This twenty-seven-year-old woman and her husband, Josh, who is twenty-nine, recently tied the knot just a few weeks ago.
At first, they were originally going to have a smaller wedding at a resort in order to stay within their personal budget.
But then, she and her husband were fortunate to receive some wedding money that allowed them to invite extra guests.
“So, we decided to expand the wedding to have some of our second cousins and their kids and some friends that we otherwise don’t get to see as often,” she recalled.
And after the event was all said and done, she and Josh both had an amazing time. She also thought that all of the guests did, too.
Well, that was until just yesterday when she found out that a bunch of people had been bad-mouthing the cake behind their backs.
For context, even though she and Josh received some money to upgrade their wedding venue and guest list, they were still on a pretty tight budget otherwise.
So, they decided to keep the “fancy” tiered wedding cake for pictures for only immediate family, the pastor, and a few members of the wedding party who they have known the longest.
Although, they did not want to upset the other guests or have some people eating the “fancy” cake while others didn’t.
Anastasiia – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual couple
So, she and her husband gave those select people pieces of the tiered cake in boxes to take home and eat afterward…
…Except for the pastor, who was apparently flown in and did not get to eat the rest of their catering since he is vegan.
Then, for the rest of the guests, they bought a few sheet cakes in two different flavors. The first was vanilla with buttercream frosting and rosettes.
The second was a pineapple chocolate chunk cake that they specifically got for Josh’s side of the family since they spend a lot of time in Florida.
“We thought it would make them feel special. Like a signature cocktail but in cake form,” she said.
Plus, she claims that she and Josh thought that having two different cake flavors would present a nice opportunity for their two families to mingle and switch flavors if they wanted.
They apparently believed that would be a good ice-breaker since their two sides of the family did not know each other well.
Now weeks after the wedding, though, she found out through some family that there were a ton of full slices of cake left behind on peoples’ plates– specifically, the pineapple chocolate chunk cake.
The servers reportedly did not take any of the extra cake home with them, either, so the desserts are in the background of a bunch of the wedding photos.
She and Josh were simply busy having a lot of fun at the time, though, and never noticed Josh’s family did not like the cake as they had hoped until they heard about some pretty unkind gossiping that was going on behind their backs.
She even received a text from Josh’s uncle that was not supposed to go to them, which really stung.
So anyway, now she is just not sure what to do and how to address this situation. Moreover, even though she feels like Josh’s family is acting unnecessarily mean, she cannot help but wonder if serving two different flavors of cake at her wedding is a jerky thing to do.
Do you think that serving two flavors of cake at a wedding without asking guests’ flavor preferences first is a faux pas? Why do you think Josh’s family cares so much about the cake? If you were in her shoes, how would you address this situation?
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