As 2024 winds down and Americans look forward to what's to come in 2025, here are some wild wedding stories that made people laugh, cry and even gag in shock. . last year.
Brides, grooms, wedding party members and others shared their personal stories – while stylists and others weighed in with expert opinions and advice.
There were many stories to choose from, but here are five from last year that stood out.
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1. The couple charged guests to attend the wedding day
The couple tied the knot in New York City on June 24, 2023, but they unusual wedding day options it didn't go viral until over a year later.
Kareem (“Reemo”) and Nova Styles charged guests $333 each to attend the “wedding experience,” which was the equivalent of a full day of activities across town, as they explained in a video see.
The couple pictured standing in front of the bus above charged guests $333 per person to attend a “wedding experience” in New York City. (REEM Photos)
Both reduced their guest list to just 60 people.
“They chose us,” Nova Styles said in a TikTok video. “The 'hashtag' is hoping for action by buying a ticket to our wedding.”
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After the wedding ceremony, the guests left Hudson YardsA movie theater and One World Trade Center for dancing, food and fun — with photo shoots on the way, Nova Styles said in the videos.
2. The betrayed bride is made into lemonade
An anonymous woman in the Bay Area found herself with a non-dominant wedding reception. marriage dismissed – so he did the next best thing.
He 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 shared that our branch, Parents Helping Parents, provided services for the family to support the bride's brother, who has special needs,” said Maria Daane, PHP manager.
A California bride has donated her wedding venue to a charity that helps children and adults with special needs, as well as their families. The club held a “Ball for All.” (Parents Helping Parents)
PHP decided to use an already paid site to host “a party for people with disabilities from 0 to 100,” Fox News Digital reported earlier.
The party, called “Ball for All,” was complete with food, music, dancing and a photo booth.
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Daane says he received a call from the bride's family two weeks before the planned wedding.
PHP went fast. Before three days passed, the event was planned down to the food, said Daane.
Attendees were treated to a night of dancing and food. (Parents Helping Parents)
“I think that weddings are canceled from time to time, but I have never heard that it has become a social event for people with disabilities and their families,” said Daane.
He added: “It makes me feel grateful for people's patience and kindness – that this bride would do something so generous and considerate in the face of her grief.”
3. The bride's father forgot something very important
A funny 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, the father of his daughter Amy Totty, who was married in Yorkshire, England, in 2024, had a wedding. sad time captured on film.
At Totty's wedding, Crossley started walking down the aisle – without his daughter.
Neil Crossley, shown here, started walking down the road without his daughter in an unexpected moment captured on video. (SWNS)
He said there was a “miscommunication,” and he thought he had been ordered to start walking.
At last Crossley turned, picked up his daughter, and resumed his usual march down the road.
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Guests can be heard on video laughing at the awkward moment, which Crossley said he later talked about in a father-of-the-bride speech.
His daughter in particular kicked the whole mix.
Crossley walked her daughter Amy Totty, pictured here, down the aisle in her second attempt. (SWNS)
“I really appreciated it because I was trying so hard not to cry, and he helped me make up my mind,” said Totty.
He added, “It was a special moment that none of us will ever forget.”
4. A hungry wedding guest took matters into his own hands
A Reddit user who was banishment from the wedding feast after drinking and ordering pizzas to fill the ruined buffet he got the last laugh after he revealed that the father of the bride apologized and planned another party.
“AITA for ordering pizza at my friend's wedding because there was no food?” asked user “Adorable_Distance_15” in a post on the “r/AITAH” subreddit, an advice forum.
A very hungry wedding guest was kicked out of the reception after ordering pizzas because the bride's family was eating all the food at the buffet. (iStock)
In the post, the man said he and his wife had just attended a friend's wedding, which had about 70 guests, “mostly family.”
However, the bride's family ate all the food in the buffet before all the guests could go to their first meal.
He wrote: “I was surprised that when we were called, there was nothing.
Adorable_Distance_15 and other hungry guests ordered four large pizzas and chicken wings from the place.
“Now you have the courage to ask us to share.”
When the pizzas ran out, the trouble began. A man, who turned out to be the bride's father, asked if he could be given one of the two remaining slices.
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Then I took two slices, put them on my plate and started eating them, I looked at him and said something like, 'No, you and everyone at your table had more your good portion of the buffet and you eat. all. This is why we ordered food in the first place, and now you have the courage to ask us to share.
A Reddit user (not pictured) said there will be another party planned to fix the broken reception. (iStock)
The comments led to the man being kicked out of the reception – but after the comments died down, the father of the bride apologised.
To round off the wedding ceremony, the father-in-law plans to throw a “post-wedding shindig” for everyone who was in the first wedding, as well as other people, said the Reddit poster.
5. The bride and groom put their guests to work
A couple who have informed their wedding guests that they will be attending put to work on the special day their actions were described as “tacky, tacky, tacky” by a shocked Reddit user.
Earlier this year, Reddit user “joyousfoodie” posted about his cousin's upcoming wedding, which he described as a “permanent wedding” that would be small.
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Although the woman said she was fine with the location and size of the wedding, several aspects of the upcoming wedding worried her.
She wrote: “I just found out that couples are sending 'cards' to people (who are) not invited that they are getting married soon and that 'you are in our hearts on this special day' before the wedding.
“Their excuse is for 'curiosity and reflection,'” joyousfoodie wrote, “but what I don't understand is why are you sending this before the wedding?”
The action that sparked the Reddit post, however, was a text from a couple that said “everyone has a part to help create.”
The couple captioned the message, “Everyone has a part to help create.”
Once the ceremony is over, the wedding party will leave to take photos while the guests prepare the tables for the reception,” the woman said in her letter.
The couple never asked guests if they would be willing to help and “told people what to do,” said the Reddit poster.
The couple said they didn't have the money to hire help to set up their wedding, but a Reddit post says the couple “walked away” rather than save their big day.
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Some Reddit users told “joyousfoodie” to skip the whole thing.
“That's where you decide you're sick and don't go. They're terrible hosts, and really, really bad,” user “byteme747” said.
One Reddit user was more blunt. “The only reason I'm going to this is out of pure curiosity,” wrote “Obrina98.”