Weddings

<h2>What do you do when you&#39;ve always envisioned your wedding menu featuring lobster rolls or oysters, but your best friend happens to be deathly allergic to anything from the ocean? </h2><p>So, when a completely out-of-touch and selfishly &quot;shellfish&quot;-obsessed bride (sorry) decided to vent to a Facebook group about her catering issue, her post ended up on the gloriously petty and judgmental <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingshaming/comments/zwyqfr/ah_yes_someone_potentially_dying_at_your_wedding/" target="_blank">&quot;Wedding Shaming&quot;</a> subreddit. Be careful out there, Bridezillas, if you dare to complain about your Maid of Honor&#39;s completely uncontrollable food allergy, you&#39;re going to get roasted by strangers. </p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="reddit-card" > <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingshaming/comments/zwyqfr/ah_yes_someone_potentially_dying_at_your_wedding/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share">Ah yes. Someone potentially dying at your wedding is a much better idea than simply not having seafood for one day.</a> from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingshaming/">weddingshaming</a> </blockquote> <script async src="https://embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Plain text version: </h2><blockquote> <p>I have a huge dilemma, and am seeking advice! My family and I are huge seafood lovers. However, my best friend/Maid of Honor is allergic to seafood. She&#39;s allergic enough where she cannot be around seafood without breaking out in hives. </p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m bummed out that I can&#39;t have seafood at my wedding or the events leading up to it. I&#39;m not sure how I should approach this situation. I don&#39;t want to see insensitive, but I&#39;m also getting pushback from my family who feels it&#39;s unfair to not have any seafood because of one party. </p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I haven&#39;t talk to my Maid of Honor about it yet because it seems like she&#39;s assuming I won&#39;t have seafood at my wedding. How do I approach this issue so everyone is comfortable? Am I wrong for wanting to have seafood? I know my friend&#39;s health is important, but I also only get one wedding and I feel like I&#39;m missing out. </p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Of course, the jury of internet strangers was eager to weigh in on this disaster. Here&#39;s what people had to say: </h2><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/blueconlan/">blueconlan</a> said: </p><blockquote> <p>Maybe she&rsquo;s the beneficiary to her friends life insurance and she wants a big wedding...</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Serious_Specific_357/">Serious_Specific_357</a> said: </p><blockquote> <p>When you&rsquo;d trade your friend for a piece of crab</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ttttthr0wawayway/">ttttthr0wawayway</a> said: </p><blockquote> <p>As a person with severe allergy I get that people can get frustrated around me. I&#39;d probably get it if my friend don&#39;t invite me in one of the wedding events but maybe it&#39;s just me and my cultural differences. Why does it sound like she did not talk about it at all with the friend? Like, maybe just casually mentioning it? It&#39;s your MOH after all. </p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Realitylyn/">Realitylyn</a> said: </p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Seriously? Can&rsquo;t the rest of you go out for seafood the next day after the wedding and let her go home. </p> </blockquote><p> </p><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/galaxygirl1976/">galaxygirl1976</a> said: </p><blockquote> <p>My friends health is important but not as important as my wedding, damn it!!</p> </blockquote><h2>So, there you have it! </h2><p>Everyone agreed unanimously here that this bride needs a serious reality slap. If she wants to put her friend&#39;s life at risk to serve seafood at her wedding, then she probably should have a lobster or an Alaskan King Crab be her Maid of Honor instead. Good luck, everyone! </p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Bride would rather put MOH's life at risk than have a seafood-free wedding.

What do you do when you&#39;ve always envisioned your wedding menu featuring lobster rolls or oysters, but your best friend happens to be deathly allergic to anything from the ocean? So, when a completely out-of-touch and selfishly &quot;shellfish&quot;-obsessed bride (sorry) decided to vent to a Facebook group about her catering issue, her post ended up on the gloriously petty and judgmental &quot;Wedding Shaming&quot; subreddit. Be careful out there, Bridezillas, if you dare to complain about your Maid of Honor&#39;s completely uncontrollable food allergy, you&#39;re going to get roasted by strangers.  Ah yes. Someone potentially dying at your wedding is a much better idea than simply not having seafood for one day. from weddingshaming  Plain text version:  I have a huge dilemma, and am seeking advice! My family and I are huge seafood lovers. However, my best friend/Maid of Honor is allergic to seafood. She&#39;s allergic enough where she cannot be around seafood without breaking out in hives.   I&#39;m bummed out that I can&#39;t have seafood at my wedding or the events leading up to it. I&#39;m not sure how I should approach this situation. I don&#39;t want to see insensitive, but I&#39;m also getting pushback from my family who feels it&#39;s unfair to not have any seafood because of one party.   I haven&#39;t talk to my Maid of Honor about it yet because it seems like she&#39;s assuming I won&#39;t have seafood at my wedding. How do I approach this issue so everyone is comfortable? Am I wrong for wanting to have seafood? I know my friend&#39;s health is important, but I also only get one wedding and I feel like I&#39;m missing out.  Of course, the jury of internet strangers was eager to weigh in on this disaster. Here&#39;s what people had to say: blueconlan said:  Maybe she&rsquo;s the beneficiary to her friends life insurance and she wants a big wedding... Serious_Specific_357 said:  When you&rsquo;d trade your friend for a piece of crab ttttthr0wawayway said:  As a person with severe allergy I get that people can get frustrated around me. I&#39;d probably get it if my friend don&#39;t invite me in one of the wedding events but maybe it&#39;s just me and my cultural differences. Why does it sound like she did not talk about it at all with the friend? Like, maybe just casually mentioning it? It&#39;s your MOH after all.  Realitylyn said:  Seriously? Can&rsquo;t the rest of you go out for seafood the next day after the wedding and let her go home.   galaxygirl1976 said:  My friends health is important but not as important as my wedding, damn it!! So, there you have it! Everyone agreed unanimously here that this bride needs a serious reality slap. If she wants to put her friend&#39;s life at risk to serve seafood at her wedding, then she probably should have a lobster or an Alaskan King Crab be her Maid of Honor instead. Good luck, everyone! 

What do you do when you&#39;ve always envisioned your wedding menu featuring lobster rolls or oysters, but your best friend happens to be deathly allergic to anything from the ocean?   So, when a completely out-of-touch and selfishly...