I can still remember a girlfriend of mine, after years of trouble, marrying her true love and having a nice, white wedding. Her very successful brother was just at the point of announcing his upcoming wedding at the reception - until the family told him to shut his trap. He just couldn’t deal with his sister’s happiness and had to quash it.
Went to a wedding one time with a girlfriend and got pushed into the line of guys trying to catch the garter, not knowing almost anyone at the wedding I felt very uncomfortable participating in that particular ritual so when it was thrown I just stuck up my hand and didn’t even look. Yep, sure enough it landed in my hand and I ended up having to put it on the leg of the chick that caught the bouquet (some other dudes wife) VERY awkward.
I went to a reception once where the father of the bride was seated in a small side room with some very elderly and disabled relatives. He couldn’t even see head table even though he was paying for all of it.
The marriage didn’t last very long and the father died soon after the daughter divorced. Where did the family decide to have a brunch/reception after the father’s burial? You guessed it - back where the daughter had her wedding reception. The daughter was what you might call ‘fragile’ and the event put her over the edge. Bad scene. Very sad.