Why having a dry/self cater wedding because of money is bull

Says no one at a wedding, ever.

@VC- I'm not getting any work at work done!!

The sassy one and two stars are coming out to play! Welcome!

I don't think any of us are getting any work done

Mrs Sandell? I'm a chef. My husband was a chef. We hated catering our own wedding.

I got a call from a family who had three chefs in the family too; two were in restaurants and one was at a magazine. When we got to the house to do a walk through, two of them were drunk. And stayed that way for the whole weekend.

Chefs don't alway like to cook, nor should you make them.

I don't even have words for Danielle. Because there aren't any

This is honestly one of the most entertaining threads I've seen on this site.

Per etiquette, having a dry wedding is not improperly hosting your guests.

We're petty, yet you called our families stuck up. Ok.

People who offer to help usually haven't really done that before on the scale of a wedding.

They usually don't know what to do next.

It's not pretty. I can tell you that much.

People who offer to help usually haven't really done that before on the scale of a wedding.

They usually don't know what to do next.

It's not pretty. I can tell you that much.

Hey everyone i'm not having any fattening food at my wedding because some of my guests are fat lol

But Sass, we're petty because we want to host our guests properly. Pshaw, she'll be having none of that. We are all stuck up bitches who want to get our guests drunk and fat.

Only white foods because I don't want my dress to get stained.

"Sometimes I try to protect you from the world; sometimes, I protect the world from you."

Allison for the win LOL! No fat LMAO

I too am vegetarian and will be serving meat, actually two meat options... cooked by professional caterers, that I've hired

@Alyssa - Bwhahahhahaha

I think Spazzy is spot on about providing just a few cases of beer and wine for those that drink. Surely you can afford that?

ETA: This fat girl would be so fucking pissed if all you made me eat was a salad! But great joke Allison

Soon? We don't really care, but your guests will.

@MsDani313 I swear I'm not white knighting. I specifically stated I'm not choosing sides. And I did see name calling...selfish, cheap, stupid, petty, stuck up, etc. That's coming from both sides of the argument. It just makes me a little sad to see this kind of behavior over wedding etiquette. I don't see a lot of good etiquette in this thread and it surprises me.

No bueno

Y'all have seriously made my last like, hour at work. Keep going, I have 12+ more hours to go!

My husband has been out of work for the past 3 years. And yet, we still managed to pay all of our bills, loans, etc. and completely pay for a fabulous wedding where we hosted 150+ people with a lot of food and an open bar. We paid for 90% of it ourselves (we did get some money from my parents and grandfather, which basically paid for my dress and our photographer) and we walked away without any debt for that one amazing day. We did this by prioritizing our finances, working extra hours at a second job (me), and making sure that we had enough time to save the money to throw a damn good party.

My friends and family for sure would not have traveled to another state, no matter how much they loved me or were happy for me, if I was going to offer them crockpot stew and lemonade. They would have been "celebrating from afar" and I would have gotten a nice card in the mail.