Picky guest meal - please help!

Let him eat cake!

But, seriously, It's your special day, not his. He'll just have to be a normal person and choose between the three options available. I'm sure he can survive by eating side dishes for one meal.

You simply tell restaurants you have food allergies to receive VIP treatment? This sounds like something someone who parks in the handicap parking spots to simply get the best parking would say...

I am voting with the vast majority: Option 3. This person has been a picky eater all his life and has likely attended lots of functions without beef. And he has survived! Needing beef isn't a medical condition or a preference that is worth changing your whole menu for.

I am not unsympathetic to people who have extremely limited palates, but it would be simply impossible to cater to EVERY individual at a wedding reception (or any large group dinner), and reasonable people understand this.

Yikes, lying about having a life threatening allergy simply because you don't like certain foods? Not to mention it cheapens the seriousness of those with actual allergies. Do you also park in handicapped parking spots because you're picky about parking? People who lie about life-threatening medical conditions because they want preferential treatment are the scum of the earth IMO

I'm not offended. I'm telling you that what you do is not okay, and that seems to be offending YOU. You openly admitted to lying about having a serious medical condition. When someone called you out on it you got all defensive and started to rationalize. If you don't wan't to be called out on doing shady things, then bragging about them on the internet probably isn't a good idea.

Echoing all of the PPs except that one crazy entitled person who admitted that she lies about having food allergies in order to get preferential treatment at restaurants--definitely go with option 3. If this guest really doesn't eat anything other than beef/steak due to his personal preferences, then he has undoubtedly been in other situations where he had to deal with it. Save the accommodations for those who actually have allergies or true vegetarians.

PREACH!!! Completely agree with all of this....

Lying is bad. Murder is worse, but that doesn't make lying not bad. You are making a worker's job harder, probably an underpaid worker, because you're picky. That is a bad thing to do.

Option #3 for sure. One guest does NOT get to dictate your entire menu. He can either suck it up and eat one of the dishes provided (free of charge to him remember), or he can decline the invitation. Or, he can have his meal at home before the wedding, and then he won't be hungry when everyone else is eating.

These all seem so ridiculous to me. It's super rude of him telling you he won't eat anything. He is an invited guest, and therefore should appreciate any food he is served. Nobody is making him attend. He can get over it. It's one meal, for goodness sake!!

Hear, hear!