A bride has revealed her heartbreak after spending a huge amount of money curating a vegan menu for her wedding guests, only for them to pull a disrespectful stunt.
Organizing a wedding can be pretty stressful, from deciding who does - and doesn't - make the guest list, to picking out flowers, and of course the all-important menu to feed your guests, too.
All of which also comes with a hefty price tag, but hopefully the happy couple ends up with a day that is perfect for them.
One bride revealed that things went a bit wrong for their big day when their vegan menu - which had cost them $15,000 - was about to be served up to their friends and family.
Taking to Reddit's famous Am I The A**hole? forum, the bride asked: "AITA [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?"
The 28-year-old bride revealed that she and her 30-year-old husband have been vegan for the past three years and decided not to include animal products in their menu for their big day.
She explained: "We spent months working with an amazing chef to create a gourmet 5-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.
"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."
She revealed that their "beautiful" wedding ceremony went off without a hitch, but she spotted that her older brother Tom wasn't at his table during the reception.
The bride then revealed: "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!'"
She said the stunt left her "mortified" and the caterers were left looking "so embarrassed" as several of the guests hadn't even tried the "carefully planned" menu yet.
When she confronted Tom, he told her that their aunt had texted him that "all the food is just vegetables" and they "couldn't let people go hungry at a wedding."
She added: "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.'"
The shock of the unexpected pizza delivery left the bride upset, as she revealed: "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."
People in the comments were left divided, writing: "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 [a**hole], but people could have eaten beforehand if they knew the menus weren’t to their liking."
Another added: "ESH [everyone sucks here]. 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 commented: "ESH. Listen, I'm a vegan, but this is classic self-righteous noob vegan bulls**t that you tried to pull. I wouldn't eat most of that rancid s**t you served.
"When you're catering to a crowd you actually have to cater to them. You don't treat it like some kind of gastronomic lecture. It was a d**k move of your brother to do that, but I am not surprised at all. Edit: I'll just point out that it sounds like people were pretty f**king delighted to see the pizza. Am I wrong?"
Others added: "You tried to trick them, they tricked you. But how hard is it to eat a vegan meal once in your life!?!? And $15.000 on food? How many people did you invite? 200? ESH," and: "I've always been under the impression that the wedding is about the bride and groom. But the reception is for your guests. Just saying."
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