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Offline Winterlight

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Re: Wedding Horror Stories
« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2018, 01:06:40 pm »


A relative of a friend decided to get married at a little French bistro. Since the venue was so small, she only invited blood first cousins, and not their spouses (or kids). I think that's so horrible. It's like you're saying, "YOU are my family, but your husband is not. Come to a celebration of my new husband joining our family!" Like, my husband counts, but YOURS doesn't. My friend was married to the bride's brother, so that was considered close enough to be invited. Additionally, the bride's family is extremely picky and conservative in their food tastes, and the food served--while delicious and plentiful--was "fancy" food that the bride's family was not familiar with. Think prosciutto and brie, for example. Several family members loudly proclaimed that they were stopping at McDonald's both before AND after the reception, rather than eating that weird stuff. Friend and I were kind of torn on whose fault that was--family members were rude, of course, but should the bride have predicted they would not like the reception food and taken their comfort into account better?


The couple were terribly rude for not inviting the spouses of their family members. I agree with your thoughts about it - "celebrate a new member of our family, without the whole family".

But, when it comes to the food, the guests were jerks. It's meat and cheese, not durian fruit. There is nothing wrong with going to McDonald's before and after the reception. Just shut up about it. They acted like children.

This reminds me of a story on the old board, I think, about the vegetarian couple having a vegetarian party and one of the fathers getting all crusty about it. The food at a wedding should be plentiful and have some variety. But, you don't have to please every single guest.

Agreed. Not inviting the kids isn't a problem for me, but leaving off spouses isn't OK. (Yes, the Queen of England can do it, but the rest of us look tacky.) And if the food isn't to your taste, then eat what you can and put a sock in it otherwise. Go for McDs afterwards if you must, but don't announce it to anyone. It is one meal, and you'll survive.
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