Bride left in tears after guests ordered pizza at her wedding despite serving five-course 'gourmet' vegan meal
- The unnamed woman, 28, took to Reddit to candidly share the story
- She revealed that she has been vegan for three years
- The bride was later left devastated when her guests ordered pizza
A bride has revealed how she was left in tears after guests ordered pizza at her wedding because she only served vegan food - without telling any of the attendees.
The unnamed woman, 28, took to Reddit to admit that she has not eaten dairy or meat products for three years and decided to have an all-vegan reception dinner.
In a thread titled Am I The A**hole, she confessed that she 'deliberately' avoided telling her guests that the meals were vegan so there wouldn't be any 'prejudice.'
However, her plan backfired when her cousin ordered 20 pizzas and told the guests that he had 'real food.'
The shocking incident left her in a fit of tears, prompting her to beg people on the web for advice as she questioned if she was in the wrong for lying.
A bride has revealed how she was left in tears after guests ordered pizza at her wedding because she only served vegan food - without telling any of the attendees (stock image)
The post was titled: 'Am I the a**hole for serving only vegan food at my wedding without telling anyone, then getting upset when my family ordered 20 pizzas during the reception?'
She explained: 'I (28F) just had my wedding last weekend. My husband (30M) and I have been vegan for three years, and we decided to have an all-vegan reception dinner.
'We spent months working with an amazing chef to create a gourmet five-course meal that just happened to be vegan - think mushroom wellington, truffle risotto, roasted vegetable tarts, etc. We spent nearly $15,000 on the food alone.'
The bride confessed that she had purposefully not disclosed that she was giving her guests 'rabbit food.'
'We deliberately didn't mention the food was vegan on the invitations because we wanted people to enjoy it without prejudice. Every dish was designed to be delicious and satisfying, regardless of dietary preference,' the 28-year-old said.
However, her 'perfect' plan came crashing down when it was revealed that her food was vegan by none other than her cousin.
She added: 'The ceremony was beautiful, but during the reception, I noticed my brother Tom (32M) wasn't at his table. Twenty minutes later, I watched in horror as he and my cousins walked in carrying 20 large pizzas. They started distributing them to guests, announcing, "Real food for anyone who wants it!"
'I was mortified. The caterers looked so embarrassed, and several guests hadn't even tried our carefully planned menu yet.
The 28-year-old unnamed woman took to Reddit to admit that she has avoided dairy and meat products for three years and decided to have an all-vegan reception
In a thread titled Am I The A**hole, she confessed that she 'deliberately' avoided telling her guests that the meals were vegan so there wouldn't be any 'prejudice' (stock image)
'When I confronted Tom, he said my aunt had texted him that "all the food is just vegetables" and they "couldn't let people go hungry at a wedding."
'The pizza completely upstaged our expensive gourmet meal. People were taking photos and treating it like a joke.
'My mother-in-law posted on Facebook about how her son's wedding was "saved by pizza" because the bride tried to "force everyone to eat rabbit food."'
At the end of the post, the blushing bride admitted that she spent the remainder of her wedding night in tears.
She noted: 'I ended up crying in the bathroom, and my husband asked Tom and the cousins to leave.
'This caused a scene, and now half the family is calling us stuck-up and saying we ruined our own wedding by "pushing our beliefs" on everyone. They're saying we should have warned people about the vegan menu.
'Am I the a**hole for not announcing the menu was vegan, and then getting upset about the pizza?'
People on the web flocked to the comments section and slammed the bride as they claimed it was her fault for not being upfront about her menu
People on the web flocked to the comments section and slammed the bride as they claimed it was her fault for not being upfront about her menu.
One user said: 'Be honest, you didn't tell anyone about the menu because you knew they wouldn't like it/come if you did. This doesn't make you an AH, but people could have eaten beforehand if they knew the menus weren't to their liking.'
Another person commented: 'ESH. I mean ordering pizzas was out of line but you hid it on purpose knowing people wouldn't like the idea of it. Yes it's your special day but being deceptive doesn't help anyone.'
Someone else wrote: 'You chose not to mention the food. That was an a**hole move.'
Another user added: 'You are upset people prefer pizza over your perfectly curated gourmet menu. That alone should answer your question. You're the a**hole for trying to force the issue.'
