Wedding planners advise the bride and the groom to be prepared well ahead of time, so they can evade Murphy's Law, which says if anything can go wrong, it will. On the other hand, things going a little off may be what will bolster the memory of a wedding in everyone's mind, especially if that little flaw leads to humor and laughter.
Weddings are deeply personal and spiritual life events. Since life isn't perfect, laughing at its spontaneous flaws allows us to embrace each other with love, laughter, and support.
Here are a few humorous wedding events. Some of these wedding mishaps I have witnessed; friends have narrated the others.
A wedding cake's toppling over used to be so common that most reception hall managers had to learn to take precautions through trial and error. Still, in a few instances, no precaution can prevent this disaster, as it happened several years ago, when we attended a large wedding reception. Over the several steep stairs to the main reception hall, the wedding cake had to be carried rather than wheeled. Two waiters, one on each side, took the cake up the steps. Unexpectedly, a waiter tripped and the cake fell on the floor. The bride's mother fainted from excitement while maintenance people scurried about. Since the reception room was a part of a big hotel, the management arranged several small cakes for the guests to enjoy.
In another incident told to me, the bride tripped and fell into the cake.
Some hilarious episodes have occurred in out-of-doors or garden weddings. In one summer wedding, although there was a canopy, the sun's rays reflected directly on the bride's face and the "I-do" photo of the bride came out as if the bride had no face. She was so horror-struck that her father had the scene repeated later, minus the guests.
In another wedding where flowers and other decorations were hung on the sides of the canopy, a sudden gust of wind ripped the decorations apart, hurling them at the bride's face and at the guests standing behind her. Fortunately, no one was hurt; the bride adjusted her headdress and the ceremony continued.
Weddings and Murphy's Law: Sometimes It Is a Good Thing by Joy Cagil
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