This Is What The Wedding Night Is Actually Like, According To Couples

11. “We got married in a chapel on our college campus on a Wednesday evening, and afterwards we went to our dorm room and watched ‘The Princess Bride’ until we passed out. Had to go take a music theory exam the next morning!” ― Emma P.

12. “I got food poisoning from something at our wedding. My husband had an intense headache. We went to a hotel that was gifted to us for the night, missing our after party, and slept. Well, I didn’t sleep much because I was vomiting.” ― Felicia L. 

13. “I vividly remember face-planting into the bed while my husband unbuttoned the back of my wedding gown for me since I couldn’t do it myself.  After we had changed into some comfy clothes, we called my younger sister (one of my bridesmaids) to come hang out with us in our room. We ended up ordering pizza with her and gossiping about various things that happened earlier that day. It wasn’t a traditional wedding night, especially since we spent it with my sister, but my husband and I wouldn’t have it any other way! We were WAY too tired and sore to do anything else!” ― Annalis L. 

14. “My husband helped me out of my dress and with all the bobby pins in my hair. We put on old pajamas, ate our cookies, split the bottle of champagne, and watched some episodes of ‘Frasier,’ and then got down to business.”  ― Amber L.

15. “My husband and I forgot condoms, so we went into the drugstore, me still in my wedding dress, to buy some!” ― Joelle D.

16. “We were exhausted and sweaty from the long, hot day and hours of dancing so we took a soak in the giant tub. It took forever to fill with water so we sat in it while we waited. We opened our cards and read the notes from family and friends. Then we just sat talking about how happy and relaxed we were.  Next thing I know, I wake up and the tub is full and spilling over into a hole near the top obviously there to prevent people like us from flooding the room. My husband and I had fallen asleep! We went to bed with my hair still up in a wet fancy bun and didn’t actually consummate the marriage until the next  morning.”  ― Erin M.

17. “He carried me over the threshold into our hotel room, then I started yelling at him to take off my dress because I had to pee so bad and had been holding it most of the day! I then made him close his eyes because I didn’t want him to see me in my extremely unsexy (yet functional) body shaper and Spanx.” ― Heather S.

18. “We drank champagne, ate the complimentary chocolates, and opened all of our cards and gifts while lounging in our bridal suite in our underwear. Then we passed out!” ― Staci Z.

19. “After the reception we Ubered to a hotel near LAX to spend four hours (only four hours) before shuttling to catch our flight. We removed the 9,000 bobby pins from my hair, then tried to sleep.” ― Annie  S.

20. “I stayed at the hotel while my husband ran home to walk the dog ― it was hard enough getting a babysitter for our four month old, we couldn’t find a dog sitter. Then he came back, we took a nap, and ordered room service ― a cheeseburger at 2 a.m. No diapers or bottles: perfection.” ― Samantha L.

21. “We stopped at McDonald’s, drove to a family friend’s beautiful timeshare on the beach, then had a ton of sex. It was everything broke teenagers could ask for.” ― Sam G.

**Some responses have been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.