So I went to a dry wedding

This is absurd. I went to an awful dry wedding last year, but it still wasn't this bad. They at least had sweet tea in addition to the water. I feel so bad for the groom!

Nope. This sounds awful.

Sounds horrible! That's definitely one guests will remember and not in a good way.

To the ladies hosting a dry wedding: your guests deserve to be given the adult courtesy (see how that works) to be able to drink and have one or two drinks with dinner. They are adults who, unless religiously inclined, will bring drinks to the parking lot. I don't believe ALL of your family members don't drink.

I can't help but laugh. This is a story to remember. I am so glad you went. 1) To support their wedding day, and 2) to report back. This is hilarious. She seems crazy, but I am so happy y'all found fun in the event. I love a prepared Uncle!!! And I love this story. As awkward and awful as it sounds - it always makes for a fantastic story. I'm actually jealous. Ha!

Craziness!

@Emily go ahead and have a wedding just like this. Its your day. Your guests will be at the bar though.

People are truly unbelievable.

Oh wow! I gasped out loud reading this. awful!!!

It does make for a funny ass story, but I really thought that she cheaped out on alcohol to have some gourmet meal or extra entertainment. From what I read on WW the people who have dry weddings justify it with having a hot cocoa bar or ice cream parade, a gourmet meal or some form of entertainment so I went in expecting that. Guess my expectation was way too high.

Oh wow! Yes a dry wedding I can almost understand but no food and tap water? That's crazy! I think if I was the groom, I would've called in a order of pizzas and sent my best man to the liquor store. I can't believe he didn't know, this entire wedding sounds insane.

So wrong...

Dry wedding and no dinner???

WOW...

At least the after party was better lol

This goes way beyond just having a dry wedding... no real seating, snack foods at a meal time, and only tap water? Just wow... that is terrible. I wonder how she felt, or if she even cared when she saw everyone decided to hang out at the bar instead of her reception.

I don't even think she cared. She just had this Ok whatever attitude.

This is a great post to let people know how your guests will really feel if you fail to host them properly. You can lie to yourself all you want but this is a real life example. They might not complain to your face but they sure as hell will to each other. And rightfully so!

Yeah, keep the wine; give me an ice cream parade

said no one ever except a five year old...

Emily - there is so much wrong with your statement. The bride doesn't get to pick who gets alcohol and who doesn't. She and her BP can't have alcohol to drink secretly while no one else gets to. That is rude. And that isn't even addressing everything else. You wouldn't invite people to your house for dinner and only let some people drink and then serve everyone else water to save money, you would just invite the people you were willing to buy alcohol for.

I would have left with my gift if I was at a wedding like this. I can handle no alcohol but no seating and no food?

Mmm I love food so even if I was a stingy, rude bride- I would STILL have food for everyone. Also, why wouldn't you want to have drinks? I want people up and dancing and celebrating with me!

If you can afford a DJ- you can afford booze.

Booze is more important than a DJ.

Seriously. We had a really lovely time at my wedding- there was as much alcohol as anyone could possibly drink and a spotify play list for cocktail hour, dinner and "after dinner" which could have gone the dancing route except we aren't dancers- but it included plenty of booty shaking music.

no DJ would have fixed the lack of booze.

Kudo's to you OP for doing right by your bitch of a friend.

How embarrassing. If I were the bride, I would just get married at the courthouse and have a small dinner afterwards.