The bride, whom I didn't even know, apparently designated me to help
decorate the reception hall prior to the wedding. I went to do so, and
her mother was there, telling me in a hushed, scared whisper that I
better not mess anything up because the bride would be FURIOUS.
Everything was to be a certain way, and if it was wrong, there'd be hell
to pay.
I gave her the benefit of the doubt (chalked it up to wedding
anxiety) and during the reception I tried to chat with her a bit and she
literally rolled her eyes at me. I also didn't see her look at the
groom once at the wedding or the reception.
Groom got caught getting frisky with a bridesmaid. That marriage lasted for about two hours.
We knew the couple was in trouble when they frowned during most of the ceremony and later didn't go on a honeymoon because they couldn't agree on a destination. They had plenty of money - just no desire to compromise.
The groom, groomsmen, groom's friends, groom's father, etc., (all males,
just for clarification) kept making "jokes" about being tied down,
having a "nagging" wife", the end of being single, not being able to
flirt with other women. Basically everything was about how marriage
"actually sucks."
At
the rehearsal dinner, the groom's mom is in tears, because "he looks
miserable" and he was, we all knew it. During the vows they had written
for each other, the bride starts with "I know I can be a pretty terrible
person, and I don't know why you've stuck around, but that's all going
to change starting today!" They were divorced a year later.
My cousin's wedding. The groom invited his ex, who was also the mother
of his one year old son (he and my cousin had been dating for longer
than two years), and my cousin (who was then very pregnant herself) got
into a loud screaming match with him over it in a bathroom. They
eventually came out and got married, my cousin with puffy red eyes from
crying that you can see in every wedding photo that was taken.