5 Ways To Avoid A Tacky Wedding

Guests who were invited to the romantic, fairy tale themed wedding of Tasha Johnson and Markeith Brown probably never expected to witness the all out brawl that ensued at the reception. The wedding consisted of romantic vows exchanged at an oceanside gazebo and a ballroom reception. As guests prepared dance the night away, however, a fit of tackiness took hold of the groom, abruptly ending the festivities.  According to BlackVoices,

The affair remained classy until around 9 p.m., when Tampa police say Brown began throwing money on the dance floor for children to pick up, which angered one of his guests. When the groom and his brother asked the guest to leave, a fight broke out that escalated and spilled into the parking lot. Cops came — but it doesn’t end there. After guests left, the fight started up again in a hotel parking lot, where the groom’s 74-year-old grandmother was put in a choke hold after trying to break up the brawl.

You know you’re at a tacky wedding when someone’s grandmother is in a choke hold. Check out the news coverage of the incident here:

Read more about the incident here.

In response to this classic show of wedding day tackiness, here is BlackVoices’ list of the top 5 things NOT to do at your wedding:

1) THROWING MONEY AT YOUR GUESTS: It can be a cultural tradition for the bride and groom to do a “money” or “dollar” dance at a wedding, but sprinkling dollar bills on a crowd of people, aka “making it rain,” is a totally different story and is never a good idea (see: Jones, Pacman). Also, as generous as it might be, it’s pretty gross to give money to your guests in the same manner that you gave out money to the dancers at your bachelor party.

2) GET BOOZY & BELLIGERENT: If treated responsibly, open bars are nice accents to a fun wedding. If treated irresponsibly, well, see above. There’s really no better way to ruin what is supposed to be the best day of two peoples’ lives than to get drunk and start throwing blows. On days like these, family ties come undone. The bride will call the police on you.

3) SCREW UP THE TOAST: Write notes. Don’t have too many drinks beforehand. Remove all thoughts of his or her exes from your mind. Be discreet. Because if you call the bride by the groom’s ex-girlfriend’s name or let it slip that she’s in her first trimester, she’ll never let you come to the house again. Ever.

4) HIT ON SOMEONE INAPPROPRIATE: It should go without saying that the groom’s grandmother is off limits, right? It’s hard to be single at a wedding, but there’s no rule that says you have to find someone to hook up with at every wedding celebration you attend. Relax.

5) BE TACKY: Of course, tacky people don’t necessarily know they’re tacky. But if you don’t do any of the things that this family in the UK did for their 16-year-old daughter’s wedding last year, then you at least know you won’t have the tackiest wedding the world has ever seen.

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