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A lot of women start dreaming about the perfect wedding from the first time they hear Snow White (or Cinderella). It's the one day in a woman's life when she gets to be a beautiful princess and the man in her life becomes a handsome prince. But sometimes, despite months of planning and conscientious attention to detail, things just go wrong. It's been said that all weddings have at least three minor hiccups. The definition of minor is subjective, but examples would probably include a big red pimple on the bride's nose, the groom arriving late (but still arriving) and having the wrong flowers.
Minor hiccups aren't enough for some people though, who end up having exceptionally memorable wedding days for all the wrong reasons.
Take for instance the bride who was arrested on her wedding day. Adrienne Samen apparently likes to party. When other brides would be mingling with their guests, dancing and reveling in the spotlight, Samen was getting drunk, and not quietly. Shocked guests witnessed the increasingly intoxicated bride have a slanging match with her brand new husband and when words were not enough they watched as she flung cake and vases at the man. She went back to the bar to drown her now evident sorrows and had a bit of a meltdown when the bar shut up shop for the night. The police had to be called in, which is when things went from bad to worse. Samen tried to bite a police officer and managed to kick out one of the police car windows. After all that, she was charged with breaching the peace and criminal mischief. She was fined $90.
MSNBC lists two more weddings that ended in arrests.
The first is a case of lessons not learnt. A couple who had been married before decided to give wedded bliss one more chance. The problem is that the first time round the groom's foul temper had led to their divorce. His temper was so foul that the bride had a restraining order against him. Which hadn't been rescinded when they stood before the altar for the second time. All would have been well except that the groom's temper got the better of him and he got into a bit of a barney with one of the guests. The police were called in and they recognised the groom his previous arrests. They realised he was in violation of the restraining order and, possibly because they were tired of the same old pattern, arrested him.
The second is a lesson to always give the bride what she wants. A couple who had, presumably, been happily married for quite some time decided to renew their wedding vows. It's a romantic gesture and it's not unreasonable to expect it to be accompanied by a suitably romantic event and genteel behaviour. This might have been the case here, if the band hadn't unreasonably decided that their set was done and handed the music reins to the DJ. The bride got a little ticked off and gave vent to her frustration by throwing some of the band's equipment around. Once again, the police were called in and once again the bride did not go quietly. This time, however, the whole family got in on the action with the bride, the groom and their 21-year-old daughter having a right row with the police. They were all arrested.
Finally, we have a case of a near wedding disaster made good.
Shortly before a Halloween-themed wedding, a groom got cold feet and backed out of the wedding. The bride was unable to get back the deposit for the wedding hall, so she was faced with being ditched and losing her hard-earned money. She spotted a retirement community across the way from the hall and decided to turn her bad fortune around. Instead of moping, she threw a great big Halloween party for the community's senior citizens, donated her bouquet to their chapel and went on her "honeymoon" to Hawaii by herself.
All of which goes to show that some weddings are destined for disaster, but sometimes even greater disaster can be averted and gold spun from straw.
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