People Are Dishing On The Wildest Wedding Drama They've Witnessed, And That's It, I'm Eloping In Secret

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“My (16F) cousin (22M) got married to his wife (19F) last June. They live in Idaho, and so do the in-laws. My cousin’s side of the family lives in California, and we all drove out to Idaho to celebrate his wedding. The only thing is, my aunt and uncle went through a messy divorce when he was a teenager and haven’t been on speaking terms since he was in junior high. He hadn’t seen his dad until they reconciled three years ago and has slowly come back in contact with our grandparents and us. My uncle was the one who encouraged him to move out of state in the first place, and I’m pretty sure that made his mom hate him even more.”

“Anyway, as soon as we got the invitation, I got worried because I hadn’t seen his mom’s side of the family since I was 8, and I didn’t know how they would react to seeing me, my parents and brother, my grandparents (who are also divorced but sucked it up), one of my dad’s cousins and his wife, and obviously my uncle and step-aunt (who is awesome, by the way). The wedding was pretty small, in their church in Idaho (they met in a youth Bible study), and everything was great, aside from a few things:

1. My aunt was in charge of the rehearsal dinner. All of us were prepared to go, but she uninvited us at the last minute because she didn’t want to see us at her son’s rehearsal dinner. My uncle was understandably pissed and took us out for a very nice dinner at a very nice steakhouse instead.

2. Apparently, my aunt screamed at my cousin’s wife at said rehearsal dinner and accused her of stealing her son from her, which almost made her call off the wedding.

3. The in-laws couldn’t stand my aunt and left the dinner early, opting to come and have drinks at my uncle’s hotel instead, where they told us about the drama above. They are all very lovely people, and they were also understandably pissed at my aunt.

4. The day of the wedding, all of us and the in-laws worked from the moment church ended until just before the ceremony to set up the decorations, the food, and everything else, and then from the moment the bride and groom left until about 12:30 a.m. to take it all down. My aunt showed up just in time to get walked down the aisle. Her mom also got an escort, though my grandmother didn’t. That whole side of the family left a massive mess at their table immediately afterward.

5. My aunt refused to be in pictures with my uncle, so my cousins had to get separate photos with his mom and dad.

6. My cousin’s sister (24F) wanted to reconcile with my brother (16M) and me, which I enjoyed. My mom encouraged me to give her my phone number, so I wrote it on a napkin and waited for a good opportunity. Then my cousin came over and asked me to dance. I said yes and asked if he’d give his sister the napkin for me. He took this to mean, ‘Can you please take me over to your sister, who is standing next to your mother, who I’m pretty sure hates me, to deliver it myself?’ It went fine, and she texted me later, but while we were there, his mom asked if my cousin would dance with his sister. He said he would after he danced with me. I know she knew I was standing right there because I had literally handed my cousin’s sister the napkin with my phone number, but my aunt said something along the lines of” ‘Her? Really?’ and looked at me like I was the scum of the earth.

But yeah, other than that, it went great. And yes, my aunt still calls my cousin every night and yells at his wife for stealing him from her. But my uncle is always nice to her, so hopefully, she still believes that Californians can be nice sometimes.”

—Anonymous