Being a bride and planning your wedding is stressful AF, so you want everything that leads up to your wedding to be easy, and the bridal shower is key in that “less stress” equation.

But yeah, sh^t goes sideways a lot more often than you’d think and even the best planning can’t stop unforeseen problems.

These 20 people open up about the craziest stuff that took place at their bridal showers.

1. Come on grandma…

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2. No, they didn’t.

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3. Priorities…

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4. That’s petty.

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5. Sad panda is sad…

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6. Uh oh…

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7. That is a weird look for a bridal shower…

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8. It doesn’t always have to be bad…

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9. You spent an entire MONTH there?!

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10. Yeah, she definitely should have waited.

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11. Whoa! That’s cold.

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12. Some problems are tougher than others…

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13. Hey niece! Be nice!

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14. **sniff**

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15. Everybody’s relationships are different. Don’t assume anything.

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16. Starting F*rting now!

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17. Yeah, that makes no sense. f*ck her.

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18. Well, that’s a weird turn of events.

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19. You probably could have, but don’t look a gift horse in the mouth!

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20. Ugh. f*ck that job.

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So not all of them were complete nightmares, but how about that MIL throwing the SIL an entire bridal shower and then showing up with a $5 gift to anonymous’ shower?

That’s some gutsy sh^t right there!