Wedding hates and dislikes

Swirly waistcoats.

Scatter crystals.

Cadbury purple.

Formal weddings including sit down meals.

Birdcages.

Bridezillas.

Sweetie table.

Really looong 'funny' speeches.

Crap DJs - I always feel bad for the B&G if they are *** as they can make or break the evening do.

I am begrudging paying for chair covers too.

Weddings where there are no personal touches and songs are just chosen because the brides likes them rather than they are personal to the couple

Ugly or patterned carpets in the venue.

Noisy kids during the ceremony and speeches.

I agree noone should take this personal, I am having a couple of things like a BBQ for wedding breakfast, chair covers, not providing a free bar or loads of drinks (just standard ones) because we can't afford it and getting people to sign the guestbook - I spent a full day putting our photobook together, digging up old photos of us and writing all the captions - kind of an 'our story' - people will be signing that book if I have to force the pen onto them myself! ?

I had too much wine on the tables.

My sister spent the entire last hour puking in the kitchen sink.

My cousin had his wedding other week. and what he and his bride did was different but to me was dissapointing. instead of a cake. they had a cheese tower. different but not to everyone taste. as well as the slight smell. my youngest brother said what about the cake? (he is a fussy eater, my aunt had bought him a little cupcake to have instead) but the cheese tower didn't really go down well.

its ok to be different but when its soooo out there, its like just a statement not practical. (they had been trying to get info on my wedding but wouldn't let any info out - their original date to 'beat me up the aisle' was the day before my wedding, i told them no along with my imediate family). my dad had only told my auntie 'if you know our Amy, the day will be unique and fun'.

This isn't really *different* anymore. I've been to 3 weddings with cheese cakes in the last year. ?

The thing that annoys me most is people who have things to be "original". Like owls carrying the rings, or sweetie buffets, or hog roasts. These aren't original. Original would be an owl roast. Or sweets carrying the rings.

Balloons are seriously tacky

the bride with tattoos showing is tacky

Fake flowers are tacky

boring speeches

smearing cake in each others faces

AND I HATE RED THEMED WEDDINGS!!!!!!!!

• Coloured Bridal Gowns
• Reallllyyyy long photoshoots
• Lack of food
• dove releases

We are having everything people hate and I LOVE it haha!

Birdcages, vintage , sweet buffet, photobooth, long dresses etc etc etc! I don't care if it has been done before! xxxx

I dont like swirly waistcoats at all but OH is having one (fortunately the groomsmen are all in ivory waistcoats) because I let him shop alone (and to be honest the rest of the waistcoats the store had were either horrible or the wrong colour!

Yes we're having burgundy

Also mirrors under centrepieces (which are fairly tall)

A sit down meal - but we DO have choices!

Speeches after the meal (only short i hope)

Crazy swirly carpet (on the plus side its 99% dark red) and i wasnt about to choose a venue based on the carpet

Chair covers (to hide icky cheap chairs)

An accidental vintagey theme, but only really with a brooch on the cake and a few brooches within the bouquet

Matchy bridesmaids dresses (im too lazy to shop for 4 seperate ones!) but shoes and hair etc i couldnt care less about

I have ivory shoes but only because i couldnt find any flat shoes i liked and they were cheap!

To be honest though most of these things are either accidents or just included in the venue price!

I'm suprised by how many objections there are to black bridesmaids. I must have poor taste!

I dislike

Cadbury purple, red or hot pink themed weddings

Crystals on the tables

Mirror plates

Organza bows on chairs

Conference room venues

Church weddings because they look pretty rather than for religious weddings

cravats and swirly waistcoats

sweetie buffets

photo booths

magicians

kids

Back fat hanging over the brides dress

strapless dresses

dresses with coloured panels

tiaras that look cheap

'individual' shoes that in reality are a million other brides version of 'unique'

vintage theme esp birdcages. Not because i think it's ugly but just because it's on every blooming wedding mag going

buffets as the main meal

I'm sure there are more but I'll stop now!

Mirror centrepieces

Tall glass vases/martini glasses

Satin shoes

Plain wedding dresses

Tiaras

Tight curled bridal hair

Birdcages

Too much bling - on a belt or dress

Fingerprint trees or any other non-standard guest book

Money poems

buffet main meals

Fruit cake

Icing on anything

carpets in venues

hotels

Getting married in a place of worship, when you aren't religious or don't regularly attend.

Tea-length wedding dresses

Bird cage veils

Dove releases, birds of prey as ring bearers, butterfly releases ..all unnecessary and cruel.

Bridesmaid dresses that aren't floor length.

Guests or other bridal party members in white/cream.

Black grooms suit and swirly waist coat, unfortunately O/H is sorting suits and I have no say...fingers crossed he chooses wisely... ?

Balloons.

Sugared Almonds.

White/cream/ivory dresses and shoes

Meringue looking dresses

Church services.

Confetti.

Cakes covered in flowers.

Matchy matchy groom/ushers.

Karaoke

Long speeches.

Bouquets for the Mothers.

Gift lists

Animal releases/animals at weddings

Dull readings/children doing readings.

Grown women, referring to themselves as "Princesses"

Chair covers/sashes.

Lack of wine.

Kids. (unless they are my kids, obvs)

Novelty first dances.

Horse drawn carriages.

Animals as part of the wedding party

Receiving lines

"blinged" shoes. (those with plastic gems super glued on to the heel)

White suits.

"vintage" themes.

Cravats/curtain fabric waistcoats.

Tiaras.

Veils

Garters

I so love this thread! My wedding is guilty of a lot of these ?

Missed this off my list too.

Another one I've just remembered and its not something the bride/groom can control but it's guests in jeans or looking generally scruffy. I see pictures pop up on facebook of guests looking like they've put no effort in whatsoever!

Three course sit down meal - Too formal and stuffy, I'd rather have a buffet, can choose what I want and eat as much of it as I want!

Receiving lines - Sooo pointless.

Black weddings - It's not a funeral?

Poorly fitted chair covers - Also look awful when they're really creased.

Most of all I hate it when there are no personal touches to the day and it just feels like it could be anyone's wedding.

Lol lucylonglegs, you'd hate my wedding

Is it red? Lol

And a few more!

favours esp rubbish ones that just tick the box

soppy boyband ballad first dances

animals as part of the wedding

funny staged first dances

and a controversial one...pregnant brides

Lol yep and has balloons lol. Although its really burgundy and is combined with h2b's 50th

Hiya Mrs M to be. I am also marrying an Aberdeen support (and a Man U supported) and was concerned about him wanting that in corporated into the wedding! He suggested naming the tables after football players but I said no as I can't stand football! I told him I would look into Pittodrie as a possible venue but only because we are getting married during football season so I knew it wouldn't be possible! Thankfully he understands that it wouldn't be fair since I'm not into football to inflict a 'football theme' on our wedding!!

Anyways, good to see a fellow Aberdeen bride to be on here!! ? x

This!

We are paying for a suit hire for OH's dad purely so he doesnt turn up in jeans, trainers and a paint-stained fleece!

Totally agree about jeans, scruffy clothes. Make an effort!! At my aunts wedding in the early 90's my cousins all wore shell suits and high tops! Oh and we had peach puffy dresses hehe

I'm politely requesting all children to be in bed or have left by 7.30pm as I want an adult environment for the partying :-)

I've just thought of another one, poorly fitting strapless dresses for bridesmaids so they spend all day hoiking them up!

Haha, that's funny! My fiancé pulled my leg about Pittodrie. But really, I don't think he was joking! Haha. AND he said about naming the tables after players! There was just no way we were having anything football related. Especially RED and football related!

Don't think I've spotted any other Aberdeen brides on here yet! Where are you getting married? We're at Banchory Lodge

x

Haha that sounds like a fun game to play. At a wedding next weekend so I'll keep it in mind. My bridesmaids are all in same colour with a different neckline and not a single one of them opted for strapless so not going to be an issue for me. ?

Hope you're not one of my wedding guests!

Cadburys purple

Hot pink

Balloons

Mismatching bridemaids

Horse & carriage

White suits

Brides who change into a second dress.....why?

No evening buffets

Crap DJ's

What a fun idea for a thread. Good to see there's so much difference of opinion, means all our weddings will be unique! The things I hate are:

Flowergirls in ivory dresses but with white socks, mirrored glass under centre pieces, pointlesscheap favours, tulips swirled round in a fishbowl, chicken wrapped in bacon for every wedding I've been to in last 3 years,buffet as wedding breakfast, guest books with over the top engagement pictures, no canapés but a long hungry gap, brides who wear chicken fillets and it's all everyone talks about all day, bridesmaids wearing matching everything, full on snogs at altar, bride and groom going awol for an hour or more for photos, badly behaved children, no activity bags/anything for children, and groomsmen in swirly waistcoats, cravat, tails etc - yuk!

They tried to put a pair on me while I was trying on dresses. I flattly refused on the basis they were ugly and would make my feet sad.

You would hate mine. The tables are named after the Arsenal Invincible team and they will be laid out in the formation they played in (and I really hoping someone notices for his sake! At my sisters wedding, my OH is the only one to notice that the tables which were cricket positions were actually in the right layout) and this is our table plan...I hate football but love that this is so him!

controversial indeed.... But I will add to this and say also pregnant bridesmaid!!!

*runs away to hide*

My OH is an Aberdeen supporter too! But he's lived in England for years (we live in London) and he's not shown an interest in putting anything from it in the wedding.

He does want to splurge on getting a full hospitality box at Pittodrie one day when he's up there visiting though...probably cost as much as the wedding!

Still quite amused by the whole Chimney Sweep thing though (never heard of it until last night) and now think I might want one ?