Wedding Guest Discovers That Wealthier Guests Were Served 'Better' Alcohol and 'More' Food: 'Not Hospitable at All'
The Reddit user claimed that their eight-person table had to split four slices of steak at a family friend's reception, while others got a "plethora more food"
A wedding guest was surprised to learn that wealthier guests were given "special" treatment at the reception — including being served "high-end wine bottles" and a "plethora more food."
In a post on Reddit's "Wedding Shaming" forum, the anonymous guest shared that they recently attended a family friend's reception and were provided smaller servings of the meal and cheaper alcohol than those sitting at other tables.
As the user explained, the groom's family is "an extremely wealthy family who paid for the wedding" with "no expenses spared," but the "stubborn" groom refused the involvement of his parents aside from accepting their money.
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A bride and groom saying their vows (stock image)The wedding reception consisted of a "cocktail hour in the blazing sun, with one open bar and one bartender for about 150 guests," no hors d’oeuvres or appetizers and a dinner in a plastic tent "in the dead heat of summer" with only one door for ventilation, according to the guest.
The guest — who was "not close to the groom or bride" but rather a family friend — wrote that the seven-course meal itself took three hours to be served and was missing a dish. The meal was also presented "buffet-style at the tables," meaning when they got to the steak portion, the table of eight was only served four slices.
Amid the meal, the guest made a dismaying discovery. "We slowly started to realize that the 'very wealthy' guests at the wedding had been given a lot more and high-end wine bottles, scotch, tequila. And a plethora more food," the Reddit user wrote. "At the end of the night, there was no dessert, just a table of Oreo boxes and cut up apple slices."
Seeing all of this, the groom's mother "left in tears because of how ashamed she was over how the majority of the guests had been treated."
The original poster was also left taken aback by the experience. "They were not hospitable at all," they wrote of the hosts. "Gave more important people more food. Made it clear who was cared for and who wasn’t."
After some people in the comments section roasted the bride and groom's decision to offer Oreos and apple slices at their wedding, the guest confirmed that the families of the couple ultimately "weren’t involved" in the ceremony's decision-making process.
"The groom's mother was ashamed of everything," they recalled. "I think the groom’s father said 'my guests get the best' and that’s probably what the caterers listened to so that’s why the wealthy guests got more food and better alcohol."
Per the original poster, the groom's father even asked the caterers to take "special care" of his guests, including providing them with wine from his "personal collection."
"I think [the] dad said 'take care of my guests' but didn’t realize how much worse it would be for everyone else," they wrote. "Maybe thought that the bar would be open so his guests could have it easier by having alcohol at their table, but turned out to be closed. Mostly everyone there was wealthy, the ones that got special treatment were the VERY wealthy ($10 million+) vs. 'regular' ($1-10 million)."
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Quite a few commenters poked fun at the apparent haphazard meal planning, while others wrote that they were "embarrassed" by the end result of the original poster's wedding experience.
One Reddit user, who wrote that they were not from a "wealthy family" themselves, even explained how their brother still managed to pull off a "feast" at his wedding.
"You can have money and be tacky or you can use what you got to the full extent and be a nice host," they wrote. "I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful event than said wedding and everyone left very happy. Food is seemingly the least important part of the evening, but let me tell you if you feed your guests well, nothing else will matter."
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