It’s fair if you don’t like it here. But nothing interesting to do or good entertainment and performances/concerts is totally on you. Lack of diversity is absurd. And I don’t know where you’re eating but we’ve got good food. The drivers are insane, I’ve got plenty of experience with that. And metro isn’t up to snuff right now. Are you relying on others to do things? It’s possible to explore the city on your own.

I’m just not sure how you’ve missed out on what DC has to offer though. What parts of the city are you in? What venues do you know about? How much have you looked into local blogs and publications to find things to do? I love my city and I do know it’s not for everyone, but I do think you’ve not found much of what’s on offer here. Look at DCist for a good local publication and clockoutdc is an excellent resource on Instagram for things to do around town.

Also they were each others first everything but OP commented somewhere 4 months ago she must have had bad previous partners bc only one person has been able to make her finish and they aren’t in contact anymore

Word of advice, it is your wedding day. You must enjoy it. So should the guests. Save the haute cuisine for yourselves in your own privacy. Cater for your best according to their taste. Your guest are their to champion and celebrate your day, that in ludes both sides of parents and extended families. It's important to have tranquility and harmony on your wedding day.

You didn’t fuck up. Your fiancé’s absolutely idiotic notion of appropriate wedding fare is the fuckup, and thank goodness someone pointed it out in time to change it.

Let her have her asinine snob-food party with a bunch of 60 pound elderly rich ladies who will actually enjoy the experience and not have to stop at a frakkin McDonald’s in the way home to make their stomachs stop rumbling. Find an actual wedding caterer and ask them for a few options that are actually popular at weddings, and enjoy success and happy guests instead of resentful hangry guests followed by your fiancé breaking into tears from realizing that the only thing about your wedding day that the guests will remember is the lack of food and her breaking down because her attempt to show how special and high class she is failed miserably.

As southern Italian, if you have plenty of southern Italian guests, yes. Food is really centric in the celebrations and expectations are high..and I can guarantee, people will remember and talk about it for years and years...all based on food *

Nevertheless, the wedding is yours and it's your decision...you do not have to accommodate all the guests,it's almost impossible, but at least it's important to serve alternatives based on the different diets (vegan, celiac, kosher, halal, etc)

In any case, something that we use to do nowadays is a huge starting buffet with different specialities... from diary products to cold cuts, raw fish, pastas etc... (People usually got stuffed there). Then, only one first dish (pasta) One main (meat/fish) Pre dessert

Then

Dessert buffet

Cake

This formula is working a lot, people are always happy, and it's not like in the past where tons of food was wasted.

Anyhow, that's valid for typical southern Italian. the rest of italy usually they eat way less. If you are afraid of it, you can always be heavier on the apero. But please, quality is the main pillar, and in case of buffet, it should be supervised, with waiters serving.

I never read people's previous posts, but I should start lmao

Ah I read second disagreed then said they got one because they were planning on leaving which is what the first commented they were doing.

Haha is there no self-control in your family ':) Then again I also get this weird "eat as much as you can" with buffés.

Good point about alcohol, if they serve some the lettuce wont help.

Nah, first commenter said getting a passport ONLY makes sense if you plan to go somewhere.

Second commenter said that getting a passport so the kid has some form of ID also makes sense.

So the second commenter disagrees with there being only 1 reason to get the passport

Isn't that agreeing with the Statement

Why dont you want to feed your guests well?

I'm sorry, but I'm with your dad on this one.

FIL is right. We had a hot dog cart at our wedding reception. Drunk people getting hotdogs made for happy guests

Absolutely agree.

This isn't a fuck-up yet. But oh boy it sure will be if they go through with their plans to serve their guests silly, artsy niblets instead of an actual meal.

Dunno why this is getting downvoted; a lot of us would think it and maybe just not say it out loud….

The only thing I can think of him scavenging off a server would be ram, cpu or hard drives. I’m thinking since he hasn’t just dropped the parts back off that it’s the drives and he formatted them? But then no one would be that dumb right?

Because it guarantees punishment. Don’t say shit. Deny deny deny.

“It is true what they say… women are from Omicron Persei 7, men are from Omicron Persei 9”

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Honestly I think it’s a bit selfish to impose your food preferences on the bride when it was her wish to have a fancy haute dinner for her wedding. If you’re just there for the food, it’s as if the wedding itself is a chore for you and you’re going because you’re being rewarded. Like, what?

Ohhh poor thing! And poor you!! But the fact that he was patient enough to allow your help means he's probably not going to hold it against you in the future. You live and you learn; you will both be ok!

Don’t live in dc proper. There’s tons of areas outside of dc with relatively easy commutes into the city via metro that will likely appeal to you more. As for the weather… it is what it is. It’s 80 one day and snowing the next. You get used to it.

That happened at a wedding I attended. But it was a catered dinner. Our table was skipped on dinner. We saw the cake being served up and realized they completely skipped our table for dinner. When we flagged the waiter down they apologized and said they ran out of food but could make us some sandwiches. We asked how they run out of food when all the seats had name tags on them so you literally knew how many plates you needed to make? The bride and groom (who was our coworker) came over to say hi and were asking us how dinner was and were horrified when they found out we never got food. They spent $40k on this wedding. 🤷‍♀️

W…..what? What the fuck did I miss

Those are the worst! My BIL’s wedding cost $30,000 back in the 80s. I still can’t believe it.