It’s your birthday. Your friend brings out your cake. You blow out the candles and — smash! — they shove your face into the cake. It’s all fun and games until you lose an eye — which is, apparently, a ...

Planning a wedding can be stressful, especially with all of the long-held traditions and potential ceremonies a couple can include. The cake smash is one wedding tradition in which the bride and groom ...

An anonymous bride on Reddit has alleged a cake-smashing incident ruined her wedding, and her post has led social media users and etiquette experts to debate if the tradition can be harmful. The bride ...

An anonymous bride on Reddit has alleged a cake-smashing incident ruined her wedding, and her post has led social media users and etiquette experts to debate if the tradition can be harmful. The bride ...

Sure, there’s almost always a hater or two at a wedding — but this “red flag” mom takes the cake. Sam, a recent bride, is likely scooping out frosting from her nostrils after her mother-in-law smashed ...

A man revealed on Reddit that he and his wife attended a wedding where the groom smashed a forkful of wedding cake into the bride's face, causing her to get hurt. The couple got divorced less than a ...

It’s your birthday. Your friend brings out your cake. You blow out the candles and — smash! — they shove your face into the cake. It’s all fun and games until you lose an eye — which is, apparently, a ...

"I still remember the look my wife gave me, with a shocked ‘wtf was he thinking?!’ ” one guest recalled on Reddit Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...