Bride Thinks It’s Perfectly Acceptable To Feed Wedding Guests One Chicken Tender Each
It’s wedding season! Not only does that mean we get to talk about wedding gowns, decor, and dream honeymoon spots, but it also means there’s going to be bouquetfuls of drama!
Reddit user artsysgirl regaled horrified readers with her tale of a bride’s vacation to Cheapsville, so buckle up. I’m in the middle of planning my own wedding, but if I behaved this tacky and cheaply, I’d slap myself in the face.
The Reddit Post
Reddit user artsysgirl recently shared a story to the Wedding Shaming subreddit, writing "I’m not personally involved with this wedding nightmare, but I’ve heard all the gory details from the groom’s mother."
It involves a bridezilla, an exploited mother of the groom, and 200 chicken tenders. Let’s dive in.
They See Me Rollin’, They Hatin’
So the bride chooses her sister-in-law to be her maid of honor. So far, so good, right? Wrong! The bride then asks her SIL to bankroll her entire booze-filled three-day-long bachelorette party.
But because the sister-in-law can’t afford it, the mother of the groom offers to pay instead. Only one problem, the mother of the bride is invited, but the groom's mother is not.
Red Flags
Now here’s the part where the red flags start blowing in the wind like a hurricane about to make landfall.
“MOG isn’t just paying for the bachelorette party. She also booked the church venue, paid for the venue, and paid for other assorted items. More than $10K already. [The] bride’s parents haven’t paid for ANYTHING. No one has said 'thank you' to MOG,” artsysgirl wrote.
Mother Of The Groom
In a story full of devils, the only saint that emerges is the groom’s mother. Unfortunately for her, the bride and groom have also zeroed in on her generosity, and Reddit cannot believe what’s going on.
One commenter wrote, "Does the groom understand what his own mother is being put through by his bride and her family? If he does, why is he the groom still?" Another responded, "It always baffles me that spoiled jerks like this manage to find someone willing to marry them. Like I cannot fathom treating my super sweet MIL this way."
It’s A Finger-Licking Failure
Here’s where the Redditor drops the deep-fried bombshell.
“It gets worse. 200 people RSVPed, [the] wedding is a week out at this point. While at the boozy bachelorette, [the] bride calls MOG and asks if she can pick up the food on the day of the wedding. MOG asks where she’s picking it up from and what it is,” she wrote. “It’s 200 chicken tenders. That’s it. That’s all the food they’ve thought to order for the wedding. 200 individual chicken tenders for 200 people.”
The Math Does Not Check Out
But guys, before you judge the blushing bride too harshly, just remember that in addition to 200 chicken tenders, the couple also splurged on a wedding cake and an open bar! Sadly, there is not enough alcohol in the world to help one forget what a nightmare of a wedding this must have been. Resume judging.
One Reddit user chimed in, “Has no one said to her, ‘You want people to have one chicken tender each?’” while another responded with, “Imagine the beautifully constructed DIY Cricut sign. ‘Please take only one’ in an intricate cursive font.”
But Wait! There's More!
At this point, the mother of the groom is out of her mind, wondering how on Earth 200 chicken tenders are going to feed a wedding reception filled with 200 starving guests. Frantic, she begins calling around to catering companies to see if she can pull a full meal out of thin air, and thankfully, one company pulls through.
But before she can order anything, the bride demands to look at the menu first.
Love Is Blind
Reddit was appalled by the treatment of the mother of the groom and disgusted with the bride and groom’s behavior. But many wondered why the mother of the groom didn’t put her foot down earlier.
Artsysgirl explained how the mother of the groom was feeling, writing, “People are trying to talk sense into her at this point. I think it was like a lobster in a pot that’s slowly been reaching [a] boiling point situation. She realizes now she’s been manipulated but feels humiliated about the whole thing.”
Storytime!
Have you attended any weddings that were as cringeworthy as this one? Or were you perhaps suckered into having to plan a wedding like this?
After you get over your second-hand embarrassment after reading this tale, let us know in the comments!
"AITA For Giving My MIL A Jersey Mike's Sub?"
An intriguing title to click into for anyone who was scrolling through Reddit's Am I The A**hole forum the day that this story was posted.
The bride in question was the one writing the post, saying that she knows the title is stupid, but her husband's family is "being torn apart" after what went down on their wedding day.
Introducing The In-Laws
To give a bit of background on the family, the bride writes that she doesn't have issues with her MIL, though "she can be a bit needy and demanding," but "she isn't a bad person."
Her FIL, on the other hand? He's apparently "horrible" and the thing that always causes his temper to flare up is when he thinks he or his wife are being disrespected.
Citrus Or Bust
The bride wrote in the post that recently she got married, and since it was her wedding, she wanted to serve her favorite foods: lemon chicken and lemon cake.
The problem is, she didn't serve anything else. Her reasoning was, "I felt that it was my day, and the less food options we had, the cheaper it was."
Everyone Can Manage, Except For The MIL
Lemon is a very distinct flavor though, and not everyone is going to be happy with that. The bride figured that "for the average guest" they would just deal with it, but not her MIL.
The bride knew that her mother hates lemon, since she "can't even put it in her mouth without gagging."
She's Just Asking For Trouble
While it is your wedding, it seems strange to pick food that your mother-in-law openly detests.
Especially when your in-laws are the ones paying for the wedding (which comes up l
Giving Her Mother-in-Law A Substitution
Since she knew her mother-in-law wouldn't eat the meal that was being served, the bride tried to think up a solution, that would still be "cheap and easy."
What she came up with? A buffalo chicken cheesesteak from a local sub shop because that's her favorite fast food meal. She also had a box of M&Ms as a dessert substitute.
She Wasn't Thrilled But She Ate It
The Reddit user writes that her mother-in-law gave her a strange look when she was served her meal but still ate it.
She also adds that she had it delivered right before dinner so that it wouldn't be cold or soggy. While MIL ate it, her father-in-law had something to say.
A Furious Father-in-Law
His wife may have tolerated the delivery meal, but the bride's new father-in-law called her "selfish" and said that he disrespected both him and his wife.
He then went on a rant about how tacky it was "to have a wedding and not take the family into consideration," also adding that she wasted his money. He even went so far as to call his daughter-in-law a b---- on her wedding day.
Tearing The Family Apart
The angry FIL is now demanding an apology, and one of the bride's new siblings-in-law is not speaking to her, whereas the other is on her side.
The MIL reportedly has said she doesn't want to cause any drama though she agrees that it was disrespectful.
A Divided Stance
The bride's new husband is firmly on the side of his wife, as are the bridesmaids who all feel the bride did nothing wrong.
The internet's opinion was just as divided.
Was The Bride In The Right Or The Wrong?
The fact that the bride chose to serve all lemon-flavored foods even with the knowledge that her MIL hates it was the fact that most people in the comments latched onto.
Also, the fact that the in-laws were the ones who paid for the wedding made it pretty hard to side with the bride. The majority ruling was that the bride was at fault for this catastrophe.
