Perfectly arranged ‘candid’ shots of the
happy couple gazing into each other’s eyes, a cake that would look out of place
at a Kardashian wedding…This is the stuff we’re told ‘dream weddings’ are made
of. But behind the glossy photos can lurk all kinds of trauma. Here, wedding
insiders reveal the moments both bride and groom would rather forget…
We’re
guessing these events didn’t make the official album…
When Mumzillas attack…
“Forget Bridezillas- it’s their mums who
can be the trickiest. I saw one greet her daughter on her wedding day with the
words, ‘Your shoes are hideous’. She went on to say she didn’t like her hair or
makeup, and when the tearful bride went to compose herself, Mumzilla turned on
me and demanded I use her crusty old makeup. “In-between rants, she demanded
cups of tea and food, like she was an A-list celeb. When the photographer
arrived, a guy called ‘Dammo’, she refused to let him take pictures, saying he
didn’t have a real name. I still have, ‘It sounds like “Damn you!”’ ringing in
my ears! “The poor bride was so mortified she locked herself in the bathroom
until we finally managed to coax her out. She then spent the rest of her
wedding day trying to keep her mum from upsetting anyone else.” Liesl Van
Kervel, head beauty therapist, Karinejackson.co.uk.
Groom Mia
“I organized a wedding for one couple, and
it was all going to plan until the bride pulled up outside the church to find
her groom had gone AWOL. She started to worry that her fiancé had left her at
the altar, but the vicar said he’d gone to get some air to calm his nerves.
the
bride pulled up outside the church to find her groom had gone AWOL
”Seconds later, the vicar pointed to the
side of the vicar pointed to the side of the church where the groom had loomed
into view. He was looking rather shifty and zipping up his flies-followed by an
equally shifty-looking mother of the bride, pulling down the hemline of her
outfit, much to the horror of the bride and the vicar. The wedding was
cancelled, and the girl and her mum still aren’t speaking.”
Lisa Jane Peacock, founder of online bridal
magazine Myhappyeverafter.co.uk
The parent trap
“Weddings seem to make people do things
they wouldn’t normally dream of. One I organized was memorably elegant… or so
it seemed. In the lift to the reception, I witnessed the bride’s divorced
parents getting amorous after too many glasses of bubbly. It would have been
sweet had they not both been there with their new spouses. The bride clocked
what was happening, so she and I spent the evening trying to divert their
partners from the shenanigans that were going on!”
Phillipa Thomas, wedding coordinator at
thebrewery.co.uk
Vintage vom
“One lady I worked with was absolutely
giddy about the vintage dress her mum had worn for her own wedding and handed
down to her. She did worry that she’d spend the day fretting about getting it
dirty. But before the wedding breakfast I saw her necking a red sambuca shot
and, an hour later, she’d gone missing. I eventually found her in the bathroom,
head over the toilet bowl, her precious dress covered in bright red vomit.
“She then spent most of the wedding
reception in the toilets with me trying to wash away the stains. The groom was
horrified and refused to take her to the hotel, so I and a bridesmaid had to
escort her to the bridal suite. Not quite the dream day she’d envisaged…”
Lucy Parker, Founder of wedding organizer
Juicyoccasions.co.uk
