Bride Shocked and Furious When 20 Teens and Their Families Crashed Her Wedding to Take Prom Photos Using Her Decorations

A bride says her weekend wedding celebration was unexpectedly interrupted when a large group of teens and their families showed up at her venue for a prom photo session.

She shared the story on Reddit’s “Wedding Planning” forum, explaining that she had rented a cabin in the woods from Friday evening to Monday morning. “Our contract stated that we had exclusive use of the property for this time,” she noted.

The weekend was off to a smooth start until Saturday, when preparations were underway for the ceremony.

“The ceremony was going to be outdoors in a beautiful forest area with a gazebo that we draped with cloth. There was a huge chandelier with old Edison bulbs, we did the aisle up with flowers, everything,” the bride wrote.

But just before their rehearsal was scheduled to begin, a convoy of limos and cars started arriving at the cabin. Around twenty teens, accompanied by roughly thirty family members, descended on the property, while multiple photographers began snapping pictures of the teens in their prom outfits.

“They were taking photos off to the side and then slowly started creeping closer to the decorations. They eventually ended up ON THE ALTAR taking photos, and I went full bridezilla and told them to get away from the decorations we worked so hard on,” the bride recalled. “The parents gave me attitude and said, ‘Let the kids take their pictures!’ “

The bride later discovered that the property manager had texted her an hour before the group arrived, saying, “Have a couple of kids coming to take prom photos on the property for an hour, hope that’s ok!”

“I immediately texted back that it was NOT ok and I had exclusive use of the property for the weekend according to our contract. She left me on read,” the bride wrote.

“No answer to my repeated calls to the venue manager,” she added. “Cars blocked my guests from getting to the rehearsal dinner, and they had to park all the way at the end of a very long driveway.”

Following the incident, the bride said she received “no refund, no apology, no acknowledgment, literally nothing” from the venue.

Readers on Reddit largely sided with the bride, agreeing that the venue manager violated her contract and put her in a difficult position.

“What a frustrating situation! Most times, I think bridezillas are just way overreacting, but in this case, I think you were justified,” one commenter wrote. “You had a contract and were told you had exclusive use of the place.”

Many also expressed sympathy for the bride, noting how disruptive the intrusion must have been.

“I would have been livid. Good on you for not backing down!” one person commented, while another said, “I would have flipped out too and probably would have said, ‘If you want to take pictures at my wedding, you’re going to need to fork over the cash for a photography session.’ I was mad for you reading that story.”