True stories.
1 I was witness at a wedding on a cruise ship. His fifth wedding. Her second.
2 The wedding organizer on board told me about a previous wedding, no groom. He did a runner. The ship sailed off, without him, for three days. His parents and hers had to share a dinner table with the bride and without him. No chance of changing tables or an extra table to split them. The cruise was full. All other tables were booked groups.
3 Cakes with top tiers on columns are a disaster waiting to happen, whether wheeled or worse still carried, swaying left and right. Preventable. If cakes are on stilts, don't carry them. Have them in place at the start, or behind a curtain and unveil them.
4 An Australian video maker sent me a video of the out takes of wedding disasters. Some involved wedding cars without brakes properly applied. Preventable accidents. You do not drive yourself to a wedding or funeral at which you are officiating because your mind is not on the traffic and the parking.
5 I fainted at our son's wedding during the blessings after standing for more than half an hour in heeled shoes. The hall was hot. We were standing for about 45 minutes. No food allowed in the hall. (Eating elsewhere after the ceremony.) I recovered when given a chair and a bottle of water. Preventable. Discuss with the organizer or priest or rabbi how long guests of what ages must remain standing without access to seats, water or food, or fresh air.
6 My second cousin's first wedding was cancelled because the parents fell out over the reception menu, with one set or parents not wanting the cheaper fish option, only meat was good enough. (It was probably kosher in which case it would have been either a meat meal or a milk meal.) Preventable. Appoint a mediator. Or a venue list of options.
7 A UK hotel manager told me that bridal couples were not allowed to admit others to their room. Drunken groups would overflow the Jacuzzi or trash the room. The best man would make an apple pie bed as a joke. the hotel decided this was preventable. Nothing would be allowed into the room and nobody could deliver to the room. All gifts had to be delivered by hotel staff or taken to the bridal couple's home. All persons entering a suite should leave their names and identities at Reception and a small refundable deposit.
If making your own cake, cakes which sit on top of each other are more stable than those on unattached columns.
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