Lady Refuses To Eat The Meal Served At Her Cousin’s Wedding Because Her Dad Keeps Altering Her Meal Choice

A family joke about food turned into a wedding-day standoff, and one woman finally decided she had had enough. What started at her grandparents’ 50th anniversary became a running family bit, but the OP says it stopped being funny a long time ago, especially when her grandmother kept calling him out for it.

At her cousin’s wedding, the same thing happened again, and this time she refused to eat the replacement meal. Read on.

The headline...

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Several years ago...

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I ended up with a pickle

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This has become a family joke

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For my cousin's wedding

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Then Saturday Comes

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I looked at my dad

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I hate mushrooms

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I sat there until...

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In all honesty...

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The post got a lot of attention, with close to 16K upvotes and 1.8K comments. Here are some of the most upvoted comments from Redditors.

1. No clue at all

Kris82868

2. Find an opportunity to do this to your dad

LadyCollywobbles

3. Your father is not funny

Shaggymaggie

This is similar to a sibling devouring their mom’s prized dish and getting asked to pay up.

4. Your father is wasting food and people's time

MelanatedGemini

5. There really isn't a distinction here

yet_another_sock

6. Let them take it up with your dad since it's his doing

OpinionatedTradWife

7. They got embarrassed by their misbehavior

s1m0n_s3z

8. Your dad deprived you of your meal with his inappropriate jokes

sevenumbrellas

9. The personality of people who take jokes too far

Background_Owl_3474

10. It's incredibly disrespectful to you

yachtiewannabe

11. This is not funny, nor is it some running joke

Professional_Tax6436

12. Your dad is in the wrong here, and he owes them for wasted food

CapsFan1066

13. Next time, take his plate for yourself and give him yours

MissContrariwise

14. Your dad is an adult yet behaves like an immature little brat in middle school

desolation29

15. Asking for a separate invitation or confirming your selection

D-Valkyrie

16. Your dad is behaving like a child

janewilson90

17. Someone is curious and had to ask. The OP gave a reply

Gockelchen92

18. You let him know the joke isn't funny anymore, yet he still continues

annonyandro

19. Big time...

Mis_Bee_Have

20. Have his dish changed too and see how he likes it

notwaiting-forgodot

21. It's high time your dad reads the room

cjack68

22. Couldn't have put it in a better way than this

ChocolateKoko

That family joke has clearly gone on far too long.

It’s important to know when you’re crossing someone’s boundaries, especially when that someone is your family. People need to understand that everything is not a joke and that you shouldn’t do to others what you wouldn’t like to have done to yourself.

What reply do you have for this Redditor regarding her story? Drop your thoughts in the comments below. 

For another family blowup over stubborn dinner rules, read whether a vegan should boycott family dinners after being disrespected.