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16:40Okay, I would do it with you fuckers.

16:43Courtney Miller:Really change your tone fast there. I'm going to say it's mean to do this. It's mean, right? But then let's just like for a side note, be like, did any part of you watch that movie and go, I'd love to try it? Yeah. Not for the like fucking... You mean for the part when they have sex with so many different women? Do you remember re-watching Wedding Crash and goes, I don't remember this part where they throw women on the bed. And it's literally like, yeah! Wait, honestly? Are we giving those guys? Yeah! Yeah! Yeah, it's just women going like this. Which one of you is Owen Wilson? Which one of you is Vince Vaughn?

17:21I'm obviously Vince Vaughn with tired eyes and I'm seven five. Who's just like eating all the snacks. We could do that. You are so Owen Wilson. Are you joking? Oh my God. It's you. It's me. But it does sound fun to kind of like just be like, no one notices us. That part sounds fun for a second. Or like, have you ever been in a hotel where you see the wedding? And you're like, all I want to do is just walk by, grab a piece of cake and go upstairs. Wait, I did wedding crash once.

17:51Courtney Miller:Okay, so this completely has come back around. It was so quick. Really, really. And you got a glass of champagne at a hotel? It was so quick. It was at a hotel. It was my sister's wedding. My sister's wedding. Wait. She got married on the beach. Sorry, your wedding crashing your own sister's wedding? No, no, there were two weddings. Oh. Oh, yeah. I'm very cool. So you park hoppered weddings. So, what? Park Hopper. Park Hopper. You went from California to venture to... Yeah. James didn't laugh hard enough at that joke. Yeah. That should have gotten him. That was a Disney adult joke. He's busy. He booed you.

18:27So anyways, my sister's wedding was in one location but it's all at the hotel and then me and my older sister, this other wedding had like a full photo booth with all these like fun things and my sister was like, do you want to go to the other wedding and take some photos? And I was like, let's do it. So we went to the other wedding and she was like, oh my God, I got the photo booth. And I was like, so the louder you are, the worse it is. So we grabbed all the things and we took photos in the photo booth. And then you left.

18:53Courtney Miller:And we left. Okay, that's not as bad. You didn't take their resources. You didn't like. We did take their resources. That's the most millennial way. You didn't take them away. Did you take it away? Or you left? You just took photos. I didn't move a whole photo booth. Yeah, you took some photos. Could you imagine? We were like, sorry. We're going to borrow it. So you went and took a photo out of the photo booth and then. Yeah. I have always. I think it could be worse. You didn't take any cake. No, no, no. No, I didn't. Yeah. That was entry level. But I had a few drinks. That was entry level. I got very close when I'm at a hotel and you see the wedding and you're like, I could just kind of walk in there.

19:25We would get caught.

19:26Courtney Miller:Our next story comes from Relationship Advice and it was posted in June of this year. This is a 26-year-old woman. She writes, my childhood best friend, a 26-year-old woman, did not ask me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding. I am heartbroken. Where do I go from here? This sucks. My childhood best friend is getting married this year in November. I'll call her Katie, fake name. We've been best friends since we were three years old and we were inseparable. Always at each other's houses, always doing everything together. She was my ride or die. Typical life stuff like going to different colleges decreased our communication and ability to spend time together.

20:01Courtney Miller:But we would always make it a point to spend breaks together in some capacity. As we got older and added jobs to the mix, time became tighter and texting slash calling would be less frequent. Katie met her fiancé, Ben, also a fake name, who's 30, shortly after graduating college, and then it became even harder to talk to her. He's fine. I think he's a little boring, but he's nice and treats her well. I'm not saying I'm completely innocent here. Maybe I could have tried harder to reach out more, but she just wouldn't reply for a few days at a time, something that isn't out of the norm, and then I wouldn't reply immediately, and the cycle continued.

20:34Courtney Miller:Last year, over the summer, Ben proposed. Katie and I hadn't seen each other in a year at that point, as she was working two jobs and I was in grad school while working as well. She sent the picture of him proposing in a group chat with me and a few other friends, which I was a little upset about, felt like she would FaceTime me or at least call me. I asked her out to lunch and we caught up and spoke about her engagement and wedding planning. She told me the date was for this November and they were looking into venues and planning, et cetera. I put the date in my calendar, obviously, and told her to let me know if she needed help planning.

21:04Courtney Miller:Wink, wink. And her response hinted at me being part of the wedding. Two months later, Katie posts on Facebook that she found her dress, posting a picture of her, her mom, her future mother-in-law, her older sister, and Ben's sister at a wedding boutique, similar to her getting engaged. I felt a little upset, but rationalized that she just wanted family there. I still haven't heard anything about being a bridesmaid. This next part isn't really relevant information about the wedding, but gives some more context. Time continues, and it's now December 2025, and I find out through Ben's Instagram story that they bought a house.

21:38Courtney Miller:I had no idea they were even looking, and then Katie didn't, like, tell me herself. I texted her, oh my God, you and Ben bought a house? That's so exciting. Congrats. Where's it at? At this point, I was about to be on winter break from school and asked if on one of my days off of work, I could come over and help her unpack or just hang out, which she agreed, and we set a date. The evening before, I texted her, hey, am I still good to come over tomorrow? What time? No response. I wake up at 10 the day of and ask, hey, when can I come over? She finally replies an hour later and says, hey, I'm so sorry I forgot.

22:09Courtney Miller:Ben and I are going to his family member's event in town that's two hours away. Can I let you know when we get home this afternoon? You can come over then. I say sure, because what else can I say? 3 p.m. rolls along, nothing. 4 p.m., I text her asking for an update. 4.30, she says they're almost home. I ask, how long? No reply. It's a 45-minute drive to their new place. 5.15, I ask if they're home yet. Finally text me at 6 p.m. that they're home if I want to come over. I had given up at that point and said we should just reschedule. In January, Katie and Ben had a housewarming party, and so me and my boyfriend, who's 32, of two years went.

22:45Courtney Miller:I recognized a couple people from our high school, but it was mostly his slash her co-workers, extended family, etc. Katie is introducing me to people. Hey, this is OP. She's my best friend, and things felt pretty good. But I still was not asked to be a bridesmaid. The next week, I got to save the date in the mail. On it is a QR code for their wedding website. One of the menu options is introducing the wedding party. And my heart dropped. I click on it and realize that I was never going to be asked to be a bridesmaid. She has eight bridesmaids, including her maid of honor, her sister. Eight bridesmaids.

23:21Courtney Miller:Eight. Two of them are people from our neighborhood that I had no idea they were that close of friends. The rest are Ben's sisters and cousins. I feel betrayed. I feel so incredibly hurt. I couldn't stop crying the rest of the day. I called my mom seeking reassurance that I'm not overreacting, but she basically said that I needed to get over it, that I should be happy she found people in her life that she's close to. I just thought I was one of those people. My boyfriend said to me in the time he's known me, Katie has not been a good friend in his perspective. Not to get into too much detail, but he listed examples such as being two hours late to my 25th birthday dinner, not confirming if she could make it to an event I invited her to a month before until two days before said event and that recent instance of her forgetting about the family thing on the day we were supposed to hang out.

24:06Courtney Miller:I haven't reached out to her since. I doubt if I confront her, she will even respond. I don't know if I can go to the wedding. I always imagine standing by her side at the altar. I can't imagine sitting and watching from the pews. I don't know what to do. I feel like I'll regret not going, but I don't know if I'll be able to keep my composure either. I'm not sure which is worse, that she deliberately didn't ask me or that she forgot to. I feel that I have the right to be upset, but my mom says otherwise, and I've always trusted her advice in the past, that I need to move on and just go to the wedding because I'll regret it otherwise.

24:40Courtney Miller:Part of me says Katie has the right to make her choices of bridesmaids and that I shouldn't be this upset about not being one. I also feel embarrassed and that I'm the butt of a joke I wasn't aware of. What do I even do now? If you stuck with the reading this far, thank you. I'm open to any advice and feedback. Whoa. Okay. This is a really human experience. Yes. I feel like the one thing that I'm reading is she's like, people are saying like she doesn't have the right to be upset. She is upset, right? You're like, whether you have the right to or not, like you're upset. Totally. Your response is you're upset.

25:14They've been friends since they were what, three years old?

25:17Courtney Miller:She said best friends. Of course she has the right to be upset. I feel like this happens to a lot of people because they're 26, right? This is such a mid-20s like experience. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. realizing like you're living in different reality, like your relationships are different. People really experience this a lot in romantic relationships, right? When a breakup catches you off guard, but friendships I think are harder. They're definitely harder. Because you can go a year without seeing each other, but you're still like, but we're best friends. You're gonna break up. Yeah, and also like she clearly had like a dream scenario in her head of like, we've been friends for this long.

25:51This is how, this is what's gonna happen. I'm gonna be at our wedding. And it's like, I'm gonna be a bridesmaid. But what the boyfriend is kind of saying to her is like, you guys haven't, that's the tough thing of childhood friends. We've talked about this before is like you, things shift when you get older. Like you have the image in their head of your friendship years ago, but you're not really taking into account what does the friendship look like right now. And clearly she wasn't being that great of a friend. And so, I mean, she doesn't consider her a priority. And what's so hard about the 20s, too, is like, it's not like when we grew up where it was like, you have clear, like, grades and like, oh, I'm not in middle school anymore.

26:33I'm in high school. Or it's like, our 20s, things go for different people at different times. Some people will find their life partner and kind of cocoon up at one age. And some people are like, oh, nothing's changed. I'm 26. It's the same since I was 19. Yes. But then some people get jobs faster than others. And it's the wild, wild west. Yep. And you can be, like, literally grow up with somebody and have the exact same, like, upbringing. Yep. But then your 20s, it's like, oh, I didn't really start living my life until I was 30 because of blank, blank, blank. Mm-hmm. Like, it's a mess, especially for female friendships when we have this weird way of being like, we're doing everything together.

27:11Yes. So then when one person gets married before the other, you feel like somebody cheated on somebody. And you're like, no, we're just best friends. We're just here to support each other. Yeah. And this is, like, such a heartbreak. I feel for OP so deeply. And the worst thing to do in this situation is to call your mom, because she's going to say that. She's going to go... No, literally. Because your mom is going to fuck you up. Your mom is not... Well, honey, I don't know. Your mom is not the right person for advice. She goes, and honestly, I thought you girls were lesbians when you were kids.

27:37Courtney Miller:Honestly, were you not? Some moms are good at this. But when you are feeling this way, I don't know. Do not call... Your mom is not your first call. I'm glad OP has a boyfriend that's like, hey, I wasn't around to grandfather this person in. Yeah. Based off of when I met them, the behaviors aren't the greatest. The boyfriend is there to be like, hey, you're biased from your whole life of being friends with this person. But in the two years that I've experienced, she's not your friend. Or she's just an acquaintance to you. And that's the best place to seek advice is someone who's in your present rather than your mom who's just gonna be like, well, we grow up.

28:11That's why I think childhood friendships are really, really tough. Because you just, the boundaries aren't created and therefore you've gone years without boundaries, obviously because you're kids. And then these things occur where one person has a specific view on how the friendship should go. And it sounds like this person, her life is moving fast, the one who's getting married. They got a house. She has other things going on. I don't know if she's doing this maliciously. I don't think she is. That's just childhood friendships. Now add on this weird fucking thing we do with bridesmaids. Yes.

28:45Which is then be like, Like, it's already weird to grow apart or feel like you're still there and one person's growing away. And then there's like this, here is my MySpace topic. Like, here are my girls. And when you're not included in that, oh. This is why I don't like bridesmaids. For me, I was like, my bridesmaids are just my sisters because I do not want to pick and choose friends because it really like ranks your friends. It is a ranking type of situation. I hate it. And for what? Like, literally bridesmaids. Like, for what? They're like helping you and - Like why rank him?

29:20Courtney Miller:What's tough is like they're friends. They've been lifelong friends. And this happens, I think this is very common with like childhood friends where you talk like once a year sometimes, like depending on where you are in life, like you get in touch every now and then, but you're like, you're still there. But she's like, oh, like two friends of hers from their neighborhood, two of them are people from our neighborhood that I had no idea they were that close of friends. And it's like, but what's also the unfortunate reality here is it's like, hey, yeah, you guys are living two completely different lives.

29:50Courtney Miller:You don't know what her life is. So clearly these are strangers to you that in the time that you've been apart, like she's gotten really close to these people. Like you're on your own journeys. And I've been there. I've sent that text about the house, but not specifically, but be like, whoa, huge update in your life. You didn't tell me. Yeah. where you're just kind of noticing it as it's happening. And you're not trying to like cause any drama, but you're like, oh my God, you didn't tell me. No, it's hard to be like, it's hard when you like pick your head up from the sand and go, oh my God, this person that I used to talk to every day is now, you know, married or is having a kid or is blah, blah, blah.

30:30It's a really intense emotion and feeling.

30:33Courtney Miller:It's tough. It's hard. I've had a couple of times, not like this, not of this caliber, but in life, especially when I was younger, where I have like really close friends, but then I see that close friend kind of become more involved with another group of friends and kind of like, and there's this kind of fear of like, oh shoot, like I'm getting stranded. It's like, oh fuck, I'm, it's a feeling of betrayal, but it's, is it betrayal? You know, it's like kind of like, no, especially when in this type of situation where it's not like you're in school every day and it's like, oh, you're physically leaving me.

31:03Courtney Miller:It's like, no, we, oh, like in your life, you found some other stuff. But what I will also say in my life, and I know I'm a very different person from OP, but like I have also had close friends where we have drifted apart to some degree. Not like drifted apart where we're not friends, but drifted apart where we're not like, oh, we're our best friends. But then another five years go by and suddenly you're kind of back. And it's like that also happens. I wouldn't be surprised if 10 years from now when they're both 36, like the right circumstances happen that you. It's a double helix, I think. I think friendships are a double helix, and sometimes you're on the outer rim of it, and it's really far away, and sometimes you come back together years later.

31:45But I think what's important is this person who's getting married, these are the people that she sees, that she's sharing. Also, the way she described the person who's getting married partner, she's not really a fan of the partner. and to be like close in the close knit friendship. Like the person who's doing the wedding, you want people who are like tight with you and your partner. And I'm not saying bad on OP, but I'm saying it's like, they are creating their own community. And in a way it's like, it is really hard and that does suck. And also you should go to the wedding and support her and kind of give a send off because that's just what's happening.

32:28Yeah. I think like the hardest part right now is like she doesn't want to go because she's so hurt. Yeah. Yeah. I get that. And I totally, honestly, I feel for this story more than so many of our stories because it's just like so human. Oh, this is heartbreaking. And it's so relatable. And it sucks to be the friend that misses the friend that doesn't miss you. It sucks.

32:50Courtney Miller:The boyfriend is really who I think nailed it. It was just like she is not prioritizing you. Yeah. But, you know, I think I would feel just like OP and I wouldn't want to go to the wedding. But I would hope my people would remind me to go and be my best self. I think I would go. 20s me would go and be, like, kind of still upset. But you don't. You want the best. Like you said, they could be friends again. She should go no matter what is what I think. I think it's hard. I regret it. I think it's really hard to go. But I think it's the right thing to do. She needs to get some closure too, like closure of not the end of this friendship, but this friendship is shifted out of the season that it was in.

33:32Yeah, she's also, honestly though, I wouldn't respect if she was like, you know what? Every time I'm around this person, they make me feel this way. That's true. That is also true. Also fair.

33:43Courtney Miller:It's fair. Because talking to her boyfriend and her boyfriend's like, this person is not a good friend to you. if this is what she's writing out in this story, like if she's maybe coming to terms with more, if there's more to it, then also fair at any point to be like, you know what? I'm out. I don't want to, you don't have to be friends with someone, right? Both are fair. But I think it's, this so far just feels, it's just reminding me of situations in my life where it's just complicated and it's not like she's not doing awful things to me, but it's just like, oh, but she's really just not like being super considerate of me.

34:17And when someone's not choosing you, you don't want to choose them back. Yeah. You want to make them feel the way they're making you feel.

34:23Courtney Miller:It's such a human story. It's such a real situation. It's something we can all relate to as well. Comments on it. I'm saying this gently, but I think that in your mind, you're still closer than you actually are. Yeah. You grew apart. It happens. It doesn't mean she doesn't care about you or doesn't love you, but you're not as close as you were in high school, and that's okay. Sometimes people grow apart and get back together. You say you didn't even know she was friends with some of her bridesmaids. So how often do you talk really to not know that? I think you'll regret not going and it's something you won't be able to take back.

34:56Courtney Miller:Someone said, I think you're not considering the state of your friendship now, but the friendship you had 10 years ago. OP responded saying, I think I'm holding on to sentimental value rather than realistic, which I need to work on. Say, babe. And then someone lastly said. And is having a therapeutic experience. OP, I think, is very, I think OP is writing it out because they've already come to terms with it a little bit. But someone said, you are no longer close friends and you haven't been for a long time. She's been giving you many of these cues, but you've chosen to ignore them until now. I understand that this is painful, but it's also not your business.

35:31Courtney Miller:It would be totally inappropriate for you to confront her because she hasn't done anything wrong and doesn't owe you an explanation. All you can do is finally recognize that this is no longer a close relationship and move forward from there. If you choose not to attend the wedding, send your regrets and congratulations politely and leave it at that. This is OP's mom. That person commenting? She's like, you know what? I'm gonna tell her flat out enough with this. Or honestly, just that commenter? This commenter is in the she case. You have to be the commenter. I think I've got it. I think I've got it.

36:03She said 15 more minutes. Hey, babe, I think it's time to come on upstairs. It's time to go to bed.

36:09Courtney Miller:One second.

36:15Yes!

36:16Courtney Miller:I'll be right there. See? I knew what you were doing, but I needed to see her. She needed to, like, she got closure. You don't owe her anything. It would be inappropriate. I was like, okay, it's time to go to bed. And then she looks back on the old picture of her and her friend Madison or something, and she's like, I'll kill her one day. Or she goes, I'm glad I murdered her. I'm glad she's dead. And I murdered all her plates, too. and I run it all over plates too. All right. Some people have sex with my husband. And he's like, God, I'm exhausted. Woo, toots galore over here. He's like, I've been tied up for five hours now.

36:57Courtney Miller:Come on. I have to poop. Are you done commenting on Reddit stories? He can see the computer screen? Babe. Is this really necessary? Just press enter. You don't even know this woman. She goes, anything you say would be inappropriate. I'm losing blood in my hands.

37:17Courtney Miller:All right. All right. Our next story comes from Wedding Shaming and Wedding Planning. So I don't know which one it started on, but here we go. This was posted in August of, this was posted yesterday. What is happening? As of reading this, this was posted yesterday. I'm loving this fresh batch of pancakes, folks. Me too. Here we go. So this one reads, what's the worst thing you've ever seen happen at a wedding? I'll go first. I love that. Such a good title. What's the worst thing you've ever seen happen at a wedding? Just kidding. I'm not asking. I'll go first. This is the title. Fuck you. This question was posted in the subreddit's wedding shaming and wedding planning.

37:56Courtney Miller:We've highlighted a few of our favorite comments. So someone wrote, face pushed into the cake, which is dreadful enough on its own. The cake had rods in it to keep the layers in place. At least the bride's eye was missed and her cheek isn't badly scarred. Marriage did not last long. Oh. I despise that tradition. I despise that tradition. I don't get it. I despise when someone is. I think it's funny as hell. No, I think that tradition sucks. No, I like it for a seven-year-old on his Baskin Robbins cake. Baskin Robbins. And his Baskin. I don't like it for a wedding. That's crazy. There were rods in the cake.

38:33Why didn't the cake person go out and go, hey, heads up, rods and cake. Because they don't need to be there. Because they're drunk. They drop it off and they leave. The cake people do not need to stay all day. Dude, fuck that. That's crazy. Enough. Make your own cake, I swear to God. I wish we knew who pushed her. It was the husband.

38:52Courtney Miller:It was the groom. Get a fucking lie. Well, it's always the groom. Well, it's always the groom, right? The groom? Shucked. By the way, she probably spent hundreds on makeup. Oh, and he probably has no fucking clue. He probably was literally asleep or jacking off. You were like, what's on your face? Lipstick. Or just playing golf when she was getting a full beat. What a fucking, I didn't know that grooms do that. I only see people do it. That's the tradition. Wait, so two people go up and they go, yay, let's split the cake. And then a groom, if they're a dickhead. I've seen like a bride and groom like put cake on each other's face, but not go, hey.

39:23Yeah, I know, because it shouldn't happen.

39:25Courtney Miller:Yeah, it's a lot of the like cake in the face. It shouldn't happen. I still don't like. Unless it's like, oh, this is their vibe, and they both talked about it, and they both think it's funny. Yeah, her name is Brenda. I like cake on my face. For some reason, that feels... If that's your new last name, you know what's going to happen. No, I don't know. I don't like that. You're disgusting. You're disgusting. I'll take a shower. Someone said... I would love to. Someone said, went to a wedding once where the invitation said that there won't be music at the reception, and asked everyone who plays an instrument to bring one and they would have a jam session for reception entertainment instead.

40:00I used to be friends with people like that. Me too. I literally went to college with 90 % of these people. I went to theater school. That was all of it. Yeah.

40:07Courtney Miller:The only person who brought an instrument was the groom who played the didgeridoo. So the reception was just 20 or so minutes of the groom playing the didgeridoo before someone took pity on them and retrieved their laptop from their car and blasted whatever was saved in their iTunes. Every other part of the wedding was BYO as well. Bring your own food, drinks, and chairs. We forgot about the chairs part and had to stand. I really only went to this wedding so I could see the train wreck, and I was not disappointed. Edited to add - What is this fucking Tinespia? Edited to add, this took place in Iowa, a place not known for the didgeridoo whatsoever, and the didgeridoo was not in the cultural heritage of anyone present, including the bride and groom.

40:46Courtney Miller:The groom just thought didgeridoo's were neat. Oh, fuck. This feels like literally a lot of people I went to college with. You know that there were so many hacky sacks at that wedding. Of course. The man had dreads and he was white.

41:02I'm picturing the guy that gets his laptop out of his car, like the first two hours. He's like, it's fine. It's fine. And I'm not going to get it. I'm not going to get it. It's fine. I'm going to get it.

41:10Courtney Miller:I'm going to get it. And the girlfriend's like, I'm going to get it. And then he plays it. It's just fucking chop suey. And it's no speakers. It's just a laptop. System of a down. He's like, sorry, I don't have YouTube premium. here's Uptown Funk with an ad for Acura.

41:23I don't even think it's that good.

41:25Courtney Miller:Getting tired of the ads. Happy wedding to Brenda and Jim. Jim. And Jim's like, whoa. His dreads. And Brenda's like, hey babe, we can have sex whenever, can you put the didgeroo down? All right. Someone said, the best man called the bride the groom's ex's name twice during his reception speech. Twice. Someone said, one of my friends had their wedding at a nature conservatory. Beautiful setting. It was in an old but maintained giant log cabin with the dance floor and bar outside overlooking the forest. Then it started raining caterpillars from the trees above. They were everywhere. Is that a turn of phrase?

42:05No, no.

42:06Courtney Miller:They're caterpillars. Because it's out in the woods. It's at a conservatory. One landed right in my bra as I was waiting for a drink. That's kind of fun. And I said, sir, let me sip my martini first. Sir, there's a bug in my breast. Can you get it? I thought they were gonna say there was like some hawk, like... No, they needed some birds to eat the caterpillars because there's caterpillars everywhere. All right. So there's parts of the country where just caterpillars just start... Well, they're like in the forest, so there's trees above them. They're like inching on little branches. But it's just like, oh, they're done.

42:44No, they do it on the East Coast. You'll be walking and it's like boom, boom, boom, boom. Yeah.

42:51Courtney Miller:Because they're hanging there going to make cocoons and turn into butterflies. Yeah. They're going to turn into butterflies. They're going to go into women's bras and making a cocoon a butterfly. The groom got too drunk and hooked up with the maid of honor. It was so embarrassing. I'm assuming the bride never turned the marriage license into the clerk and recorder. Someone replied, at the wedding? What the hell? What the hell is that? I've read stories about people cheating. Me too. Where were they? At the wedding? I don't know. You sick fuck. God, he's such a dad sometimes. I don't know. I don't know.

43:23Courtney Miller:Next story. Quite literally, it's not there. A bridesmaid fainted during the ceremony, attended one wedding where a guest sang a song about her love for the groom. The singer was the bride's friend. She had too much to drink. The song was from the 90s. Congratulations by a singer named Vesta. Here are some of the lyrics. Congratulations, I thought it would have been me standing here with you. Congratulations, I hope you're happy because as long as I can breathe, you'll always be the one for me. Oh, oh. Why was I the last to know? I thought that we were special. My soul shakes, my heart breaks.

43:55Wait, I know this song. You sang this at his wedding. I did. I was really far away and only you heard it.

44:03Courtney Miller:Yeah. And I kept being like, shh. But you took a video of it and I'll send it to you soon. Great. Look at him. He's like, next story. Stop it. They continue. After singing a few bars, the DJ cut in and played some music. Someone took the friend out. Bride didn't get upset and people just danced. I'm not sure what possessed her to do that. It happened fairly quickly. Took the friend out? They just, yeah, killed her. Good on that DJ though. They're like, Amy, hey Amy, that was a great sound. Boom, go. That DJ did a very scary but right thing. Yeah. What song did he play? I can't sing any of them.

44:42Celine Dion, Power of Love probably. Probably saying, I love when she take control. Oh, yeah, you can do this. We whack them all.

44:49Courtney Miller:We've been talking about just all this awful stuff. Is there any, like, what is something at a wedding that you're like, that was awesome? That was the coolest thing I saw. Oh, okay. They crushed this. Well, at my wedding, I danced in a cage and there was a guy who was dressed like Santa and he joined me. Very cool. You're joking. Holy shit. I'm actually not kidding. What? It was like late at night. We didn't rent a club, but we decided to go in. We're like, oh, whatever. Let's try this. We went in, there was no one on the dance floor except for this old man who was dressed like Santa. And there was a cage?

45:18This is May, in May. And there was a cage at the club, like where sexy girls would dance in the cage, and I decided to get up there in my wedding dress, and the guy joined me, and he was going like this to my butt, and I was going like this to his butt. There's videos of it. That's really special.

45:38Courtney Miller:That's really special. That happened. Anything else? That's really special. Oh, my cousin took off her wedding dress and swam in the ocean that was right there. Just her. Oh, she was by herself. She was by herself. She just swam in the ocean in the middle of her wedding. That's the beginning of Jaws. And came back. It's not Snowflake! I'm trying to think. What's the coolest thing I've seen? I've come up with two, so it's crazy. Okay. Okay. I'll think of it. I'll think of it. Emily wrote down one that I really like. Like, my cousin had a mashed potato bar at their wedding when I was a kid, and that slapped.

46:16And I bet as kids, you're like.

46:18Courtney Miller:Oh, that's incredible. Oh, my God. That is. That's amazing. That is actually amazing. Holy shit. I was at a wedding where they brought out some affigato cart that just locked. Or at the perfect time. Right when everyone was like, I want to keep eating sweets, but I don't want them. I keep wanting to dance, but I'm tired. Oh. They brought in this fucking... No, honestly, honestly, like, I could do a dry wedding if it was, like, but we have this sick-ass, like, cafe. Like, if we have, like, some nice coffee drinks. Yeah. Coffee and ice cream, I'm like, that's better than alcohol. I'll do that all night.

46:54I love weddings that come out with, like, a little surprise later. You know how weddings, like, will come out with pizza maybe sometimes at the end of the night? The snacks. It's a huge thing now. It's, like, almost... Now the last, like, couple weddings I've been to all have it, where it's, like, late-night bites. Wow. Oh my God, when they drop those chicken fingers. It hits.

47:12Courtney Miller:That's awesome. Like right before they close the dance floor. Yeah. And you know what I did at the last wedding I went to? I found a to-go box. Because I knew we were in the middle of buttfuck nowhere. And I went, we're all going to. I have a cousin from buttfuck. Oh my God, I love that place.

47:32Anyway, that was really good. I got a to-go box and I saved it until 4 a.m. So dumb. That was really good. He's gonna keep laughing.

47:41Courtney Miller:I'm just doing the dumbest joke ever. Go on, you got a to-go box. And then I ate the food later. There we go. No, you made her skip right to the end. Yours was so much funnier. So I didn't fast forward on yours. No, yours was so much funnier. I have a cousin from Buttfuck. Oh, it was the genuine. Oh, I have a cousin.

48:02Wow, I guess we haven't been to too many great weddings. No, I'm gonna think about it.

48:06Courtney Miller:I think we've all been to like very chill. Like I've not had major drama at any weddings I've been to. Me neither. We were talking about cool things to happen at weddings. That's what that was. Yes, but I'm saying like, it just sounds like we've been to some chill weddings. The worst of any of the weddings that I've been to is I've seen some people get a little too drunk. Oh. Or like a lot too drunk. Like 90%. Not an embarrassing speech. Not an embarrassing, like not a public like, whoa. Oh, I have seen a heckler at a wedding. Oh my God. She heckled. every speech. And she's this older woman. That's awesome.

48:40Courtney Miller:She heckled every speech. She can do whatever she wants. Moving on to our next story. This next one comes from Am I the Asshole Weddings? Whoa. Combining things. Here we go. This was posted in March of this year. Am I the asshole for saying no when my sister-in-law asked for my husband's nieces and nephews to put on a performance at our wedding? Oh, God. This is so weird. This is getting funky. My husband and I are having our ceremony later in the year. My sister-in-law has asked my husband if his nieces and nephews can put on a performance at our wedding. I personally feel like the way our wedding is planned, having them do some type of performance just doesn't fit in at any point.

49:25Courtney Miller:It's not a traditional wedding, and we have changed a lot about the way the ceremony will be performed. Another point is that these are all children. They are all under 10 years old. I feel like this will come across as more talent showy, and I just can't see it happening in any way that's fitting for a wedding. I was also shocked that she'd asked for something like that. She's never asked about our wedding plans. My husband asked for my thoughts privately, and I immediately said no. I expressed that due to his family's history with him, I would not be accommodating to them, probably ever. They have a history of taking advantage of my husband's kindness, especially when it comes to his nieces and nephews.

50:01Courtney Miller:I've been very clear about my boundaries from the beginning. He understands and respects it. He also began drawing his own boundaries, and I'm so proud of him for that. I'm admittedly very guarded, but my immediate gut feeling was that she was asking this for selfish reasons. I'm not sure why, but this request doesn't sit right with me, especially with her lack of interest in our entire wedding. My husband sees it differently. He thinks it was an innocent request. I'm seeing the overall picture, but he's just considering the request, so it may seem innocent. I would have been fine with it if my husband wanted it or even the kids.

50:32Courtney Miller:I've asked my best friend, two cousins, and my cousin's girlfriend. They all said it was a weird request. However, they might be biased. I just need some outside perspective. Am I the asshole for saying no? Edit for further context. I tried not to use too many details as the people involved use Reddit, but fuck it. That's where my cousin's from. She asked. Butt fuck. Fuck it is next to butt fuck. Yeah, yeah. Well, this is butt fuck it. Which is also near Nantucket. She asked for them to perform a dance. They aren't dancers. I asked my husband if they could, and he said they're like a four out of 10.

51:10Courtney Miller:This furthered my bewilderment. Damn. Oh, so the kids can't dance? Then absolutely not. Kids. I don't dictate his boundaries. I just make mine clear. My in-laws are complicated. I've watched them use and take my husband for granted for years. I'll start with his parents. They're racist. They're also from Bumpa. Like, okay, and we'll start. My in-laws are complicated. And then two, they're racist. They're racist. They had a terrible reaction when he showed them my photo. Oh! Okay, that gives a lot of attention. They've also used him to support the entire household while allowing his brother to be verbally abusive towards him.

51:50Courtney Miller:He's cut that off and doesn't interact with his brother, who is also a racist. His sister, the one who asked, used him as an on-call babysitter for years. My husband would work his 9 to 5 Monday to Friday only for his sister to drop her kids off on a Friday night and expect him to babysit until whenever. I listened to him vent about this until I sat him down and explained he was allowing it. He's since cut that out completely and only helps his mom with the kids now and then. She also knowingly made terrible choices in who she procreated with, so she has no help from the father. That is an entire story on its own.

52:22Courtney Miller:My husband has been very open about wanting to cut down contact with his family and not have them too involved in our lives once we close on our home. I would never dictate how he should interact with them. We've both been clear about managing our own families and he's been very, very open about not tolerating their BS. It's a huge shift from what they're accustomed to and it's been almost two years since he made that change. Okay, well, I feel like this one's pretty clear. Yeah, this one's pretty, pretty clear. To ask for a sister-in-law, for anyone to ask like, oh, can my children put on a performance at your wedding?

52:56Courtney Miller:You know what? No. I know it's your wedding, but can it be about my children? And it would be. What if it was about my children? It would be a lot of organizing. It would be like, okay, go. And honestly, those kids will probably get up there and not do it. They're going to freeze up in front of a huge crowd. Have you ever been like, oh my God, Bubba is so good at this. Do it. Look, I don't know these kids, but like I've been in the entertainment industry a long time. These kids don't have what it takes. Oh my God. They're a four out of ten. These kids are not ready for this shit. They're a four out of ten is what he said.

53:23This guy was all so random. He knows.

53:26Courtney Miller:Yeah, I'm a Disney kid. Look, I know. Yeah, this is crazy. No, this sucks for everyone. You know those kids are also gonna be like, oh, I don't wanna fucking do this. And you know what? They will literally, she'll make the time, she'll organize this, she'll be stressed about it the whole day, and they literally will not do anything. What are they gonna perform? Like, hi, I'm a kid. Hello, I'm a kid. I'm a kid and this is my sister. Hey, I'm a sister. My dad's a racist. My dad's a racist. My mom's a racist and my uncle cut it off. What are they going to? It's so bizarre to me. It's clear that OP has like, clearly from how awful this family is, has just like smelled it immediately of just like, oh, this is going to be something so much worse than what she's saying this is about to be.

54:12Courtney Miller:Like this is, do not give them anything. I even think it's inappropriate to be like, can my kids be the flower girls? You can't, yeah, just to ask. Like even that, I agree. Can they perform? I agree. The bride and groom ask that. Yeah, it's not even straight to those things. It's like, hey, can we have a moment for my children? Like, what in the Shirley Temple hell? What in the Shirley Temple hell? This reminds me of that orphan story we read forever ago, remember? When the orphan was like, I think the orphans say, oh, we talked about an orphan tap dancing being like. Yeah. Sorry. No, it's okay.

54:47No, we're just hanging out here.

54:48Courtney Miller:I think a request like this at like a family reunion or something is fine. Like, a big family. Like, if it's an equal event for everyone, but this is a wedding. I'm sorry, you should not have any outside requests for a wedding. You don't have to make requests at a wedding. It's the bride and groom's wedding. Unless you are the parents and you are paying. Still, if you're the parents and you are paying, like, you shouldn't have that many requests. It's their wedding. No. She's not the asshole. As a kid who wanted to perform at things. Yeah. There, I said it. We all did, didn't we? I don't think I ever, like, asked.

55:23I think I would just be like, Grandma, Grandpa, stand here. Let me show you our play. Like, I don't think we were, like, looking for, like, We would improvise.

55:30Courtney Miller:I feel like what would naturally happen with kids at a wedding is, like, on the dance floor at some point, like, the kids would be, like, out, like, there would be a number where the kids go out and, like, are really just having fun. They have their time. The hardest I have ever laughed this summer, one of the billions of weddings I went to, we're all crowding around this little girl in this bright tutu, and she was confused. And for some reason, her parents were like, yeah. And we're all circling around here. We're dancing. And she's like. And then my friend looks at me and did her voice. I went, you're probably wondering how I got it.

56:00That is so funny. That's great. But yeah, the kids aren't going to be like, kids don't even know what you're doing. Under 10, they're just at a wedding being like, I want to go home. There's food, there's dessert, and I'm probably going to have to stay up till late. That's it.

56:15Courtney Miller:My favorite, I think I told this story before. but my favorite, because my nieces and nephews were at one of our wedding celebration things and they're incredible and they're so kind and they're around like 10, right? Yeah. But my nephew's the youngest. We had like a cupcake tower. My mom and the relative who made the cupcakes were very much like, okay, the bride and groom need to have the cupcakes first to have that moment, you know, whatever. But my brother's like, hey, so my nephew, he's like, he really wants a cupcake. Can you get one early? And I was like, yeah, dude, he can have a cupcake.

56:45Courtney Miller:And then it was just kind of like, we're going to be secretive about it. And at one point, like, I'm there at the wedding, like, talking to people, and I just look, and I see in the corner of this venue, I just see my nephew in the corner facing the wall eating a cupcake. Because he's trying to, like, be really secretive. And it's my favorite moment from the whole way, because it's so funny. Of him just being like, I'm not going to make a big deal out of this, but I just really need a cupcake. I love that he's... I was like, that's fucking valid, man. Facing the wall, just like... Just, just...

57:14Are you know those cupcakes? They were really good cupcakes. You know those cupcakes with like colored icing that change your tongue? Yeah.

57:21Courtney Miller:And he turns around and he's like, yeah, I'm fine. Or your cousin or your brother has the blue tongue and he's like, my kid really wants a cupcake. And I'm like, did you? He's like, he wants one. I don't need one. He's dying. He's covered. I don't want one. I don't want one. He wants one. That's so cute. It was very adorable. So cute. It's my favorite moment. All right. Some comments here. Not the asshole. It's your wedding, so that's reason enough to say no. It's your and your fiance's day, not your sister-in-law's or the kids. I've also never heard of or seen a children's performance at a wedding.

57:54Courtney Miller:Seems odd in every way. Whatever her reasons, just say no. That's not our vibe, but we look forward to seeing your children perform at the appropriate place and time. For instance, their school slash dance, et cetera, recitals. I hope you have a wonderful wedding and marriage. Someone said, not the asshole. It's weird that she wants to make your wedding a background for the children in their family. I would decline that request. Someone said, my friend hired a local drag queen to play her rich, gay, eccentric uncle at the wedding. She gave him all kinds of random details to gaslight her family with.

58:26Courtney Miller:Her sister, maid of honor, was in on it and helped. She said it was fantastic and it's been 20 years and people still ask about Uncle Malcolm. Someone said, I've never seen a children's performance except when I was in school and every single one of them sucked. Oh, Jesus. Oh, my God. But it's true. My favorite are the kids' performances where you see all the kids are looking at the teacher in the wings, and they're all going like, and the teacher's going like, the teacher's like, she's like. And you're like, and then she goes, and there's one kid who's just going. Yeah, the one kid is just like, I'm not doing this.

59:03Courtney Miller:I don't believe in this material. Yeah. All right. Well, hey, good news. Update. Yeah! The kids perform. What do we think is going to happen? I think the kids are going to do it anyways. You think? I feel like this, with how awful this family sounds, she's going to be like, The woman's going to go, oh, oh, oh, sorry, sorry. My kids have a little performance that they want to do for the, she's going to do it anyways. Yeah, I think that's a good point. Or she lost her mind and wrote some awful email. No, I vote yours. That could be true. The bride, you mean? Because I wonder if this family has truly had the boundaries, like, visibly put in front of them.

59:47Courtney Miller:I think it might just be like, we're done. OP says, like, she's been working with her fiancé to, like, set boundaries. Yeah. But I wonder how obvious that is to the family yet. Yeah. Let's see. Big fight or a dance? It's a fight dance. West Side Story. A few people have since asked for me to update. Here are the final developments. I did show this post to my husband. I'll be calling the problematic sister PS. My husband, we are legally married, but decided on having our ceremony and reception later in the year due to my mom undergoing chemo and radiation therapy for a rare type of cancer. Sat down with his nieces and nephews and asked them directly if they were interested in doing a dance.

1:00:28Courtney Miller:They all said no. The oldest one actually said that would be so cringe. He asked if any of them had asked to do a dance or any type of performance at the wedding. They all said no again. All right. Knowing this, my husband felt comfortable saying no as the kids didn't even want this. He broached the topic with P.S. in the car so it could be discussed privately. He said, hey, about the dance, I've decided on no. P.S. started raising her voice asking him why. He said he just didn't want it. She flipped out and started shouting at him. She accused him of not loving her or her kids anymore. He asked her why she would think that.

1:01:05Courtney Miller:She said because he won't babysit for her and it's hindering her life. My husband just asked if P.S. didn't think that it was hindering our lives having to be her on-call babysitter and that he had no part in making her kids. P.S. screamed at him that he was selfish for not allowing them to do a dance and that not everything is about us. Not everything is about us on our wedding day? She also accused him of playing favorites with regards to me and her kids. She has obviously lost the fucking plot. He told P.S. that he knew the kids didn't even want to do anything like that, that this was all about her and her need for attention.

1:01:38Courtney Miller:He also asked her how he could be playing favorites because I'm literally his wife. She was full on screaming, frothing at the mouth, raging at him about how he was ruining her life, that he was selfish and a terrible uncle. He just told her to pull over and he got out of the car. He took an Uber back to his cousin's house and ended up telling his parents what happened with P.S. His parents instantly started reasoning with him to make peace with his sister because she's just like that. He just said no and he walked away from them. When he told me what happened, I was stunned because what is she on?

1:02:08Courtney Miller:I adore his nieces and nephews, but his sister is fucking unhinged. She blocked me on WhatsApp like I even care. She also deleted his contact but didn't block him so he wouldn't see her profile picture or statuses. She then made sure he overheard her saying this to a cousin. This woman is 40 years old. It's so embarrassing. My husband at that point fully saw the situation from my perspective. This was never an innocent ask. She eventually calmed down, unblocked us, and tried to start communicating with us again. We were gray rocking her. Gray rocking is a tactic that is used to combat manipulative and abusive behavior that involves becoming as uninteresting and unengaged as possible so that the other person loses interest.

1:02:49Courtney Miller:Our wedding day came and it was perfect. His other sister was so happy for us and she complimented everything. She was very impressed with how well done and well thought out our wedding was. She thanked me for getting toys, books, and having an activity area for all the kids. She said she knew it was a woman's touch. That was a really nice moment. P.S. was extremely reserved most of the day. She did not speak to us at all, but she proceeded to wail like a banshee during the ceremony. She even went to the washroom in the middle of it because she was so overwhelmed by her emotions. We literally did not pay her any mind.

1:03:20Courtney Miller:We couldn't see anything else but each other in that moment. The kids were very happy. They danced with everyone else and no one else paid any mind to P.S. either. His parents seemed very happy for us and his father spoke to me privately and said he knows I make his son happy and that's all he wants. His mother was also reserved, but she was exceedingly happy to go show off pictures because our wedding lived up to their standards, I guess. We are going to be gray rocking P.S. without sacrificing the nieces and nephews. We really do love them and care for them. Gray rocking. Yeah, it's a term. I've never heard of this term.

1:03:54Have you? Never.

1:03:55Courtney Miller:So, yeah, I mean, narcissists and manipulators, they want a reaction out of you. I've seen the tactic. I've never heard of the same. Yeah, because a gray rock is just uninteresting. So the more that you just give them nothing is kind of the way, right? This woman, man. She clearly has some issues that she needs to work out that she's been projecting onto her brother forever. I worry about those kids because what has she decided they want to do that they don't actually want to do? Right. She just wants them to do it. Right. And then her wailing during the ceremony was her clearly wanting attention again.

1:04:31Yeah, jeez. Have you, have you, I've been in a wedding where someone is sobbing so, so hard.

1:04:38Courtney Miller:Like happy sobbing? Like yelling out sobbing? I've definitely been around someone who's crying a little too hard. We were like, damn, man, it's all good. You know what I mean? You're like, this is kind of a good thing. Yeah. Yeah. It's a good time. It's a good time. We're having a good time here. That's such a wild story. Yeah. It sounds like this OP is a badass. It sounds like she knows herself. Yeah. She knows her boundaries. And I'm really glad that she was able to kind of get her husband on the same page as her. I know. It seems like she found a really good one in kind of a tough family. Yeah.

1:05:13Like really tough. And that they love each other so much. We didn't notice anyone during the wailing. Yeah, how could you not? It's just like, and anyways, no! They're like, I love you. Yeah.

1:05:27Courtney Miller:All right, we're moving on to our final story. Whoa. Yeah. Our final story comes from Wedding Drama. It was posted in June of 2025. My cousin's wedding had a surprise guest, a goat in a tux. Hell yeah. Okay. Last week. Fancy. I'm listening. I'm in there. Last weekend, I attended my cousin's wedding. It was one of those charming, rustic, chic setups, a barn venue, fairy lights, burlap runners, and a folksy guy playing acoustic love songs. It was beautiful, really. Everything was going smoothly until it was time for the ring bearer to walk down the aisle. Everyone turned expectantly, phones ready, and instead of a child in a little suit, out came Gregory.

1:06:10Courtney Miller:Gregory is a goat. Gregory is a goat, a real living goat in a tuxedo. Apparently, the couple thought it would be adorable to have their pet goat carry the rings, and it might have worked if Gregory was in the mood to cooperate. He wasn't. Hell yeah. Rather than walk down the aisle, Gregory decided to do his own thing. He wandered off course, dragged the poor flower girl behind him, and made a beeline for the guest book table. He tried to eat it, the actual guest book. My aunt screamed, the groom was cracking up, the officiant barely blinked, a total professional. Meanwhile, the rest of us sat there frozen between confusion and laughter.

1:06:44Courtney Miller:Eventually, the best man lured Gregory away with a breadstick from the appetizer table, which was honestly the most heroic thing I saw all day. The rings were intact, the ceremony continued, and all was well, except Gregory managed to sneak into nearly every photo, just standing there like he was part of the bridal party. Oh my God. I mean, he kind of was. It was chaotic, hilarious, and honestly kind of perfect in its own weird way. I don't know if it was the goat or the love in the air, but that wedding? Unforgettable. Oh, that's so cute. It was the greatest of all time. I love that. If I'm at a wedding and there's some sort of animal like that, I'm like, this is the best wedding ever.

1:07:19Best wedding ever.

1:07:20Courtney Miller:There was a story we read years ago about someone bringing their pet raccoon to a wedding. And they were told not to bring their raccoon, so they're the asshole for bringing it against people's wishes. But if I was at a wedding and there was a raccoon, I'd be like, oh my God, I know who I'm getting drunk with all night. I'd go, that's not a pet. Go home, lady. You go, oh my God, finally somebody to hit on. It's just Shane and a raccoon on a lookout. Imagine you're at a wedding. Imagine we're all at a wedding. We get invited. We have a mutual friend, all of us, and we go to a wedding. And halfway through the night, you've already had a couple drinks.

1:07:56Courtney Miller:You turn and you see me at a table by myself with a beer talking to a raccoon. Shane, I wouldn't. What do you do? I would be like, I fucking know. That's awesome. Shane is really, I think Shane is finally having his heart to heart that he's needed. I've walked two dogs down aisles. Whoa. Once I was paid to do it. When I was a big-time dog walker for the stars. Oh, boy. I had to go to a wedding, didn't know them, didn't know the dog. And they were like, we just need someone that the dog will learn. Did you have to dress up? I was in all black, like a wedding photographer. And I had to walk Bella down the aisle.

1:08:30And she was like, I had to put this tutu on her. And she did not like it. And then I was stuck with her the rest of the night.

1:08:37Courtney Miller:You were there all night with this dog? Yeah, because they wanted. But you were paid to watch the dog all night. Wow. We have one comment on Gregory, and it is, I would take out a second mortgage on my house to pay whatever entry fee would be required to witness this. Oh, of course. I love that Gregory was in every photo, too. That's so funny. He just walked in every photo. The best part about that is that he stayed for the rest of the thing. Like, it's really polite that he did that. Also, kind of crazy to give him the rings, like the most, like, cherished part of the... Yeah, he could have eaten them.

1:09:09Like, yeah. That would suck. Did they say he took the flower girl?

1:09:13Courtney Miller:Well, I think the flower girl was kind of probably like tethered to him. She's in the air like, ah! She's being dragged on the ground. Yeah. Ah! Anyways, these have been some wonderful stories today. So good. Really great conversations. Really good stories. Thank you both for joining me today. Of course. Thank you for your insights into the wedding world. These wedding stories, I love them. Send us more. Yeah, please. They're so good. Thank you for watching. I hope your weddings have been good. And if you're going to have a wedding eventually, I hope that's also good. Have the best time. It's your day.

1:09:48Yeah. Oh my God.

1:09:50Courtney Miller:Uh-oh. Someone catch it. Wait, who? Oh, here we go. Are you throwing it there? He's gonna get it. Aww. What if you caught that at home? Let us know in the comments if you caught that. All right, we'll see you next Saturday. Goodbye. Bye. Thanks again to DoorDash for sponsoring this episode. Needed that, delivered. DoorDash. Order now.