This blushing bride was beyond bothered after a guest snubbed her luxurious brunch spread for a bucket of fried chicken — and then rudely boasted about it on social media.
Six weeks after the wedding, the newlywed took to Reddit to vent her frustration in the Subreddit r/weddingplanning, and gauge whether or not she was overreacting to the incident.
She shared that she had spent eight months “meticulously” planning the wedding with her husband and parents, and after much deliberation, they opted to celebrate the “elegant morning ceremony” with a brunch-based reception at a venue well-known for the renowned chef’s “exquisite catering.”
“We hand-selected our menu items months in advance, including shrimp and grits, quiche, a biscuit bar with assorted jellies, sausage, and bacon, chicken and waffles, and much, much more,” wrote the bride in her post, and added that the spread cost the couple $98 per person.
She also explained that early on in their relationship, she and her husband started a tradition of enjoying Saturday morning brunch together, so the reception marked their first brunch as a married couple, making it an extra sentimental occasion for the pair.
As with just about any wedding, there were a few unpopular family members in attendance.
“My uncle and his wife are in the midst of a rocky separation, and his wife has a history of being rude to and taking advantage of the rest of the family. We were surprised to hear that he was bringing her with him to the wedding about 3 days prior, given the situation, but said nothing about it,” she explained.
Apparently, while making the 15-minute drive from the church to the reception venue, the uncle and his wife were feeling peckish, so naturally, they stopped for a few buckets of fried chicken at a fast-food joint. The bride clarified that this wasn’t the issue, and in fact, was completely fine with it — it was the wife’s actions once she arrived at the venue that truly aggravated her.
After entering the reception and evaluating the luxe brunch spread — which the bride clarified had plenty of options to choose from, and was even abundant enough to be sent home as leftovers with the newlyweds — her uncle’s wife went back out to the parking lot, “retrieved the leftover fast food, and then she re-entered the reception hall with it and ate it openly at one of our decorated round tables.”
Still, this brazen move wasn’t the boiling point for the bride.
Apparently, the uncle and his wife took “pictures of themselves eating the fast food at the table (with the brand packaging all out in the open)” and “they have now posted those pictures on Facebook on two separate occasions,” leaving the bride and her mother, who played a large role in planning, hurt and offended.
To add insult to injury, other family members commented on the chicken contrabandist’s posts, writing, “nothing classier than bringing fast food to a catered wedding!”
“I’m struggling with feeling like I was disrespected on a day that we put so much time, money, energy, and thought into planning, and every time they post about it just digs the knife in deeper,” the bride’s Reddit post concluded. “I don’t want to comment on the post or anything because I’m afraid to be seen as overreacting or like a bridezilla, but it’s very hurtful.”
Though angry brides often take plenty of flak online — take it from this woman who demanded that her toddler flower girls all straighten their hair to match better in photos, or this ultra-specific dress code designated by a judgmental bride-to-be — the comments under this Reddit thread were staunchly on the side of the original poster.
“It’s frying me that they ate fried chicken when you literally served fried chicken,” pointed out one punning commenter. “This makes it obvious to me that she just wanted to make a scene.”
“I personally wouldn’t let this one keep me up at night,” advised another. “She embarrassed herself, not you, and the Facebook post where someone called her out is a perfect example of that. She may have laughed off their comment, but trust me when I say she is the only person who looks bad here.”
A majority of the comments commiserated with the bride, and offered their own stories, ranging from a groom who wouldn’t eat his own reception food and ordered McDonald’s to the venue instead, to a huge group of family members who complained about the wedding menu in advance.
“It sounds like your other guests were judging them harshly too. I’d let other people stand up for you, like that family member, and you get to be the classy bride who rose above it all. Obviously, no one likes this woman, and there’s no point in letting her ruin your day!” replied one wise Redditor.
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