I will never understand why people get upset about what people do at their wedding.

I’m talking about food, entertainment, guest list, etc.

It’s their day and they should be able to do what they want!

This woman is facing resistance from her family because she is being served a vegetarian meal at her wedding, and she wants to know if she is doing something wrong.

Let’s see what’s going on here…

“My fiancé and I (both 30-year-olds) are getting married in a few months. Now we just need to decide on the menu choices for our guests.

Well, we’re vegetarians. In general, we’re pretty relaxed vegetarians.

When we go out, we don’t care if our friends/family eat meat or fish, and the same goes when we visit family.

As long as there is a vegetarian option, anything is great.

After all, it’s their wedding…

Now back to the wedding.

When we looked at the selection and since it was our day, we thought it would be nice to offer a completely vegetarian menu.

My (32, female) parents pay for the meal and are absolutely baffled by this choice.

They say it is disrespectful to people who are not part of the vegetarian culture and also disrespectful to our own values ​​when it comes to showing our friends a good time.

They claim that we impose our ethics on other people.

My point is: it’s just one meal in our day, and I’m sure whatever is served will be delicious.

What’s the big deal?

None of our friends have ever complained when they come to our (vegetarian) meal, but my parents say it’s different at a wedding because people “expect luxury food”, especially when they’re coming from abroad (which is the case for many), and apparently that has to include meat.

To be honest, I’m torn about this.

Personally, I don’t mind our guests eating meat, but it goes against our own life choices and it’s our day, so it might feel inauthentic.

And I think the whole focus on meat is a generational issue (my parents are in their 60s).

My fiancé is the same, but the problem is that my parents (very kindly) pay for the food.

WIBTA, if I only got vegetarian food for everyone?”

Look at how people reacted to this story.

This reader said she was NTA.

Another person raised a good point.

This person intervened.

Another Reddit user shared his thoughts.

And this Reddit user has an idea…

Your wedding = your rules.

It’s that simple.

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