so i went to a close friend's wedding last year. The DJ decided to use a projector and advertise his business on the wall of the shaadi hall. Every time he tried playing music, there was a power outage.. this happened at least three times for at least 15 minutes and during crucial ceremonies (ring ceremony, etc...)... everyone told him to unplug his projector but he refused.
at the same wedding, there was a ghulam ali concert next door, and the hall management decided to give some of the bride's tables to the concert next door.. so there wasn't enough seating and half the people were standing the entire time.
the worst part at this wedding was when the food was being served. The food was catered from elsewhere but the hall management was being soo cheap with the food, that the trays were pretty much empty. The management began badmouthing the bride's family in front of the guests lined up to get food. She kept saying how dare the family ask for more food, and they want the lights turned on, etc... turns out the staff was being cheap with the food so they could take it home for themselves at the end of the night.
so i went to a close friend's wedding last year. The DJ decided to use a projector and advertise his business on the wall of the shaadi hall. Every time he tried playing music, there was a power outage.. this happened at least three times for at least 15 minutes and during crucial ceremonies (ring ceremony, etc...)... everyone told him to unplug his projector but he refused.
at the same wedding, there was a ghulam ali concert next door, and the hall management decided to give some of the bride's tables to the concert next door.. so there wasn't enough seating and half the people were standing the entire time.
the worst part at this wedding was when the food was being served. The food was catered from elsewhere but the hall management was being soo cheap with the food, that the trays were pretty much empty. The management began badmouthing the bride's family in front of the guests lined up to get food. She kept saying how dare the family ask for more food, and they want the lights turned on, etc... turns out the staff was being cheap with the food so they could take it home for themselves at the end of the night.
Um, can you please share which hall this was by the way? I'm scared I might end up booking the same one or something, eeekkk!!!
so i went to a close friend's wedding last year. The DJ decided to use a projector and advertise his business on the wall of the shaadi hall. Every time he tried playing music, there was a power outage.. this happened at least three times for at least 15 minutes and during crucial ceremonies (ring ceremony, etc...)... everyone told him to unplug his projector but he refused.
at the same wedding, there was a ghulam ali concert next door, and the hall management decided to give some of the bride's tables to the concert next door.. so there wasn't enough seating and half the people were standing the entire time.
the worst part at this wedding was when the food was being served. The food was catered from elsewhere but the hall management was being soo cheap with the food, that the trays were pretty much empty. The management began badmouthing the bride's family in front of the guests lined up to get food. She kept saying how dare the family ask for more food, and they want the lights turned on, etc... turns out the staff was being cheap with the food so they could take it home for themselves at the end of the night.
I went to a wedding once, where the grooms sister disappeared. For 3 or 4 hours, no one could find her anywhere. Everyone was searching for her everywhere, even the groom was running around in his sherwani and pugri. They even called the police, and the police came and started asking questions from everyone. After about 4 hours of being missing, the sister walked back into the hall. As soon as she saw the police there and all her family started yelling when they saw her, she started to cry, and she was saying "my friend who couldnt come to the wedding came to drop off a present, and then she made me sit in the car and wouldnt let me get out, and then she started driving away, and wouldnt let me out". At that point, the police made everyone leave the area, and they said they had to talk to her privately. No one knows still what the real story was, and where she went. But trust me, there are a lot of rumours flying around about where she was! But I feel bad for the bride and groom....their entire wedding was ruined by the groom's sister!
^ she made up such a weird story! who would believe that??
the worst wedding i ever went to was when the food ran out and there was not enough seats. it wasn't the fault of the bride's family. they invited people according to venue capacity but as i'm sure u all know, some desi's are unfamiliar with the concept of 'Mr & Mrs' only. they still bring along their whole khandaan and anyone else they can fit into the cars. a lot of people were standing up against the walls waiting for ppl to finish eating so they could sit and eat. the sad thing is that most of the ppl who were standing and waiting were the ones who were actually invited to the wedding. i found it sooo rude that a lot of the uninvited women insisted that their kids have their own seats/plates etc. they should have taken the kids in their laps and let adults sit down to eat. the bride's poor father was running around sweating profusely cos he was so worried about the food running out. i felt akward and barely ate anything and finally got up so some poor old lady could sit down and rest
we had a much more casual wedding than normal, and no stage, so we only sat at the head table for eating and speeches... the rest of the night we were circulating and socializing and dancing. it was fun! i so want to get married again (to the same guy of course!)- its the party of all parties!
Oh I also went to a wedding like that!! It was pure hell...it was at the peak of summer in Pakistan, it was swelteringly hot and they decided to keep the venue outdoors with a shamyaana blocking whatever little airflow was to be had...the guests were practically melting! On top of that, the baraat decided to come at 1 in the morning, when the guests had been there since 10!! Most of the people had left by then, and the fried food had gotten soggy and the naan's had become hard. The poor bride looked so angry and miserable, she was stuck in her bridal room for over 4 hours! And the reason for coming so late? The groom's sisters took too long in doing their makeup (they're all hijaabis by the way, so obviously doing hair wasn't an issue)!! The guests got so pissed off when they heard that, a lot of them just got up and walked out!
After witnessing that, I booked my wedding indoors with central airconditioning and warned my fiance on pain of death that he better get there on time :-P!
my very close friends brothers wedding… on the grooms “haldi” we wer all at the venue by 8PM as per the invites… we kept waiting and waiting AND waiting…the whole family was there jus the groom was missing..every1 said he was getting ready.. it was getting so late they served the food… i stayed ther till midnite but had to come bak home.. i later heard the groom came around 1am..but till then almost all guests had left only the families were ther..
Even at the wedding they were supposed to start everything by 9PM but the grooms side arrived at the hall around midnight and i came back home at 4AM
I went to a wedding once, where the grooms sister disappeared. For 3 or 4 hours, no one could find her anywhere. Everyone was searching for her everywhere, even the groom was running around in his sherwani and pugri. They even called the police, and the police came and started asking questions from everyone. After about 4 hours of being missing, the sister walked back into the hall. As soon as she saw the police there and all her family started yelling when they saw her, she started to cry, and she was saying "my friend who couldnt come to the wedding came to drop off a present, and then she made me sit in the car and wouldnt let me get out, and then she started driving away, and wouldnt let me out". At that point, the police made everyone leave the area, and they said they had to talk to her privately. No one knows still what the real story was, and where she went. But trust me, there are a lot of rumours flying around about where she was! But I feel bad for the bride and groom....their entire wedding was ruined by the groom's sister!
And the reason for coming so late? The groom's sisters took too long in doing their makeup (they're all hijaabis by the way, so obviously doing hair wasn't an issue)!! The guests got so pissed off when they heard that, a lot of them just got up and walked out!
That's a preview of their married life. I'm sorry but that really sucks for the bride....
That's a preview of their married life. I'm sorry but that really sucks for the bride....
Sadly enough, yes it is. She's miserably unhappy, and most of it is because of the selfish nature of her husband and in-laws. I think it's important to evaluate small incidents that show you someone's true personality before you're married, the warning signs are always there, you just have to see them.
i also would like to see a couple of pictures. Maybe I can try to convince my parents that having a more casual arrangement would be better for me & my groom rather than sitting on a stage all night!
argh..my own mehndi !! One of my mumani was supposed to travel to pakistan for my wedding and her flight was supposed to be here at 7pm and all my other khala’s and mamu’s decided to pick her from the airport and attend my mehndi AND her flight got late by 4 hours and all of them came to the hall when we were done with requesting the hall management to let us stay for extra 2 hours as our guests were not there yet It was a function where we were supposed to have only my side of family and friends because in-laws were in another city and they didnt have to come for mehndi to Lahore. Imagine the embarrasment we had to suffer from !! it was just mamu’s khala’s , some close neighbours and my friends and the whole rasam, food and everything had to be done without them and waiting for them. My sisters wedding was two months after mine and we didnt wait for anyone for her functions nonetheless.
That’s too bad! I guess to be on the safe side, people should always book flights at least 1 day in advance, because these days they are never on time!
aww thats too bad .. this is one reason i dont plan in groups … (and i have the weirdest family who think 6hrs later than the actual time is “fashionably” late) …at my wedding i dont plan to involve them in functions where timing is essesntial. they’ll be just invited as guests if they want to come..
we had a much more casual wedding than normal, and no stage, so we only sat at the head table for eating and speeches... the rest of the night we were circulating and socializing and dancing. it was fun! i so want to get married again (to the same guy of course!)- its the party of all parties!
aww SGC .. u must have had an awesome wedding :) i wish mine would also be like that
