Man criticised for skipping friend’s wedding because alcohol wasn’t served

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A person has been criticised for skipping out on his friend’s wedding because alcohol wasn’t going to be served throughout the occasion.

In a current put up shared to the favored “Am I The A**hole?” Reddit thread, one Reddit consumer – who goes by the title u/SoberNewYearsWedding – requested if he was within the mistaken for “declining” to go to the wedding on New Year’s Eve. He began the put up by claiming that whereas his buddy is getting married to a girl who he’s “not in love with”, the groom nonetheless “loves her”.

The Reddit consumer famous that as he and his buddies have “known for months” that the wedding will probably be on New Year’s Eve. However, he stated that it wasn’t till later that they discovered one other rule concerning the occasion: no alcohol will probably be served.

“I RSVP’d yes months ago with my wife. Several friends and I operated under the assumption that there would be booze at the wedding, especially considering it is on New Year’s Eve,” he defined. “Well, I found out yesterday that it is a dry wedding, [and] turns out it is because of his fiancé her family.”

The unique poster [OP] went on the notice that when he requested his spouse if she knew that alcohol wasn’t being served on the wedding, she stated “no and was pissed” concerning the state of affairs. He then defined that when the groom confirmed that there wouldn’t be alcohol on the wedding, he modified his thoughts about going.

“I told him this is something you should have told us a long time ago,” he added. “I told him that [my] wife and I wouldn’t be going. We want to spend the night drinking.”

He went on to elucidate that when he texted his buddies concerning the wedding, “the group chat went off,” which led to extra individuals deciding to not attend the occasion.

“This is not how a bunch of us expected to spend New Years Eve,” he continued, when discussing how friends can’t drink on the wedding. “Really the only ones that didn’t back out are the four members of our 12-person group that are in the wedding.”

The Reddit consumer famous that, after that dialog within the group chat, the groom contacted him and was upset. He stated that his buddy expressed he’s “now overspending on catering,” since about 20 friends who deliberate to return to the wedding determined to not “last minute”.

He concluded the put up by describing how he’s been critcised for his behaviour, persevering with: “I’ve been called an asshole among other things for ‘leading the charge’ in people not going to the wedding.”

The Reddit put up has shortly gone viral, with greater than 7,700 upvotes. In the feedback, many individuals went on to sentence the Reddit consumer for skipping out on his friend’s wedding because alcohol wasn’t being served.

“I love drinking and hate a dry wedding as much as the next guy, but you can show up to the wedding ceremony, spend an hour or two at the reception, and then go get black-out drunk if that is an absolute must for you,” one wrote. “Backing out last minute and letting your friend know he’s not worth two hours of sobriety, [you’re the a**hole] by miles and miles.”

“I love drinking but I’m shocked that people can’t spend a few hours sober and value alcohol more than their friends. And what does not liking the bride have to do with it?” one other agreed. “I went to a New Year’s Eve wedding a few years ago. Close friends. They asked everyone to stay sober until the reception, including arriving sober to the ceremony. We love our friends so we were all fine with their request.”

“Imagine how it would feel to have 20 of your ‘friends’ decide last minute not to attend one of the most important occasions of your life because they can’t go a few hours without drinking,” a 3rd wrote. “No way the ‘friendship’ survives this.”

As different individuals continued to criticise the Reddit poster and his buddies, they empahsised their assist for the groom, after a number of friends determined to not attend the wedding.

“Clearly, the [original poster] and these other so-called friends of the groom care more about getting drunk than they care about the groom,” one wrote. “It’s just too much of a sacrifice for them to be sober for a few hours on one of the dozens of New Year’s Eve they’ll enjoy in their lives to be with a friend on his wedding day. The groom needs to get better friends than this bunch of a**holes.”