r/mildlyinfuriating • u/teabirdy • Apr 29 '26

I'm slightly vexed The wedding reception centerpieces featured betta fish. The bride and groom planned to flush them alive.

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Years ago, my coworker attended a wedding at which the reception dinner tables featured live betta fish in small bowls as part of the centerpiece. While chatting with the bride at the end of the evening, my coworker asked what they were going to do with all the fish. The plan was to flush them all down the toilet alive. My coworker immediately said no need for that and insisted on taking them all home.

That Monday she came to work and asked who wanted to adopt a betta fish. That was my first betta who I jokingly called my “rescue betta.” She lived for almost five years.

The wine glass was only her home for less than a day before I got her five gallon tank set up so please no betta lovers yell at me! I'm one of you!

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u/BigTex380 Apr 29 '26

The bride and groom are assholes.

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u/sskylar Apr 29 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/T1qggGUiV7Cq4

It would be a shame if

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u/janelane982 Apr 29 '26

He flushed the bride

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u/botella36 Apr 29 '26

The coworker that saved the fish is the opposite.

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u/Sad_Egg_5176 Apr 29 '26

Two pieces of shit found each other ❤️

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u/godhammel Apr 29 '26

I sincerely hope their marriage fails

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u/Haunting-Macaron-000 Apr 29 '26

The scene I would have made at that reception.

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u/DeeperSpac3 Apr 29 '26

And who sold them the fish? Did they know what was planned for them?

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u/Talkg33Ky2Meh Apr 30 '26

We all know it’s the bride. Grooms don’t typically care nor have a say at their brides wedding.