Weddings are supposed to be unforgettable, but sometimes weddings are memorable for the wrong reasons. Instead of being remembered for the heartfelt vows and the nice couple, they’re remembered for a mishap that intruded on the happy day.

It makes me shiver when I think of what will go wrong when I get married. All I can hope is that it doesn’t come close to what I’ve seen before.

But since I’ve giggled and, yes, laughed out loud over some incidents, I’m sure karma’s gonna get me.

Last weekend, my friend’s wedding went off about as perfect as you can wish for — until the reception. It was fine until a DJ set up his equipment in the restaurant corner and started blasting obnoxious reggaeton — is there any other kind of reggaeton? — music.
Soon, word filtered through the wedding crowd that the restaurant had double-booked the room and the DJ was playing music for a quinceañera.

My friends tried to make the best of the situation and danced a little, some of them even joining a dance-off, but the looks on the faces of the wedding couple showed anger and sadness at the party mashup-mixup.

A peace was brokered between the two parties when another problem was noticed. The TV show “Cheaters” came on during the reception, and the restaurant manager was oblivious to the inappropriateness of it.

A 2005 wedding started almost 45 minutes late and then just as it got under way, a pint-size barking dog entered the Segundo Barrio church and voiced his objections to the wedding. Instead of just wrangling her dog and leaving the church, the pooch’s owner started having a loud conversation with the wedding photographer.

Later on during the ceremony, an elderly man burst through the church doors and interrupted the ceremony by shouting for the person who blocked his driveway to move their car. Wish I had gone to that reception.

Band harmony is hard to come by, and not just in the Bee Gees vocal harmony type of harmony. The crowd at a 2006 wedding was shocked to see the reception band argue all night in front of us between songs.
During one of the high-energy, songs a woman got a little too into the dancing and collapsed on the floor. She was OK.

Then I was disrespected by the bouquet catcher when she took five minutes to respond to my dance request. Awkward.

A unity candle the couple had just lighted blew out. Given all the other awkward events at other weddings and receptions, that’s not too bad unless you believe that there’s symbolism in the unity candle blowing out.

It may be hard to do, but laughing at the situation will help. As the Terminator said in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” “Your levity is good, it relieves tension and the fear of death.”

Not that marriage is death … you know what I mean.

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