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 ...

A Reddit user shared the story of a wedding cake smash gone wrong; the groom cut the bride's face with the tines of the fork during the ritual, and she spent several minutes bleeding during the ...

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 ...

She says cake smashing could "run the risk of ruining the bride’s hair and make-up" and "run the risk of ruining or soiling the bride’s gown" Etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore weighed in on the ...

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 ...

Whitmore warns couples to think twice before creating a messy moment and says the act could wind up spoiling their special day She also shares her own insight into the matter and gives advice for ...

Etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore says cake smashing can "run the risk of ruining the bride’s hair and makeup" and spoil the couple's big day Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She ...