Sorry, I was so damn tired I went immediately to bed after going home. I just got up to pee and get some Advil. I think I'm coming down with a cold. For people who asked about where I was typing this, it was at home. I was talking to the bride through IMs. I left the house around 1PM. There was a ton of traffic as usual in the Boston area, and I barely got there at the prescribed time of 2:30. At least I was not late, and even the bride and groom were late so whatever.
The wedding went decently well, but there were several problems. Before I say the details I want to say I often overreact about shit, and I was never really not going to go to the wedding. They've been my friends for years and it would have been an assholish thing to do. And the bride was under a ton of stress. Still, sometimes she really needed to cool down and relax. Though I don't blame her with the shit that went wrong. And she did look really beautiful. She actually did her own makeup, too.
Anyway, here's what the problems were. I'll just list them:
-Both the chapel and the reception hall were cold as

. The chapel had some heating but it simply was not enough; it's an old, small building. The reception hall was inexcusable though. It was like an icebox, with drafts everywhere, even at the bridal party's table, which had a vent running along right behind it. This wasn't the bride and groom's fault; totally the fault of the reception hall. Still a

ing disgrace though, the bridesmaids had to put on coats to keep warm. At least the bride had several layers of skirting on.
-The bride's dress ripped a tiny bit before the ceremony. Not really a problem since her mom had white needle and thread, but it just made her very stressed out, which didn't need to happen.
-Another bridesmaid had a problem with her zipper. What a great dress for $170.
-The food sucked and there wasn't enough of it.
-The travel to the

ing reception hall was a disaster. The directions they gave everyone had a critical mistake. Instead of having to pass 2 lights and turn to get on a road, it was 6-7 lights. Pretty much everyone got lost, including the bridal party because they couldn't at least carpool us together and follow in a line, much less rent a limo. The groom was very apologetic to everyone, but the bride, under a ton of stress as it is, was not even going to wait for one of the ushers at one point before we made our entrance. She usually isn't like this at all, and it was kind of discomforting to me even though I should have expected it.
-They used U2 for the first dance.
-This one is competely my fault. I decided to wear my contacts for the ceremony. Bad

ing idea. My eyes were dry and hurting like hell, and even now, after sleeping, they still aren't really recovered. I should have expected this, but I wanted to wear them. I guess I'm vain.
-This is the real

ing kicker: the groom's parents were late to the

ING CEREMONY. They were supposed to be there at 2PM and got there at 5PM (the ceremony was to start at 4:30 PM). As if everyone wasn't under enough stress. The bride was so pissed off at the groom's mother, who had been being a total bitch about everything (making shitty comments at the rehearsal), that this was the last straw. We started without them. And they walked in on the "I do"s. What a

ing disgrace. The groom's mom should have been

ing ashamed (the father is ill and can barely walk, plus he seems like a good guy, so it wasn't his fault).
I left early, after the cake was cut, because I could barely stand up at that point. I felt terrible since the bride was really stressed out, but I seriously could not stay any longer. I wasn't the first person to leave, at least.
I suppose it turned out better than it could have, but the one thing I can't believe is the groom's mom. What an asshole. I will post pics later, I'm going to go back to bed.