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Best: My aunt's wedding. Super quick ceremony. I and my cousins were all in the 6-11 year old age range. She had a piñata for us at the reception. We devoured candy and danced and ran around like maniacs, it was glorious.

Worst: Years later, one of those same cousins mentioned above gets married. In July. In Massachusetts. Outside. The heat and humidity were unbearable. And they KNEW the weather was gonna be shit, because the wedding program they handed out to everyone before the ceremony began was shaped like a fucking fan. THEY KNEW.

The ceremony finally ends and the catering staff makes everyone wait outside the dining hall in the heat for unknown reasons for another full hour. When we're finally let in, the AC is struggling to keep up and it's hot as hell in there, too. When the dinner is served, it is NOT the vegetarian lasagna I chose on the wedding invite, no, it's a portabella mushroom burger. I hate mushrooms, I would have never chosen such a thing. They switched the menu out and didn't tell anyone. Also, no open bar, wtf.

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[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 13 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Anything immediate family is pretty much competing for worst ranking, simply because of how much extra effort it is.

Out of 6 siblings, 3 have gotten married. Worst was the first, my brother. I was a groomsman - 1 out of 7, there a were 7 bridesmaids as well. A huge wedding party. Photos took -forever- and happened before the ceremony. It wasn't too hot, but another groomsman (my other brother) ended up fainting (locked knees). We recovered from that. Later on, about an hour into a hour and a half ceremony (ridiculously long speeches) another faints. We're all suffering because we're standing for the entire ceremony.

Then it's finally over, but like any good wedding they had to sacrifice on one aspect. - they hired catering from a friend of a friend, and the caterer's crew were a no show (apparently they didn't check the address when they agreed and when they checked and saw it was a 2 hour drive they just didn't show up). So we all stepped up to help.

There was other shit too but despite outwardly going well that wedding gave me trauma.

Best would be my close friend's wedding. Just a ceremony and photos. Indoors as well. Easy.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

The short and sweet ceremonies are always best. I feel like everyone is just waiting for the party afterwards anyway.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean there was no party for his. Also only like 40 people. His soon to be wife convinced him to use the money he'd saved for the wedding on a down payment for a house.

My sister had a wedding at the start of June and it went surprisingly well. The only aspect they skimped on was not hiring a videographer, so I took that role. Despite having a job to do and being nearly rained out of a outdoor wedding, the stars aligned. It went well. I think it was definitely cathartic to me after the first immediate family wedding. My other sister had one in March but that was an elopement and it was miserable. Outdoor ceremony in 40 degree bone chilling weather.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Outdoor ceremony in 40 degree bone chilling weather.

40 degrees is chilly? I don't want to know what's warm for you. Do you live in the Sahara or something? Dry heat?

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Fahrenheit. So roughly 4.5C.

The bone chilling part wasn't due to necessarily being cold, moreso due to the wind, location, and attire that generally isn't meant for the cold lol.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

Fahrenheit

Since 95% of people on the planet have evolved to metric, it may help to point out the unconventional measurements when you use them.

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