When RedEye asked about wedding trauma stories, Chicagolanders offered some gross and embarrassing tales. From puke to wardrobe malfunctions to table wedequitte, guests should be prepared for every situation. But what’s a wedding without a few faux pas?
She was young, but Christina Anderson, 19, of Millbrook can recall the wedding reception she attended more than 10 years ago when the groom split his pants as he slid across the floor while dancing to “Macho Man” by the Village People.
The groom, Anderson said, spent the rest of the reception hobnobbing in split pants.
Erin Levenstein of Streeterville said she encountered a more-than-annoyed groom at a wedding she attended last year. After the reception wrapped up, all the guests took off — leaving the bride and groom stranded. The newlyweds were forced to call a taxi, Levenstein said.
“They were pretty pissed off,” the 25-year-old added.
The guests at the wedding reception Jamie Wertheimer attended four years ago also had a reason to sulk. Food was served family-style at the reception, held at an Italian restaurant in downtown Chicago. Guests sloshed red sauce on their clothes as they passed the pasta plates around the table, Wertheimer said.
“Guys were getting it on their ties and white shirts,” Wertheimer, 27, of River North said. “People were pretty upset.”
And, horror of all horrors. Liz Rothschild of Wrigleyville was enjoying the reception of a friend’s recent wedding when she said she spotted something that wasn’t on the menu — one of the bridesmaids vomiting all over herself.
“I was nauseated,” Rothschild, 23, said. “I felt bad for her. It was embarrassing.”
