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to think I am going to be starving at this wedding?

795 replies

Aztecprint6 · 06/03/2022 16:23

Wedding breakfast is at 4:30pm.

Evening food will be wedding cake and some cheese.

AIBU to think I am going to have to bring along a sandwich and some late night snacks?

OP posts:
MrsSkylerWhite · 08/03/2022 09:10

You realise “wedding breakfast” will be dinner, most likely three course?

LuckySantangelo35 · 08/03/2022 09:12

@Thirkettle
Well yeah it’s not gonna fit the aesthetic of most wedding days to serve up massive mounds of chips or whatever and other stodge is it? The way some posters seem to be demanding B and Gs do!

TheKeatingFive · 08/03/2022 09:14

All this speculation that the dinner will be inadequate is just conjecture. How could you know?

I've never been hungry after a three course meal in my life and certainly not at a wedding.

Roussette · 08/03/2022 09:14

I cannot imagine sat at a wedding breakfast and whinging to others on the table about being hungry.
How rude.

Roussette · 08/03/2022 09:16

Lucky don't forget the chicken nuggets. They e been mentioned on here

EeeICouldRipATissue · 08/03/2022 09:20

Who's demanding '' massive amounts of stodge'' for the wedding breakfast meal?!
No one.
Just saying' 'quality' ' over quantity usually amounts to miniscule portions of' 'pretty' ' food.
So a night of dancing and drinking (and people will have been drinking during the day too what with toasts, and with their meal) so a cheese board with crackers and bread doesn't soak all that up.
Especially if your' 'three course meal' ' amounts to a few pieces of veg or whatever (like pp said, melon for starter, little portion of rissotto and chocolate pot - sounds standard and it really isn't a lot, you're left hungry

TheKeatingFive · 08/03/2022 09:23

a cheese board with crackers and bread doesn't soak all that up.

That's not an objective statement though.

Coming hot on the heels of a three course meal it would for loads of people. Not everyone needs a mound of chicken nuggets a few hours after a significant meal.

EeeICouldRipATissue · 08/03/2022 09:24

Not everyone needs a mound of chicken nuggets a few hours after a significant meal
Yeah, a lot of the time it isn't a significant meal though, that's what people are trying to say!

MrsSkylerWhite · 08/03/2022 09:25

“a cheese board with crackers and bread doesn't soak all that up.“

Yes it does. Who goes to a wedding planning to get sloshed, anyway?

LuckySantangelo35 · 08/03/2022 09:25

@Roussette urgh I know, chicken nuggets, pizza and bacon sarnies have all been mentioned! Whyyyy? It’s a bloody wedding! You’re not gonna get the same food you would get if you went down your local pub or cafe!

EeeICouldRipATissue · 08/03/2022 09:27

Who goes to a wedding planning to get sloshed, anyway?

Sorry, forgot anything more than your toast and a glass of wine is borderline alcoholic in MN Land lol

LuckySantangelo35 · 08/03/2022 09:27

@EeeICouldRipATissue what would ‘soak it all up’ then??
essentially what you’re describing there, you’ve got at least bread and cheese , which is pretty substantial stuff! What should they be having instead do you think? Genuinely curious!

TheKeatingFive · 08/03/2022 09:29

My conclusion from this thread is to have all weddings within striking distance of a takeaway, so the people who can't get through an evening without a chippy tea have access to one.

millymae · 08/03/2022 09:29

If it were me I’d be more worried about waiting until 4.30 to eat, so I’d be having lunch before I got there.
That being so I wouldn’t be in the least bothered about just having cheese and cake later on in the evening as that would be more than enough for me.
In a normal day I have breakfast, lunch and dinner - supper is not a big thing, just something like a biscuit or a piece of toast.
Looking at it from the brides point of view it seems to me that she’s rationalised her arrangement on the basis that people would have something to eat before the wedding, have their main meal at the wedding breakfast and cheese and cake later on. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
In a way though I suppose it depends whether there will be guests at the evening part who haven’t been at the wedding itself. I’ve always thought that a plentiful evening buffet table was more for their benefit.

Icemast · 08/03/2022 09:30

@TheKeatingFive

My conclusion from this thread is to have all weddings within striking distance of a takeaway, so the people who can't get through an evening without a chippy tea have access to one.
Or as some people seem quite obsessed with food, just have it at mcdonalds and the whole day can revolve around food!
EeeICouldRipATissue · 08/03/2022 09:33

Crikey, there's some defensive sounding posts on this thread 😁
(wonder how many are feeling attacked, it's nothing personal!)

MrsSkylerWhite · 08/03/2022 09:34

EeeICouldRipATissue

Who goes to a wedding planning to get sloshed, anyway?

Sorry, forgot anything more than your toast and a glass of wine is borderline alcoholic in MN Land lol “

Don’t be daft, that’s not what you said:

“So a night of dancing and drinking (and people will have been drinking during the day too what with toasts, and with their meal)”

You’d have to go some for a three course meal, cheese, crackers, bread and, usually heavy, fruit cake to not “soak” up what you’ve drunk.

MrsSkylerWhite · 08/03/2022 09:35

EeeICouldRipATissue

Crikey, there's some defensive sounding posts on this thread 😁
(wonder how many are feeling attacked, it's nothing personal!)“

The irony Grin

mnnewbie111 · 08/03/2022 09:37

People just LOVE moaning about other peoples wedding plans. So sad

Icemast · 08/03/2022 09:37

We had a load of food at ours so not defensive, but surprised some seem so concerned with the food and it would be their takeaway from loved ones wedding day!

Roussette · 08/03/2022 09:38

That sums it up

LuckySantangelo35 · 08/03/2022 09:40

Imagine being a wedding guest and complaining that you’re still hungry whilst sat at the wedding breakfast table…I’m cringing for you!

LuckySantangelo35 · 08/03/2022 09:41

@TheKeatingFive

My conclusion from this thread is to have all weddings within striking distance of a takeaway, so the people who can't get through an evening without a chippy tea have access to one.
Ridiculous isn’t it? Like fuck would I let my choice of location/venue be dictated to by people who would be so food obsessed
EeeICouldRipATissue · 08/03/2022 09:43

Don’t be daft, that’s not what you said:

“So a night of dancing and drinking (and people will have been drinking during the day too what with toasts, and with their meal)”
Yes, which equated to '' getting sloshed'' by another poster.
Which is why I said, sorry, forgot anything more than your toast and a glass of wine is borderline alcoholic in MN Land

rainbowmash · 08/03/2022 09:50

@LuckySantangelo35

Imagine being a wedding guest and complaining that you’re still hungry whilst sat at the wedding breakfast table…I’m cringing for you!
Imagine admitting that you predicted "feeling hungry" after two meals at an afternoon/evening formal event! Imagine whining that "it'll only be a bit of fruit, then a small amount of pretty food, then a chocolate pot" like you're being hard done by!!!

And then passing it off as righteous indignation! I'm ashamed for everyone here who thinks this is a good look.