AITA for ordering pizza at my friend’s wedding because there was no food?

A Reddit user shared a story about an awkward situation at a friend’s wedding, where food ran out before their table was called. After watching the buffet be emptied by other guests, they and a few tablemates decided to order pizza to avoid drinking on an empty stomach.

The unexpected delivery caused some tension with the bride and groom, especially when one of the in-laws who ate from the buffet asked for a slice, and the Redditor declined with a sharp remark.

Later, the groom admitted the shortage upset many guests, but the bride and her family were still upset. Read the full story below to decide if they handled it well or could’ve done something differently.

‘ AITA for ordering pizza at my friend’s wedding because there was no food?’

Me and my wife were invited to my friends wedding, the wedding was going to have about 70 ppl, with mostly family. When we got there we were seated at a table with some other people. Nice people, and we mingled well and had a good time chatting.

The wedding was also quite nice both my friend and his new wife were very happy. After the ceremony every table got two bottles of wine, bread/butter, and there also was an open bar, so we started to have a few drinks. Then the food came out, it looked really good, the food was setup for buffet.

I was half buzzed and looking forward to getting some food in my belly. When it was time to eat every few tables at a time were going to get called which is fine, the first few tables that were called were understandably the family of both sides, then the rest were, the problem was that the family members (He’s Inlaws) are larger people.

Now I don’t shame people for how much they eat, but I noticed the helpings of food they had while I was patiently waiting for us to be called, I also noticed that they went for seconds before all the tables were called and no one stopped them.

I didn’t say anything, though I thought that was rude, I just assumed that there was just alot of food. To my surprise by the time we were called there was nothing left, I asked if there was more coming out and apparently that already occurred. So We grabbed the little we could and went back to sit down and ate the scarps.

We were all still pretty hungry, and a bit pissed off so we kinda bashed talked that the first few tables ate all the food. Someone mentioned that they could go for some pizza, and then I had the drunken idea of ordering some lol.

So that is what we did, we all pitched in and ordered 4 large pizzas and some chicken wings from a local pizza joint close to the venue so it didn’t take long to be delivered. I met the guy outside and brought the food to our table and we started to eat.

Some of the other tables noticed and asked where the pizza came from, apparently some of the other tables close to ours didnt get any food either, so we shared with them. This caused some commotion because other people were looking for, and asking the wedding party if there was pizza available.

I guess there were others that didn’t get to eat either. We did share with anyone who asked us. My friend came to talk to me about why I ordered the food, his bride was not happy about it (it ruined the esthetics), so I told him that we didn’t get to eat, and that the food ran out long before our table was called, and we were really hungry.

He then asked why we didn’t just step out and eat then come back, though annoyed about that, I respectively explained to him that we were all drinking on an empty stomach and that it probably wasn’t the best idea to have drunk people walking around looking for food.

I don’t think he liked that, but went back to his bride who was glaring at us. Like what were we supposed to do, starve? This wasn’t the end though. As we were finishing eating. One of the inlaws came to our table and he asked where the pizza came from. This is where I maybe the AH.

There were two slices left, I knew he was eyeing them. I asked the other people at my table if they wanted one, everyone declined. This guy then said he’d have one, I then took the two slices I put them on my plate, and started to eat them, then looked at him and said something like.

“No, you and everyone at your tables had way more then your fare share of the buffet, and ate all of it. This is the reason we ordered food in the first place. And now you have the nerve to ask us to share.” He’s face went red, and he returned to his table.

There was alot discussion going on there, they were all looking back at us with daggers. The bride looked even more ticked off at us, she had a bit of an argument with my friend. He eventually came back to tell us we had to leave. I didn’t mean to start any problems, so me and my wife called a cab and left.

He called me a few days later, and we had a long talk. I explained my perspective, and he agreed that his inlaws were really rude for eating all the food and leaving most of the other guests with very little. Alot of people actually complained to him about it, everyone was drinking thinking that there would be food and they were disappointed.

He was upset with his inlaws because he told them how many guests there would be and to order the food for that many people. He also saw how much they were taking but assumed they ordered enough, he was wrong.

He brought this up with his wife, and she said that apparently because the inlaws paid for the alcohol and the food they felt entitled to eat what they wanted, she was really mad at them, and reamed them out for tainting her special day.

He also said alot of the other non family guests started to leave soon after we left because they too were hungry. They still had fun celebrating but it did kinda put a downer on their special day. Out of 70 ppl about 30 left. I also found out that guy that came to our table was his FIL.

FIL was really embarrassed by what I said to him, he felt pretty bad when he found out close to half the guests didn’t get to eat anything and left early.. So AITA?

These are the responses from Reddit users:

johnnypurp −  Can’t believe the FIL asked for pizza lol

Vcheck1 −  No, for a wedding buffet always order more than what’s needed. The in laws ATAH. You could have handled it better with the pizza but half the freaking people there didn’t get food, that sounds like more than a “big people got seconds” problem

ViewtifulGene −  NTA. There is no reason other tables should’ve had seconds before you had firsts. I can understand miscalculating how much food would be needed, but they didn’t even try to triage.

BarelyHangingOn −  A family member had a similar sized wedding awhile back. The caterer handed out the same portions to everybody the first time through so that everybody got fed. Seconds were a free for all. Later in the night a table full of personal sized pizzas. We were eating pizza for a week after the fact.

Kaiju-Mom22 −  NTA. You don’t go for seconds until all the tables have been called.

Critical_Item_8747 −  I don’t know how anyone would be mad at you, you rule dude. Come to my wedding

BlueGreen_1956 −  NTA. You swooped in and saved the day. The bride and groom should be thanking you. They should have realized what pigs their family members were and planned accordingly.

Physical_Koala_850 −  imagine letting a box of pizza ruin the best night of your life lol

Fragrant-Hyena9522 −  I didn’t know “hungry guests” was an aesthetic. NTA

Fancy_Bass_1920 −  Open bar and no food.. Vomitfest!!!!. You saved them a real mess!

Do you think the Reddit user was justified in ordering pizza to handle the food shortage, or could they have handled it more discreetly? How would you have managed the situation with the in-laws and the bride’s reaction? Share your thoughts below!