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A bride's plan to feed her guests simple finger food while designating a full roast chicken dinner to herself has been slammed online.
The groom shared the dilemma to Reddit, noting that he himself is against the idea in a post to popular sub r/AmITheA**hole. He explained that the couple are trying to save money when it comes to the wedding and have chosen to use Publix for the catering.
While they have decided to feed the guests finger foods like fruit trays, assorted cheeses, wings and chicken tenders, the bride feels she will still be left hungry.
"She wants her and I to also have a roast chicken at the table. I think it would be incredibly rude to have an openly much better meal than our guests would have. Us tearing apart a full bird while they munch on tenders," he wrote.
According to the groom, each table receiving a roast chicken would put them back $30 per table "and that's not saving money."
"With every decision we make she justifies them by going 'it's OUR wedding! It's ours, not anybody else's!' She didn't want to have a wide variety of options to cater to others either. She only wanted stuff she'd like. I think we'd be total a**holes to go through with her idea," he added.
According to the Hitched annual survey, the average cost of wedding food is around $4,600, some 12 percent of the average wedding budget.
It's because of this normal expectation to feed guests that internet users were left criticizing the bride and her food proposal.
"Have fewer guests if you can't afford to feed them," warned one Reddit user.
"That would be so rude. Plan a meal for the two of you after the ceremony in your honeymoon room as a compromise. But I would be so offended as a guest to show up to that. It screams gift grab," agreed another.
One user dubbed the bride "the a**hole" in the situation, writing: "Of course you're the a**hole if you do this. What a slap in the face to your guests. Your reception is for your guests actually...it's a thankyou to them for coming to your ceremony and celebrating your marriage."
"That's incredibly rude," wrote a user. "She can shout out 'it's my day' until the end of time but it doesn't change the fact that doing that would be awful."
The husband did not share an update on their decision in the popular post, but responded "Tell that to my wife" in regards to having fewer guests attend.
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