I ordered a wedding guest book for my big day — nothing could have prepared me for what I got in the mail
Wedding planning is a massive task to shoulder.
And it’s an even more challenging feat when the décor is swapped out for snaps of meat.
“I get married in 12 days, and today I was supposed to get my guest book,” explained Tara Henderson, 29, a bride-to-be from Wichita Falls, Texas, in a trending TikTok posted Tuesday. “And when I opened [the mail], to my surprise, I didn’t.”
“But nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to open,” she ominously added.
Rather than a decorative ledger in which loved ones would jot down their names during Henderson’s Dec. 14 “I Do’s,” the soon-to-be Mrs. was stunned to find a tome entitled “Shoulder Meat.”
“I got a picture book of people I do not know with meat on their shoulders,” she said, sharing eye-popping glimpses at the fleshy photos. “I do not know these people.”
Clearly, the outré anthology failed to meat the nearly-wed’s expectations.
But she not the first gal to have some sort of unexpected beef on her big day.
An emotionally distraught bride recently cried in the bathroom of her $15,000 vegan wedding after carnivorous guests ordered 20 large pizzas to the fête as cheesy alternatives to her plant-based bites.
And a separate fiancée-turned-wifey was virtually roasted on the spit by online objectors of her “tiered” wedding reception menu. The controversial food options reportedly offered choice meats and champagne to wealthier wedding guests, and scraps to the less flush well-wishers.
The classist stunt was deemed “tacky” by cyber critics.
But when it came to Henderson’s meaty mail mistake, social media suggested she roll with the peculiar punches.
“Hear me out,” wrote an awe-struck commenter, “use this as your guestbook.”
“This would immediately be my most prized possession,” another chimed.
But Henderson says she’s already spoken to the guest book company about getting her rightful package.
“I did contact the place that I ordered from, and they will be sending my correct book,” said the millennial — before issuing a public apology to whoever got her wedding goods instead of their beefy page-turner.
“If you were supposed to get this, and instead you got my wedding guest book,” Henderson said while thumbing through the “Shoulder Meat” compilation. “I’m sorry.”
