I attended a awesome white trash / redneck / hillbilly just crazy oddball wedding in 1991. In Idabel , Oklahoma. The neighborhood was just a rundown collection of rentals all with old swamp coolers hooked up to at least one window on each house . The wedding was in the front yard of the house . The yard was dirt , had 2 pit bulls chained up on one side with a toilet with fake flowers stolen from a cemetery placed inside for decoration. The toilet also marked where you needed to stop at so the dogs couldn’t get you . There was a broken concrete path to the door that they lined with blinking Christmas lights that led to a big blinking fuzzy star Christmas tree topper hanging on the door . All lights blinking red , blue , green etc . The bride was mid 40’s and wore her wedding dress from her 2nd marriage. This was her fourth . The dress hadn’t changed but she had , gaining probably 40 plus pounds or more . So the back of the dress was unzipped, pinned closed and covered with some white lace from a lingerie piece bought at goodwill . It was cut up and pinned over the open back , might have worked if it wasn’t 3 shades off . The rest of the dress looked like it was going to burst open at any second . The groom who was 25 years old wore black jeans , white shirt and black boots and a black cowboy hat . The jeans came with the perfect circle mark showing where the can of Skoal was always kept . If you didn’t know the groom dipped snuff from that mark you just had to take a look at the giant bulge under his lip as he took his vows , or the fact that he reached over and spit in a large styrofoam cup with napkins in it every so often while standing across from his bride .
The preacher probably didn’t mind as he had a dip as well, but he wasn’t a spitter, he just swallowed his like a hardcore longtime snuff lover .
I was there with a friend that was a relative of the groom . There was maybe 30 people total in the yard watching . No chairs unless you remembered to bring your own . The “ reception “ was at a bar that looked like it was about to be condemned. The wedding party including a shit load of minors aged 13 to 18 all got in the bar easily and got to experience “ 50 cent beer night “. For one hour or more you had draft beer for fifty cents after buying the first for 2 bucks . But to hell with spending the 2 bucks when you can just share a mug between a few friends and just always have someone going to the bar to get more for 50 cents . You literally walked up to the bar , paid and poured your own out of a pitcher that kept getting refilled . And honestly it may have been 25 cents. There was also plenty of whiskey and some tequila that someone snuck inside in their purse . I was 17 then and my memory gets super cloudy after the first hour or 2 at the bar . I do remember the brides mom worked at a chicken place and she brought in a bunch of fried chicken and sides and the whole bar seemed hammered while tearing up some fried chicken and fixins. The rest of the evening included. The bride getting super freaky on the dance floor with the groom , then throwing up . A fight over who ate all the fried okra .. seriously, punches were thrown . Must have been some damn good okra . One car wreck , 1 DWI , one arrest for possession of a controlled substance (Meth) , and one gun being pulled on me cause I walked back to the wrong house when I woke up in the car . I do believe the couple is still married today . Overall a very eventful weekend visiting Oklahoma.