Today, during the garter toss at a wedding, all the eligible men yelped and scrambled, evading it like a falling meteor. They apparently wanted to stay single, rather than put it on and dance with the one who caught the bouquet, which was me. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was at a wedding, and during the bouquet toss, I stood back and let the single ladies have their moment. The bouquet flew straight at me, hit me in the face, and I instinctively grabbed it. Now everyone thinks I’m desperate to get married. FML
Today, at my aunt's wedding, the time for the tossing of the bouquet came and the announcer asked for all the single ladies to gather behind the bride. I was the only one. FML
Today, I was at a wedding reception. Everyone got offended when I threw my hands up and backed off to avoid catching the garter and let the two guys on either side fight for it. Nothing but laughs for the cousin who grabbed the bouquet out of someone else's hand and punched her, though. FML
Today, I read an FML about a garter toss. It made me remember my own garter toss. None of the guys at the wedding wanted to catch it, and visibly cringed at the idea of touching it. Ten years later, it's all been downhill from there. FML
Today, my wedding went amazingly, aside from the fact that when I successfully got the garter off her thigh then tossed it behind me, her dad went out of his way to jump up and catch it. Let that be a lesson to not turn around and see who catches it. FML
Today, I was at a wedding and caught the bouquet. As I was leaving the reception, I slipped on the dance floor and landed on my back, knocking the wind out of me. Everyone thought that I had caught the bouquet, and had fainted from the excitement. FML
Today, I attended my best friend's wedding. Instead of throwing her bouquet, she turned around and handed it to me. I was the only single lady out of 150 guests. FML
Today, we went to the wedding of one of my friends. As she was about to throw her bouquet, my boyfriend muttered that if I tried to catch it, we'd be through. FML
Today, I went to my friend's beautiful wedding. The only other single girl there was 5 years old. She caught the bouquet. FML
Today, I was at a friend's wedding and caught the bouquet. Everyone cheered, until I slipped on the flowers and fell flat on my back. FML
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RichardPencil 32
So just because you made the catch doesn’t mean you are a catch. Maybe you seemed too thirsty during the bouquet toss? Throwing elbows at little girls isn’t sexy.
manb91uk 22
Maybe all these men just... Shit, I can’t think of a good reason why a group of single men wouldn’t want to dance at an event that has massive expectations... Sucks big
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manb91uk 22
Maybe all these men just... Shit, I can’t think of a good reason why a group of single men wouldn’t want to dance at an event that has massive expectations... Sucks big
RichardPencil 32
So just because you made the catch doesn’t mean you are a catch. Maybe you seemed too thirsty during the bouquet toss? Throwing elbows at little girls isn’t sexy.
manb91uk 22
Speaking from experience Dicky?
RichardPencil 32
Yeah. Saw a woman dive over a widowed grandma in a wheelchair, knocking her to the ground, to make an Odell Beckham, Jr.-like catch of the bouquet. It was ugly!
skippydoda 32
A woman at my cousin's wedding took her nails and cut me to get the bouquet... I was thirteen.
blahblabbity 19
chill out, it was probably a joke. i’ve seen this done several times. you know there’s a stereotype that men are afraid of commitment?
Chazzster 32
Let’s see, what if those men are single because that’s their life choice at this time? Then why would you expect them to suddenly change their minds because somebody tossed a garter? OP, I understand that this was embarrassing and humiliating to you. I think that whole tradition is an absurd anachronism of the bridal bouquet and the garter toss. If you take part in such a thing you run the chance of it not coming out the way you want.
Rabite 28
They are not supposed to change their mind on singledom and date OP. It's just a dance of two single people for fun.
Natalie Butts 5
I'm a wedding planner and have never seen the person who catches the bouquet and garter have to dance. Very strange concept to me.
MaxLegroom 3
Many are the things I've done to avoid that garter, myself. Once, I suddenly had to go to the restroom. Another time, well, you can't catch it with a drink in one hand and your car keys in the other.
DragonMaiden7 15
When I was a little girl, I caught the bouquet. I was about eight. The boy who caught the garter was about twelve. There was no dance, but he had to put the garter on me. There wasn’t a dance, but everyone there was laughing about how cute it was because the ‘new couple’ was so young. I guess when it’s with adults, it isn’t just cute and a wedding tradition, and it becomes more of a ‘oh my god, what if I actually start dating this girl now?’ Fun traditions gradually become paranoia and superstition to some people. Sorry OP.
ARISKomuniszt 24
That might actually mean they fancy you... I mean think about it, it'd just be a harmless dance, if they weren't somewhat interested in you maybe they'd have done it for the laughs and traditions and it wouldn't have mattered.
Rabite 28
Don't worry, they would have reacted the same if the bouquet toss was after that.
corky1992 33
I’ve been to quite a few weddings and none of them have ever done this. I didn’t even know it was a thing. Maybe it had nothing to do with you. They just didnt want to dance with someone they dont know or cant dance in general.