Real life wedding story: ‘From a failed first look to a torn wedding dress, here’s everything that went wrong on my wedding day’

In the run up to my weddingI was terrified that something would go wrong on the big day.

Everyone told me not to worry. Then my wedding day rolled around and several Things went wrong, from a failed first look to a torn one wedding dress.

But to my surprise, it didn’t ruin my wedding; If anything, it made the day even better.

The first problem arose when my now husband and I tried to get a “first look” before the ceremony.

I would meet him in a small courtyard behind our location At 1:50 PM the bridesmaids and groomsmen would join us for a few photos.

But I was late and in my haste to get out the door, I didn’t check my phone.

It meant I missed his text saying he was also late and had to wait another five minutes before leaving my room.

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So just as I raced across the courtyard where they were preparing for our ceremony, with my dress down to my knees as my bridesmaids gave chase, my husband stepped onto a balcony overlooking the venue on his way down to meet me.

I looked up, he looked down, and that was it – our ‘first look’ happened by accident.

Some brides would have been devastated to have missed the special moment we had carefully planned, understandably.

But at the time it was so ‘us’ (me running somewhere fast, obsessed with being on time; he just went with the flow) that all we could do was burst out laughing.

So yes, our first look went wrong – and it was perfect.

It also helped ease our nerves before our wonderful photographer Bob from Waymark Productions arrived to take some photos prior to the ceremony, which turned out great because we were already past the big moment of seeing each other for the first time.

When I went back to the hotel room after those photos, I discovered something else had gone wrong.

The wedding decor company had delivered and set up the wrong gazebo for our ceremony, which was less than an hour away at the time.

Luckily, my husband and bridesmaids only told me after our wedding coordinator confirmed that there was a van driving down the highway with the right one to exchange before the ceremony started.

And the confusions didn’t end there.

While I was feeding my husband his rules for the legally binding part of the wedding ceremony, our great partygoer Elle accidentally called me his ‘lawfully wedded husband’.

Once again we couldn’t help but burst out laughing, including Elle.

My husband had been terrified that he would mess up his lines during the ceremony, so her mistake actually made him feel more comfortable (he made sure he said “wife” instead).

It made all our friends and family laugh too, which is exactly what you want on your wedding day.

The last thing that went wrong that evening had to do with my dress, something that absolutely no bride wants to hear.

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During the reception, I made my long train busy by tying it to one of the buttons in the back.

My husband then stepped on it again and again, pulling off no fewer than six buttons.

Again, some brides would have been understandably shocked.

But I had no idea it was even happening because my beautiful, amazing bridesmaid didn’t say a word about the damage and just kept pushing my dress to the next available button.

When I saw the missing buttons the next morning and realized what had happened, I just had to laugh.

Because my wedding day was one of the happiest of my life and everything that went ‘wrong’ only made it better.

They also became the stories I will tell in the years to come

So to all the brides out there who are worried about something going wrong on your big day; know that it will happen, and that it will be okay.

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