To completely object to

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Not only being lucky enough to make the evening only invite list but then when you arrive to be served a sausage bap for your evening meal

Why get married and have a reception at all if that's your attitude? Very odd

And she could have fed herself but when you put yourself out to attend a weekday wedding it's slightly insulting to be given the choice of a petrol station snack or nothing at all

Because they want an audience, With, and a fancy venue and usually money.

But you don't @FrancisCrawford

At least not in the circles I mix in

God you're so rude.

I'm surprised they invited you at all tbh.

A 'petrol station snack', seriously?

No wonder you ended up with an evening invite. They probably dreaded the barrage of criticism, had they invited you to the ceremony.

Weddings are extremely expensive, the majority of people invite close friends and family to their sit down meal which can still exceed 100 people. Then you have the evening reception and you need to provide some sort of food for all guests. The in thing to do now is provide a roll with bacon or sausage which helps soak up all the alcohol the guests are drinking. I think it is crass to complain of this, be grateful a cousin or friend thinks enough of you to invite you to their celebration.

Last one I went to it was a meat butty. Nothing for the vegetarians. It was suggested I just eat the tea cake. Thanks.

I went to one wedding which had bacon rolls as an evening snack and just the roll with ketchup for vegetarians!

Is your cousin from a different culture?
I would much prefer a sausage bap to a cold buffet, because I am fussy.

Lol. Maybe we were at the same wedding.

I think the evening do snack is quite a new thing.
Weddings I was going to about 10 years ago all had 'proper' food in the evening casserole, curry, lasagne etc or a decent buffet.
Then mini things seemed to come into fashion mini fish and chips, mini burgers accompanied by the rise of the bacon/sausage butty which IMO are never very nice flobby fatty bacon or naff greasy sausages in a cold roll I don't see the appeal.

I know how much weddings cost. There were about 40 day guests and 25 evening guests. My brothers long term girlfriend was not invited. No financial issues. A sausage bap is a crap snack all round

I wouldn't expect a meal as an evening guest. So, I would eat beforehand. Probably expect there to be a buffet, which I would avoid. I would like a sausage bap.

OP you sound so pompous and ungrateful it's actually ridiculous. If you had to 'put yourself out' so much, you shouldn't have gone. You clearly think you're too good for the food and the other guests so just go home and leave them to enjoy themselves.

LOL @ 'ungrateful'. Hilarious! Come out of your way for this party where you buy all your own drinks and get a sausage bap and bring us a present, too! Some people are so up themselves when it comes to their wedding.

The most recent wedding I was at served up bacon rolls and sausages on rolls in the evening-they went down a storm!

What time was the invitation for?

I've never ever in my time been to an evening reception without a substantial offering of food. No guests would go hungry or have to go without due to being a veggie nor would they have to have a paltry item designed for a breakfast in order to have a wedding at a lavish venue

Exactly @missminagrindlay I spent far more on their 'special day' then they did on me attending

Evening reception started at 6

Oh well you have now...

The daytime guests will have had a 3 course meal a couple of hours ago. They don't need another one so something small is perfect. It is expected that if you're only invited to the evening, you've had dinner first as all daytime guests will have.