Ever been to a wedding where someone objects?

Nobody has. Doen't happen. In fact the phrase is almost never (or never) even used at a wedding.

https://www.livescience.com/22193-wedding-marriage-objection.html

ST. Stanislaus New York

May 19, 1901

As the organ played the wedding march and the bride and groom-to-be passed under a bower of roses, the doors of the church burst open. Two policemen shouted “Stop! Stop! Don’t marry them,” while a woman with four children rushed in behind them.

Kavieskin had neglected to inform Sophia that he was married. The bride screamed as the policemen ushered Kavieskin away, the entire crowd of wedding guests crammed into the Fifth Street Police Station, and the carriage drivers who had been hired by Kavieskin soon stormed in demanding their money.

The intended groom shouted his case to them all. “You can all condemn me but I left my wife because she was complaining continually. I love Sophia, and can be happy with her.” He then added, “and besides, she has $2,000, and I need money very badly. Her people are wealthy and I cannot get along with little money. You will do as you will, but I do not care. Take me away now and lock me up.”

The police complied with his request.

It should be the law that if someone objects, the whole thing's off. Or at least get lawyers and a judge involved. That would make great television entertainment.

40 some years ago I was a +1 at a wedding where a bride changed her mind three or four days before the wedding. I don't think I ever learned why the bride bailed out.

Ever been to a wedding where bride or groom gets cold feet? Is the whole thing off, reception canceled?

Hvceu wrote:

Ever been to a wedding where bride or groom gets cold feet? Is the whole thing off, reception canceled?

Smokey and the bandit?

Hvceu wrote:

Ever been to a wedding where bride or groom gets cold feet? Is the whole thing off, reception canceled?

No but I have seen marriages end literally weeks after the wedding and reception, after people flew from all over the country, spent all kinds of money to go to the wedding, etc. (Of course it's nothing like what the couple and their families spent, just saying, some folks were probably salty.) Invariably these are couples who've been together for years, decide to get married to fix a troubled relationship, and it brings everything to a head while fixing nothing and they split up.

I started a thread about a year ago with the same question. Look it up for many responses.

I was at a wedding where somebody SHOULD have objected. The wealthy father of the bride didn't much like the lower middle class guy his daughter was marrying and it didn't help much that the groom-to-be was so drunk from the previous night's bachelor party that he stood there quietly and speechless when he was supposed to be quoting the vows he'd written. The bride's dad sat there glowering but kept it to himself.

lol "hold your piece"

That is very different - and somewhat more vulgar - than the traditional instructions of "holding your peace".

Weddings are different from when I remember them.

I've attended a wedding as a kind of blind date to a friend's sister-in-law where the bride and groom argued so much the pastor had to stop a few times and wait for them to stop before he could continue. Yet nobody objected to the marriage.

theJeff wrote:

lol "hold your piece"

That is very different - and somewhat more vulgar - than the traditional instructions of "holding your peace".

Weddings are different from when I remember them.

I already posted that but it disappeared when you know who decided to put his stamp on the thread.

Everyone but my buddy recognized that a marriage between him and his bride absolutely would not workout. Only his grandmother was willing to say something. She was excluded for the wedding.

Well, she showed up during the reception, called the bride a series of nasty names, and walked away never to speak to the bride or groom again. Grandma excluded my buddy from her will. His siblings inherited substantial sums.

Bride and groom were an absolutely miserable couple and they divorced ultimately got a very expensive divorce. Bride received a nice chunk of alimony and groom is absolutely miserable and basically poor.

Kbmwbvov wrote:

I’ve only ever seen this happen in the movies. When the efficient/clergy says ‘speak now and forever hold your piece...’. This ever happen to anyone? How awkward is that? Like does the objector get the floor and then the rest of the party votes on it? Like is there any changed outcome after that? The objector should probably just leave after that. Part of me wants to be at a wedding where this happens.

Why do you insist on starting sentences with 'like'?

I actually had a friend who did that!!! They dragged him out (he was drunk)! LOL

About 2 years later, he was married to the bride!

I've officiated at dozens of weddings. I've never included that phrase in any of them.

The rule within most mainstream churches is that if someone objects, they HAVE TO call the wedding off. They can't have a reception either, everyone just has to go home.

I wedding crashed a few times and objected just to ruin their day. I heard they tried to sue for damages but they had no idea who I was.