'Being a cheap host': Internet slams couple for contorversial wedding beverage choice
A couple has received criticism for deciding to have a dry wedding, where guests would be permitted to consume only water. User Odd Conversation5087 wrote on Reddit's 'Am I the A******' page that the wedding will have up to 150 guests and that the couple had decided not to serve booze or soda. The post quickly went viral as it gained 10.2 thousand comments.
However, the netizens slammed the couple as they hosted a 'cheap' party for the guests. The user took Reddit and explained the whole scenario and wondered wrote, AITA for having a dry wedding and serving only water for drinks? Throwaway only cause I don't want this on my main."
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'It will be around 100-150 people total'
The user then explained the whole wedding plan, "Ok so basically my husband and I are getting married later this year. Each of our sides of the family are fairly big. It will be around 100-150 people total. My husband and I are paying for this all ourselves, as well as my grandma who said she doesn't care one way or the other on this issue. She just loves weddings."
The user then explained about the alcohol scene at the wedding and wrote, "We have a lot of kids in our family so we decided against making it child-free but we did decide to make it dry. So there will be no alcohol of any kind at our wedding. Honestly, this doesn't have anything to do with there being kids there but due to the fact that my fiancé and I don't drink. Nothing against people who do, it's just not for us and we don't want to. On top of that, we only really drink water. We rarely, if ever, drink soda so most of the time it's only water with the occasional juice and milk. We don't even drink coffee."
'We don't want to have to pay for alcohol or soda'
The user added, "So obviously the food (which is a part my grandma is not paying for) is going to be expensive for that many people. We are having our wedding catered so everyone will have a good choice of food to choose from but to drink only water will be provided. We don't want to have to pay for alcohol or soda, it is just an large added expense when we can just do filtered water for a MUCH cheaper cost."
The user then added and explained why the family got angry and wrote, "Well, when family and friends found out being got angry. Some didn't really care but some are really upset about it. Saying that I can just have an open bar so I don't have to pay for drinks (we could, but still have to pay for the bartender and we just really don't want to bother with alcohol there). Or we should at least have soda because how can we expect everyone to drink ONLY water? The kids will be upset. The wedding will be boring. That this is not how weddings work. Etc."
'So AITA? I didn't think this would be a problem!'
The user at last wrote, "So AITA? I didn't think this would be a problem! It's only water. I mean, don't most people drink water everyday anyway? Should we pay the extra to have soda to make the family happy?
'Water as a beverage is being a cheap host'
As soon as the post was online, the couple was brutally slammed. One of the users wrote, "YTA honestly. I fully support a dry wedding but only water as a beverage is being a cheap host." The second user wrote, "YTA - I don't have anything against dry weddings but surely you can offer something other than just water. Iced Tea? Lemonade? Something with flavor? When my cousin had a dry wedding she served sodas. Your guests are not likely to think it's very celebratory if you just serve water. And you would be surprised by the number of people who NEVER drink water, let alone do it at celebrations."
Third user wrote, "As someone who only drinks water and the occassional tea, YTA. Not about making the wedding dry. That's perfectly fine. But damn, give people some options to drink. Some carbonated water if anything."
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