| Wedding planners advise the bride and the | | | | behind her. Fortunately, no one was hurt; the |
| groom to be prepared well ahead of time, so | | | | bride adjusted her headdress and the ceremony |
| they can evade Murphy's Law, which says if | | | | continued.Yet, in another reception, when the |
| anything can go wrong, it will. On the other | | | | bride tossed the bouquet, it fell into the |
| hand, things going a little off may be what | | | | pool. One of the groomsmen dove into the pool |
| will bolster the memory of a wedding in | | | | and retrieved the bouquet for one of the |
| everyone's mind, especially if that little | | | | bridesmaids who was his girlfriend. That |
| flaw leads to humor and laughter.Weddings are | | | | groomsman and the bridesmaid married two |
| deeply personal and spiritual life events. | | | | months later. Who wouldn't marry a man who |
| Since life isn't perfect, laughing at its | | | | would get wet to retrieve a girl a bouquet?In |
| spontaneous flaws allows us to embrace each | | | | a Jewish wedding, when the bride's chair was |
| other with love, laughter, and support.Here | | | | lifted in air, one leg of the chair started |
| are a few humorous wedding events. Some of | | | | cracking. Luckily, one of the carriers with |
| these wedding mishaps I have witnessed; | | | | strong arms, reaching to its base of the |
| friends have narrated the others.A wedding | | | | chair, held the chair and the bride up.My |
| cake's toppling over used to be so common | | | | favorite wedding mishaps involve the ring |
| that most reception hall managers had to | | | | bearers and the flower girls. One cute little |
| learn to take precautions through trial and | | | | ring bearer and a flower girl, both four |
| error. Still, in a few instances, no | | | | years old and cousins, were told to stand |
| precaution can prevent this disaster, as it | | | | behind the bride and groom a little to the |
| happened several years ago, when we attended | | | | side at the altar. When the minister said, |
| a large wedding reception. Over the several | | | | you may kiss the bride, the children kissed |
| steep stairs to the main reception hall, the | | | | each other. This occasion must have given |
| wedding cake had to be carried rather than | | | | another twist to the phrase, "kissing |
| wheeled. Two waiters, one on each side, took | | | | cousins."Another ring bearer was told to hold |
| the cake up the steps. Unexpectedly, a waiter | | | | the pillow with both hands and never let go. |
| tripped and the cake fell on the floor. The | | | | He didn't let the pillow go, but tossed the |
| bride's mother fainted from excitement while | | | | rings in the air while clutching the pillow. |
| maintenance people scurried about. Since the | | | | So, the poor best man shouldered the chore of |
| reception room was a part of a big hotel, the | | | | retrieving the rings from under the pews.In |
| management arranged several small cakes for | | | | another incident, where the ring bearer and |
| the guests to enjoy.In another incident told | | | | the flower girl were also cousins, they |
| to me, the bride tripped and fell into the | | | | walked down the aisle pushing each other. |
| cake.Some hilarious episodes have occurred in | | | | When they reached the altar, they broke into |
| out-of-doors or garden weddings. In one | | | | a fight, with the flower girl emptying the |
| summer wedding, although there was a canopy, | | | | flower petals on the little boy's |
| the sun's rays reflected directly on the | | | | head.Weddings are occasions of emotion and a |
| bride's face and the "I-do" photo of the | | | | little humor goes a long way. So, we should |
| bride came out as if the bride had no face. | | | | always look back on them with a chuckle or a |
| She was so horror-struck that her father had | | | | smile. No matter what the Murphy's Law and |
| the scene repeated later, minus the guests.In | | | | the Law of Etiquette may say, with hilarity, |
| another wedding where flowers and other | | | | the wedding will remain as one of the most |
| decorations were hung on the sides of the | | | | glorious moments of a couple's life.This |
| canopy, a sudden gust of wind ripped the | | | | article has been submitted by Joy Cagil in |
| decorations apart, hurling them at the | | | | affiliation with which is a site for Wedding |
| bride's face and at the guests standing | | | | Invitations. |