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NUPE4LIFE
01-03-2001, 12:42 AM
Okay, okay someone had started a topic on weddings. Okay I do not really care about weddings. I HATE THEM! So it really doesn't matter to me who gets invited or anything like that. But have any of you ever been to a ghetto wedding? One of my friends from high school got married last summer, trust me I didn't want to go. Well I ended up going not to hurt her feelings or disappoint her cause for the most part she's been a good friend to me. Well needless to say, it was a ghetto affair. It really wasn't my friend or her family. They are refined college educated folks. When I look at them, I see the Huxtables. But her fiance's family, James and Florida Evans. I've only been to a handful of albums, but I've never seen a wedding that had an MC. The groom's aunt aka "wedding coordinator" had to give us a play by play during the ceremony of what was going on like we didn't know that we were at a wedding. The minister, the grooms uncle could not read the bible. You would think if one were to do public speaking they would practice, NOT! The groom's grandmother made the bridesmaides dresses. Before the wedding another one of my friends (your soror) was like when you see these homemade dresses you're gonna laugh but try not too. Trust me, I was ROTFLMAO. Okay the reception was even more ghetto. They had like regular sunday dinner food. By the time I got to the food service line, it was all gone and this wasn't a big wedding. Oh and the biggest most ghetto part was when the groom's sister, who was a bridesmaid, came to the reception in her Nike sandals. When they did an introduction of the wedding party she was the only bridesmaid who came walking through in her dress and Nike sandals. My friend did not look happy the whole time. It was a ghetto affair to remember. I hate weddings and would rather have a root canal, but on this day I had a lot to laugh at. The ghetto fabulousness of it provided some much needed comic relief. Any of you got any ghetto wedding stories out there?

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OOHLALA
01-03-2001, 01:11 PM
Choregraphed entrances...Please elaborate!

CulturedPearl
01-03-2001, 01:12 PM
You can call this either ghetto or just plain trifling. How about a wedding where the minister mispronounces the bride's name several times (this is the bride's regular pastor mind you) and then presents the couple to the audience as Mr. and Mrs. so and so before they've even said their vows. My friend and I were convinced the minister had a little something to drink before the ceremony. Overall, the ceremony was simply a hot mess!

meeks
01-03-2001, 01:19 PM
i don't know if this would be classified as ghetto, but at my friends wedding two years ago, the minister misprounounced her name and I MEAN BAD! people were like dang....

plus it was soooooo hot in the church. why? whoever was in charge of bringing the key to the control room did not show up!!!

also, during my cousins wedding last year this chicks pager went off in the middle of the ceremony. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif anyway, thats why at my wedding everyone will be required to turn off all electrical devices as soon as the enter and if something goes off during the ceremony they will be escorted out by the ushers like they stole something.....

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Eclipse
01-03-2001, 01:37 PM
Originally posted by OOHLALA:
Choregraphed entrances...Please elaborate!

Oohlala,
Picture this:

Bridesmaids walk in doing the classic 'wedding bop' (you know, step, together,step, together , etc). When they are all in the aisle they pause, raise their bouquets and move them in a kinda circular fashion, turn and pose. Then, they take 2 or 3 additional steps where they do it again.
I hope that makes sense. Well, it didn't really make sense in person, but... LOL

It may be one of those 'you gotta be there' moments.

I got another one:
That fake fog that they use at concerts is released before bride walks down the aisle (wasn't there--heard about it). My friend who told me about it said everyone was gagging/coughing and fanning as the bride was walking down the aisle.

DISCLAIMER: Ghettoness is a subjective term. If you have done any of these, participated in any of these with great pride, or dreamed of the day you could do one of these in your wedding, I mean no harm!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

OOHLALA
01-03-2001, 01:46 PM
ECLIPSE:SAY IT AIN'T SO, SAY IT AINT SO!!!!!MY FRIEND AND I ARE AT WORKING ROLLING!!!!!(THAT WAS VERY 80'S)THAT PICTURE WAS VERY CLEAR. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, AND LAWD, I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO!

MsAnn
01-03-2001, 01:48 PM
A friend of mine went to a wedding once where she said everyone there had on mini skirts, tube tops, capri pants,.... and jean sets. She felt really out of place in her pants suit, stockings, and heels.

ManndingoNUPE
01-03-2001, 02:15 PM
Dang, so I can't do the derby thing at my wedding?

See that's why when I get married (providing I find a woman that will put up with me), I want to go to the Bahamas or Jamaica and get married. My immediate family, best friend, and my LB's.

This is so that most of my ghetto family can't make it. God knows I luv my people, but I kinda wish some of them would stay home.

Now as far as warning the groom, I have to admit to that. Not during the reception as to put the brother on front street, but my father did let the groom know at a party after the wedding day, that the groom would have to deal with him and the big bald guy (me) if the brother did anything to hurt my cousin. We had our reasons, the brother was a former "pharmaceutical salesman," so we thought that a little warning was in order.

But pops and me aren't ghetto, we just role like that.

MN

toocute
01-03-2001, 02:47 PM
Originally posted by Eclipse:
Oohlala,
Picture this:

Bridesmaids walk in doing the classic 'wedding bop' (you know, step, together,step, together , etc). When they are all in the aisle they pause, raise their bouquets and move them in a kinda circular fashion, turn and pose. Then, they take 2 or 3 additional steps where they do it again.
I hope that makes sense

OH MY GOD...I PICTURED IT IN MY HEAD AND STARTED ROLLING!!! You described it perfectly. The wedding I saw the guys were sort of "pimping" in, then struck a pose and the guy pulling up the rear did a "jail pose"

I have to stop reading this stuff at work. I almost choked on my lunch. Woo. The fog while chick is walking down the aisle is too much also.

WenD08
01-03-2001, 02:58 PM
okay, these weddings were, to me, ghetto w/o the fabulous:

1. a wedding where the groomsmen all wore jailhouse braids (think Warren Sapp).

2. a wedding where as the preacher is going through the ceremony, the bride's kids are saying, "mommy, mommy, why you wearin' that?", "mommy, i'm hongry!"

3. a wedding where the bride's wore a just-stitched-the-night-before bridal veil (and it showed) and the bridesmaids dresses were finished that week w/uneven hems, the dresses didn't match each other and the shoes didn't match the dress.

4. the bridesmaids and the groomsmen were made to serve the wedding guests. for some reason their were no servers and this wasn't a buffet.

5. this is the kicker: a Princess Diana wedding on a Mother Theresa budget. the bride didn't have enough money to pay for the limo. the driver was dismissed after the ceremony so the bridesmaids had to pile up in a one car to get to the reception. no one know the way. during the reception the bride was seen w/her mother signing the gift checks over to the caterer.

i didn't attend any of these weddings but my girlfriends shared these stories and they just still cause me to wonder about my people!

Miss. Mocha
01-03-2001, 03:00 PM
I also hate weddings, but for a different reason. I hate them because the people getting married act like the guest OWE TEHM SOMETHNG.

It use to be an honor to be invited to somebody's wedding. It meant that they wanted you to share in their moment. Now they just want you to put money in their wishing well.

The worse thing I've seen at a wedding, was when the bride was TWO hours late, and nobody made an apology. Everybody in the pews was asking everybody else if they knew what was going on. She didn't even apologize in the stupid Thank - You cards. Plus, the musician had a prior engagement, and the minister (musician's dad), raced through the vows. After waiting two hours, I WAS PISSED!!!!!

The second worse ghetto thing was when I received an invitation to a wedding with no response card. I called up the matron of honor, and told her I didn't get a response card. She said, "oh well, you weren't invited to the reception." I didn't trip... yet. I said, "Okay, they only want me to come to the ceremony (it was a good friend of mine, he was marrying a hoodrat), cool, they're not expecting a gift." The matron of honor (bride's cousin, and my friend) said "oh, they're gonna have the wishing well at the church for the people who weren't invited to the reception."

CAN YOU SAY "TACKY AS HELL, ON A COLD DAY?"

Miss. Mocha

Eclipse
01-03-2001, 03:17 PM
Y'all I had to get up and close my office door I was laughing so hard!!

MN: You and your pops aren't ghetto, huh? Yeah right!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif Just kidding!! I feel you, my brother. Handle your business, but just not up in the reception, over the PA system, 'kay? LOL

toocute: Not the jail pose!!! I am ROTFLMHO on that one!! Now I must make a confession. My husband's goomsmen were cutting up in some of our pictures and we have one with them doing that!

I have one more that was stopped before it could truly be ghetto for everyone to see. You know how most of us have that 1 branch of the family that you just have to shake your head at? Well, a cousin wanted to have her reception at Ryan's 'cause she figured everyone could just go through the line, pay for themselves then come back to the private dining room for the 'reception.' After me and one of my aunts stopped laughing we informed her that it was not proper and she ended up having a cute little inexpensive reception (with our help).

I'm noticing a trend here...I sure have been to a lot of ghetto weddings!! dang!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

OOHLALA
01-03-2001, 03:18 PM
My friend went to a wedding where the groom serendaded(sp?) to his bride as she walked down the aisle (not bad). But he started feelin the moment a little to much when after the minister pronounced them husband and wife, he grabbed the mic and started singing another song ( an old gospel song) the band started playing that fast shoutin music and the whole wedding party started jumpin up and down, shoutin and praising God. The bride almost lost her veil and her boobs. Soon the whole congregation joined them. It lasted about ten minutes, finally the wedding party shouted on down the aisle.

DELTABRAT
01-03-2001, 03:49 PM
I am laughing too hard up in here.

Toocute: The jail pose. Is that the one where the man squats down, legs sorta open, with both elbows kinda propped up on his knees and...oh yeah...one hand propped under his chin like a playa?

I went to a wedding where, not only was the wedding and reception in adjacent rooms (see Eclipse's post) and we had to smell Sunday dinner the entire time, but the dinner was served with...you guessed it...WATER ONLY. Dang. I may not have tripped if the water was sparkling, maybe some Evian...and I love water but come on...GHETTO!!!

I have also been to a wedding where the seamstress (for lack of a better word) who was the groom's sister NEVER showed up with the dresses. We waited like two hours and finally they had to go on with outb them (meaning NO bridesmaids). When there were about twenty minutes left she shows up with ONE dress. My friend was HOT about it. That wasn't really ghetto per se, but tragic, unfortunate, and ...okay...ghetto because it is ghetto NOT to make sure things are in order before (way before)the day of the big occasion.

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chynadall
01-03-2001, 04:05 PM
Y'all got me rolling over here!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

But, I do remember going to a wedding where the bride requested the pastor (whom I guess she's known all her life) to sing a song after they did their vows. Which I guess wouldn't have been half bad if it wasn't an old B.B. King blues cut. (I can't remember which one). GHETTO!

Total Elegance
01-03-2001, 04:12 PM
Let me add my ghetto fabulous experiences

Wedding one
The bridesmaids had different dresses...um some with gloves, some without. At the reception, the bride's uncle had fired up the grill at his house, in another city mind you, and brought us rib tips, yeah he stored it in a cooler and drove from St. Louis to TN to serve this at the wedding. To go along with this entree was green beans, greens, spaghetti, and some sweet a@# Koolaid, oh yeah and a little whop sided cake. On the tables where small burning candles with balloons and plants centered ever so nicely over the flame...can we say FIRE. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif We had a little take home gift, a book of matches with a Motel 6 appeal with some glitter on the table that got on my suit and I was....oh excuse me I'm rambling.

Wedding 2
Thank goodness I didn't make to the reception. I heard about this one from my co-workers.
The bride and groom had ghetto families. The groom's family didn't like the bride. The bride's family didn't like the groom's family because they didn't like the bride. Are you all with me? At the reception the groom's sister made a smart remark to the bride and it was on. Shoes flying, tables turned over and they were kicked out of the reception hall. The owners of the reception hall told everyone in the place to get out.

toocute
01-03-2001, 04:21 PM
Originally posted by Eclipse:
Y'all I had to get up and close my office door I was laughing so hard!!

Ya know!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Jail pose in pictures is fine eclipse, my hubby and his fellas did that but NOT in the CHURCH! I wouldn't want that in my video. There are a bit too many ghetto wedding stories!



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toocute
01-03-2001, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by DELTABRAT:
I am laughing too hard up in here.

Toocute: The jail pose. Is that the one where the man squats down, legs sorta open, with both elbows kinda propped up on his knees and...oh yeah...one hand propped under his chin like a playa?


YES!!!!!

ManndingoNUPE
01-03-2001, 04:56 PM
Lawd, how could I forget one of my boys from high schools wedding. She was about 3 months pregnant when they decided to get married. Now the night before the wedding, I asked him if he loved her. His answer was she was there for me when I needed her. So that sets the stage.

Ok, the wedding was actually at the the bride's parent's house. A very, very, small townhouse. The wedding was late, and the father comes down the stairs and annonces to us all that the wedding would have started on time, but he forgot his shotgun. He said it in a joking manner, but I was like bra, we can fight our way out of here. My other friend, had actually parked his truck near the front of house, just in case we had to duck out. The bride's family hated my friend, and thus hated all of us with him.

After the wedding was over and the bride recieved the gifts and money, don't you know that the father made the daughter pay him rent for her room that she was living in.

She had to dig into the funds that people had just given her, and pay him. I was like, no way I would do that. And the two of them were leaving to go to New Orleans right afther that.

They aren't together anymore. I still say we should have just faught our way out.

MN

MaMaBuddha
01-03-2001, 05:11 PM
hey sistah friends and guys...

nupe4life....

i feel all ghetto-ostracized cause i am a product of the a few ghetto weddings...

this past november i was selected as the mc (mistress of ceremonies) for my best friends wedding in miami, florida.

now miami happens to the the ghettoiest city out of all the states besides new orleans, nyc, la and the other little country towns that lurk...gold teeth, leather shorts and all.

i had the pleasure of witnessing trick daddy and trina (friends of the groom) drop by and pay homage in a drop top benz, blasting that florida song get f*cked up*
for all those dade county people.

i had the pleasure to witness the groom and his part pimp strut down the aisle to a slow jam (i can't remember the name of it for the life of me)

i had the pleasure of witnessing the wedding party except the bride and groom getting drunk off henny, cisco (yes they had cisco) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif and remy in the back seat of a hummer limo.

i had the pleasure of watching a whole bunch of drunk groom's men (all with gold and platinum teeth) acting up when I was announcing the wedding party. then the dj, blasted ever single one of luke skywalker songs that have been banned all over the place....needless to say the families were appalled. but all the little kids rushed to the dance floor and were doing the latest bootie hump.

we won't even get into hair styles...cause a few horses were running around dag near bucket naked freezing in Miami.....


this has me laughing hysterically...

but i have to say i love my ghetto folks...they keep it real.


Theeeee MaMaBuddha

AKA2D '91
01-03-2001, 05:20 PM
Originally posted by MaMaBuddha:
hey sistah friends and guys...

but i have to say i love my ghetto folks...they keep it real.


Theeeee MaMaBuddha

REAL GHETTO! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

ManndingoNUPE
01-03-2001, 05:33 PM
And the most g-etto wedding award of the year goes to Mamabuda,hand/feet/teeth(with platinum) down.

MN

hope01
01-03-2001, 05:36 PM
OK y'all I read a lot about ghetto weddings but I can guarantee I can top that http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif Last summer I was a bridesmaid in my college room mate's wedding. First off, the wedding took place in the middle of July in Florida...hello it was like 105. Anyway, We (the wedding party) had to be at the church an hour early get this to have alterations done on the home made bridesmaid dresses we had to pick up the night before! Well the wedding was supposed to start at 4:00 but it started at 6:00 http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/redface.gif One of the bridesmaid’s dresses had to be held up by another brides maid because the strap broke. Then the groomsmen walked down the aisle in a pimp stroll with canes and top hats to "I swear" by AZ yet. Their suits looked like a godfather movie http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif The minister conducted prayer like 6-7 times before he pronounced them man and wife. Y'all I consider myself pretty religious but I have never had that much church in my life! He preached as if it was Easter Sunday morning! He constantly repeated "Lawd help so and so and so and so understand the institution of marriage because gawd help me they know nothing about marriage or what they are getting into" It was like he had a fight with his wife before the ceremony. There was only one limo, a stretch Navigator for 20 people (the bride, her mom, the groom, his mom and the wedding party), did I mention that the Navigator did not have air conditioning and it was like 105 in July in Florida.Then to make matters worse the Limo got lost going to the reception hall. Then the reception was a trip first the choreographed entrance then the food was like cold cut platters, store bought potato salad and Cole slaw, potato chips and salsa and a sheet cake with their names on it! The grooms ex girlfriend showed up in a see through lace pantsuit that resembled my grandmothers curtains. She was giving the bride nasty looks so the maid of honor the bride's sister threaten to beat her up right before the good luck toast http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

AKA2D '91
01-03-2001, 05:40 PM
C****CAN WE SAY....

GHETTO! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif****

Rain Man
01-03-2001, 05:43 PM
Originally posted by Total Elegance:
Let me add my ghetto fabulous experiences

Wedding one
The bridesmaids had different dresses...um some with gloves, some without. At the reception, the bride's uncle had fired up the grill at his house, in another city mind you, and brought us rib tips, yeah he stored it in a cooler and drove from St. Louis to TN to serve this at the wedding. To go along with this entree was green beans, greens, spaghetti, and some sweet a@# Koolaid, oh yeah and a little whop sided cake. On the tables where small burning candles with balloons and plants centered ever so nicely over the flame...can we say FIRE. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif We had a little take home gift, a book of matches with a Motel 6 appeal with some glitter on the table that got on my suit and I was....oh excuse me I'm rambling.

Wedding 2
Thank goodness I didn't make to the reception. I heard about this one from my co-workers.
The bride and groom had ghetto families. The groom's family didn't like the bride. The bride's family didn't like the groom's family because they didn't like the bride. Are you all with me? At the reception the groom's sister made a smart remark to the bride and it was on. Shoes flying, tables turned over and they were kicked out of the reception hall. The owners of the reception hall told everyone in the place to get out.

DANG, SISTA, WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TAPE THAT WEDDING FIGHT?! I WOULDA PAID MADD CHEDDA TO SEE THAT MESS. I BET THAT SCENE WOULDA BEEN BETTER THAN A PAY-PER-VIEW WWF SMACKDOWN!

Anyhow, I doubt if my story can compare to any of yours, but here goes:

I attended my sister's wedding 3 years ago. While everyone was color coordinated, the best man sang the wedding song of '97 "Only for You"--not sure of exact title (there was an English and Spanish version of it). Anyway, we had 2 receptions, one in the same room as the ceremony (potluck meal was in the back of the ceremony room, guests were seated to the left of the potluck tables and the altar was 20 feet in front of the first row (an L-shaped formation, if you will). So after the ceremony and reception #1, we went to the groom's brother's house for reception #2, where we ate more food, there was plenty of hard liquor, and kids playing and getting dirty in their Sunday's best".

I went to two weddings last year and thank God neither were anything near my sister's. The bride and groom btw, were in their late 30's.

Just my .02 cents

NUPE4LIFE
01-03-2001, 06:04 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot the most ghetto piece of information. During the reception, the groom's brothers did a toast. They were saying how they were gonna miss their brother. They said and I quote, "we use to be a trio, now we're a twoo" that's two-o! I didn't think that was a word at all. Man by this point I had completely lost it. And yes I can agree with the sister who said how much they prayed. I was like damn, if this man prays one more time I'm gonna die. There was so much ghettoness that I'm sure I'm missing something so I'll try to remember some of it.

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AKA2D '91
01-03-2001, 06:26 PM
that's more than enough, INFO, BROTHER!
a TWOO? NAW...BROTHERS...IT'S A DUO! (folks should have paid attention in school) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

LAWD, HAVE MERCY!

I SEE WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN TO A GHETTO WEDDING, CAUSE IF I HAD...

WOE UNTO THOSE FOLKS...I'D BE A STONE CHARACTER up in that place!

You all have totally tripped me the *bleep* out! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

I am too thankful I have missed out! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

kiml122
01-03-2001, 06:44 PM
I must say that I have never been to a ghetto wedding...oops unless you count the one I went to about 2 years ago.

The bride was a friend of mine from grade school. I get to the chuch and I see one of my girlfriends sitting on the grooms side. I walk over and was like why you sitting over here. She and her mom were like we felt sorry for the groom because no one was on his side. So I sat over there with them. It was the 3 of us and that was it. Finally the groom gets to the church and a few more of his peeps show up, but not that many.

The bride is late, we find out later that the bride and bridesmaids are in a limo and it had broken down. The bridesmaids dresses were truly,can u say U-G-L-Y.

Once we are at the reception, which was held at another church (why not just have it at the church where the wedding was).

I'm looking for some hors d'oeuvre (sp) because that wedding was way to long and a sista is a little hungry. I talking to the peeps at my table because we all knew each other, and come to find out, the hors d'oeuvres were some mints that were on the table. You know the mints that they put out at Christmas that are different colors. You know the ones that melt in your mouth.

Well next comes the food, did I mention that we ate off plastic plates. Did I mention that the juice fountain ran out of juice. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif Did I also mention that they started running out of food before everyone was out of the buffet line.

Did I mention that when the bride was dancing with her father and the groom was dancing with his mom, she (his mom) had on big fuzzy slippers http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif her feet hurt y'all. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

Did I also mention that the groom was walking around the reception with the brides veil on his head talking bout " he rides motorcycles" vroom,vroom, I swear y'all he was going vroom, vroom. Last but not least, did I mention when we went to look at the groom's ring, the ring didn't fit and he had it on his pinky finger. I'm sorry, but it didn't even go all the way on his pinky finger.

Okay, that's all, but that is enuf!!

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KL

Inquisitive
01-03-2001, 06:49 PM
Originally posted by AKA2D '91:
REAL GHETTO! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

LOL

Diamon
01-03-2001, 07:13 PM
Okay..**wiping the tears from my eyes** I think I might have a lil' som'in to add. BTW, NUPE4LIFE, I think you and I attended a few of the same weddings. I have been to a few ghetto weddings BUT picutre this..... (Mother's Day)....

1. We were sitting in this SMALL church waiting for 2 1/2 hours for the ceremony to begin. The bride had 15 attendants and so did the groom in this S-M-A-L-L church. The church was so small that the wedding party did not even have room to fully march down the aisle before they were bumping into other participants coming from a different direction. Once they were in line, the attendants were in the front and wrapped around the side aisle.

2. The maid of honor (one of the bride's sisters) decided that she wanted to wear the same backless, around the neck dress that everyone else was wearing...did I mention she's a good 320-350 lbs.....oops!

3. The church was so small, the ushers kept pushing my husband and I up closer until my husband was sitting where? ON THE SAME ROW AS THE GROOM'S MOTHER.

4. This wedding had an MC also

5. The pastor (bride's godfather) had on much ghetto gold and a sharkskin suit with a process.

6. One of the bridesmaids obviously forgot where she was and decided to give the bride a shout out in the middle of the ceremony
" You go (so and so)!!!"

7. But the ultimate was when the bride's brother so proudly pulled out the movie screen and slide projector in the middle of this SMALL church and showed all of these GHETTO pictures of the bride and groom..yes the jail pose, the hooch pose (w/ the miniskirt and legs crossed), and the infamous pictures in front of the airbrushed sheets of cars, Mickey Mouse, etc. By then I was no more good!!!!!!! I could not hold in the laughter anymore.

8. Oh gosh, I forgot...once the wedding was over. We all filed outside and what did we see...7 stretch limos outside!!!!!

ZChi4Life
01-03-2001, 07:35 PM
Originally posted by NUPE4LIFE:
Oh yeah, I forgot the most ghetto piece of information. During the reception, the groom's brothers did a toast. They were saying how they were gonna miss their brother. They said and I quote, "we use to be a trio, now we're a twoo" that's two-o! I didn't think that was a word at all. Man by this point I had completely lost it. And yes I can agree with the sister who said how much they prayed. I was like damn, if this man prays one more time I'm gonna die. There was so much ghettoness that I'm sure I'm missing something so I'll try to remember some of it.




A TWOO?? LOL!!! That is hilarious!! I've heard it all now!

toocute
01-03-2001, 09:27 PM
Originally posted by hope01:
There was only one limo, a stretch Navigator for 20 people (the bride, her mom, the groom, his mom and the wedding party)

Why do they pay so much for these limo Navigators and Hummers and then have no FOOD!
Why is thread 2 pages long? Why are tears in my eyes from laughing so hard? Why did I come home from work and log on to see if any more ghettoness was posted!!! Mamabuda yours takes the cake. Woo.

DELTABRAT
01-03-2001, 10:25 PM
Okay:

My friend from college had a very beautiful wedding. It was an AFrican Wedding (attire and traditions). Well all was well, but then it got ghetto.

AT the reception the bride and groom were served. Mind you there were no hors d'ourves. Well everyone was patient, then after about half an hour folx got suspicious. When her maid of honor inquired as to when (at least) the wedding party would be served, she said they weren't eating. Only the bride and groom were. WHAT? I was hot. I have never heard of this before.

Okay, I'm done.

BTW, two-o is a word...if you're GHETTOOOOOOOOOOOO http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Eclipse
01-04-2001, 12:26 AM
Originally posted by NUPE4LIFE:
I've never seen a wedding that had an MC.
and the biggest most ghetto part was when the groom's sister, who was a bridesmaid, came to the reception in her Nike sandals. When they did an introduction of the wedding party she was the only bridesmaid who came walking through in her dress and Nike sandals.


Nupe4life, An MC & Nike Sandals!! ROTFLOL!! Fo' real, doe, you don't understand how uncomfortable some of those shoes are!! LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Now as for me, I love weddings. I love attending them, I love being in them as a bridesmaid and I loved being a bride (and I am not the kind of person that likes being the center of attention or enjoys dressing up.) However, I have seen some things that will make you go hummmmmm:

1. The weddings that are 2 - 3 hours late getting started because the bride is still getting her "hur did" or because they are still sewing the bridesmaids dresses. I know some folks still believe in 'fashionably late', but come on!!

2. The wedding where the ceremony and the reception were held in the same room and 45 minutes after the wedding was supposed to start the bride (in her dress, tennis shoes and rollers) and her mother comes in with large chafing dishes of greens, fried chicken, etc. for the reception. We had to smell it the entire ceremony.

3. Choreographed bridal party entrances--nuff said!

4. I wasn't there, but I heard about a wedding where the groomsmen and the groom wore hats (I think derbys) during the wedding and had to be told by the minister to take them off.

5. And the most ghetto of all....At one wedding I attending the bride's sister (and maid of honor) gave a "toast" to the couple and after wishing them well and saying how much she liked her new brother in law, proceeded to tell him, in no uncertain terms, what she would do to him if he 'messed up'. It was obvious that she was not joking. I was scared for him. The bride was nodding her head throughout the entire thing!! LOL

Convinced
01-04-2001, 12:33 AM
How 'bout a bride who came down the aisle with a microphone in her hand singing Monica's "For you I will"? Now that's ghetto!

PrettyPetite
01-04-2001, 12:47 AM
Originally posted by MaMaBuddha:
hey sistah friends and guys...

nupe4life....

i feel all ghetto-ostracized cause i am a product of the a few ghetto weddings...

this past november i was selected as the mc (mistress of ceremonies) for my best friends wedding in miami, florida.

now miami happens to the the ghettoiest city out of all the states besides new orleans, nyc, la and the other little country towns that lurk...gold teeth, leather shorts and all.

i had the pleasure of witnessing trick daddy and trina (friends of the groom) drop by and pay homage in a drop top benz, blasting that florida song get f*cked up*
for all those dade county people.

i had the pleasure to witness the groom and his part pimp strut down the aisle to a slow jam (i can't remember the name of it for the life of me)

i had the pleasure of witnessing the wedding party except the bride and groom getting drunk off henny, cisco (yes they had cisco) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif and remy in the back seat of a hummer limo.

i had the pleasure of watching a whole bunch of drunk groom's men (all with gold and platinum teeth) acting up when I was announcing the wedding party. then the dj, blasted ever single one of luke skywalker songs that have been banned all over the place....needless to say the families were appalled. but all the little kids rushed to the dance floor and were doing the latest bootie hump.

we won't even get into hair styles...cause a few horses were running around dag near bucket naked freezing in Miami.....


this has me laughing hysterically...

but i have to say i love my ghetto folks...they keep it real.


Theeeee MaMaBuddha

that DEFINITELY sounds like a wedding my ghettofabulous miami folks would throw....LMBAO

toocute
01-04-2001, 12:59 AM
Originally posted by NUPE4LIFE:
Okay the reception was even more ghetto. They had like regular sunday dinner food.


I've been to a wedding like that. Lawd.

Eclipse - I think we've been to a few of the same weddings. The groomsmen with the derbys (tilted to the side like true playas)
and the choregraphed entrances...Woo.

NUPE4LIFE
01-04-2001, 11:20 AM
Reading all these posts, make me realize that I have been to other ghetto affairs. Okay get this peeps, one of my grandmother's god daughters got married the summer of '99. I love this women to death, she's like an aunt to me. But let me just say that she's almost 50 years old and has been married 5 times. She had a wedding like she was a 20 something bride getting married for the first time. Can we say that she was a little too old and have been around the block too many times for this. And instead of gifts for her and the bride, they asked from their dear friends and family members food for the reception. I SWEAR TO GOD! I am not making this up. I know you guys are like, N4L you have got to be lying. I'm not. I guess I know too many ghetto people. I repeat, INSTEAD OF WEDDING GIFTS, THEY ASKED FOR FOOD FOR THE RECEPTION! I hate going to weddings where you know they trying to have a royal wedding on a food stamp budget. People let's get it together. Either you're gonna have a very small and cheap wedding and a nice reception, or a large wedding and a small reception for family and friends. Don't try to be big time when you know you can't.

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MaMaBuddha
01-04-2001, 11:32 AM
a twoo....

whoa that is deep.

nothing is as ghetto as someone stating in their vows:

"you finna be my wife for the rest of my life"

yes i am proud to say i participated in many ghetto weddings....and will in the future, i make a fantastic MC. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

from the pimp stuts by the groom down the aisle to the gold teeth and bumpin' stretch limos to the reverend praising the lord for an hour and a half before he gets on with the wedding.

but let me tell you what takes the cake...

*i am about to get ghettoified*

what the the favorite dance at all weddings???

the electric slide, of course

now whenever the dj puts on one of those songs you can do the electric slide, too. why does everybody bumrush the floor...old people included. then you always have that one old man dressed like dolomite from back in the days...we'll call him "sugar daddy" that follows you around saying "hey there girl, i can do that too, see!"

then of course getting back to the electic slide...can i tell you there are about 1913 different versions of the electric slide. i swear i can't keep up.


but do you really really really want to know what takes the cake????

sitting in the pew at church and watching a flower girl about the size of a gorilla (Alpha's no pun intended) pelt flowers down the aisle. i swear this little girl was 10 but bigger than me and i stand a cool 5'7.
(it must be something in the water because kids now and days are big as hell)


should i be ashamed...i think not! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

proud of my ghetto ancestry...

MaMaBuddha
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you too can be ghetto.....


[This message has been edited by MaMaBuddha (edited January 07, 2001).]

Eclipse
01-04-2001, 11:59 AM
Hoooo Y'all have truly had me cracking up on here!! I have not laughed this hard on GreekChat since the thread "You know you go to a Black church when..." Matter of fact, I may have to look that one up again. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Say what you will though, ghetto or not, at least folks are trying to do the right thing by getting married and not just shackin'!

Hey, have any of you see the pictures that are making the rounds with the bride in the Red dress with white fur for trim and the groom in the white tails and red bow tie and cummerbund? They were toooo funny. There was one picture of them toasting each other with those huge champagne glasses that you could win at an amusement park back in the day and folks would display in their houses. I wish I had saved them!!

PinkCashmere
01-04-2001, 01:05 PM
One more:

MaMabuddah here's competition for your flower girl story. I went to a wedding where the ring bearer was 16 and stood over 6'3. Why did he even agree to do that? Anyway, when he walked down the aisle the entire church was in tears from laughing so hard!

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Mz. Sports Luva
01-04-2001, 01:35 PM
I'm at work crying I'm laughing so hard.

Eclipse: I've seen those wedding pictures and they are HILARIOUS.


Originally posted by PinkCashmere:
One more:

MaMabuddah here's competition for your flower girl story. I went to a wedding where the ring bearer was 16 and stood over 6'3. Why did he even agree to do that? Anyway, when he walked down the aisle the entire church was in tears from laughing so hard!

casualty08
01-04-2001, 03:05 PM
Ok yall, I have two examples of a ghetto weddings that I had attended within a span of a month.

Wedding #1 The wedding was suppose to start at 3:30, the groom showed up at the church at 3:30 with a t-shirt and shorts on. The wedding programs were suppose to be handed out when we walked in, yall the hostesses passed them out while were already seated. I don't know why all of a sudden the new craze is to have mime dancers at weddings all of a sudden. Anyway while the wedding ceremony was going on the preacher told the groom do you take baby girl to be your wife. Come on now, baby girl. The ceremony was backwords with the preacher telling them about jumping the broom at the beginning of the ceremony.

The reception was another story. They decided to do the toast while people were still getting their food and they cut the cake while people were still eating and or were on the dance floor.

Wedding #2 I knew this wedding was going to be ghetto when the church was built next to a liquer store. From what I heard from one of the groomsmen, the bridesmaids were mad because they couldn't dip and twirl down the aisle. You could tell that the two families didn't congregate with each other. Some of the bride's relatives looked like wannabe pimps and some of the female relatives had on prom dresses.

Please don't ask about the reception, lets just say ghetto.

Rain Man
01-04-2001, 05:07 PM
Not to be funny, but is it commonplace during a reception, if the bride and/or groom is a Greek, to have while the music is playing, a mini step-show/fraternity-sorority jam? Lemme elaborate.

Last year, at wedding #1, the bride was a Delta. B-U-T-ful wedding ceremony. It was cloudy, but it didn't rain on us--yes, it was outdoors. At the reception, the bride and her sorors sang their Delta song and while the music was playing, particularly during the all-too-popular "Atomic Dog", the place turned into a Greek stroll free-for-all. Deltas, Alphas, and Ques, was just doing their thang, yall. Even I got a little neo flashback http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif. But IMHO it was a great wedding.

At wedding #2 last year, the groom was a Que. Him and his bruhs put on a miniature Que step show, which was pretty good until they were riffing on a rival frat by making a graphic pornographic "gesture" in regards to their sexual orientation, a bridesmaid had to come to the floor and "thank" them for their wonderful performance.

While I thought both weddings were off the hook, is stuff like that commonplace with Greeks?

Rain Man

casualty08
01-04-2001, 06:25 PM
By the way yall, the two weddings I was talking about were both greek weddings, and we went through are share of the mini stepshows during the reception

AKA2D '91
01-04-2001, 06:26 PM
Yeah, RainMan, it is common for members of greek-lettered organizations after they sing their hymn/song, to do their party walk thang...during the reception!

HOWEVER, I have NEVER seen other greeks stroll/party walk at the same time... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

From all of the weddings I have attended, it is only for the bride and/or groom's respective organization!

I know for my wedding, I wish some other sorority person would get on the floor "doing their thang" or doing their call....

THAT'S JUST DISRESPECTFUL!

I'd have to have them escorted....OUT! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

I won't have to worry, cause folks know I don't play that... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Classy_Diva5
01-05-2001, 12:20 AM
Another ghetto wedding episode....

The couple got married this past summer. They invited the whole church congregation to the wedding and allowed them to each bring a guest. With the bridal party included, only 30 http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif people were at the ceremony!!

At the reception (which was held at a rec center in the ghetto part of town)-you had to park ya car about 3 blocks away cause all the junk cars took the closer parking spots.
The decorations included the following:
1) Cafeteria tables (can we say CHEAP?!) nad metal fold out chairs
2) Plastic tablecloths (one ones that you can buy at the .99 store)
3) Confetti, Miniature Snickers bars and Agendas (yes, AGENDAS) served as the table decorations
4) Good ole' after Sunday service food was served, and they ran out of food when it was time to serve the last couple of tables
5) The DJ served up a MEGA-MIX at the reception-all the guests (the junior bridesmaids included) was "droppin it like it was HOT"
6) Neither the bride nor the grooms parents had any good words to say about the union of their children
7) (here's what KILLED ME) Only 8-YES 8 gifts were on the gift table....now, if there are like 30 people at the reception, then why didn't everyone bring a gift???
8) The guests were taking home the leftover bottles of champagne

Nuff said...that was a waste of time, money, and energy!!

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"Mind ya own, stay true to ya own, be ya own."
Peace and God Bless
Classy_Diva5

PinkCashmere
01-05-2001, 12:50 AM
Let's just say that when I get married I will definitely make sure that there are no ghetto elements included.

Here's another story:

The couple had their reception at the church and had the dj play ghetto fabulous booty shake music. When we got into the hall, the food was not ready and the decorations weren't all put up yet. After hearing the music that was being played I left.

One more:

A couple of days before the wedding the bride's crazy, ghetto ex-boyfriend let it be known that the wedding wouldn't take place because he was going to come and break it up at the church. So, the bride had her male cousins acting as guards by all the doors of the church. It was crazy.

Oh yeah one more:

Why did the bride feel it necessary to include EVERY one of her and the groom's relatives in the bridal party? Why did the bridal party have to stand in the choir area and part of the outer aisles of the church because there was so many of them. Too funny!

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Discogoddess
01-06-2001, 01:30 AM
At most of the greek weddings I've been a part of, including my own, it is NOT custom to start strolling at any point in time. Now of course, the sweetheart song/hymn of the bride and/or groom's organization has been sung, but I find it so G-E-T-T-O to be hopping/strolling around your, what, WEDDING RECEPTION! Come on!

And being from Chicago, where the 'lectric slide and the new Casper slide are mandatory cultural dances, as is the bus stop, I cannot let these symbols of love and togetherness be called ghetto. They are tradition at every wedding, birthday party, fundraiser (yes, my chapter's big la-di-da event featured both the 'lectric slide and the Casper slide), graduation party-hell, even some baby showers get live with the slide around here!

I have so many ghetto wedding reflections, my mind can't focus on just a few. Suffice to say, my mother-in-law wore a white beaded dress to my wedding, that looked MYSTERIOUSLY bridal, then approached me after the ceremony to tell me that though she tried to outdo me and look better than me, she just couldn't do it!!!!!!!!!!!! Mmph, mmph, MMMMM!

Southern Cook
01-06-2001, 06:18 AM
Originally posted by Discogoddess:
I have so many ghetto wedding reflections, my mind can't focus on just a few. Suffice to say, my mother-in-law wore a white beaded dress to my wedding, that looked MYSTERIOUSLY bridal, then approached me after the ceremony to tell me that though she tried to outdo me and look better than me, she just couldn't do it!!!!!!!!!!!! Mmph, mmph, MMMMM![/B]


LOL, no she didn't......These stories are too funny.

Japera1920
01-06-2001, 10:55 AM
I have tears in my eyes. I was part of a real ghetto wedding. I should of know when I met my cousin soon to be wife. Well, to let it be know my cousin is a Kappa so I knew I was wearing a red dress. No complaints out of me because I agreed to it. But his soon to be wife had a matching nose ring along with her enagement(sp) ring. She had more weave than Mr. Ed but I knew this was the woman that he loved so I went along with it. I went with her to pick out the dresses because I am a woman of large build so I let it be know you are not going to have me looking like a fool.
The dresses were cool but she wanted us to wear red stockings with red shoes and white gloves and a DAMN TIARA (sp). What type of hot mess is that?

I called my cousin and told him I am not going out like that. He spoke to her and she call me yelling this is her day and I am going along with the program or be out!! Because my and cousin are I are close I bit my lip and went along.

Well the big day came along and the mother of the bride was no wear to be found. Mind you I look like a big candy stripe on the wrong holiday. The mother had a game of bowling to attend and showed in in her league uniform. Mind she was drunk.Her side of the family was like we think we are uppity. And the dirty looks started. My grandmother god rest her soul, told us to be ready. (Damn Nanny don't cut folks here) but she told us to hold our heads high and rise to the occasion.

My cousin LB's and chapter brothers were spinning their kanes after the announcement of man and wife. They began to toss them and one flew by my ear. Just in general I was too through with the church cememory. The reception was really nice.

My family clown me for days. But my cosuin and his wife stayed married as long as Pat stayed in the army. I do not gloat over break ups but I was so glad when he left her.

I will never again I will be part of a ghetto wedding.

P.S. that is not true about being in part of a ghetto wedding because my friend last year sucker me into one and her flowers were made from the supermarket and I had to pick up in my bride maid dress standing on a check out line and had to fine my way to the wedding and reception was at the church and the only music was play was gospel. She did not even have a first dance.

AKA2D '91
01-07-2001, 12:14 AM
I have to DISAGREE with my Soror Discogoddess...

IMHO, it is NOT Ghetto for the bride "sisters" and/or groom's "brothers" to stroll around the dance floor, ESPECIALLY when they are the only ones on the dance floor!

That is THEIR time to do their THANG!

TRUST ME, I AM ONE OF THE MOST NON-GHETTO FOLKS OUT THERE! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Cause when my reception rolls arounnd...
and we have taken our group picture and sang the hymn...
we gonna be some "soul stepping Sorors of AKA" for the ONE song I pick at that Country Club.... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

TRUST ME! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

onesavvydiva
01-07-2001, 08:42 PM
[
The dresses were cool but she wanted us to wear red stockings with red shoes and white gloves and a DAMN TIARA (sp). What type of hot mess is that?
...
Well the big day came along and the mother of the bride was no wear to be found. Mind you I look like a big candy stripe on the wrong holiday.
...
My cousin LB's and chapter brothers were spinning their kanes after the announcement of man and wife. They began to toss them and one flew by my ear. Just in general I was too through with the church cememory. The reception was really nice.

This was TOOOO funny!!!! I am LMBAO, at you!!!! "Looking like a big candy stripe" LOL, LOL!!!!! Girl, that is too funny!!!

I am a "volumptious" woman myself, and I just would've told "CUZ", I couldn't do it...now they have pictures as evidence of that mess!!! Oh, that was the funniest post yet!

Discogoddess
01-09-2001, 03:32 PM
Soror AKA2D, we will have to agree to disagree, cuz I think stepping is
G-H-E-T-T-O at a wedding (proving once again that everyone Greek ain't cultured, IMHO). I mean, damn, can't people keep the occasion elegant, just for a day? After sorors sang the hymn to me, we skee-weed (which I learned later is SO NOT proper after singing the hymn in public), sat for a photo or two, then went back to the party. I'm glad my husband isn't Greek, cuz I would have had a fit if some bruhz had started stepping at my reception (which is what I usually see up here; most sorority members don't do that, at least the others I've seen)!!!! It wasn't that kind of party...though we had a FUNKY GOOD TIME (to all you JBs fans)!

novella000
01-25-2001, 05:28 PM
Nothin' like a ghetto wedding story to get you day going....
How about a wedding where the minister was GRILLED UP... Gold ALL OF THE WAY accross the front on the top... All of the members of the wedding party had jerri curls or "kits" except on girl who had those "doo-doo" braids. And the colors were -- FUSCHIA, pale ORANGE and WHITE!!!!

AKA2D '91
01-25-2001, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by OOHLALA:
Here are some more Clues to know if you are at a GHETTO WEDDING:
1. Your invitation arrived 4 days before the wedding
2. The programs weren't there yet. When they arrived, you had to beg the hostess to give you one.
3. The usher didn't know which side of the church was the Bride's or the Groom's.
4. The wedding started an hour after the time on the invitation.
5. There were visible safety pins in the bridesmaid's dresses.
6. The groomsman had his tux leg rolled up.
7. You smelled marijuana as the wedding party went down the aisle.
8. The bridesmaid answered a cellular phone during the ceremony.
9. The unity candles wouldn't light.
10. The preacher's beeper goes off.
11. The vocalist didn't know the words to the songs.
12. The parents of the Bride and Groom were under 30 years old.
13. The Bride's hair had grown 14 inches in a week.
14. A member of the wedding party was wearing sunglasses.
15. There were more than 40 people in the wedding party.
16. The mother of the Groom had her shoes off during the ceremony.
17. Her 8-year-old uncle gave the bride away.
18. The groom's ex was found hiding under a pew right before the preacher asked for "objections".
19. The happy couple already had kids; and most of them were in the wedding.
20. Music by Luther, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie was played at the reception.
21. The communion "wine" was Austin Spumanti.
22. The strippers from the bachelor party were in the audience.
23. The couple's first dance was to a song by "Puff Daddy".
24. The LECTRICK SLIDE (electric slide)was played at least five times. Now you have to watch out for the CHA-CHA Slide...
25. The wedding cake was from Sam's Club.
26. The lady serving the punch advised you to keep your cup.
27. Tuna fish and pimento cheese sandwiches were rationed.
28. You saw groomsmen making trips to 7-11 and KFC to restock the buffet.
29. At least one fight broke out (usually the bridesmaids fighting over the bouquet)
30. The best man made the toast and called the bride by the wrong name.
31. The DJ had an entourage of 8 or more people.
32. The photographer took 1,762,491 pictures (and none of them came out).

And finally... You've been to a ghetto wedding if:
33. the Bride and Groom rode off standing up in the limousine's sun roof.

NOW, that's ghetto! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

LET ME ADD...
a bridesmaid has her beeper placed in her cleavage....LOL I was told this actually happened...OHMIGOSH! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

OOHLALA
01-26-2001, 12:30 AM
Here are some more Clues to know if you are at a GHETTO WEDDING:
1. Your invitation arrived 4 days before the wedding
2. The programs weren't there yet. When they arrived, you had to beg the hostess to give you one.
3. The usher didn't know which side of the church was the Bride's or the Groom's.
4. The wedding started an hour after the time on the invitation.
5. There were visible safety pins in the bridesmaid's dresses.
6. The groomsman had his tux leg rolled up.
7. You smelled marijuana as the wedding party went down the aisle.
8. The bridesmaid answered a cellular phone during the ceremony.
9. The unity candles wouldn't light.
10. The preacher's beeper goes off.
11. The vocalist didn't know the words to the songs.
12. The parents of the Bride and Groom were under 30 years old.
13. The Bride's hair had grown 14 inches in a week.
14. A member of the wedding party was wearing sunglasses.
15. There were more than 40 people in the wedding party.
16. The mother of the Groom had her shoes off during the ceremony.
17. Her 8-year-old uncle gave the bride away.
18. The groom's ex was found hiding under a pew right before the preacher asked for "objections".
19. The happy couple already had kids; and most of them were in the wedding.
20. Music by Luther, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie was played at the reception.
21. The communion "wine" was Austin Spumanti.
22. The strippers from the bachelor party were in the audience.
23. The couple's first dance was to a song by "Puff Daddy".
24. The LECTRICK SLIDE (electric slide)was played at least five times. Now you have to watch out for the CHA-CHA Slide...
25. The wedding cake was from Sam's Club.
26. The lady serving the punch advised you to keep your cup.
27. Tuna fish and pimento cheese sandwiches were rationed.
28. You saw groomsmen making trips to 7-11 and KFC to restock the buffet.
29. At least one fight broke out (usually the bridesmaids fighting over the bouquet)
30. The best man made the toast and called the bride by the wrong name.
31. The DJ had an entourage of 8 or more people.
32. The photographer took 1,762,491 pictures (and none of them came out).

And finally... You've been to a ghetto wedding if:
33. the Bride and Groom rode off standing up in the limousine's sun roof.

nikki25
01-26-2001, 01:49 AM
This was truly the funniest post that I've read on Greekchat to date. I must extend my heartfelt congratulations to MaMaBuddha for her coverage of the most ghetto weddings of all time...and then ended with the tag, "you too can be ghetto".

It took me about a good hour and change to go through each post...and it was truly worth my time..each post allowed me to have this fascinating glimpse into the world of ghettodome..one that I hadn't experienced.

The weddings that I've been to have always been world class affairs...I can't say anything bad about them. Those weddings mostly involved family members whom planned well in advance to have an elegant affair. But I'm still young (24)..I may have the privelege (or in the words of MaMaBuddha)"[have] the pleasure" of attending a ghetto wedding once in my lifetime...but surely, I now have the "Ghetto Wedding" Indicators...so I will know what to look out for.... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif ...a la` platinum and gold teeth(that had me LOL---whew), poorly stitched wedding gowns , fighting folk, and the overarching theme of "Champagne dreams with Coca-Cola money"

Thanks for the laughs, ya'll. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif


[This message has been edited by nikki25 (edited January 26, 2001).]

Eclipse
04-05-2001, 03:36 PM
Bringing this one back to the top. If you haven't seen the ghetto-fabulous wedding pictures that I mentioned earlier in this thread, here is your opportunity.

I just have one question though, why did her (or his for that matter) friends let her go out like that and who is the buster who was probably all at the wedding talking 'bout "gurl, dis is NICE!! I ain't NEVA seent nothing like this before" and then put the pictures on the internet for the whole world to see??? (oopps, I guess that's two questions!)


http://sgezine.com/wedding/

MIDWESTDIVA
04-05-2001, 03:57 PM
Eclipse,

I am speechless. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Sexy Mocha
04-05-2001, 04:24 PM
Now that is pure comedy!!!!!!!!!
Why do the bride and groom look like a fake a$$, ghetto certified, black, Santa & Mrs. Claus?

WenD08
04-05-2001, 04:26 PM
Eclipse, i was so through when i saw those pix. i mean, there were like a million people in the wedding. and the cakes? oookaaayy... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

AKA2D '91
04-05-2001, 04:35 PM
HAVE MERCY!

I bet they ALL thought they had that chit going on?

NOT!

UM UM UM! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

What were people supposed to vote on, ANYWAY? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif

onesavvydiva
04-05-2001, 05:03 PM
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!

I laughed SOOO hard at that picture about the cakes reflecting their career ambitions... I am STILL laughing....WTF???

toocute
04-05-2001, 05:27 PM
One word

WHY? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

CulturedPearl
04-05-2001, 05:27 PM
OH MY GOD!!! WTF was going on with that cake with all the branches!? I had to cover my mouth I was laughing so hard!!!

Discogoddess
04-05-2001, 06:31 PM
Okay yall, I WAS laughing the first time I saw it, but I felt bad for these folks as well. Why would someone put them out there like that??? I guess I feel bad because I have MANY family members (on my husband's side, but a few on mine as well) who have had oh so ghetto weddings. Some of my hubby's friends too. And while we did talk about them somewhat, when at the actual event, I just got into the festivities and tried to remember that no matter how "fabu", these people are making a commitment to each other and God, and we as witnesses should be pledging to help them uphold that covenant. Plus, I've always had a guilty conscience about laughing at people for who they are...hated to see others get clowned when I was a kid for being different or out of style.

Sorry to rain on the parade, but I just felt moved to put this out there.

AKA2D '91
04-05-2001, 08:46 PM
That still was some triflin' chit!

CONTENTASCANBE
04-05-2001, 09:54 PM
Originally posted by Sexy Mocha:
Now that is pure comedy!!!!!!!!!
Why do the bride and groom look like a fake a$$, ghetto certified, black, Santa & Mrs. Claus?

Lawd Have Mercy!!!!! I am glad that I was not there. Instead of the bride and groom being the center of attention I think I would have been because I would have been laughing soooooooooo hard that they probably would have asked me to leave. That was so hurled out and I bet you they payed alot for that and that UGLY dress. I think that I would have decline to be in that wedding!!!!!!



[This message has been edited by CONTENTASCANBE (edited April 05, 2001).]

mccoyred
04-06-2001, 08:35 AM
Why dey hafta be lookin lak Santa and Mrs Claus up en der'?

I like their colors though http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

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nikki25
04-07-2001, 02:28 PM
Wow! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

People find many "creative" ways to begin their first day as man and wife. I ain't mad at 'em! I just know that wouldn't have done things quite that way.

dstbrat
04-08-2001, 02:14 PM
i have tried to block out most of these ghetto experiences because they were so painful to live through but all of these stories have uncovered all of the repressed memories:

1. the wedding singer sang 'it's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday'and she was late and musty, the brides ring didn't fit so she had to put it on a samller finger, her uncle yelled speak up cause he couldn't hear

2. the bride served collard greens, peanuts and frape' (ice cream and ginger ale) at the reception, they left some after it was over and came back to get it, they were rinsing out the plastic cups to use again

3. the bride wore white and the couple's child (3yrs) was wheeled down the aisle on a 2-seater tricycle by his cousin because he wouldn't walk like a big boy, the bride had to hold him because he wouldn't stop crying, the wedding singers thought ed mc mahon and star search were in the house because they kept trying to outsing each other (the song, endless love) they woo-wooed for like 15 minutes until the minister gave them the eye, the grooms bruhs came in late and smelling like weed and they threw the sign when he kissed the bride, they also stood outside the reception drinking red dagger ot of a paper sack because they didn't want to disrespect their mamas
4. the bride's mother was late on purpose she wanted to make an entrance, her dress was too tight and the slip too high, she told the escort to walk real slow so everyone would see her, she waved at people going down the aisle (can you say trying to make up for not having a weeding of her own?) the bridesmaids all had tatoos and were mad at each other because one of them got too hype with the stripper the night before. apparently she loaned him out of the bachelorette and he got too crunk. the groom smashed cake in the brides face cause she had an attitude (it was not all in fun)

i could go but it's too painful. this is why i will send out a bulk e-mail stating,'i'z married now!'

Inquisitive
04-08-2001, 02:48 PM
Originally posted by Eclipse:
ROTFLMAO
Oh Lord, i'm dying!


Bringing this one back to the top. If you haven't seen the ghetto-fabulous wedding pictures that I mentioned earlier in this thread, here is your opportunity.

I just have one question though, why did her (or his for that matter) friends let her go out like that and who is the buster who was probably all at the wedding talking 'bout "gurl, dis is NICE!! I ain't NEVA seent nothing like this before" and then put the pictures on the internet for the whole world to see??? (oopps, I guess that's two questions!)


http://sgezine.com/wedding/

AlphaChiGirl
04-09-2001, 01:17 AM
Okay, normally I don't comment on the ghetto-fabulous weddings, 'cause I realize that some people just don't have the taste to pull off a nice wedding, or they might have to skimp on certain things.

That said...

How many damn flowergirls were there?

That cake was FREAKY.

They thought they were looking good in there...more like tacky!

I need to see more ghetto wedding pictures!

Unregistered-
04-09-2001, 01:34 AM
Thank you to the kind person who posted the link to those pics. My co-workers and I were entertained by all your posts and especially those pictures!

I wonder if that guy ever took care of his ASHY ELBOWS. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif

Finesse7
04-09-2001, 10:21 AM
Did one of the cakes have eyes?

NinjaPoodle
12-06-2001, 01:00 AM
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/happy/roflmao.gifNow that i have stopped laughing hysterically and have wiped the tears from my eyes, I will share my experience.
Nothing as elaborate as any of the stories here but ghetto none-the-less.

My 1st semester roommate from Grambling was getting married. She moved to Florida after graduation so that's where the wedding was to be held. Ft. Lauderdale to be exact. My roommate is a wonderful person and so is her now hubby but the people that came to the event left much to be desired. Mind you, this was in July of 1992. It was HOT and the church had no air conditioninghttp://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/eek.gif so the people with Jeri curls were driping...ewww. The ceremony was held in a down-home COGIC next to a pool hall and sports bar. http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/eek7.gifhttp://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/rofl.gif the ceremony was fine, no struts or bops down the isle by either maids or ushers (thank goodness). but right after the ceremony was complete, we all stood up (congregation) and waited for the wedding party to go down the isle first and then we would follow them downstairs to the reception. Well the grandma that was sitting on my right who was now behindme because we were facing the isle (only one). was trying to push me out the way so she could get to the buffet. As a matter of fact, I noticed everyone was trying to push their way out. So the the MC, yes, they had one too, yelled (not announced) at every one to go downstairs before the food got cold. we get down there and it picnic tables and fried chicken! Did I mention the bride had fingerwaves? and the groom wore a white tux with tails and the service started at 10:30am?
So the MC (mistress and i use that term loosely..) starts yelling at people to sit down, as if we didn't know that:rolleyes: . I came from San Francisco to this shindig so aside from the bride, groom, and one bridesmaid, i didn't know anyone. Not a problem. I sat at a table that had mostly older adults(I was 25 at the time) say 45yrs and up) All the men at my table either had gold on their front teeth or a jeri curl. The women all had drip-drip jeries and had their footies or house slippers on. i prayed no one would speak to me. I wasn't that lucky. So the lady asks me, " So how do you know the bride?" "We were roommates at Grambling University..." and that was the end of the conversation. Paper plates, plastic forks, knives, etc..squeeze bottle catsup and mustard, hot sauce...ugh

kiml122
12-06-2001, 07:48 AM
Originally posted by NinjaPoodle
squeeze bottle catsup and mustard, hot sauce,

...oh my:eek:

pinkice8
12-06-2001, 10:17 AM
I have a cousin that plays professional football. I wont say which team, but his wedding so GHETTO to the tenth power. His groomsmen came in with tuxedos, top hats, canes and tim boots with the one leg rolled up! Of course they pimped down the aisle and 4 of them had the fancy cornrolls like Allen Iverson.
When the rev pronounced them man and wife and he started to kiss his bride, the groomsmen yelled " Slob her down dog!" in the church.


My wedding wasnt ghetto per se but my husbands sisters, who I asked to be my bridesmaids along with my three sisters took it upon themselves to go to the mall and buy dresses that they wanted. My weddding was to start a 3pm, they showed up at 3:45PM with crushed velvet dresses on when everyone else in the wedding party had on silk halter top type dresses. I didnt know this until I was walking down the aisle and see them @#&^%#'s standing there. Needless to say, I went slam off after the ceremony.

BLUTANG
12-06-2001, 10:39 AM
Oh my goodness. Y'all have some funny stories. Here's mine:

My college roomate grew up in the same town I attended school. She still kept in touch with her people from high school who didn't go to college or remained in the area, so i kinda "hung out" with all of them when i wanted to get away from the campus crowd. SO.... my roomate's ex-boyfriend made it known that he was going to try to reconcile with her, but she gave him no play. His retaliation: MARRYING ANOTHER GIRL THEY WENT TO SCHOOL WITH. :confused: :confused: :confused:

No one took them seriously, so my roomate was like, I'll do anything to get u out of my life :rolleyes: In about two weeks time, all the planning was done. We throw the girl a bridal shower and a bachelorette party because we were bored one weekend, and these two fools get married the next day in the bride's parents home. She comes down the stairs to K-Ci and JoJo's "All My Life" and is wearing her PROM DRESS... i lie to you not! the pictures were still on the mantle / altar. Her father officiates the wedding and that doesn't seem to bad right? WRONG!

This man stops the wedding to ask if the grooom knows Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior... and we waited for him to respond.

and waited
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and waited
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I was in there CRYIN b/c the groom had this look on his face like, umm... can i get back to u on that? So after a definite pause, the bride's father / minister just starts praying and in the prayer says that this marriage will not be accepted in the Kingdom unless the groom repents and opens up his heart! We prayed for like 30 minutes until the groom finally realizes that this man was NOT going to finish the ceremony until he prayed the "Prayer of Salvation"... we were in the living room / church CRYING b/c we were trying to hold our laughter and the bride's father/ minister and other family members thought we were "moved by the Spirit"... after the wedding - the Bride gets into an argument with her father, gets her things from her bedroom, and declares, "I'm leaving! Don't ask when I'll be back!" and storms out of the house. Now we were laughing out loud and i had to run to the car b/c this mess was the absolute worst! So obviously, there is no reception. what do we do after the wedding you ask? We drive through the city (a caravan of like 5 cars full of college students and recent H.S. graduates) running red lights, honking our horns and blinking our lights, and we end up at the groom's apartment. Before we walk in the door he was like, "Hold on y'all, I promised my wife i would do this for her"... the groom runs into the house and turns on the stereo to DMX - Get At Me Dog and the proceeds to carry his bride over the threshold. We all enter the house and the newlyweds were like, "Make yourselves comfortable. Y'all can check the refigerator or order som pizza or something. We're about to have our honeymoon."

I had honestly blocked this ENTIRE weekend from memory until i started reading these posts. Thanks GC for giving me a good laugh for the rest of the week!

BLUTANG
12-06-2001, 11:17 AM
Originally posted by Eclipse
Bringing this one back to the top. If you haven't seen the ghetto-fabulous wedding pictures that I mentioned earlier in this thread, here is your opportunity.

http://sgezine.com/wed/index.html


WHY IS THIS WOMAN DRESSED LIKE SANTA CLAUSE?!?! OMG! i am under my desk trying to stifle the souds of my laughter. I'm rollin'

lil_sunshine
12-06-2001, 12:56 PM
Originally posted by ManndingoNUPE
Dang, so I can't do the derby thing at my wedding?

MN


Do the derby thing, MN!!! It's your wedding and you can do whatever you wanna do, it's in living color!!! :D ;) Please, if my man wanted to wear a derby at our wedding, why should I stop him? Unless of course it doesn't match with the color scheme or something, then I'd have to tell him about himself for not matching! ;)

ClassyLady
12-06-2001, 02:58 PM
I've been to several GHETTO weddings.

The last one was over the Thanksgiving holiday. I don't know if any of you have seen the Prophet Jones video (the new wannabe Dru Hill) but that is where the bride and groom got the idea for this video.

All of the groomsman (that's what they're called right???) had on black suits with red t-shirts and white and red shell top Adidas. The bridesmaids wore red skin tights dresses that barely covered their behinds with red strap up sandals. Please note that this wedding took place in Philadelphia in November therefore, it was aobut 40 degrees outside.

The groom had on a black suit with a white t-shirt and white shell top Adidas with a black do rag on. The bride had on a skin tight white dress that barely covered her behind. But, unlike her bridesmaids, her dress had white mesh across the middle showing off her belly, which wasn't even close to being flat. She wore white patent-leather knee boots.

This wedding was an absolute mess. The bridesmaids did the little ghetto wedding bop down the aisle. Several were popping and smacking gum. The reception was even worse. It was in the church basement and consisted of chicken wings, cheese and crackers. There were about 150 people there and food for about 20.

The only thing that could have been more ghetto was if they had thrown sunflower seeds instead of rice. And, the way that the service and reception went, I don't know why they didn't. It surely would have been fitting.

The only reason that I went was because the groom and I grew up around each other. And, my mother promised his mother that I would be in attendance.

CherryPepsi
12-06-2001, 04:11 PM
I got three words to say about that wedding

HOR-RI-BLE

DvyneMsM
12-06-2001, 05:49 PM
My cousin was "Scheduled" to be married a year ago to one guy. Well that got cancelled, but you know things happen. Her next "wedding" a few MONTHS later (to another man) got cancelled too, the day before but no one had been notified. And I mean NO ONE. So when we got to the church, there was a note on the door and we found out the news. They had went to get their marriage license, and the office was closed!? My other cousin and her daughter had stayed up all night long making 800 favors for this wedding ,and she was HOT! The brides grandmother had made the food for the reception, and since it was cancelled she took the food home. Why was the bride mad at her for taking the food? She talking about "it was for my wedding I'm going to take it!"
They got married a month ago but not many people showed up.

toocute
12-07-2001, 02:51 PM
...When new peeps join greekchat and bring up hilarious OLD threads. I almost lost my job laughing from this thread back in the day. :D

Ideal08
12-07-2001, 03:38 PM
Originally posted by ClassyLady
The only thing that could have been more ghetto was if they had thrown sunflower seeds instead of rice. And, the way that the service and reception went, I don't know why they didn't. It surely would have been fitting.

LMAO!

Blutang: That story is classic, LMAO!!!!! Never get married IN the house, lmao... "she came down the stairs to..." I'm dyin' over here, yall, ROTFLMAO!!!

NinjaPoodle
12-07-2001, 08:13 PM
Originally posted by ClassyLady

The only thing that could have been more ghetto was if they had thrown sunflower seeds instead of rice. And, the way that the service and reception went, I don't know why they didn't. It surely would have been fitting.
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/happy/roflmao.gif Please stop...I can't take any more...my stomach hurts from laughing so hard.
And this..
http://sgezine.com/wed/index.html http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/eek.gif

ClassyLady
12-11-2001, 10:37 AM
http://plauder-smilies.de/lach.gif

Now, that wedding wins first prize as the most ghetto wedding EVER!!!!!!

When I first saw it, I couldn't tell if it was a wedding or a formal Christmas party because the bride looked like she was dressed as Mrs. Claus.

Everything was just tacky: the cake, the dresses, the red ice sculpture, and that ashy elbow!!!

Steeltrap
12-11-2001, 10:59 AM
Yup, that wedding was utterly ghettolicious. :rolleyes:
A tiara and fur? Lawdhamercy.
Big glasses of MARGARITAS for your toast? How about some champagne, and I don't mean Andre. I mean some classy stuff.

tridelta4ever
01-20-2002, 11:11 AM
This is the funniest thread that exists...I have to bump it up so other people who missed it can enjoy it. Damn, there are some scary ass ghetto weddings going on. Somehow I don't think any of them will appear on "A Wedding Story"...ha ha...keep em coming!

thesweetestone
03-08-2002, 09:01 PM
These are really funny stories. lol:p

DELTAQTE
03-12-2002, 04:06 AM
I went to a ghetto wedding not too long ago, but it was to my gay white friend Tony's wedding I've known since the 10th grade(NEVER AGAIN!)

Well I went to a gay wedding y'all(no lie) each groomsman had a different color of the rainbow on(red, yellow, green, etc) with top hats and shoes to match. The groom and groom:eek: came down the isle to "I knew I loved you before I met you" but it wasn't the slow version, it was the fast house remix! It sounded good, but not for a damn wedding. And there were more drag queens there than real women. When the groom kissed the groom, one of them yelled out "It' don't get no betta than that!" I could have died.

The reception was held AT THE CLUB with finger foods shaped like a particular body part( I KID YOU NOT! I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT MESS) and gay men, drag queens and all danced the night away to house music. I will never go to another one.


QTE

CrimsonTide4
03-12-2002, 06:07 AM
Originally posted by DELTAQTE
I went to a ghetto wedding not too long ago, but it was to my gay white friend Tony's wedding I've known since the 10th grade(NEVER AGAIN!)

Well I went to a gay wedding y'all(no lie) each groomsman had a different color of the rainbow on(red, yellow, green, etc) with top hats and shoes to match. The groom and groom:eek: came down the isle to "I knew I loved you before I met you" but it wasn't the slow version, it was the fast house remix! It sounded good, but not for a damn wedding. And there were more drag queens there than real women. When the groom kissed the groom, one of them yelled out "It' don't get no betta than that!" I could have died.

The reception was held AT THE CLUB with finger foods shaped like a particular body part( I KID YOU NOT! I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT MESS) and gay men, drag queens and all danced the night away to house music. I will never go to another one.


QTE

CTHU, girl you have commentary issues. I have got to meet you because you are hecka funny.

gamma_girl52
03-12-2002, 11:58 AM
I just went back and read this entire thread. I don't know why I never responded because I was a "silent monitor" back then, but I should have.

This is why my fiancee and I are ELOPING :D

I did have a story though...it wasn't really ghetto, but I was still like, "damn, why?"

Well my good friend from high school got married about two years ago and she wanted me to come, so I hopped on a plane and we (my BF, my mother and myself) flew down to St. Pete, FL. Now I was already hot because she asked me to be a bridesmaid, but she never sent me the dress design...but I'm okay. I can get over that.

The wedding was a mess. The church was hot (no air conditioning) and we're all sittin up in there cursing and sweating because you know we didn't start on time. The bridesmaids come down the aisle wearing burgundy dresses-which would have been aight if they were all the SAME shade. I think I counted about 2 or 3 different shades of burgundy-and why would you pick that color for a summer wedding?? Then my friend comes down the aisle with her mom, she looks great! Until I find out later that this beautiful gown is BORROWED from her mom's friend! Come on now! You could have gotten your own...
The ceremony was fine...bada bing...you're now husband and wife, smiles all around. I'm sure we're all thanking God at this point because we are simply dying for some fresh air. I know I was RUNNING up out of the church.

We get to the reception (which took about 45 minutes because we didn't know where in the hell it was and we got shoddy directions) which is at a country club. Okay, things are looking up...

No, actually they're not. We get in there...plastic plates and silverware and cups. Water stains on the ceiling. No dance floor. The guests get there and we're waiting to eat...and waiting...and waiting. So people are up in there saying stuff like, "WTF?? I'm hongry" and "When the hell are we gonna eat?" The bride and groom show up about a HALF HOUR later, so you know a sista is runnin to the buffet table outside...only to find that the food they served was the same food I could have bought at Publix on the way over...cause that was where it was from! Chicken wings, cheese and crackers, and a itty bitty platter of shrimp (which guests are about to go to blows over). I get what I can and go back to the reception.

I could go on and on about the DJ that sucked, or the drunk in-laws, or the fact that I left early and hit the KFC on the way back to the hotel and hit the beach for the rest of the day. But ya'll don't wanna hear that :D

Honeykiss1974
03-12-2002, 12:37 PM
Originally posted by DELTAQTE
I went to a ghetto wedding not too long ago, but it was to my gay white friend Tony's wedding I've known since the 10th grade(NEVER AGAIN!)

Well I went to a gay wedding y'all(no lie) each groomsman had a different color of the rainbow on(red, yellow, green, etc) with top hats and shoes to match. The groom and groom:eek: came down the isle to "I knew I loved you before I met you" but it wasn't the slow version, it was the fast house remix! It sounded good, but not for a damn wedding. And there were more drag queens there than real women. When the groom kissed the groom, one of them yelled out "It' don't get no betta than that!" I could have died.

The reception was held AT THE CLUB with finger foods shaped like a particular body part( I KID YOU NOT! I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT MESS) and gay men, drag queens and all danced the night away to house music. I will never go to another one.


QTE


OMGoodness............that does not sound like a wedding at all! It sounds more like a coming out party (no pun intended:D ). but to be honest with you, I wish I could have been there to see it all go down!

Steeltrap
03-12-2002, 01:55 PM
Originally posted by DELTAQTE
The reception was held AT THE CLUB with finger foods shaped like a particular body part( I KID YOU NOT! I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT MESS) and gay men, drag queens and all danced the night away to house music. I will never go to another one.


QTE

CTTTFFFU. CTTTFFFU. CTTTFFU.
ROFLMP&GBO.
The idea of finger food shaped like a particular body part would be enough to send me running to the porcelain god.
:eek: :p

Sugar_N_Spice
03-12-2002, 04:48 PM
Oh Gosh! The Hilarity!!

HC in that picture from the link one of the groomsman was wearing Khakis?! :eek: :mad: And the yellow school bus for the cake!!!! AHHHHAAAHAAHAAA!!!! This is tooooo much!!!

novella000
03-12-2002, 10:38 PM
Originally posted by Steeltrap
... and I don't mean Andre...

OHHHH Laaaawd CTFU!! LMAO
Andre is OK... if you are already drunk... lmao

NinjaPoodle
04-27-2002, 10:20 PM
I had to bump this one back up...:D because I had to remind myself of what NOT to do at my wedding.

AKA2D '91
04-30-2002, 12:04 PM
HC this lady at the beauty shop told me her niece is getting married next May?
HC the chick has 52 people in the wedding? :eek:
HC the chick is UNEMPLOYED?
HC that's extremely GHETTO?

AKA_Monet
04-30-2002, 07:30 PM
But if I ever get married, I'm gonna have a Vegas-style wedding, with a Black Elvis and Motown back-up singers, in one of those Chapels of Happiness...

That's only 'cuz my folx said if I'm not married by 35, they're not gonna pay for the wedding... I have at least a year and a half...

It sounds like most of these stories are related to the couple being rather young--under 25... How many of these marriages have lasted?

Oh, and one more thing, I would prefer an Adult-oriented wedding to limit the number of children and underaged attendees at my affair... Then again, my parents would be soooo happy to get rid of me, I'd be at the Venetian or Bellagio Hotels, which is what I always wanted!!!

DableST_1
04-30-2002, 08:54 PM
I went to my ship's wedding about 2 years ago, and she had what I guess you would call "the dollar dance"!!! I thought it was cute, they had a LOT of fun, plus may I add that it is a perfect way of getting extra money (she got over $400 :eek: )

Do you think this was GHETTO????? I was thinking of having the same thing at my wedding, especially since this would be a GREAT way to get everyone involved....

What are your thoughts...?????

DELTAQTE
05-01-2002, 05:22 AM
All I can say is, older folks can't DO everythang young folks do:rolleyes:


My Mama's Auntie got married again, she's 80 years old and her man is a younger man(73). So basically, both of them sat behind Jesus in Kindergarden back in the day:D


Anyway the wedding wasn't ghetto, it went off without a hitch, I left to go to work and my mama calls me to tell me that everybody was doing the electric slide(it's electric!). When my Auntie really was getting into it, well she slipped on something on the floor, she flew up in the air, and hit my cousin Lela in the face with her foot, making her nose bleed.

She broke her hip, it's going to take months to recover, and her husband is right there by her side(even though they haven't made the marriage "real" yet) OH THAT IS SO GROSS! (barfs). But it's true!

My life is a damn B movie:p


QTE

BLUTANG
05-01-2002, 08:39 AM
Originally posted by DableST_1
I went to my ship's wedding about 2 years ago, and she had what I guess you would call "the dollar dance"!!!

What exactly is this Dollar Dance? Is this similar to when Bird (Soul Food) got married and everyone was pinning money to the dress at the reception?

loviest95
05-01-2002, 10:22 AM
The "dollar dance" is a tradition in many cultures-- in the Mexican American culture (from what my students tell me)-- the bride has a purse that she keeps during the dance. Friends and relatives give the new couple money for good luck-- but I also saw this done at a REAL Greek wedding (meaning people from Greece). I have also seen "wishing wells" where people drop money into a cardboard well.

DST Love
05-01-2002, 10:32 AM
Originally posted by BLUTANG


What exactly is this Dollar Dance? Is this similar to when Bird (Soul Food) got married and everyone was pinning money to the dress at the reception?

Yes, but people don't necessarily pin the money on the the bride and groom. The bride may have a silk bag or the groom may just put it in his pocket. Most people I know have always done the dollar dance. And in these instances, the guests KNEW that following the first dance of the bride and groom and their dances with the parents, that the next few songs would be for the dollar dances. After that is just "regular", dancing so to speak. The bride and groom didn't announce it or make it mandatory. The guests just knew. And of course, it depends on the closeness of the guests to the bride and groom.

Personally, I don't think it's ghetto because people can choose not to dance with the bride and groom during that time. But of course in my experience most of the people who dance with the bride/groom are relatives or very very close friends who want to do it and think it's fun.

From my understanding about the original idea behind the concept from back in the day, this was a way for people to help a newly married couple get started (financially speaking, of course).

BLUTANG
05-01-2002, 01:48 PM
Thanks for the clarification, you guys... and to answer your question (DableST_1), I don't think its ghetto at all. I think it's sweet!

tammy-
05-01-2002, 02:16 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by gamma_girl52
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The wedding was a mess. The church was hot (no air conditioning) and we're all sittin up in there cursing and sweating because you know we didn't start on time. The bridesmaids come down the aisle wearing burgundy dresses-which would have been aight if they were all the SAME shade. I think I counted about 2 or 3 different shades of burgundy-and why would you pick that color for a summer wedding?? Then my friend comes down the aisle with her mom, she looks great! Until I find out later that this beautiful gown is BORROWED from her mom's friend! Come on now! You could have gotten your own...
The ceremony was fine...bada bing...you're now husband and wife, smiles all around. I'm sure we're all thanking God at this point because we are simply dying for some fresh air. I know I was RUNNING up out of the church.

No, actually they're not. We get in there...plastic plates and silverware and cups. Water stains on the ceiling. No dance floor. The guests get there and we're waiting to eat...and waiting...and waiting. So people are up in there saying stuff like, "WTF?? I'm hongry" and "When the hell are we gonna eat?" The bride and groom show up about a HALF HOUR later, so you know a sista is runnin to the buffet table outside...only to find that the food they served was the same food I could have bought at Publix on the way over...cause that was where it was from! Chicken wings, cheese and crackers, and a itty bitty platter of shrimp (which guests are about to go to blows over). I get what I can and go back to the reception.

Maybe they did not have enough money for a eloborate wedding..!!!!!

Marriage is about love and committment.. It does not matter how much money you spend on it or if YOUR DRESS IS BORROWED!:eek:

theo14
05-02-2002, 11:29 AM
Okay, im no wedding planner or anything but i know some things are not "called for" at a wedding...and ive been to a quite a few...you know, your friends who get invited, they dont want to go along, so im always the one they snag to go to these weddings...

GOOD LAWD....

1. chicken wings at a wedding...theyre messy....

2. receptions in the basement of a church is okay if youre on a tight budget, but ive seen the paper table cloths, which looks kind of tacky

3. If a Delta marries a Sigma, why you gon to have BLUE and RED as the colors, pick one or the other......i couldnt keep my eyes off the blue ribbons wrapped around the red flowers

4. the flower girl, needs to go the the SHOP just like you need to go to the shop to get your hair done, dont let the flower girl come down the aisle looking LATE and TIRED, POOR GIRL with crusty toothpaste on her mouth and strands of hair not tied into her ponytail

5. For the more full figured bridesmaid, please pick dresses that cater to ALL of the bridesmaids, so that you dont have a couple women with satin pouchs of you know what.....

theo14
05-02-2002, 11:39 AM
OH I almost forgot.....

this takes the cake...how could i forget....

I recently went to my guys wedding. Hes classy guy like most sigmas (LOL), Hes married this girl, who to say the least is not at his educational level, needless to say, the wedding was a circus of ghetto people on one side, and class on the other...

BUT the climax,
some girl, with long, really long nails and a tight, too tight brown dress got a little drunk at the reception, and basicaly was making her rounds with most of the guys. She then started to mess with this one guy, whose girlfriend and, i think, friend of the bride, saw it. well GOOD LAWD, let me tell you, things got UGGGLLLLLYYYYY....ALL i saw was women beating this girl down, the her girls jumped in, i saw flowers here and there, bridesmaids dresses torn off, weaves on the table

NinjaPoodle
05-02-2002, 12:39 PM
Originally posted by theo14

..ALL i saw was women beating this girl down, the her girls jumped in, i saw flowers here and there, bridesmaids dresses torn off, weaves on the table

http://www.plauder-smilies.de/happy/roflmao.gif ROTFLMBAO!!!!

AKA2D '91
05-02-2002, 12:48 PM
Originally posted by loviest95
The "dollar dance" is a tradition in many cultures-- in the Mexican American culture (from what my students tell me)-- the bride has a purse that she keeps during the dance. Friends and relatives give the new couple money for good luck-- but I also saw this done at a REAL Greek wedding (meaning people from Greece). I have also seen "wishing wells" where people drop money into a cardboard well.

Down here they must do the "ghetto" version of the "dollar dance". Here, someone dances with the bride or the groom, in order to dance, they have to pin the money on who ever they dance with.

Pinning money on someone for their birthday is big here, too.

Some weddings have the "wishing well" where there is something big decorated in the colors of the wedding and guests can give whatever (money) they choose.

Now, I find this ghetto IF one thinks I'm supposed to purchase a gift AND give you money for the well or the dance. Either the gift or the money...

DST Love
05-02-2002, 01:54 PM
Originally posted by AKA2D '91


Down here they must do the "ghetto" version of the "dollar dance". Here, someone dances with the bride or the groom, in order to dance, they have to pin the money on who ever they dance with.

Pinning money on someone for their birthday is big here, too.

Some weddings have the "wishing well" where there is something big decorated in the colors of the wedding and guests can give whatever (money) they choose.

Now, I find this ghetto IF one thinks I'm supposed to purchase a gift AND give you money for the well or the dance. Either the gift or the money...

Well I guess most people don't mind giving a gift and doing the dollar dance because they usually give the bride/groom only $1-5, although some may give a lot more. I think people just enjoy the concept of the dollar dance. Like I stated earlier, most of the guests that I see participate are relatives and very close longtime friends. Also, some people give their money gift to the bride/groom during the dollar dance.

From my experience, the wishing well is for those who are giving cards/money as opposed to wrapped gifts. It's just a container to keep everything together so that cards and stuff aren't all over the place.

UDZETA
05-02-2002, 02:57 PM
You want to know about tacky and ghetto.... I went to a wedding where the bridesmaid where wearing these dresses that looked like they were dyed red the day before. Plus they looked like old wedding dresses from the 80's just dyed and they had these tacky red flowers around thier head. It was so ugly. :eek:

Rain Man
05-03-2002, 09:50 AM
Originally posted by theo14
OH I almost forgot.....

this takes the cake...how could i forget....

I recently went to my guys wedding. Hes classy guy like most sigmas (LOL), Hes married this girl, who to say the least is not at his educational level, needless to say, the wedding was a circus of ghetto people on one side, and class on the other...

BUT the climax,
some girl, with long, really long nails and a tight, too tight brown dress got a little drunk at the reception, and basicaly was making her rounds with most of the guys. She then started to mess with this one guy, whose girlfriend and, i think, friend of the bride, saw it. well GOOD LAWD, let me tell you, things got UGGGLLLLLYYYYY....ALL i saw was women beating this girl down, the her girls jumped in, i saw flowers here and there, bridesmaids dresses torn off, weaves on the table

DANG, THEO, WHY DIDN'T YOU TAPE THAT MESS??!!

You coulda downloaded it to a RealPlayer file and let us see it. We can use a good laugh every now and then. Shoot, Jerry Springer would have paid you big bucks to air that on TV. :D

OK, this really isn't ghetto per se, but it does convey a serious message.

A few weeks ago, i attended a wedding of my pastor's mother, who is 74 years old and was marrying a deacon after being widowed for over 20 years. The bridesmaids and groomsmen (all grand or great-grandchildren of the bride), wore color coordinated outfits (no tuxedos or formal dresses). Not a problem. The ceremony went very well overall.

The problem I had was with the reception. About halfway through the reception, they ran out of food. While I did get to eat, my table was the last table that was able to do so. There were still two tables of guests who was still waiting to eat. It got to the point that the pastor had to have someone go to the Olive Garden to buy more food that was paid for out of the pastor's pocket (it was an all-pasta type meal). It got to the point that he even had the non-eating guests get first crack at the wedding cake (rightfully so all things considered)

There was a very good reason why this took place, and it had nothing to do with the wedding planners or the preparation: It was because guests who were continuously told to RSVP if they were going to attend did not do so. Thus there were more guests in attendance than who RSVPed. I will never forget the sad/disappointed look in the pastor's eyes when this situation came to a head. BTW, I did RSVP, albeit on the last day to do so.

Needless to say, the food from Olive Garden came promptly and everyone had a meal.

Moral to the story: Please RSVP and encourage your friends and relatives who will attend a wedding to do the same thing. It is for a reason.

Riley
05-03-2002, 10:25 AM
1. The first one has to do with my step-sister. She got married two years ago. Not in a church but at the justice of the peace . What's the problem you say. About three months later she has her wedding reception, not a party but a reception. I mean complete with limo, the wedding hall, bridesmaids, flower girls, and yes a wedding dress she bought for her reception. :confused: What made it even worse is the house she was leaving from in the limo you could see from the end of the block where the reception hall was located. Maybe it is just me but if I got married by a judge I wouldn't go out and buy a real wedding gown and have a real catered recption several months later.

2. The second one, unfortunately, was my mother's. Trying to save money she used friends of my step-father to make the cake and help coordinate the wedding. ( you can see where this was going). Well first the cake. The lady made the cake at our house and we bought all the materials for the cake and I believe my mother even helped. ( it was a traditional jamaican black cake). The grooms men brought the cake to the hall. My boyfriend tells me the cake is oosing out some sicky stuff and the icing came off the back of the largest cake. So I had to fix that. Then when it was time to cut the cake for the guests the cake lady didn't want to cut it. I had to calm my mother down b/c she was getting ready to cut it herself. Despite all that she still wanted $300 for making the cake.
Sorry it is so long.
The "wedding planner" was no Jennifer Lopez. She did absolutley nothing! I did most of the work and I was three states away. My mother told her to call the florist and give them the address of the church and hall a 3 days later she hands the florist card back to my mother ( she didn't do it). Then she refers a guy to my mother to be an usher at the hall to help direct the guests. After every was done aparently the fee for the guy to stand there for 1hr was $100. :eek: and of cousre her fee was$100 also.

Word of advice: Get professionals!!!!!!!!

DableST_1
05-03-2002, 01:04 PM
Originally posted by Rain Man



Moral to the story: Please RSVP and encourage your friends and relatives who will attend a wedding to do the same thing. It is for a reason.

I totally agree with you!!! 110%%%%% Now I know that some people are going to probably find this as being GHETTO but my friend got married a couple of years ago, and she sent out invitations to everyone. BUT she only had a list at the door of ONLY the names that had RSVP'd. So you can IMAGINE how SALTY these people were when they were getting turned away becuase their names weren't on the list. I PERSONLLY thought this was wrong until about a year ago. I went to my cousin's wedding and all of her guests did not RSVP. So at then end, the manager at the Reception hall told them that they would either have to pay more money UP front for them to make more food, or everyone would not get served!!!! And mind you, that would mean that some of the guest that DID RSVP would not get to eat, and some that didin't would (b/c/ its' not like she had a list of who all responded and who didn't) Well she ended up going over to her wishing well, and pulling out cards with money in it to pay the difference :eek: HOW EMBARASSING is that!!! :eek: After I witness that episode, I promised myself that if people do not RSVP then they are NOT getting in!!! Sounds ghetto to you???? Well you can just call me GEHTTO DA'BLEST_1 because I reFUSE to go through ANY UNECESSARY Drama on my BIG day just becuase people are too DAMN Lazy to send a responce card..... Actually I am mailing out my invitations next week, so I am just going to sit back, wait, and see who is all going to respond to them!!!!!

SweetestDiva
05-03-2002, 01:08 PM
Originally posted by theo14
4. the flower girl, needs to go the the SHOP just like you need to go to the shop to get your hair done, dont let the flower girl come down the aisle looking LATE and TIRED, POOR GIRL with crusty toothpaste on her mouth and strands of hair not tied into her ponytail

LMAO!!! You are a mess.... :)

crmldiva08
06-05-2002, 01:29 PM
Let me preface by saying that I'm NOT from Dallas. Here they have "bell ringers" which are little boys that run down the aisle ringing a bell to announce that the bride is coming! Isn't that the purpose of the organist and "Here Comes the Bride" ? :confused:

lil_sunshine
06-05-2002, 01:48 PM
Originally posted by crmldiva08
Let me preface by saying that I'm NOT from Dallas. Here they have "bell ringers" which are little boys that run down the aisle ringing a bell to announce that the bride is coming! Isn't that the purpose of the organist and "Here Comes the Bride" ? :confused:

Yes that is!!! LMAO at the bell ringers!

thesweetestone
06-05-2002, 01:57 PM
They did that at a wedding here in Mississippi!

DST Love
06-05-2002, 03:05 PM
Well my sister (in Illinois, where I'm from as well) and a couple of my Sorors (in Massachusetts and Georgia) had little girls to announce the bride is coming. Most people do not play "here comes the bride" anymore. I know I'm not having that played for me at my wedding next spring, but I will not have a bell ringer. But if you don't have "here comes the bride" played then it just can be another way to inform the guests that the bride is next. People at my sister's wedding thought it was very cute how our little cousin announced it. And what I think is that people mostly have it done becaue it is cute more than anything else.

AKA2D '91
06-05-2002, 05:28 PM
Friday night (in the midst of celebrating the beggining of my v-cation, I followed a few colleagues. Where we were headed, I didn't really know.) Anyway....

We ended up at this "reception". I thought maybe the wedding had taken place earlier or whatever. When we got there it was like 9pm. The wedding itself I think started around 9. So let's say the reception was really just getting underway.

Anyway, someone got on the microphone and yelled..."I'm not trying to be funny or anything, but don't fix those to go plates yet, we are expecting other guests..." :o I was too through. I was :o for those who were attempting to fix a plate to go, even if they were not.

That's what I get for not following my first mind and do my own thing. :rolleyes:

thesweetestone
06-05-2002, 05:34 PM
Originally posted by casualty08
Ok yall, I have two examples of a ghetto weddings that I had attended within a span of a month.

Wedding #2 I knew this wedding was going to be ghetto when the church was built next to a liquer store. From what I heard from one of the groomsmen, the bridesmaids were mad because they couldn't dip and twirl down the aisle. You could tell that the two families didn't congregate with each other. Some of the bride's relatives looked like wannabe pimps and some of the female relatives had on prom dresses.

Please don't ask about the reception, lets just say ghetto.



I 'm actually sittin' here crying. That pimpin' down the aisle gets me everytime!http://www.plauder-smilies.de/laugh2.gif

Shanums
08-02-2002, 06:31 AM
My friend's wedding was supposed to start @ 6pm. Why did, @ a quarter 'til 6, the bride and bridesmaids decide they were hungry and left to go get something to eat? Now, they didn't go to McD's or some other FAST food restaurant...these mofos went to Ryan's, sat down and ate buffet. Why didn't the wedding start until after 8? And why couldn't those mofos wait until the reception like everybody else?

Perseverance
08-02-2002, 04:25 PM
A few months ago there was this story on the news about two couples who got married outside of Hardee's. They were all employees and met there. After they got married they went inside for their reception. They had on formal attire too.:confused:

flyygyrl1908
08-02-2002, 04:50 PM
I went to a wedding about 2 years ago...it was supposed to start at 3:00. At about 3:45, the mother of the bride gets on the mic and says, "Can yall come back in a couple hours cuz the bride's still at the hairdresser!" Okay, do you think I saw any part of that ceremony?!?!?!

Another wedding that I went to was beautiful..........until we got to the reception! Of course the food was cold, they had us drinking from plastic wine glasses, during the "$1 dance" (or whatever it's called), this gay man tried to dance with the groom, and get this..........when people starting leaving, they asked if we could help put the tables away and stack the chairs! Now that was a bit much for me!

FeeFee
08-02-2002, 05:07 PM
This is by far, the funniest thread up here in GC. I have to always control my laughter when I read these hilarious as hell stories. :D :D

9dstpm
08-04-2002, 11:44 PM
This thread is so FUNNY!!!! I was LMAO reading this at my desk and then I showed it to my co-workers and they were rolling right along with me.

This ghetto wedding was right in my own family. My ghetto cousin got married 5 years ago to an equally ghetto man and they had what I thought was such a ghetto wedding.

I was the maid of honor. All of our dresses matched (I saw to that). Here is where things started to go ghetto:

First of all, the ceremony started late. Why? The groom overslept and then had to go and get his hair cut. WTF?? Then he didn't look in the box from the tux shop until the day of and showed up in a navy blue coat with black pants. Then his groomsmen came down the aisle pimping, jail posing, profiling, you name it. Then WTF gave the bride's exboyfriend permission to sing to her during the ceremony?? Then the groom and the ex almost went to blows at the altar!!!

It gets worse: at the reception they had downhome (this is in Mississippi) food. Fried chicken, chitterlings, BBQ, neck bones, red Kool-Aid, the most ghetto stuff you can imagine. And the wedding party and I had to serve it all and by the time we got to eat, there was no more food!! Then the whole time, his best man kept looking at me like I was some biscuit he wanted to sop up with some syrup and kept asking me for my phone number. All I wanted was the phone number to the nearest Shoney's so I could eat!! :(

All I can say is that I caught the bouquet and I guess that stuff they say about being the next to marry is true, because I am getting married in February of 2003 and you can believe that it will be ghetto free!! This thread should be called "What Not To Do At Your Wedding"!!!!

RedefinedDiva
08-04-2002, 11:52 PM
OK, who invited the ex? :confused:

Congratulations on your wedding! Don't let it be ghetto because we WILL talk about you all up in here! :D

9dstpm
08-05-2002, 12:14 AM
Actually the bride invited him to show him that she was being the "bigger person" since he dumped her prior to her meeting her hubby. But he couldn't just accept the invite graciously and/or stayed his behind at home. No, he had to sing some Keith Sweat mess. :mad: :rolleyes:

FeeFee
08-05-2002, 09:33 AM
Originally posted by 9dstpm
Actually the bride invited him to show him that she was being the "bigger person" since he dumped her prior to her meeting her hubby. But he couldn't just accept the invite graciously and/or stayed his behind at home. No, he had to sing some Keith Sweat mess. :mad: :rolleyes:


Now I'm wondering......what was the groom's input, if any on Mr. Ex being invited??????:eek: :confused: :eek:

9dstpm
08-05-2002, 02:50 PM
OK, it was like this: my cousin, the ex, and I all grew up as members of the same church. Now the ex had an OK singing voice (Donnie McClurkin he ain't) and the church always asked him to sing at services all the time. B/C of this attention, he got to be a bit conceited; strutting around the church like he the best thing there. Anyway, he and my cousin dated all through high school and he dumped her as soon as some pretty new girl joined the church and was fawning all over him. My cousin was hurt, but she still cared about him.

Now, FF to when she met her hubby. He joined the church and they started dating. He didn't care for the ex, but was civil to him anyway.
When we were planning this wedding, my cousin invited everyone at the church in addition to family, friends, co-workers, etc. The groom told the ex that he had no problem with his being invited to the wedding, but he did not have their permission to sing, 'cuz you know he asked.

So with his little feathers all ruffled because somebody didn't want to hear his singing, he decides to totally disrespect my cousin and her hubby by singing ANYWAY. That's why he almost got his azz beat down at the altar. :p

FeeFee
08-05-2002, 04:38 PM
See 9dstpm, that's why some people just need to get one of those GP azz whuppings :mad: You try to be civil to some folks, and they still wanna act up.

gamma_girl52
08-05-2002, 04:48 PM
Originally posted by tammy-

Maybe they did not have enough money for a eloborate wedding..!!!!!

Marriage is about love and committment.. It does not matter how much money you spend on it or if YOUR DRESS IS BORROWED!:eek: [/B]

I just saw this because I haven't checked up on this thread in a minute.

No they didn't have enough money for a elaborate wedding, and don't get me wrong...I was very happy for my friend. They did what they could with what they had, so maybe when I told the story it sounded that way, as if I was being superficial about the entire purpose of the wedding. That wasn't my intent at all by my sharing that...They are still married now with a little girl and are happy. So I wish them the best, always. We still keep in touch.

DELTAQTE
08-07-2002, 05:33 AM
Well I have been to my share of ghetto weddings, so I decided just to go to someone's reception. It was in there Mama's backyard(which wasn't bad, it was a big house, the pool had flowers in it, etc) so I breathed a big sigh of relief as I ate my chicken plate "No ghettoness"

Until Shaft came out.

Shaft is a HUGE and I mean HUGE Great Dane that is only a baby and the brides mama thought it would be ok to let him out for a minute so that he would quit whining in the back. After all, he was SO WELL trained in obedience school, right?

Well in 30 minutes Satan's spawn:

Slobbered all over the ring bearer and flower girl, scaring them half to death.

Jumped in the pool, which had beautiful flowers floating in it to get a ball one of the groomsmen threw in the pool.

Ate some chocolate(a big animal NO NO)
Proceeded to leave "little brown presents" around the yard for us to step in.

Scared the bride's grandma when he got behind her and let out a loud happy WOOF! Grandma cussed out her daughter about the dog in front of everyone cause he's "making her sugar act up":rolleyes: :o


Why me? Why?


QTE

BabyBlue91
10-08-2002, 03:29 PM
Bumping this again. I hope nobody tries any of this mess at my wedding.

yasava
10-08-2002, 04:24 PM
A. I went to a wedding over the summer. It was outside, kinda hot…anyway, there was a DJ at the wedding ceremony playing music while we waited. The groom was late (he needed pants from the mall was his story, how valid was it, I dunno) Anyway, the groom gets in, a few minutes later, the DJ goes “Aight, we ‘bout to get this weddin’ started.” The DJ announces the parents of the bride & groom (luckily he didn’t announce the party as they made their entrance) introduced the soloist before and after she sang. (“Aight ya’ll, that was Angela. Give it up for Angela”) Good thing a judge officiated, so that ceremony was done in under 10 mins once they finally got started.

B. The ceremony and reception wasn’t really ghetto (except for my new sister-in-law having us walk down the aisle to Jagged Edge's "let's get married"-- thank goodness it was just the instrumental), but when my brother got married, we had champagne in the limos. Since the wedding party was so large, we ran out en route to the reception hall. So, someone (I wasn’t in the limo with my brother, so I don’t know whose idea it was) had the drivers stop at the liquor store for more. Since my brother and sister-in-law have some ghetto friends, when we got the reception and walked in, they brought their liquor with them, brown bags and all and raised it up as they walked through the door.

jali0004
10-09-2002, 05:16 AM
Okay...

This past month, I was the Maid-of-Honor in my step-sister's wedding....It was in Chicago....Anyone here know Mr. G's Supper Club?? Yep..it was there. She paid bookoo money for this room, and she didn't even get: PLATES, SILVERWARE...nada...

So, my dear ghettofabulous sister bought plates, glasses and dishware for the head table. Everyone else got...paper plates and plastic forks.

The food arrived 2 hours late. Her hairdresser was the wedding corrdinator, and her cousin cooked the food.

HC the cousin got the hook-up?
HC the food was late?
HC the food was in aluminum casserole dishes?
HC the food was cold????
HC my sister paid for food to feed 150 people, 60 showed up, and everyone could only get 1 piece of chicken????

Okay, so after we ate, everyone made a toast...the groom's momma's toast went something like this: We are good Christian people, and when things happen you don't want or like (like this marriage) you just gotta pray on it....

WTH!! God don't like ugly.....

Wait..there's more....before we got to the reception, the DJ was playing good stuff (so I heard)...

HC the groom's momma told him that we are good Christians, and to play Gospel only??
HC my granddaddy told the lady that he just left church, and this was a party..??
HC he made the DJ switch back to playing what he was playing before??
HC the groom fell on his behind trying to do the Cha-Cha??

HC the Best Man was hitting on me...and my man was at the wedding too?? HC my man didn't beat his a**??

So at the end of this shindig, everyone was leaving...they decided to release some ballons...HC they got stuck in the power cables RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR?? HC they are still there??

That's all I can remember for now...hopefully this is the last time I will ever be in a ghetto fabulous wedding...

zetafg
10-09-2002, 10:28 AM
Why am I cracking up at some of these incidents?

I don't think what I have actually experienced is or will be considered ghetto but here goes:

A couple of years ago a friend of mine from Junior High wedding was held on a boat. BEAUTIFUL.

She was almost 3 hours late and HER family was like "I bet you she ain't even comin'". I COULD NOT believe what I was hearing. The Groom (whom we've known since High School) was going around apologizing and letting everyone know that she is fine, he is in touch with her and that she was on her way. It ended up being some problem with limo.

Okay, so she is finally there. The ceremony and all was beautiful....UNTIL.....it was time to kiss the bride. Why did HER family yell out "Make sure you give him some tongue?"

WTH??????? I was like OH NO THEY DIDN'T!!!

I told the bride all of this months later after the wedding. She told me some other issues with her family that took place, which no one knew about and that she WAS NOT surprised of what happened at the ceremony and was a little hurt with what they said while we all waited. Someone else had mention their comments to her, but they weren't a reliable source and she knows that I have/would NEVER lie to her.

But overall, everything else was just fabulous.

My other friends wedding, the bride was 7 months pregnant wearing a white dress and had the hairstyle from he****. I mean ladies, you know how your hair looks when it is real windy outside and your style is blown away.....but you come inside and fix it....NOPE! Her hair stayed blown away.

When I showed my Mom those pictures she said "pass me a comb, I'm going to fix her hair through these pictures."

I was cracking up!!!

:p

lovele1978
10-10-2002, 10:26 AM
I have gone to the most GHETTO-fabulous wedding ever!!
This was a friend of my boyfriend. Oh where do I start......

Let me give you a little background. The guy is damn near 30, the bride is 19 (and looks 14) and they have two kids (you do the math).

My boyfriend warned me after he went to the rehearsal the night before that is was going to be a hot mess. The preacher did not show up and the coordinators did not even pair up the bridesmaids and the groomsmen. She said that they would worry about that the day of the wedding. Then what is the point of the rehearsal???
They had three wedding coordinators (who all wore black tight outfits). They were too concerned with looking cute that everyone just sat themselves. And of course when it was time for the procession my man wound up walking the maid of honor down the isle.
Why were the bridesmaid dresses blood red??
Why were they all in high school?
Why were four of the five pregnant (and showing)??:eek:

The preacher was off the hook. In his sermon he was talking about the unity of marriage but in ghetto terms. Like if she got bad credit that means you both got bad credit. It's no longer your fried chicken it's both of your fried chicken :D
Why did the pastor wear sunglasses throughout his whole sermon?
Why was his voice crazy raspy?
Why were the two guys standing in the back of the hall not mean looking ushers as I thought, but his body guards (and I'm serious)??
Why did my man tell me that they pulled up in front of the hall in an all black Mercedes with black tinted windows and smoke coming out of the sunroof??!!!

Now for the reception......

When it was time for the parents of the bride to dance, why were they getting down and dirty!!! I'm talking grinding and whining, even the DJ said I think that we need to get them a room.

Why was one of the flower girls running around in nothing but an under shirt and pampers by the middle of the reception?
Why was the bride getting down on the floor and dancing in he white dress (and I mean getting down. ie. hands on the floor butt in the air!!!).

Why did the best man have a tear drop tattoed under one eye?
Why did he make it known that he and his baby's mother (who was there with his two infant children) were no longer together?
- I guess he wanted it known that he is now available.
Why was she 7 months pregant and the baby is not his?
-I guess that is why he helped her light up her cigarette!!!
:mad:

yasava
10-10-2002, 11:07 AM
Originally posted by lovele1978
Why did he make it known that he and his baby's mother (who was there with his two infant children) were no longer together?
- I guess he wanted it known that he is now available.
Why was she 7 months pregant and the baby is not his?
-I guess that is why he helped her light up her cigarette!!!
:mad:

That's horrible about the cigarette part. :mad: The dangers of smoking while pregnant is a whole other thread, though.

IMO, if your story is not the most ghetto, it's definitely in the top 10.

nikki1920
10-10-2002, 03:11 PM
:eek: :eek: :eek: :mad: (at the cigarette part)

ROTFLOLMBAO at the fried chicken and credit thing....:D

zetafg
10-10-2002, 04:34 PM
:( :( :( :eek: :eek: :eek:


OH MY GOODNESS.....OH MYYY GOODNESS.....OH NOOOOOOO!!!

I am just TOO disgusted with that story!

At one point I was cracking up shaking my head.....then I got to the end......cigarette....pregnant.....just because the baby isn't his doesn't mean he shouldn't consider the health of the unborn child and his two other children (Lawd only knows how many more he may have) with second hand smoke.

All I can say is: G-H-E-T-T-O!!!

So sorry you had to witness that.
:eek:

NinjaPoodle
10-24-2002, 04:23 AM
Originally posted by lovele1978

Let me give you a little background. The guy is damn near 30, the bride is 19 (and looks 14) and they have two kids (you do the math).


http://www.plauder-smilies.de/eek7.gifhttp://www.plauder-smilies.de/yellows/dozey.gifhttp://www.plauder-smilies.de/lach.gif

toocute
06-23-2003, 03:49 PM
:D

Jill1228
06-23-2003, 03:59 PM
Holy sh*t! My jaw is hitting the floor! That is BG (Beyond Ghetto!)
Can we say LOSERS? http://superbabies.homestead.com/files/loser.gif

AKA4MJ
06-23-2003, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by toocute
:D

Thanks TOOCUTE! This is the alltime GC BEST!

CrimsonTide4
07-25-2003, 01:30 PM
Ghetto Wedding Reception :eek:

http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL114/953353/2331997/30256009.jpg

RedefinedDiva
07-25-2003, 01:33 PM
Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Ghetto Wedding Reception :eek:

http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL114/953353/2331997/30255080.jpg
Which one is the bride? :confused: :eek:

Steeltrap
07-25-2003, 01:42 PM
Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
Which one is the bride? :confused: :eek:

That picture does make it hard to tell. I can't tell who's wearing the veil.:confused:

CrimsonTide4
07-25-2003, 01:45 PM
I edited and made it as big as it could go. . .maybe the bride was inside placing the order. :confused:

RedefinedDiva
07-25-2003, 01:50 PM
http://downloads.image-data.com/siteimages/lfi/thumbs/23169/23169754.jpg http://downloads.image-data.com/siteimages/lfi/thumbs/23169/23169751.jpg http://downloads.image-data.com/siteimages/lfi/thumbs/23169/23169737.jpg http://downloads.image-data.com/siteimages/lfi/thumbs/23169/23169750.jpg http://downloads.image-data.com/siteimages/lfi/thumbs/23169/23169741.jpg http://downloads.image-data.com/siteimages/lfi/thumbs/23169/23169734.jpg

toocute
07-25-2003, 01:57 PM
Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
maybe the bride was inside placing the order. :confused:

That's so wrong!

Fee Fee doesn't this look like the White Castle on Myrtle and Washington?

FeeFee
07-25-2003, 02:02 PM
Originally posted by toocute
That's so wrong!

Fee Fee doesn't this look like the White Castle on Myrtle and Washington?

Oh my dayums @ the picture. :eek: :eek:

There's no White Castle on that corner (maybe it's a little further down Myrtle Ave.), just Kum Kau Chinese Restaurant (yummy!! :D ).

Regardless, oh my dayums @ the picture. LMBO!!!

toocute
07-25-2003, 02:12 PM
Originally posted by FeeFee
There's no White Castle on that corner (maybe it's a little further down Myrtle Ave.),

Maybe it is a little further down...but that is a Brooklyn WC. :o :o

When you're getting married it's YOUR day. If they wanted to stop and get some chicken rings before the reception...hey!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

miss priss
07-29-2003, 10:50 PM
Y'all, I went to a wedding this weekend and the bride had Christmas lights in her bouquet. Not only that, EVERYBODY pimped down the aisle to Kelly Price's "He proposed to me". People was testifying in the church like it was church service. ANDDDDDD, at the reception it looked like a backyard BBQ. (ya know paper plates, napkins, and plastic forks).

FeeFee
07-30-2003, 10:07 AM
Originally posted by miss priss
Y'all, I went to a wedding this weekend and the bride had Christmas lights in her bouquet. Not only that, EVERYBODY pimped down the aisle to Kelly Price's "He proposed to me". People was testifying in the church like it was church service. ANDDDDDD, at the reception it looked like a backyard BBQ. (ya know paper plates, napkins, and plastic forks).

Can you post some pictures??? I gotta see the bouquet.

LOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!

lostnfound117
07-30-2003, 11:22 AM
Originally posted by FeeFee
Can you post some pictures??? I gotta see the bouquet.

LOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!


me too....
i hope they didn't have chittlin's at the reception!!

Marie
07-31-2003, 01:25 PM
Now this was a wedding that I saw the tape of but didn't attend, so I'm going to try and remember the details.

One of my older cousins (on the ghetto side of the family) was getting married for about the 3rd time in 2 years. I don't know why she decided to make a big to-do like she was 25 and tying the knot for the 1st time. The wedding was scheduled to start somewhere around 3, but it didn't get underway until at least 6. My father and uncle walked up the street and got fresh hair cuts and Harold's Chicken while they were waiting. The church was one of those tiny store front churches (w/no air) and it was the middle of the summer, so you know folks were burning up in there.

Anyway, the bridal party arrives around 6 pm. They don't have a professional sound system in the church, so the bride's son is in the back of the church w/a bomb box and a stack of CDs trying to make something happen. The minister comes in dressed like a Catholic Bishop, complete w/the tall hat, long robes, and staff.:eek: . Then he gets to praying in this high-pitched, wining (sp?)/singing type of voice. He sings the prayer for about 10 min. So they stumble through the remainder of the ceremony pretty uneventfully, and everything is going alright...until the reception.

They had rented a car instead of a limo (but I'll allow that b/c they don't have alot of money). How come, half way through the ceremony my cousin "Bug" ( I swear to God, I don't know what his real name is.), says he's going to go fill up the gas tank on the rental car an COME RIGHT BACK! No one saw or heard hear from him for the rest of the night. My dad had to drive the bride and groom to the reception in his car. The reception was at the bride's mom's place...but they stay in a teeny, tiny 2-bedroom apt. in the ghetto. Now given that your place isn't that hot to begin with, I would think that you would at least clean up, right. Wrong! This place was full of clutter, like it was any old day of the week. To top it all off the bride's mom cooked like it was a regular family get together (meaning you roll through the kitchen and fix your own damn plate, and all the food is still sitting in the pot on the stove).

Yeah...gotta love "the other side" of the family.

miss priss
08-01-2003, 08:12 AM
Originally posted by lostnfound117
me too....
i hope they didn't have chittlin's at the reception!!

No chittlin's but close.....

They had a "decent" menu
ham, fried chicken, swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes with a type of chicken broth gravy,mac-n-cheese, green beans, rolls, spaghetti salad, jello, RED punch (it was a powdery/icy blue-creme wedding) and cake....... :rolleyes:

Yall when she came out **thread hijack***

HC, my mouth flew open and LOUDLY said EWWW lol
HC, the daddy AND bride was bouncin' yes bouncin' down the aisle?
HC, eeeerbody (in my ghetto voice) in the groom's party had braids

HC, they performed a salute (like the military does with swords) with their flowers and hands?
HC, the dresses were pretty but the flowers were not? Looks like SOMEbody went to the Dollar Tree....:o

***now we're back to our regularly scheduled thread*****:D

BTW, I don't know how to post a picture when you don't have it on a website.....:confused:

Japera1920
08-01-2003, 02:53 PM
Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
Which one is the bride? :confused: :eek:


Why does that you like Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn?:eek:

stardusttwin
08-02-2003, 12:58 AM
RE: picture outside of White Castle...I don't think that is the one on Atlantic Ave...In any case count from the right-skip the group of guys...the bride is the second female from the left (standing next to woman in capri pants and backpack)....at least that looks like a veil to me...

As for ghetto wedding stories...I was in one 2 weeks ago...my cousin was the bride (hereafter referred to as bridezilla). Here are a couple of the lowllights...

-we (bridal party) arrive 2:30 pm (for a 2 o'clock wedding), groom arrives at 3pm-service still can't start because officiant (grooms brother in law) STILL hasn't arrived!!! :mad: and when he does at 3:30pm he isn't even dressed!! (now he had to drive 6 hours from his house to get here - at some point you KNEW you wouldn't be in NY at 2pm-CALL COLLECT-say something!!)

-Wedding ceremony was over in 10 minutes because we had to be out of the space at 4pm sharp!! After I mention this is crazy after all this money wasted the ceremony was so short and rushed why did MOH tell me the bride and groom were married 2 days ago and this is just for show because BIL isn't licensed to perform ceremony in NY (so why in hades did we have to wait??!!):confused: ESPECIALLY since he didn't attend the rehearsal and had placed himself exactly opposite of how we had rehearsed.

-all along we were told the grooms friend who is a photographer was supposed to take pictures-after the rushed ceremony a man with a camera strapped on his shoulder (who didn't show up at brides house for any of the before pictures) made a big deal of grouping us together and then pulled out a disposable camera-with my fourth nerve throbbing I ask where the devil is the real photographer?? It takes a minute before we realize this is the so-called photographer who weakly responded "Well I don't know how to use this other camera!"-he carried THE GROOMS Cannon 35mm camera (not automatic-a professional one you have to load) around the rest of the day-he clicked..sometimes the flash went off, most times it didn't...not sure if any pictures came out...

-Reception that was suppossed to start at 4pm STILL doesn't start until 6pm because no one bothered to check that the oven at the hall was not available for use-so food had to be taken back home to recook in oven...(instead of taking care of stuff at the hall all the "helpers" were at the site because they all had to see the wedding and didn't bother to mention that none of the hot food was heated)

-cake arrived from bakery at 5:30....

- bridezilla had to open cards in the bathroom looking for cash to pay the dj (when I suggested she write the amounts on the envelopes so she can send thank you cards she asked me "why do I have to send thank you cards?" :rolleyes: -not holding breath for that one)- I had three nerves left at this point....

-at 8:10 when I tell bridezilla that we have to wrap it up she still doesn't comprehend that we only have space until 9pm-that means everything has to be out at 9pm so unless you are going to pay money for additional time you have to get out-they don't care that you've only had a 2 hour reception...she starts to open the champaign bottles because "we have to drink it now".....I grab a bottle and stop myself from hitting her....tell her to take the damn bottles home and bathe in them-I don't care...but move out of the way, stop opening bottles so we can pack up this stuff and get out of here...two nerves left.... she gets mad at me and stomps outside....I over hear her making plans to meet her girls at the local club later that nite

I knew it would be ghetto from the start...just not THIS ghetto.....its hard being the ebony sheep in the family.;)

BLUTANG
08-04-2003, 12:40 AM
TOO.

DAYUM.

FUNNY.

Originally posted by stardusttwin

-all along we were told the grooms friend who is a photographer was supposed to take pictures-after the rushed ceremony a man with a camera strapped on his shoulder (who didn't show up at brides house for any of the before pictures) made a big deal of grouping us together and then pulled out a disposable camera

lostnfound117
08-05-2003, 05:42 PM
You know that your at a "ghetto" wedding if...

...Your invitation arrives 4 days before the wedding...The programs weren't there yet. When they got there, you had to beg the hostess to give you one...The usher didn't know which side of the church was the Bride's or Groom's...The wedding started an hour after the time on the invitation...There were visible safety pins in the bridesmaid's dresses...A groomsman had his tux leg rolled up...A bridesmaid answered a cellular phone during the ceremony...The unity candles won't light...The preacher's beeper goes off. 10. The vocalist didn't know the words to the songs...The parents of the Bride or Groom were under 30 years old...The Bride's hair had grown 14 inches in a week...A member of the wedding party was wearing sunglasses...There were more than 40 people in the wedding party...The mother of the Groom had her shoes off during the ceremony...The Bride was given away by her 8 year old uncle...The happy couple already had kids; and most of them were in the wedding...Music by Luther, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie was played at the reception...The communion "wine" was Asti Spumante...The entertainers from the bachelor party were in the audience...The couples first dance was to a song by "Puff Daddy."...The "ELETRICK SLIDE" was played at least five times...The wedding cake came from SAM'S CLUB...The lady serving the punch advised you to keep your cup...The tuna fish and pimento cheese sandwiches were rationed...You saw groomsmen making trips to 7-11 and KFC to restock the buffet...At least one fight broke out (usually the bridesmaids fighting over the bouquet)...The best man did the toast, but called the Bride by the wrong name. 29. The DJ had an entourage of 8 or more people...The photographer took 1,762,491 pictures (and none of them came out right)...The Bride & Groom rode off standing up in the limousine's sun roof...The bridesmaids have their hair colored to match their dresses...The groomsmen have more than 5 gold teeth in their mouths. 34. The DJ is caught in the kitchen trying to make a plate. 35. Mama and 'em bust out the "Reynolds Wrap" to take a plate home (why do we call it Reynolds Wrap when we buy the generic brand)...The bride is "Backin' That Thing Up" with the grooms father...The bride can be seen with dollar bills safety pinned to her wedding dress...The groomsmen take pictures that resemble a recent issue of Vibe magazine.

mu_agd
08-05-2003, 08:37 PM
Originally posted by lostnfound117
The parents of the Bride or Groom were under 30 years old...


:eek: :eek: :eek:

if you don't mind my asking, how old were the bride and the groom???

Rain Man
08-06-2003, 12:05 AM
For more bad wedding stories (though quite frankly they don't quite amount to much compared to the stories here...)

Go to this site:

Tacky Wedding Stories (http://women.msn.com/36030.armx)

CrimsonTide4
09-15-2003, 04:26 PM
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL114/953353/2331997/33854868.jpg

WenD08
09-15-2003, 04:45 PM
so...is this a real bride or was this some wedding idea? either way, it's unbelievably gauche:rolleyes:

33girl
09-15-2003, 05:01 PM
Of course, the other side of the ghetto wedding...is the redneck wedding. Opposites you may say, but eerily similar.

You may be at a redneck wedding/reception if:

-Bikers driving by see all the bikes outside and decide to come on in, wearing full leather.

-There is karaoke to "Forever and Ever Amen" sung DURING THE CEREMONY.

-At the reception, people change from their formal clothes to jeans or sweats. Personal fave: the teenage boy wearing a shirt that says "tickle this Elmo."

-There are firehoses and boots in plain view.

-If you spill a drink, the lady in the kitchen gives you a mop to clean it up yourself.

-The bridal party has all dated each other at some point in high school.

-If you get your bridesmaids or mother of the bride dresses from anyplace other than the JC Penney prom catalog, you are just too full of yourself and "citified."

-People only dance to the country tunes, not the "dance" music.

MeezDiscreet
09-15-2003, 05:43 PM
a friend of mine's friend recently wed and after hearing about her invitation and registry, i really wish i could have gone...

#1--apparantly this girl was trying to save money because one side of her invitations had the invite info, the other side had the wedding program, complete with misspelled words. (i.e., "bring your owen bottle"). even the bride's mother's name was misspelled.

#2--why is the wedding b.y.o.b.????

#3--this girl's registry was...what is the word...GHETTO!!!!. some of the items she registered for were...

- toilet paper
- a case of dove soap
- orange juice
- a case of beer

i mean, this just doesn't make any sense!!!!!

ClassyLady
09-15-2003, 05:47 PM
Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
#3--this girl's registry was...what is the word...GHETTO!!!!. some of the items she registered for were...

- toilet paper
- a case of dove soap
- orange juice
- a case of beer

i mean, this just doesn't make any sense!!!!!

OJ?!?!?!??!?! Really?

MeezDiscreet
09-15-2003, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by ClassyLady
OJ?!?!?!??!?! Really?

yep. and i forgot to add metabolife also

CrimsonTide4
09-15-2003, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
a friend of mine's friend recently wed and after hearing about her invitation and registry, i really wish i could have gone...

#1--apparantly this girl was trying to save money because one side of her invitations had the invite info, the other side had the wedding program, complete with misspelled words. (i.e., "bring your owen bottle"). even the bride's mother's name was misspelled.

#2--why is the wedding b.y.o.b.????

#3--this girl's registry was...what is the word...GHETTO!!!!. some of the items she registered for were...

- toilet paper
- a case of dove soap
- orange juice
- a case of beer

i mean, this just doesn't make any sense!!!!!

aaaaaaaaaaw hell 2 da naw; that ain't wedding registry, that is a GROCERY LIST!!! :o :o :o :o :o

OthelloStreet
09-15-2003, 06:29 PM
Originally posted by lostnfound117
You know that your at a "ghetto" wedding if...

...Your invitation arrives 4 days before the wedding...The programs weren't there yet. When they got there, you had to beg the hostess to give you one...The usher didn't know which side of the church was the Bride's or Groom's...The wedding started an hour after the time on the invitation...There were visible safety pins in the bridesmaid's dresses...A groomsman had his tux leg rolled up...A bridesmaid answered a cellular phone during the ceremony...The unity candles won't light...The preacher's beeper goes off. 10. The vocalist didn't know the words to the songs...The parents of the Bride or Groom were under 30 years old...The Bride's hair had grown 14 inches in a week...A member of the wedding party was wearing sunglasses...There were more than 40 people in the wedding party...The mother of the Groom had her shoes off during the ceremony...The Bride was given away by her 8 year old uncle...The happy couple already had kids; and most of them were in the wedding...Music by Luther, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie was played at the reception...The communion "wine" was Asti Spumante...The entertainers from the bachelor party were in the audience...The couples first dance was to a song by "Puff Daddy."...The "ELETRICK SLIDE" was played at least five times...The wedding cake came from SAM'S CLUB...The lady serving the punch advised you to keep your cup...The tuna fish and pimento cheese sandwiches were rationed...You saw groomsmen making trips to 7-11 and KFC to restock the buffet...At least one fight broke out (usually the bridesmaids fighting over the bouquet)...The best man did the toast, but called the Bride by the wrong name. 29. The DJ had an entourage of 8 or more people...The photographer took 1,762,491 pictures (and none of them came out right)...The Bride & Groom rode off standing up in the limousine's sun roof...The bridesmaids have their hair colored to match their dresses...The groomsmen have more than 5 gold teeth in their mouths. 34. The DJ is caught in the kitchen trying to make a plate. 35. Mama and 'em bust out the "Reynolds Wrap" to take a plate home (why do we call it Reynolds Wrap when we buy the generic brand)...The bride is "Backin' That Thing Up" with the grooms father...The bride can be seen with dollar bills safety pinned to her wedding dress...The groomsmen take pictures that resemble a recent issue of Vibe magazine.

Damn... described my cousin's wedding to a T... almost







































j/k

But I have been to some that fit the description.

OthelloStreet
09-15-2003, 06:32 PM
Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL114/953353/2331997/33854868.jpg

I hope my girl don't plan on wearing this to our wedding....

NinjaPoodle
02-20-2004, 01:24 PM
TTT
Best thread EVER:D

BLUTANG
05-23-2004, 02:28 AM
pushing up, per LBF's instructions to "revive a dead thread."

Munchkin03
05-23-2004, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by MeezDiscreet

#3--this girl's registry was...what is the word...GHETTO!!!!. some of the items she registered for were...

- toilet paper
- a case of dove soap
- orange juice
- a case of beer

i mean, this just doesn't make any sense!!!!!

Did she have glue sticks, too?

Steeltrap
05-23-2004, 05:46 PM
Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL114/953353/2331997/33854868.jpg

That. Is. So. Unrefined. How. Ghettois.

stardusttwin
05-24-2004, 03:02 AM
Originally posted by stardusttwin
RE: picture outside of White Castle...I don't think that is the one on Atlantic Ave...In any case count from the right-skip the group of guys...the bride is the second female from the left (standing next to woman in capri pants and backpack)....at least that looks like a veil to me...

As for ghetto wedding stories...I was in one 2 weeks ago...my cousin was the bride (hereafter referred to as bridezilla). Here are a couple of the lowllights...

-we (bridal party) arrive 2:30 pm (for a 2 o'clock wedding), groom arrives at 3pm-service still can't start because officiant (grooms brother in law) STILL hasn't arrived!!! :mad: and when he does at 3:30pm he isn't even dressed!! (now he had to drive 6 hours from his house to get here - at some point you KNEW you wouldn't be in NY at 2pm-CALL COLLECT-say something!!)

-Wedding ceremony was over in 10 minutes because we had to be out of the space at 4pm sharp!! After I mention this is crazy after all this money wasted the ceremony was so short and rushed why did MOH tell me the bride and groom were married 2 days ago and this is just for show because BIL isn't licensed to perform ceremony in NY (so why in hades did we have to wait??!!):confused: ESPECIALLY since he didn't attend the rehearsal and had placed himself exactly opposite of how we had rehearsed.

-all along we were told the grooms friend who is a photographer was supposed to take pictures-after the rushed ceremony a man with a camera strapped on his shoulder (who didn't show up at brides house for any of the before pictures) made a big deal of grouping us together and then pulled out a disposable camera-with my fourth nerve throbbing I ask where the devil is the real photographer?? It takes a minute before we realize this is the so-called photographer who weakly responded "Well I don't know how to use this other camera!"-he carried THE GROOMS Cannon 35mm camera (not automatic-a professional one you have to load) around the rest of the day-he clicked..sometimes the flash went off, most times it didn't...not sure if any pictures came out...

-Reception that was suppossed to start at 4pm STILL doesn't start until 6pm because no one bothered to check that the oven at the hall was not available for use-so food had to be taken back home to recook in oven...(instead of taking care of stuff at the hall all the "helpers" were at the site because they all had to see the wedding and didn't bother to mention that none of the hot food was heated)

-cake arrived from bakery at 5:30....

- bridezilla had to open cards in the bathroom looking for cash to pay the dj (when I suggested she write the amounts on the envelopes so she can send thank you cards she asked me "why do I have to send thank you cards?" :rolleyes: -not holding breath for that one)- I had three nerves left at this point....

-at 8:10 when I tell bridezilla that we have to wrap it up she still doesn't comprehend that we only have space until 9pm-that means everything has to be out at 9pm so unless you are going to pay money for additional time you have to get out-they don't care that you've only had a 2 hour reception...she starts to open the champaign bottles because "we have to drink it now".....I grab a bottle and stop myself from hitting her....tell her to take the damn bottles home and bathe in them-I don't care...but move out of the way, stop opening bottles so we can pack up this stuff and get out of here...two nerves left.... she gets mad at me and stomps outside....I over hear her making plans to meet her girls at the local club later that nite

I knew it would be ghetto from the start...just not THIS ghetto.....its hard being the ebony sheep in the family.;)

Since ya'll revived the thread thought I'd update ya...married July 03 the happy couple is now separated...bride found out groom was cheating on her New Years Day (04)...gave him a black eye & moved out in March(still don't know what took so long). As of this month they are currently "dating" to see if they can work it out!! All of this drama before hitting the one year mark. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :eek:

CrimsonTide4
05-24-2004, 07:35 AM
Originally posted by stardusttwin
Since ya'll revived the thread thought I'd update ya...married July 03 the happy couple is now separated...bride found out groom was cheating on her New Years Day (04)...gave him a black eye & moved out in March(still don't know what took so long). As of this month they are currently "dating" to see if they can work it out!! All of this drama before hitting the one year mark. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :eek:


LAWD that is a dayum shame!!

TonyB06
05-24-2004, 08:57 AM
Originally posted by stardusttwin
Since ya'll revived the thread thought I'd update ya...married July 03 the happy couple is now separated...bride found out groom was cheating on her New Years Day (04)...gave him a black eye & moved out in March(still don't know what took so long). As of this month they are currently "dating" to see if they can work it out!! All of this drama before hitting the one year mark. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :eek:

stardusttwin,
the best part was your continuing narration of your deteriorating nerves dealing with this :D

although it's not quite GWS material, I was talking with someone yesterday who said that during her wedding reception her veil briefly caught on fire after touching one of the candles on the head table. :D

"the bride, the bride, the bride is on fire, she don't need no water... ;)"

hands down, this is the BEST thread in Greekchat.

FeeFee
05-24-2004, 09:40 AM
Originally posted by TonyB06
"the bride, the bride, the bride is on fire, she don't need no water... ;)"

Tony, have you made it to the basket yet? If not, you've just earned your boarding pass. :p :p :p

CrimsonTide4
05-24-2004, 10:18 AM
Originally posted by TonyB06


although it's not quite GWS material, I was talking with someone yesterday who said that during her wedding reception her veil briefly caught on fire after touching one of the candles on the head table. :D

"the bride, the bride, the bride is on fire, she don't need no water... ;)"




OH LAWD, LMAO!!!!

mu_agd
05-24-2004, 11:16 AM
while this story isn't a ghetto wedding story, it is a case of bridezilla.

my cousin got married this weekend and it was a beautiful wedding. however, she did a few things that made my other cousins want to kill her. she called up every guest a few days before the wedding and told them what time they needed to leave their house to get to the place the wedding was at on time. even though she did this, on the invitation she called for the wedding to start at 7pm when it wasn't supposed to start until 7:30pm. she planned out the music the dj was supposed to play for the entire night, he was not allowed to deviate from her list. if someone requested a song he was told to run it by her and she would decide if he could play it or not. she basically just drove everyone crazy in the past few months prior to it.

stardusttwin
05-24-2004, 02:21 PM
on the invitation she called for the wedding to start at 7pm when it wasn't supposed to start until 7:30pm

This is a MAJOR pet peeve of mine...if you want it to start at 7:30 put 7:30 on the invite- be on time and any late comers will miss the ceremony. Its not fair for those who are used to being on time for things to have to sit around waiting for all the "1/2 hour rule followers" (well it says 7 so it won't start til 7:30...I'll go get my nails done at 6 and still make it on time...:rolleyes: )

Tony...she almost shredded the last nerve when she told me they were dating this weekend...I just pretend I'm deaf and dumb and shake my head when she talks. Anything I say goes in one ear and right out the other.. so I've flown the white flag...I just give up.

abaici
05-24-2004, 03:03 PM
Originally posted by stardusttwin
Tony...she almost shredded the last nerve when she told me they were dating this weekend...I just pretend I'm deaf and dumb and shake my head when she talks. Anything I say goes in one ear and right out the other.. so I've flown the white flag...I just give up.

You are better than me. Although I thoroughly enjoyed your narration, if it was me, I would have hurt her. I'm thinking the breaking point for me would have been bathroom accounting. Although, the "photographer" would have received a very loud, "Aww hell naw!! If it was gonna be like this, Lil Man Man could've taken pictures."

ZTAngel
05-24-2004, 03:46 PM
This thread had me cracking up!

I went to a Redneck wedding about a year ago. It was my best friend's cousin's wedding. My friend wasn't dating anyone at the time and didn't want to go to her redneck family's function alone. I got to go with her. Lucky me. :)

For starters, the bride bought her dress in a cream color. She thought the dress was white because the store lighting was dim (notice: she got her dress at a Goodwill type place). Anyway, she threw the dress in her washing machine with some Clorox to bleach the dress back to white. :eek: The dress ended up all splotchy. To top it off, she REEKED of bleach.

The ceremony took place in a beautiful park on a wooded bridge. The only problem was that they didn't want to pay for some fold-up chairs so we could all sit. We stood on a shakey wooden bridge for the whole ceremony. The park is located right by an airport. We couldn't hear the bride and groom saying their vows because the airplanes were flying overhead the whole time. The "VROOOOOOOOOOOOM" sound drowned out the whole ceremony. Luckily, the ceremony was only 15 minutes long since the priest had another wedding ceremony to perform that day.

The reception was held at a decent restaurant. I'll give them that. :) Except, there was no wedding cake, no throwing of the bouquet, and no dance floor for the bride and groom's first dance.

The best man got really drunk off of Arbor Mist (the only alcoholic beverage provided). He stood up and said, "Finally, these two have exchanged vows and can now get in the sack. (snicker)" The bride's family were devout Baptists. The look on their faces was priceless. You could have heard a pin drop in that room after his speech.

1savvydiva
05-24-2004, 08:42 PM
Originally posted by ZTAngel

For starters, the bride bought her dress in a cream color. She thought the dress was white because the store lighting was dim (notice: she got her dress at a Goodwill type place). Anyway, she threw the dress in her washing machine with some Clorox to bleach the dress back to white. :eek: The dress ended up all splotchy. To top it off, she REEKED of bleach.



ROTFL!!!! :D :D

Yeah..that was a makeshift wedding for real! :D

Thisangel
05-25-2004, 11:13 AM
I have a story that tops them all. When my cousin got married his babies momas got in to it at the wedding, there was a shoot out at the reception, and while tryin not to get shotmy cousin the groom gets hit by a car wich his brother is driving. It was horrible. I'm glad I wasn't there.

BLUTANG
05-25-2004, 05:13 PM
i think i am about to be IN a ghetto wedding. My best friend and roomate (from an earlier post) is getting hitched in July. Our other roomie is also in the wedding party, and this trick is refusing to get her bridesmaid dress altered. :confused: I told her she ain't gonna be standing there next to ME looking a mess - get that sh*t fixed.

abaici
05-25-2004, 05:26 PM
Originally posted by Thisangel
I have a story that tops them all. When my cousin got married his babies momas got in to it at the wedding, there was a shoot out at the reception, and while tryin not to get shotmy cousin the groom gets hit by a car wich his brother is driving. It was horrible. I'm glad I wasn't there.

dang! That sounds like a scene from a black movie.

NinjaPoodle
05-28-2004, 12:45 PM
The dress... http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/eek7.gif but look at the man's expression..Priceless.
ETA:
A pretty woman can't save an UGLY dress!


http://www.sororityluncheon.com/photos/image/image47.jpg

NinjaPoodle
05-28-2004, 12:56 PM
*Not Ghetto*

but this is where I found the dress..Taylor'd (http://www.sororityluncheon.com/photos/index.html). The only link that works is the Photos.

tinydancer
05-29-2004, 10:05 PM
I think #20 is even worse!!

9dstpm
05-30-2004, 03:01 AM
Originally posted by tinydancer
I think #20 is even worse!!

I peeped at #20 and all I could think of was Wonder Woman!! *now humming Wonder Woman theme song* LOL!

aurora_borealis
05-30-2004, 10:18 PM
The expressions on the face of the guy in the front row are really priceless. There are some beautiful dresses, but some of the tattoos just detract from that. Personal bias of mine I guess.

Not feeling the shoes on #38

Pictures 65-68...you know she is naming off GCers to climb in that handbasket :o

laidbackfella
05-30-2004, 10:20 PM
MMM, MMM, MMM

I dunno if this has been posted here before.

Lawd what is really goin on?

http://www.geocities.com/ghettofabwedding/

tinydancer
05-31-2004, 01:53 PM
Originally posted by laidbackfella
MMM, MMM, MMM

I dunno if this has been posted here before.

Lawd what is really goin on?

http://www.geocities.com/ghettofabwedding/
BWAHAHAHA! Oh my God & hymnal, that cake just put me in the floor! I laughed so loud I scared the cats. The little baby flower girls were cute. I never saw such a train on a dress other than on the Queen of England (and even she doesn't have a red one.)

NinjaPoodle
06-01-2004, 03:00 PM
Originally posted by aurora_borealis
There are some beautiful dresses, but some of the tattoos just detract from that. Personal bias of mine I guess.

you caught that too...:rolleyes: yuck

NinjaPoodle
06-01-2004, 03:16 PM
Originally posted by tinydancer
I think #20 is even worse!!

Stars and stripes--forever may it wave:p

ETA
the bridal gown behind her is cute though

lil_sunshine
06-01-2004, 08:10 PM
Pic # 64 just made me hongry!!! :mad:

NinjaPoodle
06-02-2004, 03:27 PM
Originally posted by lil_sunshine
Pic # 64 just made me hongry!!! :mad:


http://www.sororityluncheon.com/photos/image/image64.jpg

1savvydiva
09-13-2004, 10:44 PM
I just received this from a friend:

My sister just sent me this link of her FORMER pastor's wedding ceremony. He divorced his wife and married his mistress (who is
pregnant) this past Saturday. This is another case of "Do as I say and not what I do."

P.S. This is a ghetto fabolous wedding. She (the wife) wore a $40,000 white LEATHER wedding with a mink trim (It was 96 degrees on Saturday) and the bridesmaids wore black leather dresses. Each bridesmaid received a 3 karat diamond tennis bracelet as an attendant's gift. The groomsman had "pimp" canes. Let's just say that New Salem Church has lost about half of their congregation because of this.

BTW: some people protested the church being used as the wedding site given the nature of their union. Some had signs that said "You can't make a ho into a housewife but you can make one the First Lady of New Salem"

Click on this link:

http://www.glamourshots.com/wedding/wedphotography.html

Type in "salem" as the password and prepare to be speechless

RedefinedDiva
09-13-2004, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by 1savvydiva
I just received this from a friend:

My sister just sent me this link of her FORMER pastor's wedding ceremony. He divorced his wife and married his mistress (who is
pregnant) this past Saturday. This is another case of "Do as I say and not what I do."

P.S. This is a ghetto fabolous wedding. She (the wife) wore a $40,000 white LEATHER wedding with a mink trim (It was 96 degrees on Saturday) and the bridesmaids wore black leather dresses. Each bridesmaid received a 3 karat diamond tennis bracelet as an attendant's gift. The groomsman had "pimp" canes. Let's just say that New Salem Church has lost about half of their congregation because of this.

BTW: some people protested the church being used as the wedding site given the nature of their union. Some had signs that said "You can't make a ho into a housewife but you can make one the First Lady of New Salem"

Click on this link:

http://www.glamourshots.com/wedding/wedphotography.html

Type in "salem" as the password and prepare to be speechless
/\_/\____/\__________/\_______________________

Why does this wedding party look like a battle between Heaven and Hell? :eek:

1savvydiva
09-13-2004, 11:48 PM
Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
/\_/\____/\__________/\_______________________

Why does this wedding party look like a battle between Heaven and Hell? :eek:

*dead* :o

I have soooo many comments about those pictures, and I didn't even go thru all of them

abaici
09-13-2004, 11:49 PM
Originally posted by 1savvydiva
I just received this from a friend:

My sister just sent me this link of her FORMER pastor's wedding ceremony. He divorced his wife and married his mistress (who is
pregnant) this past Saturday. This is another case of "Do as I say and not what I do."

P.S. This is a ghetto fabolous wedding. She (the wife) wore a $40,000 white LEATHER wedding with a mink trim (It was 96 degrees on Saturday) and the bridesmaids wore black leather dresses. Each bridesmaid received a 3 karat diamond tennis bracelet as an attendant's gift. The groomsman had "pimp" canes. Let's just say that New Salem Church has lost about half of their congregation because of this.

BTW: some people protested the church being used as the wedding site given the nature of their union. Some had signs that said "You can't make a ho into a housewife but you can make one the First Lady of New Salem"

Click on this link:

http://www.glamourshots.com/wedding/wedphotography.html

Type in "salem" as the password and prepare to be speechless

OOOOOH HAYLE NOOOO!!!!!!!

MeezDiscreet
09-13-2004, 11:50 PM
i'm about to click this link but i want you to know that i'm nervous to do so...i'll be back...

MeezDiscreet
09-14-2004, 12:07 AM
uuuuummmmm....if my homegirl asked me to be in her wedding? cool. if my homegirl asked me to wear black leather in her wedding? HELL NAW!!!!!

and those pink robes were quite hideous! this is just a mess!!! and the groom looks like a jack-leg if ever i've seen one (that's a southern term. i don't know if you folks above the mason-dixon line know that word ;) :p )

SKEEphistAKAte
09-14-2004, 12:27 AM
My good friend had a wedding some years ago. The ceremony was beautiful. At the reception, her mom was walking around with no shoes on, with a glass of champagne IN EACH HAND- clinking the glass together saying "I'M FREE!" *clink clink* "I'M FREE!" ...LOL. Then the dj says "the bride and groom would like to dedicate the following song to their families"....*song blasting* "Y'all gon make me lose my mind up in here, up in here..." I about fell out. The families had obviously been driving each other crazy prior to the wedding. (This was not a "minority" couple either.)

aurora_borealis
09-14-2004, 02:40 AM
1) Not many people look good in a dress that is cut in the "mermaid" style. The bride is not one of them, and WTH with the mink? That looks like something a madam in a old west movie would wear. The headpiece/veil WTF? How dare she wear white and a veil and marry in a church when she is pregnant out of wedlock with a married man's child. HELL NAW.

2) The black leather cleavage halter neck dresses are :eek:. Just NO. I'm all for letting people chose what they want for their wedding but that doesn't mean I'd consent to wearing it. There is fur and leather on the dresses YUCK. The giant metal collar necklaces, GROSSITATING.

3) Someone was in a PONCHO and we all know my feelings on PONCHOS.

4)Sunglasses on one of the guys during the ceremony, PLEASE!

5) I am so confused about the girl in white with the marabou trim on her dress and head. Is she there to carry the train, junior bridesmaid?

6) I think a guy in a suit with a red vest, holding a red bandana, is wearing red hightops. I immediately thought Ronald McDonald clown shoes.

7) Statues on the fruit table? Ugleeeeee.

The best picture is the last one in the reception area, the lady that caught the bouquet, she's so cute. I hope she gets her man. The little kids were cute as all get out. One thing I thought I'd see is the bride and her girls "dropping it like its hot" at the reception, but I think they had the reception at the church so that would be a no.

CrimsonTide4
09-14-2004, 07:30 AM
Originally posted by aurora_borealis
6) I think a guy in a suit with a red vest, holding a red bandana, is wearing red hightops. I immediately thought Ronald McDonald clown shoes.


Those were crimson and cream GATORS or GATOResque. . . I thought he was in a gang with THAT Bandana.

When I saw it was New Salem, I was like :o NOT MY NEW SALEM but alas it is NOT MY CHURCH HOME. :D

That preacher does look jackleg and a whole bunch of other things.

Did you all see the little girls with full blown makeup on?
They had more candles at that wedding than on a 100 year old's birthday cake.
Those bridesmaids looked like an ad -- BOOTY FOR SALE. :eek:
So many comments, so many pictures, so little time.

tinydancer
09-14-2004, 09:12 AM
:eek: I don't care how expensive the bride's gown was - it is plug-ugly!!
Did you notice the pic of the bride and groom with, I guess, one of the mothers? Poor ole mom looked like she was in shock.
Those bridesmaid dresses looked like ladies' night at the leather bar!

skywalker20_99
09-14-2004, 09:28 AM
Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
uuuuummmmm....if my homegirl asked me to be in her wedding? cool. if my homegirl asked me to wear black leather in her wedding? HELL NAW!!!!!

and those pink robes were quite hideous! this is just a mess!!! and the groom looks like a jack-leg if ever i've seen one (that's a southern term. i don't know if you folks above the mason-dixon line know that word ;) :p )


Oooh. I was thinking the same thing. I know all about those jack-leg preachers. You know Kentucky is right on "the line", so we have a lot of those sayings too ;) . That wedding is a hot a-- mess!

FeeFee
09-14-2004, 10:36 AM
Um, what is a jack-leg???

CrimsonTide4
09-14-2004, 10:39 AM
Originally posted by FeeFee
Um, what is a jack-leg???

i take it to mean the same as bootleg but I could be wrong.

btb87
09-14-2004, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by FeeFee
Um, what is a jack-leg???

Well Feef, if it's the same as what we call boot-leg, it's someone that's not the "real deal", so to speak. A wannabe, a faker, in it for what they can get without considering others involved.

If it's not the same as what we call boot-leg, then you have another definition for the day! :)

MeezDiscreet
09-14-2004, 11:15 AM
jackleg is, more or less, a shady preacher. one who is too flashy or deceptive or maybe even in it for the money. and even if he isn't, he LOOKS like he is.

preachers that wear a bunch of jewelry = jackleg.

preachers who have people donate AT LEAST 2 times for the first offerring because they didn't "reach the goal" = jackleg.

preachers who get divorced to marry their pregnant mistress in the church while the wedding party wears black leather dresses and the bride wears white leather, although she's pregnant, with fur trim = jackleg.

Steeltrap
09-14-2004, 11:33 AM
Did you realize that's a $40K LEATHER dress that she was wearing in 90-plus degree heat?
:eek:
Trey ghettois.

FeeFee
09-14-2004, 11:56 AM
Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
jackleg is, more or less, a shady preacher. one who is too flashy or deceptive or maybe even in it for the money. and even if he isn't, he LOOKS like he is.

preachers that wear a bunch of jewelry = jackleg.

preachers who have people donate AT LEAST 2 times for the first offerring because they didn't "reach the goal" = jackleg.

preachers who get divorced to marry their pregnant mistress in the church while the wedding party wears black leather dresses and the bride wears white leather, although she's pregnant, with fur trim = jackleg.

Thanks for all the definitions. :D

Now back to the regularly scheduled thread....

lil_sunshine
09-14-2004, 04:29 PM
That whole farce was a

GHETTOFANTABULOUS HOT @$$ MESS!!!!!!!!!

Not only the bride's dress, but the bridesmaids' dresses were horrendous!!! :eek: How do you wear leather at a wedding, much less in 90+ degree heat!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

rho4life
09-14-2004, 05:10 PM
Originally posted by TonyB06
stardusttwin,
the best part was your continuing narration of your deteriorating nerves dealing with this :D

although it's not quite GWS material, I was talking with someone yesterday who said that during her wedding reception her veil briefly caught on fire after touching one of the candles on the head table. :D

"the bride, the bride, the bride is on fire, she don't need no water... ;)"

hands down, this is the BEST thread in Greekchat.


*Note to self - Do NOT attempt to drink juice, water, soda, coffee, tea, or any other beverage while reading GC. Doing so may result in Diet Pepsi spurting out and landing on the computer.

*Further note to self - Buy another Diet Pepsi to replace the one that just came out of my nose while laughing reading the above post.

SKEEphistAKAte
09-14-2004, 06:54 PM
I wonder if the bride is a dominatrix...hmm

OrangeMoon
09-15-2004, 12:25 PM
Awww the poor cows that have taken that trip to the Upper Room. They are looking down on their hide gone to waste for a harlot and a jackleg preacher. :rolleyes:

Sister Havana
09-15-2004, 01:58 PM
Tackiest. Wedding. EVER.

Knowing the background (a preacher and a pregnant mistress) makes that all worse!

I will say that that is the most ginormous wedding party I have ever seen. What is with two little girls dressed as brides?

NinjaPoodle
09-15-2004, 03:19 PM
Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
I wonder if the bride is a dominatrix...hmm

I was thinking the exact same thing.

NinjaPoodle
09-15-2004, 03:20 PM
Originally posted by rho4life
*Note to self - Do NOT attempt to drink juice, water, soda, coffee, tea, or any other beverage while reading GC. Doing so may result in Diet Pepsi spurting out and landing on the computer.

*Further note to self - Buy another Diet Pepsi to replace the one that just came out of my nose while laughing reading the above post.

heee heee:D

mccoyred
09-15-2004, 03:35 PM
The half of the church that stayed was in the wedding party! How many flower girls, bridesmaids, etc does one wedding need :eek:


Originally posted by 1savvydiva
I just received this from a friend:
Let's just say that New Salem Church has lost about half of their congregation because of this.

Click on this link:

http://www.glamourshots.com/wedding/wedphotography.html

Type in "salem" as the password and prepare to be speechless

sdj26
09-16-2004, 04:10 PM
The Dress
My cousin wedding that I tried to coordinate but you can not take the ghetto out of people. She wore decorated gym shoes with her wedding gown, had 71 rhino stones on her finger nails with mood nail polish. She had a wrap to cover her arms made out of lace....can you say no lace nowhere on the dress.

The Program & Invitations
Her mother messed up the programs...can you say portrait printing instead of landscape printing. And refused to mail the cute invitations that I came in to work on a Saturday with my kids to do. She said they were too small. She change the time on the invitation to reflect CP time. Example…wedding set to start at 11:00 am but put 10:00 on invitation. She mailed the invitations on Wednesday or Thursday for the Saturday wedding. Did I say she mess them up to. She would not even show them to me.

Centerpieces
He mother tried to Elmer glue the candle inside the vases instead of melting the candle at the bottom. So, all the candles were falling over. And the white glue was all at the bottom of the vases.


The Bridesmaid Dress
I put this together in like 3 weeks so I showed her a picture of a dress and that I could get in that amount of time in everyone sizes. Now with 3 week notice we were trying to stay under $115.00. He seen the dress and did not like it so they go out three days before the wedding. I told her fine change it but take the girls with you. She did not. You have to go up two size for formal wedding dress they are cut different. She picks up the dress the day of the Rehearsal. We get to the rehearsal and the dresses will not close. All the dresses were too small. The wedding is the next morning. They are halter top dress so, most of the girls did not have a halter bra just lying around. (use you imagination). About 3:00 am the night before they had to "find" someone who could fit the dress. None of the dresses were altered. So, they had to walk down the aisle holding the dead rose and there dress up.

Limo
He wanted a limo but could not afforded bouquet so they all walked down the aisle with single half dead roses. She carried a decorated Bible. They had decided to make the reception later that evening. So no one seen them leave the church in the limo and the time was up for the limo before reception.

The Ceremony
All the bridesmaid got down the aisle without tripping over there dresses. When she walked down the groom looked like “what is that coming at me”. She looked a hot mess (please see above description)
My sister got them a Unity Candle and they did not know to cut the wick apart so they did not light them
The church had to approve all song to be song. The groom refused to have his guy sing at rehearsal and with good reason. Why was the song a bump and grind type song? At the end the Pastor said you may now for the first time legally kiss your bride
Everything I did her mother went and undone. It was a complete waste on my time. But she’s married ya’ll.

The Reception
The reception went fine. The food was good. But the groom refused to do the garter toss and did not want her to toss the bouquet. Talking about he been married before and did not want to do it again. One of the church member went and had a talk with him and he final did it. They did not have a DJ or any entertainment. He was just going to play music in the intercom system. That was fine it is in the church fellowship hall. They had to tell the groom to stop playing certain types of music. Did I mention he was a minister at this church?

NinjaPoodle
09-16-2004, 04:39 PM
Ok.
I can understand wanting to go all out for your wedding, but with this setup, you'd think the trumpets were going to blow, the angels were going to come down from the sky and start singing...:rolleyes:

Did anyone catch the video/camera person standing in the center of the aisle and what she was wearing? Looks like (page 7 of the ceremony, 4th row down,1st &2nd pictures and 5th row 1st picture) a tube top and jeans. Very tacky and UN-PROFESSIONAL if that's the case. I's hard to tell what the fabric really is but it looks like jean material. Regardless, a photographer should ALWAYS wear a (comfortable) suit or tux (formals). In this business IMAGE is EVERYTHING.

Also, The 2nd photographer is not doing a good job because s/he took pictures with the other photographer in it.


Originally posted by 1savvydiva
I just received this from a friend:

My sister just sent me this link of her FORMER pastor's wedding ceremony. He divorced his wife and married his mistress (who is
pregnant) this past Saturday. This is another case of "Do as I say and not what I do."

P.S. This is a ghetto fabolous wedding. She (the wife) wore a $40,000 white LEATHER wedding with a mink trim (It was 96 degrees on Saturday) and the bridesmaids wore black leather dresses. Each bridesmaid received a 3 karat diamond tennis bracelet as an attendant's gift. The groomsman had "pimp" canes. Let's just say that New Salem Church has lost about half of their congregation because of this.

BTW: some people protested the church being used as the wedding site given the nature of their union. Some had signs that said "You can't make a ho into a housewife but you can make one the First Lady of New Salem"

Click on this link:

http://www.glamourshots.com/wedding/wedphotography.html

Type in "salem" as the password and prepare to be speechless

wrigley
09-16-2004, 05:24 PM
It looked like some of the bridesmaids were going to work on a street corner after the reception. The scepters they were holding didn't add any classiness to the outfits.

I thought it was funny that in most of photos the bride was always blocked in some way by groom so you couldn't see how pregnant she really was.

wrigley
09-16-2004, 05:32 PM
Originally posted by laidbackfella
MMM, MMM, MMM

I dunno if this has been posted here before.

Lawd what is really goin on?

http://www.geocities.com/ghettofabwedding/

I think this quote from one of the photos posted says it all:

" I ain't mad at her .. but I'm sure these 217 dead rabbits are"

Monique
09-16-2004, 11:36 PM
. I'm looking likepeep this.. we(my family) drove frm new orleans to atlanta to our cousin wedding during xmas time. So anyway the day of the wedding, my uncle was rushing us, talking about were running late and stuff and how much money he spent on this wedding. So we rushing and i'm thinking man this bout to be the bomb wedding. :rolleyes: right. first of all, including my family and the wedding party, it was about 25 people there. The church was plan as jane. No lights,no xmas trees,no nothing. The flower girl needed a perm soooo bad. The groom was looking bored and told the preacher to hurry up and get on with it. When they said u can kiss the bride, he kissed her on the forhead:eek: we looking like wtf is going on.


reception:we get to the recption that was at a some kind of basement. No band, no dj. Just the groom mom playing xmas music on her radio.:eek: i was crackin up. The menu was crackers(not even ritz but the wal-mart kind),ham,turkey, koolaid in the squeeze bottles and chips and dip and cupcakes died green and red and white.. No lie.. Then becasue the groom didn't eat wedding cake, they had krispy cream donuts.:confused: :rolleyes: :eek: :mad: Then, the groom gets mad at the bride and says (Thats why i didn't wanna marry u anyway. Last nite I f*^ked ya homegirl last nite..) So u know i'm mad rite cause we drove allll that way for some bulls*#t......... gyrl it was a horribleeeeeeeeeeee day.. i must have laughed sooooo hard... why

miss priss
09-20-2004, 12:24 PM
On page15 of the reception frame 281, that's Rev. Edgar Vann of 2nd Ebenezer Baptist Church in Detroit...where did this wedding take place?

OrangeMoon
09-20-2004, 12:36 PM
The brides ring is ugly as all getout. :eek:

miss priss
09-20-2004, 12:50 PM
nevermind I know now...Memphis Ten....I knew it looked familiar my cousin belongs to this church
ditto the bride's ring is OOOOgoly! not just ugly!
JTLYK, Memphis is known for ghetto-fab weddings. My cousin (who belongs to this church) had like over 25 bridesmaid/groomsmen in white......let me exit now......

MeezDiscreet
09-20-2004, 02:28 PM
Originally posted by Monique
. I'm looking likepeep this.. we(my family) drove frm new orleans to atlanta to our cousin wedding during xmas time. So anyway the day of the wedding, my uncle was rushing us, talking about were running late and stuff and how much money he spent on this wedding. So we rushing and i'm thinking man this bout to be the bomb wedding. :rolleyes: right. first of all, including my family and the wedding party, it was about 25 people there. The church was plan as jane. No lights,no xmas trees,no nothing. The flower girl needed a perm soooo bad. The groom was looking bored and told the preacher to hurry up and get on with it. When they said u can kiss the bride, he kissed her on the forhead:eek: we looking like wtf is going on.


reception:we get to the recption that was at a some kind of basement. No band, no dj. Just the groom mom playing xmas music on her radio.:eek: i was crackin up. The menu was crackers(not even ritz but the wal-mart kind),ham,turkey, koolaid in the squeeze bottles and chips and dip and cupcakes died green and red and white.. No lie.. Then becasue the groom didn't eat wedding cake, they had krispy cream donuts.:confused: :rolleyes: :eek: :mad: Then, the groom gets mad at the bride and says (Thats why i didn't wanna marry u anyway. Last nite I f*^ked ya homegirl last nite..) So u know i'm mad rite cause we drove allll that way for some bulls*#t......... gyrl it was a horribleeeeeeeeeeee day.. i must have laughed sooooo hard... why

HOW DID I MISS THIS POST?? wth??? that's the messiest of mess i've ever heard of!!!

Wine&SilverBlue
09-21-2004, 12:45 AM
sorry to crash but did you hear about britney's wedding? i saw pictures online and the groomsmen were wearing white jumpsuits that said "pimps" on the back (his dad's said "pimp daddy") and her mom and 13 year old sister wore pink juicy sweatsuits that said "hoes" on the back.

OMG :eek:

I don't know if that was the rehearsal or the real wedding but that was extremely trashy. (Plus, the article said they served chicken fingers and played music from a boom box)

whaaat?

aurora_borealis
09-21-2004, 07:47 AM
1) I still think she had the reception catered by Applebee's

2) Check out the wedding favors from this (http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1110829.html?menu=) article:

"Britney's wedding guests were given bizarre goodie bags - containing a silver teardrop key ring with a photo of the happy couple. There was also a pair of Gap jeans, a 50p packet of "Choose Juicy" mints and Nike trainer laces."

The website is British, but seriously, WTF? Shoelaces and mints?

Gina1201
09-21-2004, 12:07 PM
Originally posted by aurora_borealis
1) I still think she had the reception catered by Applebee's

2) Check out the wedding favors from this (http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1110829.html?menu=) article:

"Britney's wedding guests were given bizarre goodie bags - containing a silver teardrop key ring with a photo of the happy couple. There was also a pair of Gap jeans, a 50p packet of "Choose Juicy" mints and Nike trainer laces."

The website is British, but seriously, WTF? Shoelaces and mints?

She could have given them a poncho. ;)

NinjaPoodle
09-21-2004, 02:53 PM
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL at this entire thread!!!!

If I could find a smilie that was laughing and falling out of his chair I would post it here.

AKA2D '91
09-21-2004, 03:06 PM
Originally posted by aurora_borealis
1) I still think she had the reception catered by Applebee's

2) Check out the wedding favors from this (http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1110829.html?menu=) article:

"Britney's wedding guests were given bizarre goodie bags - containing a silver teardrop key ring with a photo of the happy couple. There was also a pair of Gap jeans, a 50p packet of "Choose Juicy" mints and Nike trainer laces."

The website is British, but seriously, WTF? Shoelaces and mints?

I heard on a non-AA radio station this AM that she gave her attendants pink velour jogging sets that said something crazy on the back. The groom gave his guys the white version that supposedly said "pimp"....WTH? :confused:

Kimmie1913
09-21-2004, 04:59 PM
Originally posted by AKA2D '91
I heard on a non-AA radio station this AM that she gave her attendants pink velour jogging sets that said something crazy on the back. The groom gave his guys the white version that supposedly said "pimp"....WTH? :confused:
Yeah, there are pics of the girls in pink sweats they say Ho and the guys in white jumpsits that say pimps. I guess it was a pimps and ho's wedding.
WTF??????????????????????????????????/

AKA2D '91
09-21-2004, 05:00 PM
They wore that DURING the ceremony?
Please, say no! :o

OMG!

lil_sunshine
09-21-2004, 05:02 PM
I'm not sure what to say about this HOT @$$ MESS, but the whole pimps and ho's thing is played out IMO. But in Britney's case, the term "ho" applies, yet I have to wonder about the judgement of her bridesmaids who received and accepted these jumpsuits..... :o

AWJDZ
09-21-2004, 05:17 PM
sorry to crash...on Entertainment Tonight, it said the bridesmaids suits said "the maids" and her mom's said "hot mamma". The groomsmen's suits read "pimps" and his dad's had "pimp daddy" on it. Where did yall read that it had "hoes" on them? It was funny on ET when they were breaking the news to all the people on the red carpet at the Emmy's.