At the start of the year, a story about a pop-up wedding in a coffee shop went viral. The couple had told a local cafe that they wanted to sign documents before an intimate group of loved ones. There was no indication that there would be an actual pop-up wedding ceremony with a crowd, so imagine how the owners of the Indianapolis spot reacted when a large wedding party converged there. “We were taking orders, slinging drinks, and we couldn’t stop a wedding ceremony midway,” Mansion Society’s team wrote on Instagram. “The social media backlash would have been cancel-worthy if spun the right way.” After some back-and-forth with the couple, the business started an online fundraiser to make up for that day’s losses.
The internet was ablaze with commentary. One observer on Reddit wrote, “Only a huge apology and a decent cash payment can save this fiasco. I am so happy this is all over the internet.” Wedding planners and venues chimed in, many upset that the full extent of the event wasn’t originally disclosed. Overwhelmed by the attention, the couple told one media outlet that they wanted to move past the incident.
This isn’t the first time this kind of story has inflamed the wedding world. Such tales occasionally find their way from Reddit to our desks. Take, for example, a couple
