18 Times People Actually Said “I Object” At A Wedding And What Happened Next
Weddings can be a really beautiful moment. The reception is all about partying, but the ceremony is all about a special exchange of love shared with those closest to you watching.
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Like anything else, sometimes that beautiful moment doesn't quite go as planned.
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Maybe there's another lover in the house.
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Maybe everyone just sees the writing on the wall.
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Reddit user u/Bowling_Cabbages asked people if they've ever been at a wedding where someone objected to the union, and boy, have people seen some stuff.
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1."The most dramatic objection came from a guy seated farther back in a church filled with people. He said the groom was still legally married to another woman in California — that a decree of divorce had not been finalized by the judicial system."
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"Turns out the guy was correct — some glitch in the process prevented the divorce from becoming official, even though the groom thought it had long been resolved."
"Apparently, the man who spoke at the East Coast wedding ceremony was related to the groom's wife, and the guy was intent on spoiling the occasion out of some bitterness he held toward the groom."
2."I was at a wedding. The priest gets to the objections. The 3-year-oldish daughter was the flower girl. Walks up the aisle, pulls the bride's dress, and whispers something to her. Everyone was like...is the little girl objecting?"
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"Nope. Apparently, she told her mom she didn't feel good. That was about half a second before she threw up all over her."
3."I objected at my cousin’s wedding. The dude had hit her multiple times. He was and is generally a douchebag. Every time I had ever seen him he was drunk, and my cousin who I was previously very close with quit talking much and suddenly became very clumsy, falling down and hitting her face on things a lot."
"I had no intention of going. Turned down being in the wedding party, turned down going to the bachelorette party. My mother and aunt begged me to go over my objections. I told them why I didn’t want to go. They made a bunch of excuses and told me it was just me being jealous.
Ended up going, explicitly to object. The priest did the speak up or forever hold your peace. I said that I object because the guy is an abusing pile of shit. Everything went silent. One of my cousins and my dad walked me out. The marriage continued.
Nobody talked to me for about a year... They are still married even though he has been to jail twice now for beating her."
4."Many, many years ago, the wedding was at the bride's upscale residence. They had the rehearsal and thought they had anticipated every possibility. When 'the question' was asked, it was too late to realize that nobody had thought to stop the cuckoo clock."
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"'CUCKOO, CUCKOO, CUCKOO!!!' It was a good 10 minutes before the laughter died down enough for them to finish the ceremony. The bride, groom, and officiant chuckled their way through the rest of the ceremony. They have been married for over 30 years."
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5."They were lawyers being married by one of the judges they appeared before a lot. It was done as a joke. The judge overruled the objection."
6."I was at the wedding of my mom's cousin (J). When the guy asked if there were any objections, the mother of J said, 'I never wanted my daughter to date such an asshole like him.' Everyone started whispering, and J was holding her tears back."
"I was something around 11 when that happened, still old enough to understand that J didn't want her mother there. The mother had to leave, and the ceremony continued... They are still married, happy, and healthy, but if I'm ever gonna get married, this is going to be my biggest fear."
7."Oof, that reminds me of a clip that I saw where a groom jokingly says, 'I do not!' when the priest asks if he wanted to take the bride. The priest goes, 'OK, bye, I'm not doing it.'"
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"Needless to say, the groom died inside, and the bride was very pissed. Apparently, in some places, the marriage legally can’t continue if one of the people to be wed says no."
8."I was at my uncle's wedding back in the '90s. He was getting re-married and had three kids from a previous marriage. At the objection part, my cousin, who is his oldest son, yelled, 'DON'T DO IT, DAD!!!'"
"They went through with it but got divorced like five years ago. They were married 20ish years though."
9."My brother objected at my dad's wedding to my stepmom...while he was standing next to them at the altar. He was young and just trying to be rebellious. It was just cringey."
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10."I was at an outdoor wedding. During the ceremony, we get to the 'speak now or forever hold your peace' bit, and during the pause, a squirrel had been walking across a tree branch causing it to crack, break, and fall to the floor. It was loud."
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"I turned to my wife and said, 'I guess God is trying to tell us something,' to which I got hit on the arm by her as others around us chuckled. Apparently, I said it a little too loudly! Turned out that squirrel was onto something. They split up after five years."
11."Everything was going normally, and the bride walked down the aisle, and it was all good. Then, the officiator asked if anyone had any objections, and the best man came forward and just started roasting the bride. Like, he held nothing back. So the groom got really upset and was like, 'Why are you insulting my wife?' The best man answered, 'She's not your wife yet.'"
"It went back and forth for a bit before the best man shouted, 'I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU, DEREK!' The whole place went silent like in a movie. Then, the maid of honor dragged the best man away, and they continued on with the wedding like nothing happened."
12."I was a wedding photographer about 20 years ago, and the other guy showed up. Holy shit, I have never seen a group of groomsmen beat the hell out of one guy like that."
"Then the bride and groom went somewhere with the priest, and the maid of honor came out and announced that the company was welcome to enjoy the meal at the reception, but please retain gifts, as the wedding was canceled."
13."My cousin and her husband purposely had the priest skip that part because the groom's mom had been trying to cancel the wedding. She’d threaten not to come, tried canceling venues, tried booking her own rehearsal party for only the groom’s family, and started calling the bride’s guests saying the wedding was canceled."
14."At a friend's wedding in 2003, he was asked if he wants to marry the bride >first name last name<. Without any pause, he said no! Everyone was shocked, including the bride. It was like the world stopped turning for a second, and dead silence together with severe tension was in the air."
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"He then corrected that he was there to marry >correct first name, last name< — the bride's first name was the wrong one when he was asked, but the bride herself didn't notice (some guests did notice as well). The official then checked, and it turns out he noted down the wrong first name, which would lead to them not being married if not corrected."
15."When asked if there were any objections, right on cue, the groom's 2-year-old nephew squealed and banged his toy car on the floor a couple of times like he was trying to make a point. The marriage didn't last. I guess he's the only one who was perceptive enough to know."
16."The couple wanted a redneck-but-not-redneck wedding. They rented him a big rich cowboy suit. Think Doug Dimmadome. They then proceeded to give him a holstered revolver with a blank in it and told him when he got to the 'speak now or forever hold your peace' bit, the groom’s brother would stand up to object, and they wanted him to pull the gun and shoot him."
"According to my dad, it was the stupidest request he ever had, but it was fun, and the crowd loved it."
17."Very small wedding, just family, and a few of us close friends. The guy performing the marriage asked if anyone objected, paused for what felt like forever (was probably like 45 seconds), and then said, 'Are you sure? Like, really sure you don’t have any objections?'"
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"All of us sat in awkward silence. Everyone knew it was a rough relationship, but the couple had not listened to anyone’s concerns. Three years later they are still married, although they were separated for most of it."
18."There was my two-year bud and his soon-to-be wife kissing when all of a sudden this random dude stands up and says he objects to their marriage since that fucktard of a man doesn't deserve any happiness in life."
Have you ever seen an objection go down? Have you done the objecting? Share your story in the comments.
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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