August 14, 2025 • 45 mins
Ever wondered what happens when your maid of honor ghosts you before the wedding? Or when your vendors vanish right after the ceremony?
In this solo episode, we relive the wildest guest submissions from Here Comes the Drama, and trust—these stories are chaotic, cringey, and completely unforgettable:
In this solo episode, we relive the wildest guest submissions from Here Comes the Drama, and trust—these stories are chaotic, cringey, and completely unforgettable:
- Baby Bumps, Brawls & Breaking the System with Payal Desai
- Vegas Vows, MIL Meltdown, and Uninvited Guests with Saron Olkaba
- Mother-in-Law Drama: Wedding Secrets, Demands, and Hot Takes with Suzanne Lambert
- Career Pivots, Friendship Red Flags, and a Trashed Groomsuite — with Rebecca Rogers
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Money Fights, Fake Promises, and a Forgetful DJ with Cassie Horrell
From unexpected RSVP dropouts to emotional fallouts with best friends, I walk through the most jaw-dropping stories that left couples speechless, and sometimes, in tears. Whether you're planning your own wedding or just love the mess, these listener tales offer both caution and catharsis.
And yes, we're naming names (well, not really)—but we are talking about the friend who asked for a dress budget… then didn’t show up. Buckle up for the confessions that didn’t make the seating chart.
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Must-Hear Insights and Key Moments
And yes, we're naming names (well, not really)—but we are talking about the friend who asked for a dress budget… then didn’t show up. Buckle up for the confessions that didn’t make the seating chart.
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Must-Hear Insights and Key Moments
- Maid of Honor Vanishes - One listener shares how her MOH disappeared before the wedding—and never explained why.
- No-Show Vendors - A couple pays in full for vendors who left immediately after the ceremony with no warning.
- Ghosted by a Guest - A friend confirms attendance, asks about the dress code… and never shows up.
- Mother-in-Law Cold Shoulder - One bride describes how her MIL ignored her while she walked in wearing white.
- Unexpected Plus-One - A groomsman brings a date who tries to break into the groom’s suite.
- RSVP Regret - Brides reflect on the pain of rearranging for people who backed out last minute.
- Dress Paid, Friendship Lost - A bride pays for her friend’s dress, who then stops speaking to her.
- Bridesmaid Burnout - Emotional stories from women who sacrificed time, money, and mental health for other people’s weddings.
*This conversation is for entertainment and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice. Please seek a licensed professional for your specific situation.
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(00:00):
Hey guys.
Welcome back to another episode
of, here Comes The Drama.
I'm your host, Krista Ennis, and
this is a solo episode today.
If you guys are new here or new to
listening, I do one of these every
month other than the Patreon episodes,
which is completely separate.
but I thought we'd do something a little
different this month and because we are,
seven months in of doing the podcast and
(00:21):
it's just been so much fun to create.
I thought today we would do something a
little different and highlight the top
five moments from all the episodes so far.
And I've seen podcast use before where
they share like a little snippet,
but I want you guys to feel a little
like it's still a unique episode.
Okay?
So at the very end, of course, as
always, it's gonna be a brand new story.
(00:42):
But before we get to that, I'm gonna do
top five moments with different guests
on the show and play the clip from
that episode and introduce it as to.
Why it was just such a crazy moment.
these are moments that
had our jaws dropping.
I honestly had to do some double
takes because I wasn't sure that they
actually happened, but they're insane.
(01:03):
we get some crazy stories sent to us
and this is just a thank you episode
to everyone that submits stories
who listens and shares with their
friends because it just means so much
to me that I'm able to hang out with
you guys and, do what I love here.
So.
Thank you guys.
I know it was a little bit of a
ramble, but hey, if you're used
to hearing me talk, I ramble.
(01:23):
Sometimes it's just the way it goes.
Starting off, let's do.
Some would you rather.
Wedding Chaos edition.
I'm talking bridesmaids,
brides, all that kind of stuff.
so here we go.
and I'm gonna answer just, I
dunno, I haven't read these.
We're gonna see what happens.
Would you rather your bridesmaid
shows up in a white dress or your maid
of honor roasts you in her speech?
(01:44):
I've talked about this before.
I could not have cared less if
someone at my wedding wore white.
I think white dress would be fine.
I mean, if it's not a wedding
dress, I don't really care.
People know who the bride is.
Okay.
Trip down the aisle in front
of everyone or drop the wedding
cake right before cutting it.
I think I'd rather drop the wedding
cake tripping down the aisle.
I would be mortified.
(02:04):
A cake.
You know, you kind of laugh it off.
We got other desserts.
It's fine.
Would you rather have a makeup fail
in every photo or forget to change out
of slippers and walk down the aisle?
Forget to change outta
slippers, obviously, because
that sounds really comfortable.
I myself didn't even wear, no,
I wore heels for the ceremony
only, and then I put on sneakers.
So that's how I feel about shoes.
(02:26):
I really don't care.
would you rather sit next
to your ex at the reception?
So I'm guessing it's not my own wedding.
Hopefully that'd be kind of weird.
Or let your mother-in-law
plan the seating chart.
my personal, I would love my
mother-in-law to plan the seating chart.
She's super organized.
She's great at that stuff.
so yeah, I would definitely rather
my mother-in-law be involved with
the wedding and help with that.
(02:47):
' cause she was very involved in my wedding.
She's super crafty, super organized.
So yeah, I got lucky with that one.
Okay.
Would you rather go over your budget
by $5,000 or have your outdoor
ceremony completely rained out?
This is easy for me because
it was kind of rained out.
at our venue, we had an option to
get married inside, which we loved.
(03:09):
And there was an outdoor courtyard,
so if it happened to be warmer or
nice, we could get married outside.
But we woke up and it was pretty
chilly and I think it ended up
raining during the ceremony.
we weren't really counting on it
though, because we got married at the
end of March and where I live, it's,
you never know what you're gonna get.
You could be in seventies or you could
probably, you could be in like thirties.
(03:30):
I always joke about our wedding day.
It was like every kind of season.
We woke up, it was sunny, it was
like maybe forties, then we had
some rain, we had some clouds,
and we even had some snow.
So we got all of the seasons.
okay.
Would you rather find out your
bridesmaid is proposing to her boyfriend
at your wedding or learn someone
(03:51):
secretly brought their own cake?
Probably bring their own cake.
I mean, why not?
Who cares if you bring your own cake?
I mean, people have dietary restrictions.
Maybe they wanted something that they
could enjoy gluten-free or dairy-free.
Would you rather lose your
dress in transit or your wedding
accidentally scheduled on the
same day as a major family event?
(04:11):
Ooh.
See the planner in me is like,
well, how would that happen?
Because it wouldn't be that major
if other people are RSS v ping to
the wedding that are in my family.
So I would just say
the second one, I mean.
I don't wanna lose my dress in
transit, so we're gonna go with that.
It's funny.
So I am in my closet.
If you guys don't know
this, I recorded my closet.
If you're watching the video,
(04:32):
literally a bridesmaid.
I should do a bridesmaid.
You guys, I know you can't comment,
but I have a bridesmaid robe in
here from when I was a bridesmaid.
I should show you guys maybe in a
video on social media or something.
All the stuff I have
from being in weddings.
So I talk about it all the
time, but I don't talk about
like personal stories a lot.
But I have probably three or
four, robes in my closet, guys.
(04:53):
A DHD oh my gosh.
I forgot I was doing hot takes, whatever.
Okay.
I have four, five bridesmaid robes.
I've got two bridal jean jackets.
that's a story.
That's for my wedding though.
I've got a bunch of like.
Stuff from my bachelorette party
when I was engaged and guys, I
probably have six bridesmaid dresses.
(05:14):
The weddings I were in in the beginning
of my bridesmaid career are long gone.
sorry if you guys are listening.
They're, they were dresses I would
knew I would never wear again.
I think that's probably the first three or
four bridesmaid dresses are were donated.
So.
Sorry guys, but I have a bunch of
other ones in my closet right now
that I've been telling myself I'll
(05:34):
wear again, dunno if I will or not.
We'll see.
okay.
Sorry guys.
Back to where I was.
Let me know if you guys think I should
do some kind of video on all that stuff.
I don't know.
Okay.
Would you rather have your
officiant call you the wrong name?
I read a story about that once
or your wedding video go viral
for all the wrong reasons.
Ooh, those are both like E, those Sting.
(05:55):
I would say officiant.
Call you the wrong name.
' cause with my name with Krista, I've
been called the wrong name my whole life.
I've gotten Crystal.
Christina, Chrissy, Christie.
I kinda just brush it off.
So I think I'd rather do that.
I don't want my wedding video to
go viral for the wrong reasons.
' cause I've seen that.
(06:16):
I've seen that.
And it's not fun.
It's not fun.
Okay.
last one.
Oh gosh.
Would you rather catch your best man doing
a drunken strip tease or get a text the
morning of the wedding that your DJ quit?
DJ quit.
I highly recommend DJs obviously,
but worst case scenario, if a
DJ called, quit or whatever.
(06:36):
Tons.
All my friends have great playlists
on their phone ready to go.
We got Spotify.
I know it doesn't replace the
announcement the DJ can do.
we loved our dj.
He did a great job, but worst case,
I do not want my best fan doing
a dance on the floor like that.
Okay.
Let's get into it.
I think another episode, I
wanna talk a little bit more
(06:57):
about the weddings I've been in.
I've shared little stories here and
there, but it's funny, I was thinking
about reflecting on different weddings
I've been in and I was like, I don't
really have that many of crazy stories.
I do, what I can kind of share right now.
The first wedding I was ever
in, was my sister's wedding,
and I was the maid of honor.
I was.
19 or 20 years old.
(07:17):
So that looked way different
from the last wedding I was in.
The last wedding I was in,
I was 30, how old am I now?
I'll be 35 when this episode comes out,
sharing a little detail about myself.
well, the last wedding I was in, I
was pregnant, so I was probably like
32. I was six months pregnant.
Completely different scenarios.
(07:39):
Right?
That was for, a friend of mine, my
husband's cousin actually, and I was
a matron of honor in that wedding.
Maid of honor.
Maid of honor.
So, what I can say is with the
first Wedding I was ever in.
I didn't really know
what to expect, right?
So I'm underage, I can't like plan a
crazy bachelorette, that kind of thing.
the bridal shower was at my parents'
(08:00):
house, so we kept it really small.
This was kind of before
Pinterest and all that stuff.
So it was very simple.
It was fun because it was family.
my sister had a pretty, I would
say, small wedding party, right?
My speech, I like took time.
I wrote it all out.
I made sure it sounded, you
know, very like heartfelt.
I was also in college, so there
(08:21):
was a lot going on, right.
I go to get my speech, I
wanna say I was second.
Yes.
So the best man goes before
me, had nothing planned.
He stood up and just
went on a whim and just.
Started talking.
I didn't have a clock in front
of me or a phone in front of me.
I don't know how long he talked,
but I wanna say he talked for like
(08:41):
10 minutes and no one cut him off.
And it was someone that I
think in his mind was like,
oh, I know all these things.
I'm gonna say I got three points.
I'm gonna go with it.
And then it just kept going.
So meanwhile, I'm sitting there and I'm
getting more and more nervous because
you know when you're ready to talk and
then they just keep pushing it back.
You're just like, okay, okay, I'm ready.
I'm ready.
So eventually I stood up to talk and
I had a printed piece of paper, and
(09:02):
I remember shaking the whole time.
I felt like I was giving
like a school speech.
I looked out here and there to
the audience, but most of the
time I was just like staring down.
yeah.
So then the last one, like I said,
I was six months pregnant and.
gosh,, it was a really fun wedding,
but I wish I would've asked for more
help because here I am, like on the
floor trying to move her dress and
like train behind her with my big
(09:22):
belly, and I'm on the shorter side.
So when I was pregnant, it
was like I had a big belly.
Guys, I'm not afraid to say it.
It was just really hard to move.
So I'm like trying to get
down these, in these heels.
and it was not easy.
Doing all that, but it was fun.
it was fun to be in a wedding
pregnant, however, It was
interesting going dress shopping.
(09:42):
You had to find, I guess, a certain one.
Then you try to get it fitted around it.
Right.
But as my mom says, it's way
better now than when she was
pregnant as a bridesmaid.
They just didn't have the flattering
styles to fit your pregnant
belly, I guess she would say.
But there's like eight
weddings in between all that.
So maybe one episode I'll kind of
share some highlights about each one.
They're all just different.
Every bride is so different to what
(10:04):
they need, their audience, their family.
The type of wedding I've
done very DIY weddings.
I've done something from like.
Campsite.
Like we literally were at a
campsite, not a bridesmaid.
I was just there helping, where we picked
wild flowers and it was very chill and
laid back and we could wear just like
sundresses all the way to like a super
(10:26):
expensive, fancy wedding in the city.
where we took a bus around
downtown getting photos and
that just felt so elegant.
and.
They all end up beautiful.
So I know I'm going on like a little
tangent now, but just kinda reflecting
back, okay, let's get into it.
Top five moments.
I didn't have anyone vote on these.
It just kind of based on like downloads
and then me looking at the stories
(10:48):
again and being like, oh my gosh.
Yeah, that was a insane story.
So these are like top five.
I want to hear from you guys though.
Which one of yours were like the.
Craziest.
Okay, so coming in at number five is when
Cassie Harrell Wedding Pro cast came on
for the social media screaming match here.
It's
When we announced that we were
(11:08):
engaged on Facebook, oh gosh,
everyone seemed very happy about it.
Then I started to see angry faces
and a lot of negative comments.
My mother-in-law commented saying,
how effing, the actual word,
effing dare you announce this
without asking my permission first?
not on a public facebook post
(11:30):
This is terrible.
So bad.
then it only got worse from there.
She proceeded to call me names
and tell me that I wasn't
good enough to marry her son.
Oh my gosh.
all while she was commenting, my
sister-in-law was calling and yelling
at him about how they should have
had a family meeting about allowing
a woman with kids into the family.
(11:50):
What?
I felt sick and unwanted.
That is terrible.
Family meeting.
Oh, my gosh.
Eventually we get to planning the
wedding and his mom had made it
very clear that she did not want any
part of helping plan the wedding.
We tried to include her many times, but
she would just keep saying rude things
about how my wedding didn't need to
be the center of every conversation.
(12:12):
So my husband is from a really small town
and we went there for the Fourth of July.
This was the first time I would
be meeting his dad and step
mom, his brother and sister.
Yes, the same sister that was
calling and yelling at him.
It was a good time, and they were
very interested in all the things
that we had planned for the wedding.
Okay, so it seems like some
family member was like,
this is turning around.
Yeah.
(12:32):
Maybe.
Maybe.
His dad told us that we had an
allotted amount of money to use, and
that if he needed anything beyond
that, his mom would have to help us.
the dad's ex wife.
so it was the day we went dress
shopping and because we had so many
bridesmaids, the place was a full house.
Everyone was having the best time.
Then we felt a shift in the
(12:53):
energy and my mother in law
walked in just the gray clouds.
Here we go.
She was extremely upset that no one Picked
her up to bring her to the bridal shop.
She sat down and shouted,
Let's get this thing over with.
I don't want to be here all effing day.
She seems nasty.
Yeah, why even invite her?
Like, I would be like,
(13:13):
No, you're not coming.
Cause I wouldn't even want
someone's opinions like that.
My mom looked over at her and asked her to
leave then if she didn't want to be there.
Yeah.
Then she said, She's been married
before, so I don't know why
she even needs to buy a dress.
That is terrible.
I hate that.
She could have gotten one at Goodwill.
No.
(13:33):
Okay, that is terrible.
This lady's a witch.
Yeah.
I ignored the comments and
started trying on dresses.
There wasn't a dress I tried on that
she didn't have a rude comment about.
I would be telling her
to leave at that point.
That is, yeah, that's so like unenjoyable.
I finally found the one and
loved it and it made me happy.
Later that evening at
dinner, she tells my husband.
(13:53):
I found the dress that
hides my arm flab the best.
No, this is bad.
I don't know who this
woman is, but this is bad.
This is bad.
This is like one of the
worst stories I've read.
Oh my gosh.
The night of my rehearsal, my mother
in law sat there complaining the
whole time how she had to sit at
the same table as my father in law.
She kept saying he better not talk to me.
(14:15):
Then finally my brother in law shows
up late and my mother in law demanded
that I allow my brother in law's
wife in the wedding as a bridesmaid.
Excuse me?
At the rehearsal dinner?
Okay.
She was supposed to be my bridesmaid and
then they broke up and I guess they got
back together the week of the wedding.
Surprise.
(14:36):
Okay.
They called me many times that week
and never said anything about it so
I was a little taken aback by this.
my mother in law told me that she
told her to bring the dress with
her and that she would make me
let her be in the wedding again.
Okay.
So force this girl into the wedding.
Yeah.
and make my other bridesmaids sit out.
Wait, so that's even worse.
(14:57):
Like, we're just going to
swap you right in there.
This is terrible.
Oh my gosh.
I told her I wouldn't allow my other
bridesmaid who paid money for the
dress to sit out and they would both
have to walk down the aisle together.
That didn't make her happy and she told
me to just tell my bridesmaid that we
would reimburse her for the dress and
she could sit down and enjoy herself.
I again told her absolutely not.
(15:18):
She got upset and called
me a spoiled witch.
I'm a little taken back by this woman.
all right.
That was wild.
All right.
Coming in at number four is Rebecca
Rogers and the Surprise Wedding Guest.
On the morning of my wedding, the
bridal party was getting ready
in the bridal suite the groom was
getting ready in the groom suite.
One of the groomsmen didn't
follow instructions and showed up
(15:39):
two hours late with a different
girl than who we RSVPed for.
Okay.
This, this girl had a very
strong Russian accent.
went into the groom suite and started
talking to the groom and asking questions.
For example, is this a yee-haw wedding
and will you be doing square dancing?
Okay.
(15:59):
Interesting.
I mean, I guess like switching, I get it.
Like, girl, it doesn't really
matter, but it's interesting.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Okay, go ahead.
Go ahead.
the boys kicked her out and told
her to wait somewhere else, and
she came then to the bridal suite.
She came in and started acting
faint and sat at a table demanding
(16:20):
attention from all the bridesmaids.
They were taking care of her because
they were worried and had a hard time
understanding her because of her accent.
When they turned away to finish getting
ready for the day, she ate my lunch,
the bride's lunch, the audacity.
There was no more food left until after
the ceremony, so I went to my wedding
(16:40):
hungry see I'm a big, like weddings that
I've been in and like helped coordinate.
I am big into like no one other than
the wedding party be in the room.
Like, yeah, why was she in there?
Yeah.
I feel like it's probably the
groomsmen that wasn't paying attention.
Being like, oh, just go in there.
You're fine.
You're one of the girls.
' cause I've seen that.
Yes.
(17:00):
That's what I can see that,
yeah.
okay.
I could give her the benefit of
the doubt in the groomsman suite.
I could give her the benefit
of the doubt and I'm like, ah.
She's just, you know, I think there
are such stereotypical views of
Americans in different parts of Europe.
Mm-hmm.
I can see her like
genuinely getting excited.
Is this a yha wedding?
Because like everywhere is Texas.
Yes.
People in Europe don't understand that,
(17:21):
they think cowboys, they think McDonald's.
they have very specific ideas
of what they think America is.
Yeah.
And.
Sometimes when they're like, oh my God,
am I going to be able to experience this
American thing that I only see on tv?
Like, they can get excited it can
come off as rude because I feel
like, especially in, Eastern Europe,
sometimes people are much more blunt
(17:41):
than we're used to here in the us.
which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
It's just different.
But then the going into like weddings,
wherever you go, the bride is the star.
why are you demanding
attention as a guest?
That should be common sense.
Yes.
Why are you going and bothering
people you've never met before?
Like if, right.
I can even maybe see like a, Hey, we
(18:02):
don't want you to mess up with the setup.
Stay in the groom suite.
Why are you sending her?
I can see why a man, I love men.
Some men are dumb.
Not all men.
Always a man.
Not all men, always a man.
Yeah.
Why is some man being like, yeah.
This is not babysit your girlfriend
(18:24):
time, Tinder, chick of the week.
Like she could have even been
established as a new serious girlfriend.
It's not everyone else's
job to babysit her.
That's weird.
That's strange.
Why, did you have to bring someone?
Like if she had
nowhere else to go, why did you bring her?
yeah.
Especially being a groomsman.
I feel like you've got your guys
there, you got other stuff to do.
(18:44):
All right, let's, right,
let's see what happens next?
So she goes to the wedding
hungry at that point.
Oh, wait, that's not all.
Oh my God.
Okay.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Oh my gosh.
You there was the whole story, girl.
We've got lots.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Continue.
Continue.
So Molly, okay.
Okay.
At that point, she got kicked out
and was told to wait in the ceremony
space wedding, and sues with no
(19:04):
other problems until the reception.
During the reception, the girl tries
to enter the bridal suite and the
groom suite where the wedding planner
catches her and tells her that it's
locked until after the wedding.
No one is allowed in except
for the bridal party.
Okay, good.
I'm glad the wedding party
planner is there now.
Right?
The girl on top of this Exactly.
The girl retrieved her groomsmen and they
(19:26):
tried picking the lock to the groom suite.
What, For what?
Why does she need to get in there?
Yeah.
All right, coming in.
Number three is Suzanne Lambert
and the Lake House Pantry Showdown.
My fiancé and I discussed how
upset we were with the day, okay,
(19:48):
so now, now he's around, and how
comfortable she had made things.
he was very supportive and felt
the same way two days later, he
called her to address it, telling
her that her behavior was unfair
and made everyone uncomfortable.
She exploded saying, I'm going
to change her name again?
Is this why Kelly doesn't like me?
And hung up.
She then gave us a science by right.
(20:09):
Like the, yeah, the girl
that wrote the story.
Yeah.
Okay.
huh?
what gave it away?
Like, are you
acting?
it's so funny because like
mother in law's like this.
a level of awareness.
Like, they get there, right?
They get, oh, Kelly doesn't like me,
but they don't see any of the lead
up to anything they could have done.
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They look at it as a spontaneous event.
Yeah.
and all of a sudden she didn't like me.
And it's like, are you forgetting
the a hundred things you did
before she reacted the one time
or the time that they
finally like snap back.
they're so mean.
I don't do anything wrong.
And it's like, that was like
the story I read yesterday.
I'm like, Oh my god, this victim mentality
of like, why would she say that to me?
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I'm just your mom.
I just care so much.
It's like, no, that
was not the full story.
No,
because if you cared, you, would be
like, oh my god, I hurt your feelings.
I'm so sorry about that.
that's a normal way to do.
Can you imagine like if someone called
you and was like, Hey, at our engagement
party, you made us feel bad and sad and
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whatever, like you would be horrified
because you're a normal person.
Imagine like.
that's why they don't like me?
Oh my god.
what?
I don't understand.
And, like, if she had been like, oh,
that's why she doesn't like me, that
would be like such a different thing.
Like, oh, okay.
I didn't realize how
annoying I was being noted.
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You know?
Won't do it again.
sometimes you need a little kick in the
ass to be oh, I'm like acting a weird way.
Yeah.
But that's wild.
And then to hang up, I don't
believe in hanging up the phone,
especially on your own son.
Right.
this is a long one.
I love this.
Sorry, Nellie, but I'm living for this.
This is crazy.
Okay.
She then gave us a silent
treatment for three weeks.
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I bet it was a really nice three weeks.
That sounds lovely.
That sounds like a vacation.
Yeah.
Silent treatment.
That sounds ideal.
She should do that more often
and with others in her life.
I would imagine.
That is beautiful.
Best case scenario.
I feel like in these scenarios,
just keep it going, please.
She even ignored my fiance's birthday,
which is weeks after the incident.
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Normally they every other day.
So this was very shocking
until then we had no issues.
And I thought our relationship was fine.
Her behavior was hurtful,
especially to my fiance.
Thankfully his who witnessed
everything supported us agreeing that
his mom's actions were out of line.
We had a wonder if the aunt is on the
dad's side or the mom's side, cause that
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also kind of changes things a little bit.
It's her sister.
Hopefully the aunt is going to
her being like, You're being nuts.
If it's the dad's sister,
she's like, Oh, I've seen this
from this from the beginning.
One of us wanted him to end up with her.
Like, we all wanted him to end
up with the other girl, you that
dynamic is interesting, too.
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Yeah, I know.
Like earlier at the party,
I think she said the mom's
sister or the on the mom side.
That's
worse, honestly.
your own sister being like, yeah, but
again, hope the aunt is going to the mom.
Like, if I saw my sister acting
that way, or if they saw me acting
that way, they would be the first
to be like, hey, cut it out.
Exactly.
Okay.
We had a 4th of July weekend
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planned at his family's lake house,
and she was supposed to join us.
She didn't show up until
the weekend was nearly over.
When she arrived, there was no
warm embrace, no belated birthday
wishes for her son, just coldness.
It's like, why even come?
It was incredible.
Yeah.
Awkward.
Cause she wants to have
her Real Housewives moment.
She thinks she's on Real Housewives of
Orange County, with a dramatic show up.
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Girl, no one was worried.
the silent treatment, the weekend
without you, where we're just like,
chillin eating hot dogs, waving
flags, like, it was all going really,
the vibes were high, like, yes.
yeah, she wanted to come in with the
sad music, everyone's like, oh no,
what's, wrong with Barb over there?
A fur coat.
Yeah, like, mope dramatically
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around the house.
Puffin and puffin Like, what we
would do when we were like, sleeping.
Seven and like our parents made
chicken for dinner and we didn't want
chicken that's what she's she wanted
spaghetti She didn't want chicken.
So now she's making it everyone's problem.
Yeah.
Oh my god.
So true my fiance I decided
we needed to address this.
He pulled her aside in the pantry
while I stayed around the corner
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I love, like, the sour
cream and onion chips
listening in,
you know?
That seemed like the best
spot.
Funny
setting conversation.
I love that she added that in.
Yeah, the pantry,
it really sets the scene.
It's like, this is dire.
This is a dire situation.
That was the quickest spot.
He started by saying we wanted to
resolve things, but she exploded again.
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She accused us of keeping the
wedding a secret because we
wouldn't share the venue address.
A narrative she created.
She claimed I had promised to send it to
her and didn't, saying she didn't do shit.
At that point, I stepped in the
conversation and said, Well,
it's my turn to enter now!
Okay.
And just a little note, guys, that was the
one we did the follow-up episode where the
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original person that sent in that story
came on and shared her site even more.
So if you're looking for some more
detail on that, check out that episode.
And number two was with Saron
oba, the Las Vegas letdown.
Two days later, I made a Facebook
post about the wedding and
saw that my mother in law had
untagged me from her earlier post.
When my husband asked why, she
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said, it was a post only for you.
Ew.
Do you wanna fuck your son?
Like, what is going on here?
Why?
I'm sorry, curse here?
Yeah, you're fine.
I'm a
little late to ask that question, but.
Redo!
No.
Yeah, it'll be fine.
I don't know.
That is, yeah, why?
I don't get these mother in laws that
hate their daughter in laws so much
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that they don't care what they say,
like no one's good enough for their son.
I don't, know what it is.
It's enmeshment.
I think that's the word.
no, it's emotionally incest, even worse.
Yes.
No, that's creepy as hell.
Right.
once you meet this psycho
mother in law, right?
and you see that this man sees nothing
wrong with their relationship and kind
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of encourages it and won't ask her.
How are you still attracted to this
man that might want to fuck his mom?
Like, how do you not get the
ick immediately and run away
from, like, self preservation?
Yeah, cause my thing is, this
is not the first time something
like this has happened.
She had of given signs before
they got engaged, or when they
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first met, I'm thinking, like,
first dinner at a parent's house.
Every girlfriend
had a book before
him, before her.
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
Yeah, like, what were the signs before?
Yeah, because it wasn't like, oh, they're
engaged now, they're serious, now my
real, like, craziness is gonna come out.
Like, I feel like she had to have
treated her poorly before this.
Right.
And the sister in law is also a as well.
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Yeah, what's the deal with that?
Okay, three days after the wedding, she
texted my husband saying she wanted to
talk about my behavior at the wedding.
What?
He told her he wouldn't have
that conversation without
me there, and she refused.
A few days later, she blocked me on
social media and deleted my husband?
So what her behavior was like having
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boundaries and like, No, expecting her
parents to be able to
sit in the front row.
Yeah.
And not allowing the friend of
a co worker of her neighbor's
nephew to come last minute.
Those were the things.
Right.
Those were the things.
Those are really harsh to have.
I mean, maybe blocking on social
media and deleting the husband is
like the best thing, because then you
guys can't see her on social media.
I wouldn't have said a thing
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about that.
I would have
said,
great.
I'm like, awesome.
Yeah, you saved it.
saved me from doing it.
When I tried reaching out,
she called my husband crying.
Here we go.
The victim saying she'd been crying
every day because of how I treated her
when he defended me like a good, she
hung up because she realizes he gone.
he's not backing you
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up anymore, crazy mom.
He is now
someone else's husband.
Not yours.
Yeah.
Not yours.
Finally, my husband texted her
saying she had two options.
Have a conversation or lose him.
She replied, I guess I won't
be seeing you anymore then.
I mean, I would say hallelujah.
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I would be like, I'm so sorry, babe.
Yeah.
It'll be like, we'll, we'll get this.
It's just trying to keep my face straight.
Okay.
I know.
I feel like the petty in me, I'd text
her, I'd be like, well, have a great life.
Best of luck.
Yeah.
Honestly, I'm relieved, you know, and
I really hope they don't contact her.
And I hope it's just like left that way
because like we were saying, this mother
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in law would make her life a living hell.
number one for the craziest wedding story
I ever read on a podcast episode was
with Pile Desai wedding brawl disaster.
My sister and I were always super
close to our cousin and his sister.
When he got engaged to his first wife,
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they invited my sister, his sister,
and me to be a part of their wedding.
We happily accepted during the planning.
They asked my boyfriend at the time to
be a DJ for the wedding, and he accepted.
We were getting everything set up for him.
We had to travel out of state for
this while also getting our dresses.
During the time his sister announced her
pregnancy, his fiancé did not like that,
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and then kicked her out of the wedding.
Wait, what?
So their cousin The girl cousin?
Yeah Announced
Her pregnancy.
And the fiancé kicked her
out of the wedding for that.
Oh, wow.
That's awful.
Fast forward to the wedding and reception.
The ceremony went well, but the
reception was a complete disaster.
Her parents went through the
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wedding gifts and cards to pay
my boyfriend for his DJ services.
Oh my
God,
that's so
Tacky That's so, this is why, and
I've said this before, it's like
when you hire friends, they're
looking for like a little discount?
Mm-hmm.
Or they just not as, I
don't know, professional.
I don't think like friends
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and business ever mix, No.
No, they don't.
That's a no for me.
You need extra like contracts in place
or to really make sure it's someone
that you want to work with, but most
of the time it's like, yeah, no,
it just gets mucky.
It gets mucky, and then you're
trying to go through cards to pay.
Dj,
the number of stories that I've
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read about people hiring friends
for photographers and vice versa.
Mm-hmm.
And then they ended up with no photos
or they ended up with crappy photos
'cause it was someone just starting out.
Like, no, we're not doing that.
Guys.
well, and with a friendship
or even like with family, like
a falling out could occur.
And so why would you if it's a
professional and it, you don't have
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like a relation to that person.
There's a contract and you abide by that.
But a lot of times if you're working
with a friend, like you may forego
the contract 'cause it's like, oh, we
don't have to make it all official.
Like you'll just do it for me.
there was a lot of animosity between
her family and ours the entire night.
If my family was ever on the
dance floor, which was most of
the night, her family stayed away.
What is the deal?
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Also, I feel like if something like
that happened where they kicked out
someone for announcing a pregnancy, I
would already be like, this is weird.
Like, I don't know.
Especially like it's his sister
being kicked out of the wedding.
Yeah, when
you pick up your family and be
like, why are you kicking my sister
out for announcing a pregnancy?
do you think that there's like
an obligation to, including
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like your husband's female?
Uh, family members in the wedding party.
'cause I don't think, there is no, like,
if you don't have a closeness with them,
like you should not feel obligated.
'cause I feel like when you do, this
is the kind of stuff that happens.
Whereas if you're just like, Hey,
I'm marrying into your family,
you're marrying and into my family.
Let relationships happen like organically
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and over time people become close or they
don't, but like, just including them for
optics is kind of a problem, I think.
Yeah.
As the night went on, my boyfriend
played our family song and
everyone was having a great time.
Out of the corner of my eye, I
saw someone shove my grandfather.
Okay, what's going on here?
After that, all hell broke.
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Loose fights erupted all
over the hall, tables broke,
and there was blood everywhere.
What?
That's awful.
Wait.
That escalated so fast.
I'm like, what happened?
Like, so I feel like there is like a piece
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of this story missing where there was
some like conflict or tension that is not
being shared because there's no way that.
It went from like kicking somebody
out of the wedding and then
everyone's angry at each other.
Two sides, of the family are
not interacting, engaging.
Dancing together, celebrating, and then
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all of a sudden it's like a, a bloodbath.
What?
Yes.
No, I'm like
picturing it like, um, like Romeo
and Juliet right now, or like
the two sides are like battling.
Um, and it started off very innocent.
Like, hey, like they, they like chose
the wedding party, we're all in it,
we're excited, and then boom, like.
I don't know what the heck.
(33:12):
This is insane.
It says the bride's mom got
into my face for no reason.
Mind you, I was only 18 at the time.
She went to shove me,
but I was pulled away.
Why are people just shoving people here?
what is happening?
Someone threw my mom to the floor
and broke my boyfriend's custom
built speakers, like, oh, no.
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Someone threw your mom to the floor,
pushed your grandfather, like this is
the most violent story I've ever read.
Yeah, Okay, wait, there's
a little bit more.
it says the state police arrived.
It turned out, the bride's parents had
told my cousin his new wife to leave the
reception before e everything escalated.
So they had no idea what was going on.
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Okay.
So like I said, those
are some crazy stories.
If you did not hear the full stories
of those, go back and check 'em out.
We're gonna put the links to the
full episodes in the show notes.
You guys can check them all out.
But I'm so curious to hear what you
guys thought were the craziest episodes.
Tell me on social media, DM me.
Post it in my Patreon,
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whatever suits you best.
and as I promised, we are gonna do
an exclusive story because I just
couldn't fathom the idea of sharing a
new episode without a new story in it.
I know the whole point of sharing
some highlight episodes is so I
can like take a week off, but I
just felt weird about doing that.
Okay, here we go.
So why her sister-in-law?
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Why would they come after her?
Mind you, I had no intention
of doing it that way.
I had just been confirmed Catholic
and everyone else in the family had
already been raised in the church.
This all happened before
her bridal shower, which of
course became another issue.
The bride and groom had planned for
everyone at the shower to head over to
the bride's parents' house afterward
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for a small after party, just a
casual thing, maybe 30 plus people.
The groom's mom shut it down immediately.
No, we are going to my brother's
house after you two or just
the groom need to be there.
What, why are they so upset about it
being at the bride's parents' house?
This is another one where it's like the
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parents are competing with each other
because of some hidden reason, right?
Like there's a just story I just
read where it's about money.
There's another story where I have
read where one felt like the other
one had more control, but they
won't just come out and say it.
It's also hard when it's
not your wedding, right?
So.
Depending on their relationship with
their son, maybe he's not relaying
(35:37):
all information to them, so when
they're feeling left out, I don't know.
It's hard.
I've never been in that position, so I
don't know what that could feel like.
The groom replied, we live 20
minutes away and they've never
even invited us over before.
The bride's parents have been planning
this after party for over a month.
Okay, so what ended up happening?
My fiance, me the groom and his
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dad all went to the uncle's house.
Meanwhile, the groom's sister and
mom went to the bride's parents'
party and were confused and upset
when the rest weren't there.
Wait, I'm so confused by this
story, so you're telling me.
Last minute just because
his parents demanded it.
They ended up going to the uncle's house,
(36:20):
but the groom's sister and mom
went to the bride's parents' house.
That's so weird.
Why would they do that?
Okay.
Sometimes reacting in real time
is hard because I'm still piecing
like the puzzle pieces together.
I'm only like getting part
of the story too sometimes.
so that's my first reaction.
What the heck is happening here?
(36:41):
Okay.
Fast forward to now, the groom's parents
are insisting on using their PTO to come
visit, even though the couple explained
that they had used their PTO for the year.
Between their own wedding, honeymoon,
other family weddings, and my wedding.
So
they're talking about events
that are coming up still.
So the person that wrote
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this is currently engaged.
There's a bride and groom's wedding
that's coming up, and the groom's
parents are the ones that are kind
of causing an issue in all of this.
Don't like the wedding invitation.
Something on there offended them
Probably because I think it's like the
bride's family is introduced, right?
And it's like the daughter of so
and so is getting married too.
(37:22):
Right?
So they were offended 'cause they're
not like the main name on it.
then they're mad because they want
everyone to go to their house after
there was a plan for over a month.
But it's just weird that part of
the family decided to go, okay.
Still, the groom's parents were
offended saying they felt unimportant
and never got to see their son.
Keep in mind, they live three hours away.
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The groom manages a PT clinic.
the bride is in law school working at
a firm, and their schedules are packed.
That's hard when you
live three hours away.
That's really hard.
I don't know if the parents are working
as well or if maybe they're retired.
That's probably a little bit
easier for them to go to them.
However, not something you
really have to plan for.
I know like my parents live
just about an hour away from me,
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so we have to make an effort.
Like we have busy schedules,
but you have to make it work.
However, we don't know this relationship.
We don't know if he wants to
make it work or, I don't know.
Three hours is a lot.
Maybe they can do a zoom call.
but the groom's parents still try
to force FaceTime calls at random
times that don't work for them.
Now, week of the wedding, the
groom's parents are insisting the
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dad give a speech at the reception.
Oh, you knowgo.
You guys know how I feel about
someone insisting a speech.
Traditionally, the groom's family
can give a speech at, the rehearsal.
I've seen that many times.
Not always.
And then typically it's like the bride's
dad or family does it at the wedding.
I'm all for throwing
traditions out the window.
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You don't have to stick
to your Traditions.
But insisting, I don't know.
It's hard.
'cause I feel like there's
like a lot of heart.
It sounds like there's a
lot of communication error.
The groom's parents miss their
son, they wanna see him, they feel.
Being pulled away.
However, they're just going
about it the wrong way.
and I just never feel like you should
insist, like, Hey, he needs to speak.
Maybe he's gonna say
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something inappropriate.
Maybe he doesn't know his son
well enough to speak about him.
Maybe he doesn't know the relationship.
Maybe he doesn't support
the bride and groom.
So if you are personally not asked
by the bride and groom, don't
say you're gonna give a speech.
I've seen it happen so many times where.
Someone that wasn't supposed to give
a speech stands up and gives a speech.
Someone tells the bride and
groom, Hey, I'm giving a speech.
And sometimes they work out great, but
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I feel like a lot of times the bride
and groom's then pushed into a corner.
So they say yes when they
don't really want to.
okay.
The bride explained that the dad
already had a planned speech at
the spot, at the rehearsal dinner.
So here we go.
Since there were already two maid of
honor speeches, a best man speech,
a short message from the priest and
her dad's speech at the reception.
So kind of like what I
(39:49):
was just talking about.
So they were like, Hey, you can
absolutely speak, but we've reserved
it for the rehearsal dinner,
the groom's mom responded with.
So no one's going to hear
the groom's dad speech.
Mind you, there'll be almost 70 people
at the rehearsal dinner, and they're
mostly from the groom's side of the guest
list anyway, so we'll see what happens.
(40:09):
And yes, I'll send another story.
If anything wild goes down this weekend.
Oh my gosh.
I kind of wanna quickly see if
this person sent me another story.
Okay.
They haven't yet, so we'll have to
do a follow up and see what happened.
I wanna get my feedback though
on this, or my comment on this.
(40:29):
If you really care about your son and
you're really excited about giving
a speech, it's gonna be for your
son and your future daughter-in-law.
It's not gonna be for everybody else.
And if you're pushing more like, oh,
well, no one's gonna hear my speech.
Your son is gonna hear your speech, the
person that it really matters about, and
there's still gonna be 70 people there.
I guess not the main setup, but if
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someone asked me to do a speech at
the rehearsal, I would be honored.
I'd be like, that means so much to me.
so again, I'm reading this as
there's a lot of hurt going on.
There's a lot of miscommunication.
And, they're not really
going about it the right way.
It also sounds to me like
the bride and groom probably
aren't making it a priority.
I mean, they live three hours away.
They seem to be kind
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of living their lives.
and again, I'm only getting this
much detail, so I don't know what
went on or if they've always just
been closer to the brides family.
And that's hard.
That's hard when.
One set of parent is closer to the
bride and groom, or the couple,
because the other one sees them kind
of like, dwindling away or they kind
of feel like they're being pushed out.
But, there's a lot going
(41:32):
on here is what I'm saying.
Alright, well that's pretty wild.
I am gonna reach out to this person
and see if there's a part to the story.
They sent it a month ago,
so it happened a month ago.
We'll see if anything wild happened
during the wedding weekend.
I would hope the groom's dad just
accepts it and just gives the
speech at the, rehearsal dinner.
Who knows.
(41:53):
I don't know.
I've seen it.
Like I said, I've talked
about this before.
I've seen it before where
people push to give a speech,
and it doesn't always go great.
All right guys.
Well that's all I have this week.
Thanks for hanging out with me again.
This was just a very special episode to
kind of reflect on everything so far.
It's been so much fun to create
this for you guys and just hang out.
(42:14):
The stories I get are wild, and it's
just fun to kind of react with you guys.
if you guys don't follow me on YouTube,
YouTube's where I put the longer
content, I don't really talk about
that a lot on here, but obviously I
do the skits, and I do some one-off
reading on, TikTok and, Facebook,
Instagram, but YouTube every single
week I do release a long form video.
(42:35):
and I say long form where it's, it's
like 10 minutes, but I do read other
story submissions there as well.
So if you can't get enough, we
got more there and I got more on
my Patreon once a month as well.
So thanks for hanging out with me
and I will see you guys next time.
Bye now.
Hey guys.
Welcome back to another episode
of, here Comes The Drama.
I'm your host, Krista Ennis, and
this is a solo episode today.
If you guys are new here or new to
listening, I do one of these every
month other than the Patreon episodes,
which is completely separate.
but I thought we'd do something a little
different this month and because we are,
seven months in of doing the podcast and
(00:21):
it's just been so much fun to create.
I thought today we would do something a
little different and highlight the top
five moments from all the episodes so far.
And I've seen podcast use before where
they share like a little snippet,
but I want you guys to feel a little
like it's still a unique episode.
Okay?
So at the very end, of course, as
always, it's gonna be a brand new story.
(00:42):
But before we get to that, I'm gonna do
top five moments with different guests
on the show and play the clip from
that episode and introduce it as to.
Why it was just such a crazy moment.
these are moments that
had our jaws dropping.
I honestly had to do some double
takes because I wasn't sure that they
actually happened, but they're insane.
(01:03):
we get some crazy stories sent to us
and this is just a thank you episode
to everyone that submits stories
who listens and shares with their
friends because it just means so much
to me that I'm able to hang out with
you guys and, do what I love here.
So.
Thank you guys.
I know it was a little bit of a
ramble, but hey, if you're used
to hearing me talk, I ramble.
(01:23):
Sometimes it's just the way it goes.
Starting off, let's do.
Some would you rather.
Wedding Chaos edition.
I'm talking bridesmaids,
brides, all that kind of stuff.
so here we go.
and I'm gonna answer just, I
dunno, I haven't read these.
We're gonna see what happens.
Would you rather your bridesmaid
shows up in a white dress or your maid
of honor roasts you in her speech?
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I've talked about this before.
I could not have cared less if
someone at my wedding wore white.
I think white dress would be fine.
I mean, if it's not a wedding
dress, I don't really care.
People know who the bride is.
Okay.
Trip down the aisle in front
of everyone or drop the wedding
cake right before cutting it.
I think I'd rather drop the wedding
cake tripping down the aisle.
I would be mortified.
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A cake.
You know, you kind of laugh it off.
We got other desserts.
It's fine.
Would you rather have a makeup fail
in every photo or forget to change out
of slippers and walk down the aisle?
Forget to change outta
slippers, obviously, because
that sounds really comfortable.
I myself didn't even wear, no,
I wore heels for the ceremony
only, and then I put on sneakers.
So that's how I feel about shoes.
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I really don't care.
would you rather sit next
to your ex at the reception?
So I'm guessing it's not my own wedding.
Hopefully that'd be kind of weird.
Or let your mother-in-law
plan the seating chart.
my personal, I would love my
mother-in-law to plan the seating chart.
She's super organized.
She's great at that stuff.
so yeah, I would definitely rather
my mother-in-law be involved with
the wedding and help with that.
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' cause she was very involved in my wedding.
She's super crafty, super organized.
So yeah, I got lucky with that one.
Okay.
Would you rather go over your budget
by $5,000 or have your outdoor
ceremony completely rained out?
This is easy for me because
it was kind of rained out.
at our venue, we had an option to
get married inside, which we loved.
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And there was an outdoor courtyard,
so if it happened to be warmer or
nice, we could get married outside.
But we woke up and it was pretty
chilly and I think it ended up
raining during the ceremony.
we weren't really counting on it
though, because we got married at the
end of March and where I live, it's,
you never know what you're gonna get.
You could be in seventies or you could
probably, you could be in like thirties.
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I always joke about our wedding day.
It was like every kind of season.
We woke up, it was sunny, it was
like maybe forties, then we had
some rain, we had some clouds,
and we even had some snow.
So we got all of the seasons.
okay.
Would you rather find out your
bridesmaid is proposing to her boyfriend
at your wedding or learn someone
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secretly brought their own cake?
Probably bring their own cake.
I mean, why not?
Who cares if you bring your own cake?
I mean, people have dietary restrictions.
Maybe they wanted something that they
could enjoy gluten-free or dairy-free.
Would you rather lose your
dress in transit or your wedding
accidentally scheduled on the
same day as a major family event?
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Ooh.
See the planner in me is like,
well, how would that happen?
Because it wouldn't be that major
if other people are RSS v ping to
the wedding that are in my family.
So I would just say
the second one, I mean.
I don't wanna lose my dress in
transit, so we're gonna go with that.
It's funny.
So I am in my closet.
If you guys don't know
this, I recorded my closet.
If you're watching the video,
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literally a bridesmaid.
I should do a bridesmaid.
You guys, I know you can't comment,
but I have a bridesmaid robe in
here from when I was a bridesmaid.
I should show you guys maybe in a
video on social media or something.
All the stuff I have
from being in weddings.
So I talk about it all the
time, but I don't talk about
like personal stories a lot.
But I have probably three or
four, robes in my closet, guys.
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A DHD oh my gosh.
I forgot I was doing hot takes, whatever.
Okay.
I have four, five bridesmaid robes.
I've got two bridal jean jackets.
that's a story.
That's for my wedding though.
I've got a bunch of like.
Stuff from my bachelorette party
when I was engaged and guys, I
probably have six bridesmaid dresses.
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The weddings I were in in the beginning
of my bridesmaid career are long gone.
sorry if you guys are listening.
They're, they were dresses I would
knew I would never wear again.
I think that's probably the first three or
four bridesmaid dresses are were donated.
So.
Sorry guys, but I have a bunch of
other ones in my closet right now
that I've been telling myself I'll
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wear again, dunno if I will or not.
We'll see.
okay.
Sorry guys.
Back to where I was.
Let me know if you guys think I should
do some kind of video on all that stuff.
I don't know.
Okay.
Would you rather have your
officiant call you the wrong name?
I read a story about that once
or your wedding video go viral
for all the wrong reasons.
Ooh, those are both like E, those Sting.
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I would say officiant.
Call you the wrong name.
' cause with my name with Krista, I've
been called the wrong name my whole life.
I've gotten Crystal.
Christina, Chrissy, Christie.
I kinda just brush it off.
So I think I'd rather do that.
I don't want my wedding video to
go viral for the wrong reasons.
' cause I've seen that.
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I've seen that.
And it's not fun.
It's not fun.
Okay.
last one.
Oh gosh.
Would you rather catch your best man doing
a drunken strip tease or get a text the
morning of the wedding that your DJ quit?
DJ quit.
I highly recommend DJs obviously,
but worst case scenario, if a
DJ called, quit or whatever.
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Tons.
All my friends have great playlists
on their phone ready to go.
We got Spotify.
I know it doesn't replace the
announcement the DJ can do.
we loved our dj.
He did a great job, but worst case,
I do not want my best fan doing
a dance on the floor like that.
Okay.
Let's get into it.
I think another episode, I
wanna talk a little bit more
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about the weddings I've been in.
I've shared little stories here and
there, but it's funny, I was thinking
about reflecting on different weddings
I've been in and I was like, I don't
really have that many of crazy stories.
I do, what I can kind of share right now.
The first wedding I was ever
in, was my sister's wedding,
and I was the maid of honor.
I was.
19 or 20 years old.
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So that looked way different
from the last wedding I was in.
The last wedding I was in,
I was 30, how old am I now?
I'll be 35 when this episode comes out,
sharing a little detail about myself.
well, the last wedding I was in, I
was pregnant, so I was probably like
32. I was six months pregnant.
Completely different scenarios.
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Right?
That was for, a friend of mine, my
husband's cousin actually, and I was
a matron of honor in that wedding.
Maid of honor.
Maid of honor.
So, what I can say is with the
first Wedding I was ever in.
I didn't really know
what to expect, right?
So I'm underage, I can't like plan a
crazy bachelorette, that kind of thing.
the bridal shower was at my parents'
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house, so we kept it really small.
This was kind of before
Pinterest and all that stuff.
So it was very simple.
It was fun because it was family.
my sister had a pretty, I would
say, small wedding party, right?
My speech, I like took time.
I wrote it all out.
I made sure it sounded, you
know, very like heartfelt.
I was also in college, so there
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was a lot going on, right.
I go to get my speech, I
wanna say I was second.
Yes.
So the best man goes before
me, had nothing planned.
He stood up and just
went on a whim and just.
Started talking.
I didn't have a clock in front
of me or a phone in front of me.
I don't know how long he talked,
but I wanna say he talked for like
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10 minutes and no one cut him off.
And it was someone that I
think in his mind was like,
oh, I know all these things.
I'm gonna say I got three points.
I'm gonna go with it.
And then it just kept going.
So meanwhile, I'm sitting there and I'm
getting more and more nervous because
you know when you're ready to talk and
then they just keep pushing it back.
You're just like, okay, okay, I'm ready.
I'm ready.
So eventually I stood up to talk and
I had a printed piece of paper, and
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I remember shaking the whole time.
I felt like I was giving
like a school speech.
I looked out here and there to
the audience, but most of the
time I was just like staring down.
yeah.
So then the last one, like I said,
I was six months pregnant and.
gosh,, it was a really fun wedding,
but I wish I would've asked for more
help because here I am, like on the
floor trying to move her dress and
like train behind her with my big
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belly, and I'm on the shorter side.
So when I was pregnant, it
was like I had a big belly.
Guys, I'm not afraid to say it.
It was just really hard to move.
So I'm like trying to get
down these, in these heels.
and it was not easy.
Doing all that, but it was fun.
it was fun to be in a wedding
pregnant, however, It was
interesting going dress shopping.
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You had to find, I guess, a certain one.
Then you try to get it fitted around it.
Right.
But as my mom says, it's way
better now than when she was
pregnant as a bridesmaid.
They just didn't have the flattering
styles to fit your pregnant
belly, I guess she would say.
But there's like eight
weddings in between all that.
So maybe one episode I'll kind of
share some highlights about each one.
They're all just different.
Every bride is so different to what
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they need, their audience, their family.
The type of wedding I've
done very DIY weddings.
I've done something from like.
Campsite.
Like we literally were at a
campsite, not a bridesmaid.
I was just there helping, where we picked
wild flowers and it was very chill and
laid back and we could wear just like
sundresses all the way to like a super
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expensive, fancy wedding in the city.
where we took a bus around
downtown getting photos and
that just felt so elegant.
and.
They all end up beautiful.
So I know I'm going on like a little
tangent now, but just kinda reflecting
back, okay, let's get into it.
Top five moments.
I didn't have anyone vote on these.
It just kind of based on like downloads
and then me looking at the stories
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again and being like, oh my gosh.
Yeah, that was a insane story.
So these are like top five.
I want to hear from you guys though.
Which one of yours were like the.
Craziest.
Okay, so coming in at number five is when
Cassie Harrell Wedding Pro cast came on
for the social media screaming match here.
It's
When we announced that we were
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engaged on Facebook, oh gosh,
everyone seemed very happy about it.
Then I started to see angry faces
and a lot of negative comments.
My mother-in-law commented saying,
how effing, the actual word,
effing dare you announce this
without asking my permission first?
not on a public facebook post
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This is terrible.
So bad.
then it only got worse from there.
She proceeded to call me names
and tell me that I wasn't
good enough to marry her son.
Oh my gosh.
all while she was commenting, my
sister-in-law was calling and yelling
at him about how they should have
had a family meeting about allowing
a woman with kids into the family.
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What?
I felt sick and unwanted.
That is terrible.
Family meeting.
Oh, my gosh.
Eventually we get to planning the
wedding and his mom had made it
very clear that she did not want any
part of helping plan the wedding.
We tried to include her many times, but
she would just keep saying rude things
about how my wedding didn't need to
be the center of every conversation.
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So my husband is from a really small town
and we went there for the Fourth of July.
This was the first time I would
be meeting his dad and step
mom, his brother and sister.
Yes, the same sister that was
calling and yelling at him.
It was a good time, and they were
very interested in all the things
that we had planned for the wedding.
Okay, so it seems like some
family member was like,
this is turning around.
Yeah.
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Maybe.
Maybe.
His dad told us that we had an
allotted amount of money to use, and
that if he needed anything beyond
that, his mom would have to help us.
the dad's ex wife.
so it was the day we went dress
shopping and because we had so many
bridesmaids, the place was a full house.
Everyone was having the best time.
Then we felt a shift in the
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energy and my mother in law
walked in just the gray clouds.
Here we go.
She was extremely upset that no one Picked
her up to bring her to the bridal shop.
She sat down and shouted,
Let's get this thing over with.
I don't want to be here all effing day.
She seems nasty.
Yeah, why even invite her?
Like, I would be like,
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No, you're not coming.
Cause I wouldn't even want
someone's opinions like that.
My mom looked over at her and asked her to
leave then if she didn't want to be there.
Yeah.
Then she said, She's been married
before, so I don't know why
she even needs to buy a dress.
That is terrible.
I hate that.
She could have gotten one at Goodwill.
No.
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Okay, that is terrible.
This lady's a witch.
Yeah.
I ignored the comments and
started trying on dresses.
There wasn't a dress I tried on that
she didn't have a rude comment about.
I would be telling her
to leave at that point.
That is, yeah, that's so like unenjoyable.
I finally found the one and
loved it and it made me happy.
Later that evening at
dinner, she tells my husband.
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I found the dress that
hides my arm flab the best.
No, this is bad.
I don't know who this
woman is, but this is bad.
This is bad.
This is like one of the
worst stories I've read.
Oh my gosh.
The night of my rehearsal, my mother
in law sat there complaining the
whole time how she had to sit at
the same table as my father in law.
She kept saying he better not talk to me.
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Then finally my brother in law shows
up late and my mother in law demanded
that I allow my brother in law's
wife in the wedding as a bridesmaid.
Excuse me?
At the rehearsal dinner?
Okay.
She was supposed to be my bridesmaid and
then they broke up and I guess they got
back together the week of the wedding.
Surprise.
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Okay.
They called me many times that week
and never said anything about it so
I was a little taken aback by this.
my mother in law told me that she
told her to bring the dress with
her and that she would make me
let her be in the wedding again.
Okay.
So force this girl into the wedding.
Yeah.
and make my other bridesmaids sit out.
Wait, so that's even worse.
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Like, we're just going to
swap you right in there.
This is terrible.
Oh my gosh.
I told her I wouldn't allow my other
bridesmaid who paid money for the
dress to sit out and they would both
have to walk down the aisle together.
That didn't make her happy and she told
me to just tell my bridesmaid that we
would reimburse her for the dress and
she could sit down and enjoy herself.
I again told her absolutely not.
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She got upset and called
me a spoiled witch.
I'm a little taken back by this woman.
all right.
That was wild.
All right.
Coming in at number four is Rebecca
Rogers and the Surprise Wedding Guest.
On the morning of my wedding, the
bridal party was getting ready
in the bridal suite the groom was
getting ready in the groom suite.
One of the groomsmen didn't
follow instructions and showed up
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two hours late with a different
girl than who we RSVPed for.
Okay.
This, this girl had a very
strong Russian accent.
went into the groom suite and started
talking to the groom and asking questions.
For example, is this a yee-haw wedding
and will you be doing square dancing?
Okay.
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Interesting.
I mean, I guess like switching, I get it.
Like, girl, it doesn't really
matter, but it's interesting.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Okay, go ahead.
Go ahead.
the boys kicked her out and told
her to wait somewhere else, and
she came then to the bridal suite.
She came in and started acting
faint and sat at a table demanding
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attention from all the bridesmaids.
They were taking care of her because
they were worried and had a hard time
understanding her because of her accent.
When they turned away to finish getting
ready for the day, she ate my lunch,
the bride's lunch, the audacity.
There was no more food left until after
the ceremony, so I went to my wedding
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hungry see I'm a big, like weddings that
I've been in and like helped coordinate.
I am big into like no one other than
the wedding party be in the room.
Like, yeah, why was she in there?
Yeah.
I feel like it's probably the
groomsmen that wasn't paying attention.
Being like, oh, just go in there.
You're fine.
You're one of the girls.
' cause I've seen that.
Yes.
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That's what I can see that,
yeah.
okay.
I could give her the benefit of
the doubt in the groomsman suite.
I could give her the benefit
of the doubt and I'm like, ah.
She's just, you know, I think there
are such stereotypical views of
Americans in different parts of Europe.
Mm-hmm.
I can see her like
genuinely getting excited.
Is this a yha wedding?
Because like everywhere is Texas.
Yes.
People in Europe don't understand that,
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they think cowboys, they think McDonald's.
they have very specific ideas
of what they think America is.
Yeah.
And.
Sometimes when they're like, oh my God,
am I going to be able to experience this
American thing that I only see on tv?
Like, they can get excited it can
come off as rude because I feel
like, especially in, Eastern Europe,
sometimes people are much more blunt
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than we're used to here in the us.
which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
It's just different.
But then the going into like weddings,
wherever you go, the bride is the star.
why are you demanding
attention as a guest?
That should be common sense.
Yes.
Why are you going and bothering
people you've never met before?
Like if, right.
I can even maybe see like a, Hey, we
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don't want you to mess up with the setup.
Stay in the groom suite.
Why are you sending her?
I can see why a man, I love men.
Some men are dumb.
Not all men.
Always a man.
Not all men, always a man.
Yeah.
Why is some man being like, yeah.
This is not babysit your girlfriend
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time, Tinder, chick of the week.
Like she could have even been
established as a new serious girlfriend.
It's not everyone else's
job to babysit her.
That's weird.
That's strange.
Why, did you have to bring someone?
Like if she had
nowhere else to go, why did you bring her?
yeah.
Especially being a groomsman.
I feel like you've got your guys
there, you got other stuff to do.
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All right, let's, right,
let's see what happens next?
So she goes to the wedding
hungry at that point.
Oh, wait, that's not all.
Oh my God.
Okay.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Oh my gosh.
You there was the whole story, girl.
We've got lots.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Continue.
Continue.
So Molly, okay.
Okay.
At that point, she got kicked out
and was told to wait in the ceremony
space wedding, and sues with no
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other problems until the reception.
During the reception, the girl tries
to enter the bridal suite and the
groom suite where the wedding planner
catches her and tells her that it's
locked until after the wedding.
No one is allowed in except
for the bridal party.
Okay, good.
I'm glad the wedding party
planner is there now.
Right?
The girl on top of this Exactly.
The girl retrieved her groomsmen and they
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tried picking the lock to the groom suite.
What, For what?
Why does she need to get in there?
Yeah.
All right, coming in.
Number three is Suzanne Lambert
and the Lake House Pantry Showdown.
My fiancé and I discussed how
upset we were with the day, okay,
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so now, now he's around, and how
comfortable she had made things.
he was very supportive and felt
the same way two days later, he
called her to address it, telling
her that her behavior was unfair
and made everyone uncomfortable.
She exploded saying, I'm going
to change her name again?
Is this why Kelly doesn't like me?
And hung up.
She then gave us a science by right.
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Like the, yeah, the girl
that wrote the story.
Yeah.
Okay.
huh?
what gave it away?
Like, are you
acting?
it's so funny because like
mother in law's like this.
a level of awareness.
Like, they get there, right?
They get, oh, Kelly doesn't like me,
but they don't see any of the lead
up to anything they could have done.
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They look at it as a spontaneous event.
Yeah.
and all of a sudden she didn't like me.
And it's like, are you forgetting
the a hundred things you did
before she reacted the one time
or the time that they
finally like snap back.
they're so mean.
I don't do anything wrong.
And it's like, that was like
the story I read yesterday.
I'm like, Oh my god, this victim mentality
of like, why would she say that to me?
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I'm just your mom.
I just care so much.
It's like, no, that
was not the full story.
No,
because if you cared, you, would be
like, oh my god, I hurt your feelings.
I'm so sorry about that.
that's a normal way to do.
Can you imagine like if someone called
you and was like, Hey, at our engagement
party, you made us feel bad and sad and
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whatever, like you would be horrified
because you're a normal person.
Imagine like.
that's why they don't like me?
Oh my god.
what?
I don't understand.
And, like, if she had been like, oh,
that's why she doesn't like me, that
would be like such a different thing.
Like, oh, okay.
I didn't realize how
annoying I was being noted.
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You know?
Won't do it again.
sometimes you need a little kick in the
ass to be oh, I'm like acting a weird way.
Yeah.
But that's wild.
And then to hang up, I don't
believe in hanging up the phone,
especially on your own son.
Right.
this is a long one.
I love this.
Sorry, Nellie, but I'm living for this.
This is crazy.
Okay.
She then gave us a silent
treatment for three weeks.
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I bet it was a really nice three weeks.
That sounds lovely.
That sounds like a vacation.
Yeah.
Silent treatment.
That sounds ideal.
She should do that more often
and with others in her life.
I would imagine.
That is beautiful.
Best case scenario.
I feel like in these scenarios,
just keep it going, please.
She even ignored my fiance's birthday,
which is weeks after the incident.
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Normally they every other day.
So this was very shocking
until then we had no issues.
And I thought our relationship was fine.
Her behavior was hurtful,
especially to my fiance.
Thankfully his who witnessed
everything supported us agreeing that
his mom's actions were out of line.
We had a wonder if the aunt is on the
dad's side or the mom's side, cause that
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also kind of changes things a little bit.
It's her sister.
Hopefully the aunt is going to
her being like, You're being nuts.
If it's the dad's sister,
she's like, Oh, I've seen this
from this from the beginning.
One of us wanted him to end up with her.
Like, we all wanted him to end
up with the other girl, you that
dynamic is interesting, too.
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Yeah, I know.
Like earlier at the party,
I think she said the mom's
sister or the on the mom side.
That's
worse, honestly.
your own sister being like, yeah, but
again, hope the aunt is going to the mom.
Like, if I saw my sister acting
that way, or if they saw me acting
that way, they would be the first
to be like, hey, cut it out.
Exactly.
Okay.
We had a 4th of July weekend
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planned at his family's lake house,
and she was supposed to join us.
She didn't show up until
the weekend was nearly over.
When she arrived, there was no
warm embrace, no belated birthday
wishes for her son, just coldness.
It's like, why even come?
It was incredible.
Yeah.
Awkward.
Cause she wants to have
her Real Housewives moment.
She thinks she's on Real Housewives of
Orange County, with a dramatic show up.
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Girl, no one was worried.
the silent treatment, the weekend
without you, where we're just like,
chillin eating hot dogs, waving
flags, like, it was all going really,
the vibes were high, like, yes.
yeah, she wanted to come in with the
sad music, everyone's like, oh no,
what's, wrong with Barb over there?
A fur coat.
Yeah, like, mope dramatically
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around the house.
Puffin and puffin Like, what we
would do when we were like, sleeping.
Seven and like our parents made
chicken for dinner and we didn't want
chicken that's what she's she wanted
spaghetti She didn't want chicken.
So now she's making it everyone's problem.
Yeah.
Oh my god.
So true my fiance I decided
we needed to address this.
He pulled her aside in the pantry
while I stayed around the corner
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I love, like, the sour
cream and onion chips
listening in,
you know?
That seemed like the best
spot.
Funny
setting conversation.
I love that she added that in.
Yeah, the pantry,
it really sets the scene.
It's like, this is dire.
This is a dire situation.
That was the quickest spot.
He started by saying we wanted to
resolve things, but she exploded again.
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She accused us of keeping the
wedding a secret because we
wouldn't share the venue address.
A narrative she created.
She claimed I had promised to send it to
her and didn't, saying she didn't do shit.
At that point, I stepped in the
conversation and said, Well,
it's my turn to enter now!
Okay.
And just a little note, guys, that was the
one we did the follow-up episode where the
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original person that sent in that story
came on and shared her site even more.
So if you're looking for some more
detail on that, check out that episode.
And number two was with Saron
oba, the Las Vegas letdown.
Two days later, I made a Facebook
post about the wedding and
saw that my mother in law had
untagged me from her earlier post.
When my husband asked why, she
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said, it was a post only for you.
Ew.
Do you wanna fuck your son?
Like, what is going on here?
Why?
I'm sorry, curse here?
Yeah, you're fine.
I'm a
little late to ask that question, but.
Redo!
No.
Yeah, it'll be fine.
I don't know.
That is, yeah, why?
I don't get these mother in laws that
hate their daughter in laws so much
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that they don't care what they say,
like no one's good enough for their son.
I don't, know what it is.
It's enmeshment.
I think that's the word.
no, it's emotionally incest, even worse.
Yes.
No, that's creepy as hell.
Right.
once you meet this psycho
mother in law, right?
and you see that this man sees nothing
wrong with their relationship and kind
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of encourages it and won't ask her.
How are you still attracted to this
man that might want to fuck his mom?
Like, how do you not get the
ick immediately and run away
from, like, self preservation?
Yeah, cause my thing is, this
is not the first time something
like this has happened.
She had of given signs before
they got engaged, or when they
(26:31):
first met, I'm thinking, like,
first dinner at a parent's house.
Every girlfriend
had a book before
him, before her.
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
Yeah, like, what were the signs before?
Yeah, because it wasn't like, oh, they're
engaged now, they're serious, now my
real, like, craziness is gonna come out.
Like, I feel like she had to have
treated her poorly before this.
Right.
And the sister in law is also a as well.
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Yeah, what's the deal with that?
Okay, three days after the wedding, she
texted my husband saying she wanted to
talk about my behavior at the wedding.
What?
He told her he wouldn't have
that conversation without
me there, and she refused.
A few days later, she blocked me on
social media and deleted my husband?
So what her behavior was like having
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boundaries and like, No, expecting her
parents to be able to
sit in the front row.
Yeah.
And not allowing the friend of
a co worker of her neighbor's
nephew to come last minute.
Those were the things.
Right.
Those were the things.
Those are really harsh to have.
I mean, maybe blocking on social
media and deleting the husband is
like the best thing, because then you
guys can't see her on social media.
I wouldn't have said a thing
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about that.
I would have
said,
great.
I'm like, awesome.
Yeah, you saved it.
saved me from doing it.
When I tried reaching out,
she called my husband crying.
Here we go.
The victim saying she'd been crying
every day because of how I treated her
when he defended me like a good, she
hung up because she realizes he gone.
he's not backing you
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up anymore, crazy mom.
He is now
someone else's husband.
Not yours.
Yeah.
Not yours.
Finally, my husband texted her
saying she had two options.
Have a conversation or lose him.
She replied, I guess I won't
be seeing you anymore then.
I mean, I would say hallelujah.
(28:16):
I would be like, I'm so sorry, babe.
Yeah.
It'll be like, we'll, we'll get this.
It's just trying to keep my face straight.
Okay.
I know.
I feel like the petty in me, I'd text
her, I'd be like, well, have a great life.
Best of luck.
Yeah.
Honestly, I'm relieved, you know, and
I really hope they don't contact her.
And I hope it's just like left that way
because like we were saying, this mother
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in law would make her life a living hell.
number one for the craziest wedding story
I ever read on a podcast episode was
with Pile Desai wedding brawl disaster.
My sister and I were always super
close to our cousin and his sister.
When he got engaged to his first wife,
(28:58):
they invited my sister, his sister,
and me to be a part of their wedding.
We happily accepted during the planning.
They asked my boyfriend at the time to
be a DJ for the wedding, and he accepted.
We were getting everything set up for him.
We had to travel out of state for
this while also getting our dresses.
During the time his sister announced her
pregnancy, his fiancé did not like that,
(29:20):
and then kicked her out of the wedding.
Wait, what?
So their cousin The girl cousin?
Yeah Announced
Her pregnancy.
And the fiancé kicked her
out of the wedding for that.
Oh, wow.
That's awful.
Fast forward to the wedding and reception.
The ceremony went well, but the
reception was a complete disaster.
Her parents went through the
(29:41):
wedding gifts and cards to pay
my boyfriend for his DJ services.
Oh my
God,
that's so
Tacky That's so, this is why, and
I've said this before, it's like
when you hire friends, they're
looking for like a little discount?
Mm-hmm.
Or they just not as, I
don't know, professional.
I don't think like friends
(30:02):
and business ever mix, No.
No, they don't.
That's a no for me.
You need extra like contracts in place
or to really make sure it's someone
that you want to work with, but most
of the time it's like, yeah, no,
it just gets mucky.
It gets mucky, and then you're
trying to go through cards to pay.
Dj,
the number of stories that I've
(30:23):
read about people hiring friends
for photographers and vice versa.
Mm-hmm.
And then they ended up with no photos
or they ended up with crappy photos
'cause it was someone just starting out.
Like, no, we're not doing that.
Guys.
well, and with a friendship
or even like with family, like
a falling out could occur.
And so why would you if it's a
professional and it, you don't have
(30:43):
like a relation to that person.
There's a contract and you abide by that.
But a lot of times if you're working
with a friend, like you may forego
the contract 'cause it's like, oh, we
don't have to make it all official.
Like you'll just do it for me.
there was a lot of animosity between
her family and ours the entire night.
If my family was ever on the
dance floor, which was most of
the night, her family stayed away.
What is the deal?
(31:04):
Also, I feel like if something like
that happened where they kicked out
someone for announcing a pregnancy, I
would already be like, this is weird.
Like, I don't know.
Especially like it's his sister
being kicked out of the wedding.
Yeah, when
you pick up your family and be
like, why are you kicking my sister
out for announcing a pregnancy?
do you think that there's like
an obligation to, including
(31:26):
like your husband's female?
Uh, family members in the wedding party.
'cause I don't think, there is no, like,
if you don't have a closeness with them,
like you should not feel obligated.
'cause I feel like when you do, this
is the kind of stuff that happens.
Whereas if you're just like, Hey,
I'm marrying into your family,
you're marrying and into my family.
Let relationships happen like organically
(31:48):
and over time people become close or they
don't, but like, just including them for
optics is kind of a problem, I think.
Yeah.
As the night went on, my boyfriend
played our family song and
everyone was having a great time.
Out of the corner of my eye, I
saw someone shove my grandfather.
Okay, what's going on here?
After that, all hell broke.
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Loose fights erupted all
over the hall, tables broke,
and there was blood everywhere.
What?
That's awful.
Wait.
That escalated so fast.
I'm like, what happened?
Like, so I feel like there is like a piece
(32:29):
of this story missing where there was
some like conflict or tension that is not
being shared because there's no way that.
It went from like kicking somebody
out of the wedding and then
everyone's angry at each other.
Two sides, of the family are
not interacting, engaging.
Dancing together, celebrating, and then
(32:51):
all of a sudden it's like a, a bloodbath.
What?
Yes.
No, I'm like
picturing it like, um, like Romeo
and Juliet right now, or like
the two sides are like battling.
Um, and it started off very innocent.
Like, hey, like they, they like chose
the wedding party, we're all in it,
we're excited, and then boom, like.
I don't know what the heck.
(33:12):
This is insane.
It says the bride's mom got
into my face for no reason.
Mind you, I was only 18 at the time.
She went to shove me,
but I was pulled away.
Why are people just shoving people here?
what is happening?
Someone threw my mom to the floor
and broke my boyfriend's custom
built speakers, like, oh, no.
(33:33):
Someone threw your mom to the floor,
pushed your grandfather, like this is
the most violent story I've ever read.
Yeah, Okay, wait, there's
a little bit more.
it says the state police arrived.
It turned out, the bride's parents had
told my cousin his new wife to leave the
reception before e everything escalated.
So they had no idea what was going on.
(33:54):
Okay.
So like I said, those
are some crazy stories.
If you did not hear the full stories
of those, go back and check 'em out.
We're gonna put the links to the
full episodes in the show notes.
You guys can check them all out.
But I'm so curious to hear what you
guys thought were the craziest episodes.
Tell me on social media, DM me.
Post it in my Patreon,
(34:14):
whatever suits you best.
and as I promised, we are gonna do
an exclusive story because I just
couldn't fathom the idea of sharing a
new episode without a new story in it.
I know the whole point of sharing
some highlight episodes is so I
can like take a week off, but I
just felt weird about doing that.
Okay, here we go.
So why her sister-in-law?
(34:36):
Why would they come after her?
Mind you, I had no intention
of doing it that way.
I had just been confirmed Catholic
and everyone else in the family had
already been raised in the church.
This all happened before
her bridal shower, which of
course became another issue.
The bride and groom had planned for
everyone at the shower to head over to
the bride's parents' house afterward
(34:57):
for a small after party, just a
casual thing, maybe 30 plus people.
The groom's mom shut it down immediately.
No, we are going to my brother's
house after you two or just
the groom need to be there.
What, why are they so upset about it
being at the bride's parents' house?
This is another one where it's like the
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parents are competing with each other
because of some hidden reason, right?
Like there's a just story I just
read where it's about money.
There's another story where I have
read where one felt like the other
one had more control, but they
won't just come out and say it.
It's also hard when it's
not your wedding, right?
So.
Depending on their relationship with
their son, maybe he's not relaying
(35:37):
all information to them, so when
they're feeling left out, I don't know.
It's hard.
I've never been in that position, so I
don't know what that could feel like.
The groom replied, we live 20
minutes away and they've never
even invited us over before.
The bride's parents have been planning
this after party for over a month.
Okay, so what ended up happening?
My fiance, me the groom and his
(36:00):
dad all went to the uncle's house.
Meanwhile, the groom's sister and
mom went to the bride's parents'
party and were confused and upset
when the rest weren't there.
Wait, I'm so confused by this
story, so you're telling me.
Last minute just because
his parents demanded it.
They ended up going to the uncle's house,
(36:20):
but the groom's sister and mom
went to the bride's parents' house.
That's so weird.
Why would they do that?
Okay.
Sometimes reacting in real time
is hard because I'm still piecing
like the puzzle pieces together.
I'm only like getting part
of the story too sometimes.
so that's my first reaction.
What the heck is happening here?
(36:41):
Okay.
Fast forward to now, the groom's parents
are insisting on using their PTO to come
visit, even though the couple explained
that they had used their PTO for the year.
Between their own wedding, honeymoon,
other family weddings, and my wedding.
So
they're talking about events
that are coming up still.
So the person that wrote
(37:02):
this is currently engaged.
There's a bride and groom's wedding
that's coming up, and the groom's
parents are the ones that are kind
of causing an issue in all of this.
Don't like the wedding invitation.
Something on there offended them
Probably because I think it's like the
bride's family is introduced, right?
And it's like the daughter of so
and so is getting married too.
(37:22):
Right?
So they were offended 'cause they're
not like the main name on it.
then they're mad because they want
everyone to go to their house after
there was a plan for over a month.
But it's just weird that part of
the family decided to go, okay.
Still, the groom's parents were
offended saying they felt unimportant
and never got to see their son.
Keep in mind, they live three hours away.
(37:42):
The groom manages a PT clinic.
the bride is in law school working at
a firm, and their schedules are packed.
That's hard when you
live three hours away.
That's really hard.
I don't know if the parents are working
as well or if maybe they're retired.
That's probably a little bit
easier for them to go to them.
However, not something you
really have to plan for.
I know like my parents live
just about an hour away from me,
(38:03):
so we have to make an effort.
Like we have busy schedules,
but you have to make it work.
However, we don't know this relationship.
We don't know if he wants to
make it work or, I don't know.
Three hours is a lot.
Maybe they can do a zoom call.
but the groom's parents still try
to force FaceTime calls at random
times that don't work for them.
Now, week of the wedding, the
groom's parents are insisting the
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dad give a speech at the reception.
Oh, you knowgo.
You guys know how I feel about
someone insisting a speech.
Traditionally, the groom's family
can give a speech at, the rehearsal.
I've seen that many times.
Not always.
And then typically it's like the bride's
dad or family does it at the wedding.
I'm all for throwing
traditions out the window.
(38:45):
You don't have to stick
to your Traditions.
But insisting, I don't know.
It's hard.
'cause I feel like there's
like a lot of heart.
It sounds like there's a
lot of communication error.
The groom's parents miss their
son, they wanna see him, they feel.
Being pulled away.
However, they're just going
about it the wrong way.
and I just never feel like you should
insist, like, Hey, he needs to speak.
Maybe he's gonna say
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something inappropriate.
Maybe he doesn't know his son
well enough to speak about him.
Maybe he doesn't know the relationship.
Maybe he doesn't support
the bride and groom.
So if you are personally not asked
by the bride and groom, don't
say you're gonna give a speech.
I've seen it happen so many times where.
Someone that wasn't supposed to give
a speech stands up and gives a speech.
Someone tells the bride and
groom, Hey, I'm giving a speech.
And sometimes they work out great, but
(39:28):
I feel like a lot of times the bride
and groom's then pushed into a corner.
So they say yes when they
don't really want to.
okay.
The bride explained that the dad
already had a planned speech at
the spot, at the rehearsal dinner.
So here we go.
Since there were already two maid of
honor speeches, a best man speech,
a short message from the priest and
her dad's speech at the reception.
So kind of like what I
(39:49):
was just talking about.
So they were like, Hey, you can
absolutely speak, but we've reserved
it for the rehearsal dinner,
the groom's mom responded with.
So no one's going to hear
the groom's dad speech.
Mind you, there'll be almost 70 people
at the rehearsal dinner, and they're
mostly from the groom's side of the guest
list anyway, so we'll see what happens.
(40:09):
And yes, I'll send another story.
If anything wild goes down this weekend.
Oh my gosh.
I kind of wanna quickly see if
this person sent me another story.
Okay.
They haven't yet, so we'll have to
do a follow up and see what happened.
I wanna get my feedback though
on this, or my comment on this.
(40:29):
If you really care about your son and
you're really excited about giving
a speech, it's gonna be for your
son and your future daughter-in-law.
It's not gonna be for everybody else.
And if you're pushing more like, oh,
well, no one's gonna hear my speech.
Your son is gonna hear your speech, the
person that it really matters about, and
there's still gonna be 70 people there.
I guess not the main setup, but if
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someone asked me to do a speech at
the rehearsal, I would be honored.
I'd be like, that means so much to me.
so again, I'm reading this as
there's a lot of hurt going on.
There's a lot of miscommunication.
And, they're not really
going about it the right way.
It also sounds to me like
the bride and groom probably
aren't making it a priority.
I mean, they live three hours away.
They seem to be kind
(41:12):
of living their lives.
and again, I'm only getting this
much detail, so I don't know what
went on or if they've always just
been closer to the brides family.
And that's hard.
That's hard when.
One set of parent is closer to the
bride and groom, or the couple,
because the other one sees them kind
of like, dwindling away or they kind
of feel like they're being pushed out.
But, there's a lot going
(41:32):
on here is what I'm saying.
Alright, well that's pretty wild.
I am gonna reach out to this person
and see if there's a part to the story.
They sent it a month ago,
so it happened a month ago.
We'll see if anything wild happened
during the wedding weekend.
I would hope the groom's dad just
accepts it and just gives the
speech at the, rehearsal dinner.
Who knows.
(41:53):
I don't know.
I've seen it.
Like I said, I've talked
about this before.
I've seen it before where
people push to give a speech,
and it doesn't always go great.
All right guys.
Well that's all I have this week.
Thanks for hanging out with me again.
This was just a very special episode to
kind of reflect on everything so far.
It's been so much fun to create
this for you guys and just hang out.
(42:14):
The stories I get are wild, and it's
just fun to kind of react with you guys.
if you guys don't follow me on YouTube,
YouTube's where I put the longer
content, I don't really talk about
that a lot on here, but obviously I
do the skits, and I do some one-off
reading on, TikTok and, Facebook,
Instagram, but YouTube every single
week I do release a long form video.
(42:35):
and I say long form where it's, it's
like 10 minutes, but I do read other
story submissions there as well.
So if you can't get enough, we
got more there and I got more on
my Patreon once a month as well.
So thanks for hanging out with me
and I will see you guys next time.
Bye now.
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