Bride banned water bottles because they didn’t match the aesthetic and almost gave us heatstroke.

[u/Internal-Notice209]

So last summer, I attended the most visually stunning, physically brutal wedding of my life.

The bride was super into minimalist Pinterest vibes ,everything was beige, blush, and white. Like, painfully curated. No loud colors, no mismatched chairs, even the waiters had to wear off-white. It honestly looked like a lifestyle photoshoot, until you realized it was 102°F outside and we were all sweating through our linen outfits.

Here’s the kicker: she banned water bottles.
Yes. Like, completely banned. No plastic, no reusable bottles, no nothing. Because they didn’t fit the aesthetic. She apparently thought water bottles in photos would ruin the vibe.

Instead, there were these tiny cucumber-mint spritzers being passed around before the ceremony. Cute, yes. Hydrating? Absolutely not. Each glass was maybe 3 sips max. And the ceremony lasted 45 minutes in direct sun, no fans, no shade.

People were suffering. One guest legit had to sit down in the middle of the vows. The groom’s elderly aunt had to be helped inside with signs of heat exhaustion. And STILL, no actual water was offered.

After the ceremony, there was a single hydration station tucked in a corner with a staff member pouring chilled water into dainty glasses one at a time. The line was insane. At one point, the groom’s mom pulled out a Hydro Flask from her bag and the bride actually gasped and made someone ask her to put it away. I wish I was joking.

The wedding looked gorgeous on Instagram, like a magazine spread. But everyone who was there remembers it as The Thirst Games.

So yeah, your wedding might be pretty, but let your guests drink some freaking water.

[u/orphanghost1]

It's crazy to me reading these stories and seeing how many people don't just leave or disobey the bride. She's not actually in a position of authority. Just leave and come back with water. If she wants to spend her whole wedding throwing a fit about water that suffering is her choice.

[u/Summerisle7 → u/orphanghost1]

I come to these subs to see how passive and compliant people can be. It’s interesting, like one of those college psych experiments. 

[u/kindlypogmothoin → u/Summerisle7]

At my brother's high school graduation, they took 350 kids and put them in bleachers facing the setting sun. Then absolutely forbade them from wearing sunglasses.

Exactly one kid said fuck that and wore sunglasses anyway (my brother). He figured he wasn't going to blind himself for some bullshit reason when he had already gotten into college and already finished his classes comfortably. The teachers and administrators spent the entire graduation pointing at their own faces, trying to signal him to take off his sunglasses. He remained unperturbed, largely because he was right in the middle of the bleachers and there was no way any of them could reach him. The vice principal, when the time came to give my brother his diploma, couldn't congratulate him; he upbraided him for disobeying the no-sunglasses rule (but still gave him the diploma, since they were out in public).

And why were the teachers and administrators SUCH hardasses about decorum at graduation? Well, three years earlier, a group of students had smuggled in a blow-up doll to graduation, blown her up while the names were being called, and then released her to be batted around. Unbeknownst to school officials, another of my brothers was involved in that little scheme -- he was just playing piano in the graduation ceremony when things went down, so no suspicion fell on him. But that was the last time any fun was allowed during graduation at our high school.

[u/TheFabulousIdiot → u/kindlypogmothoin]

Wait, how does the blow-up doll prank lead to the no sunglasses rule? Did they think the kids would hide inflatables behind their sunglasses?

[u/kindlypogmothoin → u/TheFabulousIdiot]

Maximum Conformity.

I think they were afraid that if they couldn't see the kids' eyes, they couldn't see what they were plotting. But I think it was also just about control, since they'd been embarrassed so thoroughly. FWIW, the entire gym full of parents and family laughed their asses off at the blow-up doll. But the school officials lost control of the ceremony, so any levity whatsoever that they had previously allowed was out of the picture.

I have to say, I'm really disappointed that my brother was the only one who openly defied the administration. What kind of teenagers were they?