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“I recently attended a wedding as a plus-one, and I’ve never seen anything like it. This was a run-of-the-mill western wedding that the couple extended to FOUR DAYS! There was no rehearsal and no wedding party but a brunch the first morning, a ceremony the second evening, a reception the third evening, and a formal dinner the fourth. The kicker? Different people were invited to each. Thankfully, I was in town, but multiple guests traveled to attend. Some of the stories below were relayed to me by other guests (I didn’t attend everything), and some I had the displeasure of being in attendance for. On day one, at the brunch, the bride showed pictures of her sister-in-law’s wedding and said she wanted hers ‘just like it.'”
“And over the next few days, we learned how hard she tried to do just that. She recreated her SIL’s bouquets and color palette, took the bridal entrance song, and tried to recreate the first dance! Day two was the wedding. The SIL ran around all day solving problems and playing coordinator. I thought this was a gift to the couple, but they asked her to fill in the week of the wedding!
After the ceremony, the SIL checked that she wouldn’t be needed for a few minutes and ran to the bathroom. While she was gone, they took the family photos of that side. When a family member asked to wait for the SIL to return, the bride refused and commented that she did not want her to steal attention. She was in a velvet wrap dress. Meanwhile, there was no cocktail hour or music for guests as the bride and groom took photos for 90 minutes.
After a brief appearance at a salad bar dinner, the couple then left for more pictures, which took 45 minutes. By the time they returned, almost all the guests had bugs descending on the dinner in the couple’s absence.
Day three was the reception, which started at 5:00 p.m. (upon arriving, guests learned they hadn’t been invited to the ceremony by other guests, and a few left when they learned this). The bride and groom didn’t arrive until 6:00 p.m. and then did their dances facing away from the guests and towards a camera. They then promptly left for pictures. The speeches were at 7:00 p.m., and then the couple left for more pictures. At this point, many guests started leaving, having never been greeted by the couple.
With two hours left, the couple finally appeared, and they spent their time posing for photos with all of their aesthetic trinkets and some of the bride’s friends only, which insulted the groom’s family. At the end of the night, the guests were asked to leave the dance floor so the couple could have a last dance while facing the camera. When the last dance became the last three dances (still facing the camera), we left and took our card/cash with us, having never spoken to the couple.
As far as day four goes, it was a normal dinner until we, the guests, were surprised with the bill. To top off everything, after the wedding, a mass email went to all the guests saying no one was allowed to post any photos from the wedding until the bride did. Has anyone seen this before?”
