I’m not a parent, so kind of hard to be a Nazi one. I’m just someone who thinks that people who don’t want kids at their wedding don’t always make that decision in a compassionate, considerate way for their guests. But many people do and still choose it. To each their own! As I said, it’s not like I’m trying to…

UGH FONDANT. YUCK!!!!!

Ha! I totally messed my friend’s speech up, I was shaking uncontrollably, my speech itself was terrible anyway hinging on an inside joke that no one else at the wedding understood and the bride had to explain afterwards, and I accidentally skipped over the second half where I had any sort of (terrible) point to be…

Yeah, I get it, a lot of people feel justified in their wedding-kid hate because they attended one wedding where a kid was screaming and annoyed them for 5 minutes or something. But personally I feel this anti-kid sentiment originates from shady prejudice and ignorance, and lack of compassion for parents (I am not a…

Nope, not sarcasm at all. I think it’s rude and inconsiderate to not invite children to a wedding because it basically means any parent guests that can’t secure childcare won’t be able to come. Also I think Americans have weird hang-ups and intolerances about children, and all the problems they imagine children…

Of course, I assume that’s the case! And this article illustrates exactly the problem with not inviting children to your wedding... you’re possibly also uninviting your guests that are parents, if they can’t secure childcare.

Right, but it’s not like their food will just be thrown out or something. Your other guests can eat it, you can take the leftovers, etc.

I dunno, because it’s an old-fashioned ethnic tradition I always viewed it as cute and not tacky... but needless to say, I didn’t do it at my wedding, lol.

You think? But they described it as a large bird and they all laughed when it kicked the Lietunant because it was such a funny sight, next thing they knew his guts were in his hand... at least that’s how I remember the story but I did read it years ago...

Sure. Or one could not just give a shit about the shoes off thing, easier for everyone. LOL. ;)

Not really. The shoes off in the home policy in America has only become more common in the last decade, before that no one cared and that’s when sitcoms originated from. You’re inventing reasons why people don’t take off their shoes on shows based on your own personal experience that aren’t really true. Many many…

And no, allergies don’t always result in death. Sometimes they just result in super annoying rashes. Just because calcium is present in the body in a certain manner/function doesn’t mean that for some reason eating calcium in another form causes them problems. Again, you just don’t know.

I’m sure some people are just assholes, but there could be nuances to the sodium and sugar allergies that you don’t understand, because you’re not an allergist. Like maybe they’re actually allergic to a common additive to sodium, like iodine, for example, but it’s just easier for the person to say they’re allergic to…

Wonderful! Nice way to handle it for local weddings. :)

Better yet, make that part of the catering plans, for them to prepare a takeaway box for the bride and groom. That way they get to sample everything they might not have had during the reception.

I doubt you could get back the money from the caterer, those costs are usually paid weeks in advance and the caterer already purchased the ingredients and made the food at that point so... really it’s a moot point. Shit happens, your catering count will never be perfect, it’s always an estimate.

Ah, Italian and Polish... that’s my background too. Still never heard of it.

I’ve never heard of that and I’ve lived on the East Coast most of my life... wonder if it’s particular to a certain culture/ethnicity.

YIKES.

So wasting 250 dollars of someone else’s money isn’t asshole behavior.