Anything funny happen at a jw wedding?

tall penguin

I have a few funny jw wedding stories.
The first is what happened at my ex-husband's wedding. He remarried only 6 months after our divorce and so I guess the brother who gave the marriage talk hadn't quite recovered because when he announced the new couple to the congregation, he announced my name rather than the new bride's. She was mortified. Tee hee.
I attended a jw wedding where the brother who gave the talk focused his whole talk on the marriage of Christ to the 144,000. I don't know if he was of the "anointed" but it was the weirdest talk I'd ever heard. At the reception, during speeches, the groom thanked the speaker saying, "And thank you Brother so-and-so for that....(very long pause and wry smile)...interesting talk." There were a few muffled chuckles from the guests. I don't think the speaker had any clue.
And my last story takes place during a jw couple's first dance. They chose Shania Twain's "You've Got A Way." In the chorus, Shania sings..."It's in the way you want me, It's in the way you hold me, The way you show me just what love's made of, It's in the way we make love." At the end of that last line, the couple looked out into the crowd and said, "Not yet!" The funny thing is I've always thought they were probably a couple who engaged in some pre-marital hanky-panky so they just drew attention to the obvious for me. Too funny!

Goldminer

We went to a wedding in Woodstock,ON a few years ago.A few guys seemed a little weird to me and maybe I struck them as wierd too,being a northener.Anyways,my feelings were confirmed when these married men started dancing together.One even danced by himself,jumpin' around like a fool and puttin' on a show of his own.I said to my wife "did you see that,and nobody says anything...".Is that normal behaviour at weddings in southern ontario?

Goldminer

pratt1

This should probably go in a bad wedding stories thread, but I tell it anyway.

Back in the 80's a good friend of mine employed an elder (from the Bronx) to make all of the wedding parties gowns, the mothers of the bride and grooms gowns, and the bride's gown for his wedding.

This brother had a good reputation and we all knew this elder since we were kids.

I and my wife were part of the wedding party, so when 3 days before the wedding my wife didn't have her gown, we both thought it was a little strange, but he was an elder right? What could go wrong?

Well, fast forward to the day of the wedding, the elder calls the bride 3 hours before the wedding and says that he is on his way - about a 30 minute drive. She's not happy about that, but remains calm.

4 hours later, no elder, no gowns, all the guests are waiting in the KH for the wedding party, the wedding party is waiting for the elder.

Long story short, the elder never showed up, the bride wore a nice dre she had in closet, the mothers made due, and in the end they were happily married and still are married 20 years later although they are no longer witlesses.

The elder, was not deleted, he was only spoken to about not fully calculating the costs when he agrees to do a job.

delilah

Goldminer, funny you should say that, "is that how they act in Southern Ontario"...years ago, I attended a costume party, in southern Ontario, actually not far from Woodstock, and when some of my friends up north, saw the pictures, they asked the same question.....they thought we were celebrating Halloween or something, and said, "Christians should not be dressing up in costumes"....at the time, i just thought they were "old school", but I do think, that southern Ontarians ARE a bit different from Northern Ontarians...(the JW's that is)

I remember attending a JW wedding, also, years ago, it happened to be on Halloween night. Suddenly, the doors opened, and a group of Trick or Treater's came in, thinking it was a Halloween party...they looked around and made a quick exit...we all laughed....

delilah

sorry, Gold, you actually asked if that was "normal behavoir"?, and well, yes, it's normal for congregations to be different in Southern Ontario. I think a bit more lenient....

Soledad

Well, fast forward to the day of the wedding, the elder calls the bride 3 hours before the wedding and says that he is on his way - about a 30 minute drive. She's not happy about that, but remains calm.
4 hours later, no elder, no gowns, all the guests are waiting in the KH for the wedding party, the wedding party is waiting for the elder.
Long story short, the elder never showed up, the bride wore a nice dre she had in closet, the mothers made due, and in the end they were happily married and still are married 20 years later although they are no longer witlesses.

Oh

My

GAWD!!

I would have had this man's ass in court so fast!!

zeroday

I attended a witness wedding about 25 years ago. This elder giving the wedding talk went on and on and on. No one could believe anyone could come up with so many marriage examples. Then the brother stops in midsentence. Silence ans he ruffles thru his notes. Then panic he announces he left the rest of his notes at home. He studdered and stammered thru the vows as he made them up as he went.

Another wedding. This was a wirlwind romance as quite a few witness weddings are. You know, if we don't get married this weekend we will be hauled before the committee the next. Anyway, the wedding is going on just fine, then they get to the vows the elder asked the brother,

"Do you take (not her real name) Mary Ellis Smith to be your lawfully wedded wife?" The brother looks at the elder and says "Who?"

carla

I don't know if you will find it funny but someone at a recent wedding here placed anti witness literature around all the tables. Sure wish I knew who they were, they would know they have a potential helper/friend in town!

Mulan

We were at a wedding, where the father of the groom married them. When he got to the vows, he couldn't find them. He was German, and had a thick accent so he said "I cannot find the wows, so I will improwise". He did a pretty good job, but put a few things in there that probably shouldn't have been there. The bride and groom looked at each other with horror, a couple of times, because they knew it was not correct. It was funny though, and all in good taste.

Another one, the groom was very nervous, and after the first "I do's", he grabbed his bride and kissed her. The guy officiating, cleared his throat, and said "shall we continue?"

Anything funny happen at a jw wedding?

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