So I am super irritated with some of my extended family members. I'm vegan, FI is pescatarian (eats fish, no chicken/red meat). My family is Irish Catholic so meat and potatoes is pretty much the staple.
For our wedding we are having an all vegan/vegetarian menu. We are having a cheese display, veggies, bruschetta, spanakopita, etc. for apps. For dinner I sent around an extensive menu list our venue suggested for us. This included vegetable lasagna, stuffed manicotti, butternut squash ravioli, falafel napoleon, etc.
Well, today in response to my sending out the menu suggestions to ask for people's thoughts on what they thought sounded good, I get a response back from my cousin saying :
Kelly,
Don't worry about us because we are going to grab dinner in between the wedding and reception.
I am totally irritated and insulted that they would say that. I'm not asking them to eat dirt. This is a 4 star executive chef for crying out loud that does all of Gordon Gee's catering. And, it's not like I'm asking them to eat tofu either.
Insted of being a brat like I wanted to be and saying "First, that's incredibly rude that you can't be bothered to be there for the whole day and Second, I'm not asking you to eat dirt" I ended up responding politely and thanking her for letting me know and that the cocktail hour/dinner follow immediately after the ceremony which should end at 4pm and that we won't count on them for cocktail/dinner, and that the reception starts at 7pm.
I'm just really insulted they can't suck it up for one day and eat something that doesn't have meat in it. For the last 10 years I have been more than happy to make my own accommodations for weddings, barbeques, Thanksgiving, etc. and never said I would go eat elsewhere. I just can't get over how rude it is!
I am trying to focus on the fact that there are now 4-6 people coming that I won't have to pay for cocktail hour and dinner and try to see the positive. I honestly could care less at this point if they even bothered coming.
Grrr!