Thousands have criticized a man for canceling his friend's wedding at the last minute because the bride and groom did not want to serve alcohol.
The man said he was annoyed when he found out just days before the wedding that the couple was not serving alcohol, despite the event taking place on New Year's Eve.
Wanting to ring in the New Year with a drink in hand, the man and his wife pulled out of the wedding at the last minute.
He also informed some other guests that the wedding would be dry, causing 20 people to withdraw their attendance as well.
The groom “went off” on the man, accusing him of “presiding over” the mass of last-minute refusals and making him lose money on catering.
A man has been asked if he was wrong for pulling out of his friend's New Year's Eve wedding at the last minute after finding out there would be no alcohol served (stock image)
'My buddy is getting married to a girl that our group of friends is not in love with. He loves her though, so we support him,” the man said in a post on Reddit.
'We've known for months that this was a New Year's Eve wedding. I answered yes with my wife months ago.”
He and “several friends” assumed alcohol would be served at the wedding, which runs from 5 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.
But he found out yesterday that his friend's fiancée and her family want it to be a dry event.
'I asked my wife if she knew this, said no and was angry. I texted the groom's friend and asked. He confirmed this,” he wrote.
“I told him this is something you should have told us a long time ago. I told him that my wife and I were not going. We want to spend the night drinking.'
The man then sent a message to the rest of his friends who were attending the wedding saying no drinks would be served.
He and “several friends” assumed alcohol would be served at the wedding, which runs from 5 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 31.
“Oh boy, the group chat went off. This led to even more people withdrawing. This is not how many of us expected to spend New Year's Eve,” he said.
“The only ones who haven't withdrawn are the four members of our twelve-member group attending the wedding.”
The groom contacted his friend when people were pulling out of the wedding and “left.”
He said he is “spending too much money on catering now” as about 20 guests declined at the last minute.
“One of the things I've been called is for 'leading the charge' for people who aren't going to the wedding,” the guest said before asking who was wrong.
The post sparked a heated debate, with many calling the guests “bad friends.”
“You can't go a year old without getting drunk, can you? Grow up,” one user joked.
'It was not okay that he had not informed you earlier. But can you really not do one night without alcohol? I think you should suck it up and go. That's the right thing to do,” wrote another.
“If you can't go a night without drinking, you might have a problem. You'll have to drink for the rest of your life. You will never go to your friend's wedding again,” one person agreed.
However, some objected to the “dishonest” groom.
“I think it's wrong for the bride and groom to expect their guests to stay longer than six hours at a dry New Year's Eve wedding. I can't think of anything more boring,” one user replied.
“It really seems like a total bait and switch to not mention it was a dry wedding, presumably because they were worried people wouldn't want to go,” a second commented.
“They deliberately kept this from you. That is manipulation and I would be devastated if my boyfriend manipulated me,” another added.