I went to a self-catered, friendored, backyard wedding in the rain

@VC they had the roasted pig, fried chicken, baked beans, a few different types of pasta salad, Ramen noodle salad (I was so excited about this because I love Ramen noodle salad but it was so bland!! ??), rolls, and I can't remember what else. They had cheese and crackers and veggie and fruit traits for cocktail hour. Dessert was lemon bars, brownies, baklava, and cake. For alcohol they had a couple kegs of basic beer, a couple legs of local brews, varied wines, and sangria. No pop, though, which I thought was weird. The kids had to drink this sparkling dry white grape juice infused with rose hips. Very strange.

I'm just waiting for the White Knight to RO-lol in...

"The kids had to drink this sparkling dry white grape juice infused with rose hips. Very strange." Yeah, that is strange. My grandson wouldn't have touched it. I would have done a soda run.

Fricking hippies with their "don't drink chemicals" ugh.

I would have left. I was outside yesterday for less than 10 minutes and I got 4 mosquito bites- for hours? I would have been a bloody crying mess. I would have started scratching- and then bleeding- and then crying- because I can't do itching.

I can do a lot of things.

But incessant itching makes me fucking CRAZY- I get really upset if I can't make it stop.

I would have literally died.

But the tables and the tent look really nice.

I'll give her the decor but it didn't sound like so much fun.. I would've left a long time ago!!

I feel like a white Knight cannot defend this. They can have an "its my day attitude" if they want but they need to recognize that guests have to face repercussions of poor planning. I love my friend dearly but I left early, sober, itchy, and unsatisfied. I had to bathe in Epsom salts and baking soda just to keep from tearing my legs apart.

@Jarocka I cannot tell a lie. After the first 7 mosquito bites I did start crying. FH took my hand and asked if I wanted to leave but a friend from Germany was visiting and we were going to be her ride to the place she was staying and I didn't want to drag her away. She ended up getting a ride from another friend. Lol

Was it a buffet where you go get your own food? I assume the food was set in stations

It looks decent, a bit too plain for my liking and yeah mosquitos SUUUUCK

Sounds great. Not.

It's not 'your day' the minute you invite two other people.

@VC dinner was buffet style the pig was completely carved when it was set out. I didn't eat it. I've been to their families pig roasts before and I think it's kind of gross, so I didn't eat it. They set up a little table for appetizers for cocktail hour, but it was so small and set up too close to a guest table, so it was kind of hard to get around. The dessert was in the far corner. They set the desserts up very pretty but again it wasn't that easy getting to.

This is awful! It looks like a beautiful setting, but definitely poorly planned.... :-O

And dude! Here I am planning an outside reception and I didn't even think about the mosquitos!! *mental note* Mosquito Repellent....

It looks beautiful but making people wait out in the rain wasn't the nicest thing (I'm guessing there were no children or elderly??)... neither was stealing the one special flavor off the cake! Haha. They must have a decent location with the look of that backyard, though.

Ashley, I'm still wondering if you know what temperature you need to keep the soup?

At least it looked nice!

At least there was booze. If I was there, I would've been getting drunk off my ass.

@Ashley S there were a lot of elderly people and children. The kids pretty much just ran and played in the rain and got drenched and dirty.

The decor and pergola are pretty nice but everything else has got to. Ain't nobody got no time for no freaking mosquitoes and rain!

Be careful. The last time someone talked shit about a wedding on here someone told the groom and they contacted the person's husband. Still trying to figure that shit out. Bitches be cray LOL