20+ People Are Calling Out the Rudest Things They’ve Seen Wedding Guests Do

There’s a lot of time at a wedding if you want to socialize with others. In fact, the reception is made just for that purpose and you can talk to whomever you please.

The exchange of vows is one of the times that most couples want the attention of the room and a respectful quiet so everyone can hear. That doesn’t include answering your phone during the ceremony, especially not twice. At least leave the room if you’re going to do this!

Weddings often come with the arduous task for the engaged couple to nail down a guest list and a seating list for those guests. They then depend on guests to RSVP. Long story short, don’t show up to a wedding when you aren’t invited.

For one, if you aren’t invited, there’s probably a reason — and crashing the wedding isn’t the time to work out an old grudge. On top of that, it can really interfere with the couple’s plan.

As we just talked about, the invitation list comes with some contemplations from the couple. This includes decisions about how much food to order, planning the seating arrangements, and more.

So, if you RSVP, they plan for your presence. If a lot of people then don’t show up, that’s a huge loss of money for the couple for no reason. Of course, this doesn’t mean that you’re rude if you find yourself sick or unable to attend due to an emergency.

There are some rules that you just shouldn’t break at a wedding. Some of these rules are so well-known that the bride and groom shouldn’t have to specify.

As for this person, they couldn’t believe their eyes when they watched their maid of honor walk in wearing white. A good general rule of thumb is to never wear white to a wedding because you’re supposed to let the bride stand out. The fact that this person was the maid of honor made it even worse.

When you think of the word “rude,” you probably mean a slight in conversation or in behavior. This one goes beyond “rude” and right into “criminal.”

The wedding dress a bride wears holds a lot of meaning and they probably shelled out quite a bit for it. So, it goes without saying that you shouldn’t steal the bride’s dress when she changes for the reception! The excuse they had when pressed was flimsy, to say the least.

As we’ve said, there are some things that you just shouldn’t do at a wedding. Proposing to your partner is a massive faux pas when you’re at someone else’s wedding.

We get it — weddings are romantic and they can make you want one of your own, especially if you’re attending one with the person you love. Still, proposing at someone else’s wedding really steals your attention for yourself and is generally frowned upon.

A wedding only happens once but you want to cherish the memories throughout your marriage. That’s why most couples add a photographer to their list when planning a wedding.

However, there are things that can make things more difficult for a photographer to do their job. For instance, if a guest keeps getting in the way by not paying attention to their surroundings. It turns out this brother-in-law was just getting in the photographer’s way the whole time.

Once a couple hires a photographer, the photographer is there to do what they ask. If you want to make sure that you as a guest have a picture you like, take it yourself.

This mother-in-law seemed to be confused as to who exactly was paying the photographer to do the job they wanted. The couple seems to have expected this and gave the photographer full reign to keep things on track and he made sure to keep to his word.

A wedding, down to its bare bones, is a chance for the couple celebrating to show their love for one another. The guests are there to celebrate with them.

Listen, some people do meet someone they hit it off with at a wedding. However, a great rule to live by is that the people who are getting married probably aren’t there to flirt with you. We’re going to guess this flirting was unwelcome and uncomfortable, especially on the bride’s part.

It’s really common for people to offer the newly married couple gifts when they get married. A lot of couples create a registry to make it clear what they want.

This person urges people to actually look at that registry. If you can’t get a gift or can’t afford the registry that’s one thing. However, if you just pick out something you would like without considering what the couple likes, it can come off as rather unthoughtful.

We already talked about how during the vows, you should quiet down and be respectful of the ceremony taking place. That’s not the only time you should quiet down.

While, yes, a wedding offers plenty of time to socialize, it is an event with a purpose. This means it’s really rude for the guests to just keep talking while the bride is trying to give a speech to her guests only for them to pay her no mind at all.

When a couple doesn’t include children at their wedding, it can be a real inconvenience for parents. In some cases, it might prevent some parents from attending.

As unfortunate as that is, it’s something that the couple probably understands when they say that kids aren’t allowed. However, the rule wouldn’t exist if they were about to let everyone bring their kids anyway. This person found it especially rude considering that this is far from the only event in your life that isn’t kid-friendly.

Do you remember how we said if you propose, it takes the attention off of the couple getting married and onto you and your partner? There’s more than one way to do that.

This couple didn’t get proposed but they were determined to try and steal the spotlight. They were trying to get the DJ to honor them with a whole song behind the couple’s back! It was enough for this person to feel shocked at the whole ordeal.

Getting the date right for your wedding on the invitations is important. Evidently in this case, though, it was clear when the wedding was happening.

What was happening in this argument was just an issue of semantics. When it came down to it, they were already there so what did it matter what day it technically was since it lasted past midnight? Surely, it isn’t worth getting this heated over.

Your wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of your life. Naturally, you can’t just will away anything bad happening but your family might do what they can. Clearly, this person wasn’t aware of what the rest of their family knew.

While this person didn’t really want their family to keep it from them, they didn’t know at the time and that’s what matters here. We understand emotions are high but this comment was so far out of line.

When you get married, you want everything to go right. So, a rude guest can really stand out when everyone else is on their best behavior. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that there will only be one rude guest.

At this person’s wedding, it doesn’t seem like anyone was on their best behavior. From people not showing up with no warning to keeping family grudges that were, frankly, ridiculous, this wedding had problem after problem.

You don’t have to attend a wedding as a guest to see some rude behavior. In fact, the people working behind the scenes to make everything go off without a hitch often deal with the most rude behavior.

For this housekeeper, the worst thing was the way people often expected things to be perfect, no matter how much demand there was. On the other hand, they weren’t about to chip in and just throw their trash away or put their glass somewhere convenient.

Weddings are one of those events that usually come with a dress code. Unless the wedding is particularly casual, you’ll likely have to break out something nice to wear.

This person couldn’t help but feel it was pretty rude to see people showing no regard for the dress code outlined in the invitation. To them, it was disrespectful of the host not to comply and then still take place an elaborate and expensive celebration.

We’ve already talked about how you shouldn’t wear white because you’ll look too much like the bride. This is her time to shine, after all!

That’s not the only thing that you shouldn’t wear to a wedding. If you’re at the wedding party, you might have an assigned outfit for visual similarities. On the other hand, if you’re a guest, it’s pretty rude to show up dressed like you’re at the wedding party too.

We already talked about how dressing down when there’s a fancy dress code can be perceived as rude. Well, if the dress code is “no swimsuits,” you can’t blame people for dressing casually.

The couple in question seemed to have no problem with what their guests were wearing. On the contrary, the mother of the bride seemed to have too many opinions to keep to herself. So many, in fact, that she decided it was appropriate to bully everyone individually, going table by table.

One thing that can be hard about weddings is having your whole family together in one room. Most families have at least a few members who don’t get along.

That’s what happened here and the two family members in question couldn’t put their feud aside long enough to attend this husband’s wedding. Obviously, this was hurtful to him but neither of them can see past their issue to notice quite why.

The whole point of this list so far has been that there are some things that have a time and place and a wedding is not for most chaos.

When this person went to a wedding, they probably didn’t expect the groom’s friend to have an idea quite this bad. For one, most people don’t want to get soaked in expensive clothes. Secondly, it didn’t even work out, it just caused the bride a literal headache.

As we said, there’s more than one family that has members that just can’t seem to get along no matter what. They can’t even put their arguments aside long enough to be civil for the wedding.

For this family, that was a set of cousins who couldn’t keep their cool through the event. Not only did they get into an argument, it seems that things got physical as well. Plus, you can’t just trash a wedding venue without repercussions!

When a couple gets married, they have to coordinate a lot. They aren’t just sitting around and waiting for people to celebrate them — a wedding takes a lot of work!

So, if you have a fight with another family member, maybe now isn’t the time to complain to the bride and groom. Yet, when these two got into a tussle, this woman was quick to run to the bride. However, we can’t say that either of them sound like they weren’t being rude.

The food at a wedding doesn’t usually come cheap. So, if you have leftovers, you might be keen to take them home and enjoy a few days of matrimony without working in the kitchen.

That was one option snatched from this couple right under their noses. This guest thought they were allowed to take all the leftovers with them, for some reason. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they found out the pizza they thought they had was also gone.

A wedding cake is a staple for any wedding. The truth is that these cakes can run a pretty penny, though, and you simply can’t please everyone.

So, this person thought it was a bit rude when this aunt was expecting a whole cake just for her when it wasn’t even her wedding. It looks like this couple went for it too, even though this person was clearly frustrated about the whole experience.

A wedding is not a free-for-all and, as we said, there are parts of the evening that you’re supposed to quietly pay attention to. What’s a wedding without people getting married?

For most people, the moment the bride appears is a magical moment that’s preceded by flower petals and a swell of music. No one wants to hear something like this as they walk down the aisle, especially said loud enough for the other guests to hear.

Sometimes, when it comes to older relatives, it’s easy to run into confusion when it comes to clear directions. A mistake is unfortunate but it isn’t necessarily malicious.

This father-in-law wasn’t making an honest mistake; he was outright trying to make sure that the groom’s friends couldn’t make it. We have to wonder who he was so mad at here — the groom’s friends or the groom? What made him think this was a good idea?

We already looked at one mother of the bride who was ready to roast every guest table-by-table. This time, the grandmother of the bride was ready to step up to fill the role.

In fact, she didn’t even wait until the wedding started to begin to insult just about everyone in attendance. These weren’t just off-hand rude comments either. She managed to individually insult every single person who attended the wedding with their own personalized insult.

When someone throws a wedding as a couple and invites all of their friends and family, they’ve put a lot of effort and money into making things look as great as possible.

That means that if you think something doesn’t look great or could be done better, this is the time to keep your opinions to yourself. No one wants to hear about how much you don’t like the wedding while they’re trying to enjoy themselves. Complaining like this is just rude.

If you’re going to give a speech at a wedding, there are two rules. First of all, keep the speech on topic and honor the couple getting married.

Secondly, you probably shouldn’t snatch the microphone from someone else while they’re in the middle of their speech. It seems like this mother broke both the rules with an awkward speech-turned-plea to a couple in the crowd. She managed to create the opposite reaction than she wanted to as well.

This person was looking forward to supporting their niece when they went to this wedding. However, it seems like some of the rude guests weren’t quite on board.

There are times that brides really do go overboard but politely asking for some space to store your wedding dress doesn’t quite qualify. Still, it seemed like it was too much for these family members to handle without making rude and untrue comments about the bride.

There are some things that you probably shouldn’t discuss at a wedding. If you think the wedding isn’t going to lead to a lasting marriage, maybe the reception isn’t the time to gossip.

While this person ultimately thought these guests were right and the marriage wouldn’t last, they didn’t think it mattered at the moment. In general, taking bets on the length of the marriage during the celebration isn’t really considered good manners.

We’ve already talked about how during the ceremony, you should stay quiet and pay attention. That’s not the only rule that you should follow, though. On top of that, you need to stay in your seat throughout the ceremony.

As we said before, the couple hires a photographer to get the best shots. You don’t need to get out of your seat and climb into the aisle only to take pictures with your phone instead of just paying attention to the ceremony.

Oftentimes, you hear the word “bridezilla” when someone wants to complain about the bride. It turns out, there are “bridesmaidzillas” out there too.

This person couldn’t help but wonder exactly what this bridesmaid was thinking when she started doing this. There are a few staple rules for the bachelorette party and one is that you probably shouldn’t air all of your grievances about the groom while the bride is trying to celebrate with her friends.

Letting someone go from the wedding party isn’t usually a decision that’s taken lightly. However, this couple didn’t want to make too many waves and kept their friend on as a guest after whatever happened here.

By the rude behavior he showed at the reception, it seems like they might regret their decision. Honestly, there’s really no place to trash your date in front of her, especially since “date” seems like a bit of an understatement here.

As the best man at a wedding, you see a lot of rude behavior behind the scenes that most of the wedding guests may not be privy to.

This best man definitely saw something they qualified as rude and inappropriate at this wedding. These two seemed intent on causing a scene and they didn’t even wait for the event to start! Given that this person was the best man, he tried to step in only to be met with violence.

If you work in event planning, you see a lot of different weddings over the years. So, you probably have quite a library of rude moments to choose from when thinking of the worst. This person knew exactly what moment stood out to them.

One guest that they would never forget got violent in their disruption. When the security officer tried to get them to leave the event, they took a swing at the security officer. It doesn’t sound like they won that one, though.

It’s not uncommon for a newlywed couple to send out thank you notes to the people who came to their wedding. They’re a meaningful way to thank people for being part of your big day and maybe even providing gifts.

However, it might not feel as personal and heartfelt if the couple getting married tries to save time by getting the guests to write their own notes. This couple managed to be the rude “guests” at their own wedding with this activity.

Churches are one of the most common places for people to get married. If you get married in a church, you’ll have to schedule around their usual activities.

That’s why this couple was waiting until after the service ended and the church cleared out to get started. Of course, they could get started on some of the work like setting food up. We’re guessing this couple didn’t expect their officiant to offer their food up and they didn’t have enough for them and their guests.

There’s a time and place for pranks. When people have put their work into looking their best for an event like this, it’s probably not the best time for a prank like this. It was more than just rude when you pull a stunt like this.

The bride was trying to look her best and getting ready for her big night when her brother-in-law thought it would be funny to throw her in a fountain. We’re glad these bridesmaids were ready to step in and try to rescue the night however they could.

A common part of a wedding is to have a wedding cake. Then, the big moment at the reception is when the couple cuts their first slice together.

We would think it goes without saying but apparently not; don’t bring your own cake to a wedding. Again, a wedding is a time to celebrate the couple getting married, not your birthday. The cake wasn’t the only way this person was going to steal the show either.

There are some people at a wedding who aren’t just there as guests but are meant to help you pull off your big day and take some stress off your hands. That’s what a wedding coordinator is for.

This wedding coordinator clearly missed the memo on why she was there. Not only did she not do her job, she did a few things that no guest should do. For instance, you shouldn’t eat the cake before the couple or say rude things to the wedding party.

We’ve already touched on how you can really mess up a wedding toast. This rude guest blew this caterer away and stuck out as one of the rudest guests they’d ever seen.

For one, most people don’t want to sit through a 20-minute speech when they’re at a wedding. They especially don’t want to listen to a meandering speech where the best man only talks about himself. Hey, he mentioned the groom once, right? This would be hard to watch.

As we just said, when you’re asked to prepare a speech for a wedding reception, you might want to prepare and make sure it’s brief.

This guest didn’t say that the best man was quite as off-topic as the last one but it definitely tested guests’ patience. We have to wonder if anyone tried to stop him at any point. At 30 minutes or so, did no one try to signal that he should wrap it up? Maybe the DJ can play him out.