“Bad Brides Bad Brides…Whatcha Gonna Do…”
May 18th, 2008…Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad brides,bad brides,whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for yooooouuu??”
Sing it with me everyone. The theme from COPS. Is it me, or are there a LOT of articles and stories lately about people getting arrested, having fistfights, even lighting things on FIRE, at their own weddings??? Because what goes better with matrimony and harmony than handcuffs and jailcells?
I am really amused by this actually. I suppose I am lucky in that I dont have any friends or family members that would EVER pull something like that at my wedding; and I can certainly vouche for myself and my husband that WE are not the types to drink ourselves into a stupor and then proceed to throw the junior bridesmaid into the centerpieces. Call me crazy; but our wedding was a lot more peaceful. And FUN!
But some people; you give them a bit of free liquor and this is how they act. And in most cases, we aren’t even talking about the guests! No, this is the BRIDE and Groom behaving this way! And to me, the funniest part of all of this is that after all of this ridiculousness occurs, you would THINK these people would be …oh, I don’t know…embarassed??? But no. They aren’t. Not at all. You see them for the next week all over the news, the papers, and on any and every cheesy interview show they can find to tell their heartbreaking tales. There they are; explaining to everyone how we simply “misunderstood” them as people. Because normally, they don’t make a habit of spitting at their officiant or landing face first in their own wedding cakes. You see; normally these people are angelic citizens. So we must have misunderstood.
Consider the Port Chester, New York bride and groom who were both arrested on their wedding day; during their own reception! Apparently the bride was not happy with the music, so she proceeded to “trash a set of conga drums in a spat with the band,” according to an article in comcast.net. Apparently things got so out of control that police had to use stun-guns on the groom and his 21 year old daughter; who were resisting the arrest. I guess people really DO get violent when the DJ plays “The Macarena” even after being asked repeatedly not to! (can’t say I blame them on that one.)
Another couple in California recently spent their wedding night in a jail cell after their wedding reception got out of hand. Yup. Their first night together … in jail. I will let you insert your own jokes on this one.
Or how about the happy newlywed couple that got into a brawl in a Holiday Inn just minutes after checking in for their wedding night? The fight escalated to include three other family members. The groom walked away with a black eye and a jail sentence. There was over $1000 worth of damage to the hotel; including a plant that the happy new wife lifted up and flung at her husband’s head.
But this is my absolute favorite. It comes from the hilarious website www.thesmokinggun.com …
| SEPTEMBER 3–In a summer that has already seen its share of wedding brawls (see Bridezilla and the Mad Muncher), a quartet of Michigan brothers was arrested early Sunday morning for triggering a melee at their 27-year-old sister’s wedding reception. According to the below Ogemaw County Sheriff’s Office report, the Evers brothers (Erik, Aaron, Ryan, and Randall) got ornery after the bar shut near the close of the festivities. A bartender got kicked and bit on the nose. The female DJ, who stopped spinning when three separate brawls erupted, was called a “whore” by Randall Evers, who then allegedly slammed the woman into a wall, knocking her unconscious. Randall, 38, then punched a female friend of the DJ’s, whose front teeth were “broke.” One fight apparently stemmed from a contentious arm wrestling match between the groom and 29-year-old Aaron Evers, who was soundly defeated by his new brother-in-law, who taunted his opponent as he drank from a pitcher of beer. Here’s our favorite lines from the sheriff’s report: “Ryan was arrested for assaulting his brother, Erik. Erik was arrested for assaulting his brother, Ryan. Randy was arrested for assaulting the bartender and the DJ’s of the Wedding reception.”Now Im sorry, but thats just FUNNY.Any out of control wedding moments you’d like to share? I would certainly love to hear them!!! |