From flirty ‘Jijaji’ to angry ‘Fufaji’, 7 types of annoying wedding guests you will find at Indian weddings

Weddings are not just about the bride and groom. Whether they like it or not, sometimes the limelight is stolen by guests who become the talk of the town for their antics. And Indian weddings—where food, fun and festivities are in abundance—such annoyingly unforgettable guests are quite common. After all, they create memories that make the event an affair to remember. Long after the wedding is over, people might forget what the bride wore or how the groom behaved, but it would be difficult to not remember those guests, for all the wrong reasons perhaps. Here are some such people we often encounter in Indian weddings and you might love or hate them but you can never ignore them.

It seems everyone gets a license to flirt during weddings. And it’s not a surprising sight to find much-married men engaging in healthy flirting with young girls. And if they are caught red-handed by their angry wives, we all know what follows, right?

We all have that angry uncle (none other than the dreaded ‘Fufaji’) who would have a say in everything—from the menu to decoration, music to gifts. He assumes an air of importance beyond anyone’s comprehension and doesn’t need any provocation to get angry. A platoon of family members would dance to his tunes to keep him happy. But no matter what they do, he would always be that eternally-dissatisfied soul and the worst critic anyone can imagine.

What could be a better occasion to flaunt your fineries than a wedding? But some people, especially women, seem to take this too seriously and they would wear the most ostentatious dress or a saree and pair these with pieces of jewellery that haven’t seen the light of the day for ages. Watching them move like swans across the wedding hall is not only entertaining but amusing as well.

Weddings have always been notorious for being a favoured matchmaking ground for ages. Even today, people would attend weddings with the hope of bumping into their soulmate. No wonder, there will be many who would play cupid, more popularly known as matchmakers, and conspire to make the unmarried people find their partners.

Unfortunately, in most Indian weddings we still do not have the concept of limiting the entry of wedding guests per invite. This gives the invitees unlimited freedom to bring as many people as they like to the wedding. And some freeloaders would take advantage of the wedding family’s generosity and leave no opportunity to have a good time at their expense and pain.