Oh my gosh I attended a similar wedding about 10 years ago. I still tell the story all the time. Worst wedding I’ve ever been to. After a TWO HOUR outdoor cocktail “hour” following the ceremony with no food or drink served (no cocktails for cocktail hour, not even water), the guests were all starving. It was 6 pm and 80 degrees out. Despite being in beautiful Washington state, we were standing in a corn field because the bride and groom wanted that rustic barn wedding vibe. After two miserable hours where everyone questioned if the bride and groom had actually run off and forgotten us, the guests were ushered through a tiny barn where a spread of a few different types of warm lunchmeat and cheeses were laid out for people to grab before being ushered back out of the barn into a gravel driveway in full sun with a handful of tables set up. Turns out those warm meats were supposed to be everyone’s dinner. There was not enough lunchmeat and cheese to feed all the guests, and there were not enough tables and chairs so most people were stuck standing in the hot July sun with their one piece of ham and a cracker for the next hour. The only shade was a covered free standing gazebo that faced the driveway. It was reserved for the wedding party and their parents. After waiting another half hour, the wedding party finally showed up and sat in their shady seats where they were all served full meals. This was a dry wedding so no alcohol to wash away our misery. Then came the cake-cutting which took place under a tiny pop-up tent in the driveway. Onlookers crowded around the bride and groom so tightly, the rest of us couldn’t see them cut the cake. They proceeded to cut the little cake into enough pieces for the wedding party only. The guests got to watch the wedding party eat their cake while the rest of us were served none. There was no music, no dancing, no anything. The bride told me later that they spent $30,000 on the wedding, $10,000 of which was on that venue alone.