Wedding hates and dislikes

We are getting married in Vegas just the 2 of us and having a very informal wedding party when we get back. So hopefully this will not be an issue. My MIL and your MIL l think are the same person as she would also want to move people on the plan to satisfy what she thought!

A similar post turned to this into all out war in the Spring. I quite enjoyed it though.

[backs away cautiously and closes door quietly behind her]

Oh man, just spent a while reading all these posts - it takes all sorts to make a world eh? ?

The biggest dislike that resonated with me was the comment about weddings being all about the bride. It's not MY day, it's OUR day.

I'd also like to add:

- Weddings where the bride dresses/acts like a princess. They's actually something quite negative about the idea of being a 'princess' for the day IMHO

- Children. We're having cousin's children because I would be excommunicated if not, but no others.

- Long waits for food, no canapes, no evening food. If you're going to trap your guests in the middle of nowhere have the decency to feed them properly!

- Giant table flower arrangements - especially ones in huge martini glasses.

Finally - ironically - anyone telling the couple what they *should* do, or what they *must* do, or what's *right* for a wedding. Tosh!

YES!!! Huge table displays that you have to talk around! Makes it very arkward to get to converse.

My pet hates would be;

Badly fitting wedding dress or bridesmaid dress
Plus sized brides with strapless dresses and boobs hanging out
Bottles of Coke/WKD/any cheap looking bottles on the table (i know it sounds snobby but it ruins the look of the room)
Brides who wear glasses on the day. I wear glasses myself and will be converting to contact lenses for the big day
Funny posed photos like the groomsmen holding up the bride or everyone jumping in the air - just not my style
Non-religious people having church ceremonies
Kids running riot, screaming, shouting and generally being a pain
Cupcake wedding cakes
Hours and hours of photos
Any length other than full length wedding dresses
Any birds or other animals being used for anything
Massive bridal bouquets and also really plain bouquets
Novelty first dances such as ‘Thriller’ or ‘Dirty Dancing’
Bride getting changed into a different outfit at the reception
Old fashioned/castle style venues

I'm sure there's more...i work in a wedding venue so I see hundreds of weddings a year plus a lot of my old school frenemies have been getting married lately!

Seems like most of my wedding there! Good thing I don't care what others dislike as long as I like it!

I hate ceremonies where you can't see because pillars or something or blocking your view or it's so quiet you can hardly hear anything. Speeches that drone on and on. Otherwise that's about it really, can see past anything else and enjoy it.

Anything "vintage" or "country garden" theme...bunting, teacups, sweetie tables etc, purely for being so overdone and now totally unoriginal! Following on from this, tea length dresses?? They are so "of the moment" and in 10 years time people will be like "oh yeah do you remember when everyone was doing that whole vintage, country garden thing!"

Moving on to the men, I really dislike morning suits! Nice and traditional yes but always hired and as a result poor fitting and cheap looking.

Lastly...buffet style instead of sit down meal, balloons, silly staged first dance or worse the bride or groom taking to the mic to sing (major cringe), no free bar...for me it's just a must! Urgh and those awful feather centerpeices that look like a Las Vegas showgirls head peice!!!

Ooh I'm glad this has been bumped!

I'd like to add that I dislike brides showing too much cleavage

I like everything about weddings and I don't have pet peeves at all. None. ?

Loved reading the responses....am I the only one secretly hoping someone takes all these ideas in one big go and that they base there wedding on it? Te he he lol

Only just seen this thread and it just goes to show you can't please all of the people all of the time! I'm surprised how often chair covers has come up; I like them and will be having them to cover our fine but slightly scruffy venue chairs, those posh chairs you can hire are gorgeous but look like they would be so uncomfortable to lean back on!

My personal dislikes--

strapless dresses (on anyone...sorry!!) in so many photos of brides in strapless dresses I've seen it just looks like she's naked from the waist up

church weddings just for the sake of tradition

traditional wedding cake

guests making a big drama over anything e.g. distance to venue, what the food is like, drinks prices, who is or isn't invited etc if it bothers ou that much don't go!!

Oooooh, how did I miss this?? Okaaaaay...

A-line, strapless, lace-up back, ruched dresses. So dull.

Matchy matchy colours, where the stationery matches the bridesmaids knickers which match the carpet which matches the loo roll.

Weddings that start too early so that the guests are hanging around for hours getting drunk/bored. In theory everyone is mingling and chatting, in practice it just feels like you are waiting for something to happen.

Cult of the bride - 'oh this is the day I have DREAMED of since I was a BABY and I can't believe I am marrying the man of my DREAMS and it's MY DAY and I feel like a PRINCESS and OMG I'm soooo emotional and it's all about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!'

Shite food dressed up as 'posh' food.

Favours and all that unnecessary weddingy stuff that no-one notices except the bride - signs, ribbons, candles,bunting, glittery crap, centrepieces, personalised tat, etc etc.

Fucking sweet buffets. WTF is that about? I AM AN ADULT. ? Ditto ice-cream carts, doughnut vans, candyfloss stalls. Just have normal food.

Probably massively unpopular opinion here but what I cant stand (even though everyone on here seems to have)

A LINE DRESSES (especially strapless)

they are god awful, never look flattering and you know how everyone looks at 80s photos of poofy dresses and goes 'god, did they think that looked nice, I wonder if we will look back and think things like this' - yes, yes you will... the A line is the new 80s silk puff dress and they all look painfully the same

I have collected wedding dresses since the age of 5, I have book on book on book of wedding dress design and history, I have toured museums and conference meetings on the history of wedding dresses and used to work in dress design - I love wedding dresses of all cultures, periods, material and style EXCEPT the a line which I am still yet to see a decent one of (they may just work on tea length but any A line past the knee is just a no no)

other things include:

buffets (cheep and tacky)

balloons (really? are we children)

workie clubs (im sorry but their is nothing more tacky EVER)

goldfish in bowl (do you know how cruel this is?... News flash - THEY DIE they are poisoned by ammonia and sent into shock by water changes)

DJs (always sound like a 5 year olds birthday)

non matching bridesmaids (really people think this looks good?)

green theme (its the color of snot and baby poo)

butterflies (just reminds me of burta throwing the dead butterflies in 2 and a half men)

shoe stickers (done to death)

shuffle dance (if your just going to stand there looking awkward then do us a favor and dont)

spoilt princess things (castle, stately homes, tiaras, Jordan carriage etc...)

colored wedding dresses (this is fine culturally like hindu etc... but just to be different is stupid)

people getting drunk (I have NEVER been drunk at a wedding, have some f*cking respect and class - do that at the stag/hen instead)

cup cake cake (screams cheap)

Karaoke (are we in the local on a saturday night?)

no favors (once again screams cheap)

Lillies (really funeral flowers? are you the addams family?)

almonds or bubbles (uncreative, you might as well not)

selective colour photos (im an ex photographer to and this just makes me cringe - unfortunately most people have no idea about photos and actually ask for it)

thank you notes (I doubt you even remember seeing me, dont try to make small talk about it weeks later - just save the paper)

guests/brides maids in white/ivory/cream (unless you the bride you just dont, its disrespectful, you can wear silver of hints of white but never a white dress)

a side note on no glasses - If people wear them for the wedding thats fine and obviously some people need glasses all the time but some people are so over dramatic, 70% of my friends with glasses have the exact same condition as me and they freak out without their glasses... WTF, you dont need them your not even close to blind just a little short sighted ive manage my entire life without my glasses (yes I do have them, only started actually wearing them 3 months ago and only for watching tv sometimes) the only issue I have is reading things over 2 meters away, yes I cant really see 3D but it doesn't effect depth perception, its not like your suddenly going to walk into lamp posts and stuff you only need them for things like driving ffs

I like: dramatic centerpieces, matching brides, church weddings, colors and themes (as long as its not OTT like fancy dress), wish trees, feathers,

I dont mind: kids, red, table crystal, pets

lol I probably have more to moan about but its getting late... most people will hate my wedding with its theme etc... but it fits us as a couple and our friend/family as a group and thats all we need

What a great thread!

Some of the things I dislike are:

when the groom's personality isn't reflected in the wedding and it's all about the bride. It's OUR wedding day, not MY wedding day.

guests wearing white / cream

pop music as entrance / exit music for the ceremony

when everything is too matchy matchy

drunk brides embarrassing themselves

I've not heard of these money poems that have been mentioned. They sound vile. Does anyone have an example of one?