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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Clea Skopeliti

Missing rings and an uninvited dog: four readers share their wedding disasters

A wedding cake is dropped on the floor as two hands covered in frosting try to clean it up.
Guardian readers didn’t report any dropped cakes, but their wedding mishaps tested their mettle – and mostly for the best! Photograph: Gladius Stock/Shutterstock

“Like rain on your wedding day … ” Alanis Morissette sang in her 1996 hit Ironic. This – and the song’s other unfortunate events – have been ruled decidedly not ironic, but it is certainly bad luck. Still, it’s got nothing on the dramas and mishaps that have befallen some people on their big day.

Lisa, 53, was all set before her wedding in 2003, when she realised she couldn’t find the rings anywhere.

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