,” the Reddit poster said.
The couple claimed they couldn't afford to hire help to prepare their wedding, but a Reddit poster said the couple “traveled” rather than saving money for their big day.
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Other Reddit users asked “joyousfoodie” to skip the issue entirely.
User “byteme747” said: “Then you decide you're sick and don't go. They're terrible hosts, and honestly, it's disgusting.”
Another Reddit user was a bit more blunt. “The only reason I went into this was morbid curiosity,” Obrina98 wrote.
