Tips on How to Be a Rude Wedding Guest
List of Wedding Etiquette Don'ts
How to be a Rude Wedding Guest Tip #5: Show up without a gift.
It's proper etiquette to send a gift for the bride and groom when you're invited to a wedding. It's rude to attend the wedding ceremony and reception without giving a gift. Find out where the happy couple has a gift registry and buy something from the list. Or, cash and gift cards are always appreciated.
How to be a Rude Wedding Guest Tip #4: Get raunchy with the garter.
OK, this one is specifically aimed at the groom and you know what I'm talking about: that silly tradition of the groom diving under the bride's wedding dress to fish out the garter, sometimes with his teeth. Do we really need to witness the pre-honeymoon action? The frilly elastic loop is then tossed to the bachelors and the one who catches it has the duty of placing it on the leg of the lucky (or unlucky) single gal who caught the bride's bouquet. I cringe seeing the bachelor's rude behavior in his attempts of hiking the garter all the way up to the woman's waist.
How to be a Rude Wedding Gues Tip #3: Bring uninvited guests.
If you happen to be a singleton and receive an invitation only addressed to you, that means "No, you can't bring that guy you hooked up with last weekend." If the invitation is addressed to you "and guest," then it's OK to bring your latest hookup. The same rules apply with children. If the wedding invitation is only addressed to you and your significant other and doesn't mention the children, you need to find a sitter, the kids aren't invited. Showing up with uninvited guests will quickly earn you the rude guest honor.
How to be a Rude Wedding Guest Tip #2: Drink too much.
An open bar doesn't mean a flashback to college kegger nights. Despite being a happy drunk, excessive drinking is an easy way to earn the rude guest award. Getting drunk from the open bar can make you look like a "donkey," makes you non-functional the next day and puts yourself at risk for alcohol poisoning. I've attended a wedding where a drunk guest was rushed to the emergency room. Needless to say, this rude behavior put a damper on the wedding celebration.
How to be a Rude Wedding Guest Tip #1: Start a brawl.
Nothing screams rude guest like, "Let's get ready to rumble!" Sometimes when families with differences come together, a brawl may spawn. Escalated emotions mixed with excessive alcohol may trigger a little rumble. Or, an outta control groom may ignite an angry bride. Speaking from my family history, my grandmother has told me how some of the men on her side of the family like to fight at weddings. Luckily, I haven't been introduced to that rude side of the family tree.
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Published by JA Huber
Spent a decade in Death Valley, Everglades and Yellowstone Ntn'l Parks and now living happily in Florida working in tourism, editor of SoloTravelGirl.com; traveling alone, not lonely. View profile
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30 Comments
Post a CommentI can especially relate to item #3! Uninvited children kept creeping up on our RSVP cards... at least they bothered to RSVP, I guess. That should be #6: DON'T RSVP!
Fantastic. I have seen all of these at weddings sadly.
I only have one problem with this list taking a present to a wedding is rude this only gives the brides family one more thing to pack up and this is how cards and presents are lost .........presents should be sent or taken to the home on the invitation now I realize some areas above the Mason Dixon line do it differently and an envelope with money is sometimes given to a couple who have a satin bags or box to collect it in but remember if you dont get a thank you card and you took a present to the wedding reception then your gift may not have made it to the bride and groom it may have gotten lost in the shuffle .I also like the comment on cell phones .. a big No No
ROFLOL ... this is brilliant! Add number six: have a cell phone that rings in the middle of the ceremony, answer it, and then carry on a loud conversation until the glares of the surrounding guests cause you to sullenly let whoever know that you'll call them back in a bit.
This is awesome. So...is this what happened at your wedding?
Ooh. Some wedding guest mischief afoot. I haven't been to a wedding in years. My next opportunity may just be for one of my children, who I predict will require that I behave. Shucks. :)
Very funny! You know what's crazy? There always seems to be more guests that DON'T like the bride and groom then there are those who do.... If that is the case, then your article will be needed and valued by many :)
Haha great article!
Very true. Except perhaps #5. Some friends were only able to give us a card. We knew that they didn't have any money, so it would have been rude of us to expect anything. Guests may have a good reason for not bringing a gift. What matters is that they bring their good wishes and blessing to the marriage. Too many brides and grooms expect compensation for the wedding--which is quite tacky.
LOL, Redneck weddings only have beer most of the time to cut down on brawling. Brown liquor and new relatives is a bad combination.