Weddings are such lovely affairs. Guests especially look forward to the time when the bride and groom come out of the ceremony to be sprinkled with confetti. But when one couple decided to use mashed potatoes instead of confetti, it turned into a bit of a nightmare.
A photographer who worked at the wedding made the incident public in a Facebook post revealing that the bride decided to use mashed potatoes instead of confetti to save money.
He reported that the mashed potato particles went everywhere ending up in guests’ hair, clothes, and drinks.
“Funny story… so the bride went cheap on her confetti exit and they ordered a box of ‘instant mashed potatoes’… let’s just say, with sweat and spilled drinks from the night, they all ended up having mashed potatoes everywhere… mashed potatoes on the ground, mashed potatoes in their hair, mashed potatoes inside their clothing… and they just continued with the party.
“True story,” the photographer wrote in his post. He accompanied his text with laughing/crying emojis and a picture of dry mashed potatoes.
“Instant mashed potatoes as confetti is unimaginable in my head. Like what the f..k?” one person commented on the photographer’s post.
“Gross! Someone did NOT think through what happens to dehydrated food when it hits sweat. Even ‘normal amounts of sweat’,” someone else added.
Another commenter applauded the couple for their cost-effective and environmentally friendly hack.
“Dehydrated potatoes don’t need to be cleaned up like paper, they’re safe for wildlife, and they don’t harm the environment,” they noted.
The mashed potato bride wasn’t the only one who was criticized for her budget-related wedding cutbacks. A California bride who goes by the user name of @AshleyLaam posted a video of herself dancing on Tik Tok alongside the caption, “POV: you have no kids at your wedding.”
She then explained in the video, “while we love your kids, our wedding will be an adults-only (18+) event due to space and budget constraints.”
She then encouraged her guests to “take a night off and celebrate with us!”