Topic : 08/06 Nuptial Nightmares

I have also recently seen a story on t.v. about a bride who got married and dropped dead at her reception and she was only in her 30s. I agree, Gimme a break!

Your first bride needs to lighten up.  You can't control the weather.  I know it must have been disappointing but 2 years later, move on.

My first wedding was riddled with problems right from the get-go.  My fiance called about an hour before the ceremony to tell us that his tux was MISSING a zipper!!  Our 80 year old landlady had to sew him into the tux with a needle that he described as being extremely long.  We had a 10 a.m. ceremony, followed by a brunch.  That meant he had to be in the tux from approx 9:30 till 2:00p.m.  One of the groomsmen was a big guy who was 6'5" and his tux came to the middle of his socks.  They had to go to the tux place after the brunch and before the reception to get better fits.

Probably because of nerves, I had a slight accident with my cycle and had to take by dress to a nearby cleaner to see if they could remove the blood stain.  It worked!!

At the reception, the elderly women that were serving started bugging me the minute we walked in about cutting the cake.  I tried twice to tell them we could cut it after the pictures were taken, but they insisted they were going to cut the cake anyway.  I am not a violent person, but I remember telling this sweet looking white-haired lady that if she touched the cake before we had the traditional cake cutting/pictures, I would break her arm off.  Needless to say, she didn't bother me again. 

The point is, you have to have a sense of humor about it all.  Try as you might, something is inevitably going to go awry.  As long as no one gets hurt, you can deal with the small stuff. 

I did however feel very badly about your next guests.  But again, there was nothing they could have done to anticipate or stop that tragic event.  They really need to stop feeling guilty about that.  I'm sure no one there holds them responsible.

Thanks for listening.

Mel

I watched this show and was really disgusted in the bride who was so upset by the sun, rain and her wedding cake falling over.  I couldn't believe that she couldn't get over it, sure you would be upset on the day but get over it, it is time to laugh about it.  I recently watched an Oprah episode and I really hope this Dr. Phil bride saw the show and realizes how ridiculous she was to the point of actually being on TV complaining about her luck.

How would she feel if at her wedding they had looked after all the wedding guests safety by hiring a bus to shuttle guests back and forth to the hotel and also renting limos for family members and disaster struck.  The limo was hit by a drunk driver, the bride's 7 year old niece was decapitated, her father I believe lost his leg and the limo driver was killed. 

The next time you feel the need to feel sorry for yourself take a minute and think of the horrendous memories that this bride and groom have to live with, not to mention the guilt I am sure they feel, although hopefully they have realized it wasn't there fault.  My heart just breaks for that entire family.

I also couldn't believe that Dr. Phil gave this couple a trip, give me a break, she should be donating that trip to someone who really deserves it.

Our marriage started off with all the bad luck anyone could imagine.  

We had purchased a trailer home and while the service man was installing and filling the fuel tank outside the house, it fell off the holder on his leg.  Fortunately he wasn't badly injured. 

We also had difficulty getting a final location for the electric pole to be set and still had no electricity when we returned from our honeymoon. 

The Wednesday before our wedding, the Florist shop burned to the ground.  The florist insisted on providing the flowers anyway, and I was losing petals from my bouquet all the way down the aisle. 

The church had been in a remodeling mode for some months before the wedding, but the pastor assured us that everything would be in place so we could have a modest reception in the church basement.  A couple days before the wedding when we went in to decorate, we found that we would have to move a couple of pianos up or down stairs, as well as many, many tables and chairs, etc..  We had to move the reception to the upstairs of the local fire hall.  

The morning of the wedding, my future husband's gear shift broke off his car and he had to spend the whole morning trying to get it repaired. 

The photographer's camera broke at some point and he told us a week later that none of our group pictures turned out. 

When we returned from our two day honeymoon, we had to overnight at his parent's house due to there being no electricity yet at our home.  His mother had put grocery bags between the open box springs and the mattress to protect the mattress.  Needless to say, just rolling over in bed caused a great deal of crackling. 

In spite of this bad start, we have a very wonderful and happy marriage and will be celebrating our 49th anniversary in November.    The best thing you can do about adversity is laugh at it and hug your spouse.

I find it very amazing how people get married with the wrong concept of what marriage is and not what they want out of their marriage. why is it that when some married couples are going through a rough time the only fix they think of is starting over by renewing their vows, do they not know that talk is cheap people follow like sheep? a marriage counsel is the way to go, or family counselling.

Doctor Mares Night Nuptial Phil. I never want b to get marry at all. Because I donot know how at all.-----------

See you on Wednesday August 06th, 2008. Sincerley Your. Russell Vlaanderen.------------------------------------

   I remember this show from the first time that it aired. Right now the only thing that I wish to respond to is concerning the wedding cake for the first couple. First of all, this woman claims that she is a wedding consultant or something such as that. Well, as a woman who bakes wedding cakes, I would have known that the cake was going to melt and collapse on a hot summer day after being out there for so long. When you plan a wedding you have to take everything into consideration when it comes to the cake, not just what it will look like.

   Let's see, my guess is that it was frosted with buttercream and had a creamy filling on the inside. You would be lucky if the cake falling was the only thing that happened because the filling could very easily give the guests food poisoning. And what is buttercream frosting made of? White Crisco! And what does Crisco do in the heat? It melts! What a huge surprise! If you want your cake displayed in the heat, which I would never advise in the first place, it needs to be frosted with a glaze and then covered with fondant. The layers need to have a jam filling such as lemon curd or raspberry jam. I don't even know why the bakery didn't warn her about this unless she thought that the bride knew what she was doing. Otherwise, if you want the type of cake with buttercream frosting and a creamy filling, keep it refrigerated until ready to cut or at the very least, keep it in a very chilly room and for not very long prior to cutting and serving.

   Although I have no pity for this hysterical bride, I do want to help any future brides out there who may not know much about this and in case their bakery doesn't go over this with them. The last thing that you want is to have food poisoning on your honeymoon!