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After their nuptials, a bride and groom were looking through their wedding photos and were surprised to notice that two of their guests did not appear in any of them
Then, they found out that the two guests left the wedding because they were “offended” by their seating arrangements at the reception dinner
The groom, who shared the story on Reddit, said he “couldn’t help but be shocked at how entitled some people can be”
After their nuptials, a bride and groom were looking through their wedding photos and were surprised to notice that two of their guests were not featured in any of them. Then, they learned the truth.
In a post on Reddit’s “Wedding Shaming” forum, the groom explained that the guests’ absence all came down to the couple’s carefully planned seating chart. He said that when he and his wife were planning their event, they “spent a lot of time on where guests were seated and who they were seated with.”
“We wanted to make sure everyone felt welcomed and got to enjoy the social aspects of our wedding — and not just be there to celebrate us,” he noted. “We also worked closely with our parents because a lot of guests at the wedding were their friends and family, and we wanted people to meet and get along.”
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Groom and bride looking at wedding photo album (stock image)
A few weeks after the wedding, as they were viewing their photos, the groom mentioned to his mother, “Oh, I don’t seem to see any photos of Wife A and Husband A at the reception, but they’re clearly there during the ceremony.”
His mother was equally puzzled — until she received a phone call from Wife A, who explained the situation.
As it turns out, she and her husband were “offended” by where the bride and groom put them on the seating chart and who they were seated with, so they decided to bail on the wedding.
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“We had put them at a table with friends of theirs, and people who we thought they’d get along with from a professional standpoint,” the groom pointed out in his post.
He also noted that the two guests have been family friends “for a long time,” and that he and his wife even hosted their daughter’s bridal shower at their home.
“And then the audacity for them to not only leave our wedding reception where we paid for their plates, but also call my mom, let her know they did that, and also not leave a gift,” the groom wrote.
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Guests seated at wedding reception table (stock image)
While the groom said he and his wife quickly shrugged off the unfortunate incident — “luckily, the wedding was beautiful and everyone loved it” — he admitted that they “couldn’t help but be shocked at how entitled some people can be.”
In the comments section, readers appeared to be equally shocked over the two guests’ decision to leave the wedding due to their seating arrangements.
“There are some people who go through life being offended by the most inane things,” one person wrote.
“I don’t get it,” another commenter chimed in. “When did wedding guests start forgetting that the wedding day is about the people getting married and not them?”
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Yet another reader jokingly wondered, “Was it the table of all her exes, like in Four Weddings and a Funeral?!” in a nod to the 1994 British comedy starring Hugh Grant.
They added, “I can’t imagine another reason why she couldn’t suck it up for an hour or two! Plus, they had each other to talk to.”
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