Outdoor wedding at a very nice farm. Dinner and dancing to follow. Looked forward to happy event.
Immediately....and I mean immediately after the "kiss the bride", the entire wedding party got into trucks and left. They were gone for about what seemed to be an hour. Turns out they all went to the bar and had drinks.
When I asked what the deal was I was told "It's a Nebraska thing." Ok. My parents came from this exact part of the state and I never heard of this tradition.
Any other wedding traditions to confuse the outsiders?
I was best man for several weddings, and did my duty. In one instance the fellow nearly took me up on it, but decided to go through with the wedding. It took him 6 months to get out of it afterwards. The bride announced on the wedding night that she was going to remain celebate.
In another instance I heard of after the fact, the groomsmen decided to spike the groom's drinks and after he passed out, took him to the Greyhound bus station. He woke up crossing the Georgia line mid-afternoon the next day. He was hopping mad, but later decided it was for the best.