Post # 1
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Helper bee
Our venue provides water, tea, lemonade, coffee, beer, wine and champagne as beverages. Future Mother-In-Law is freaking out about the lack of soda. She wants to bring it in herself, keeps insisting people will want it. I told her our venue won’t let us bring it in and there’s plenty of beverages options. She says she won’t drink a single thing I listed and wants to call the venue and try to work something out. I think she’s being ridiculous. Surely she and her soda loving family can survive a few hours without it. Are you having soda at your reception? I personally don’t like soda so I might be a bit biased, lol.
Post # 3
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Bumble bee
Then she can stop at a gas station and get a Coke on her way there. That’s silly. We are having the same as you except or wine and are not worried about soda at all. I think if it’s at a wedding, cool. If not, totally normal.
Post # 4
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Helper bee
We will probably have two different types of soda at ours a regular & a diet.. But all of our drinks the vendor prefers us to bring in ourselves to save us the cost.. I want to say that if they bring it that one glass is like $3 a person or something like that.. And drinks & the cake are the only outside food/drink that we can bring in..
Post # 5
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Helper bee
We’re having soda, though honestly if it wasn’t included in the cost, we probably wouldn’t. I do enjoy my soda consumption, though I don’t think soda absence would be felt, especially since there are non-alcoholic alternatives. 🙂
Post # 6
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Bee Keeper
To be honest, I really think that soda should be a staple at any event. We have a number of guests who don’t drink and I personally wouldn’t feel right about not offering them soda. Sure, I guess they can drink water or lemonade (which some people actually don’t like) but if they prefer a soft drink, I’d much rather make them happy.
To answer your question, yes, we are serving soda at our reception.
Post # 8
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Sugar bee
for me, beer wine and soda are the 3 basic standards but you are providing lemonade (is this american lemonade or 7up??) and i would be drinking that happily
Post # 9
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Bee Keeper
@Baby_PebbleS: Lemonage is sugar, water and lemon.
Post # 10
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Helper bee
I also had to add that Future Mother-In-Law won’t drink wine because she says after a glass or two her face starts to feel warm so it obviously doesn’t agree with her. Haha, that’s called a buzz my dear 🙂
Post # 11
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Bumble bee
I think having tea and lemonade gives enough options. And frankly, if your venue doesn’t allow it, then there’s really no decision to be made here, right?
Post # 12
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Helper bee
lol… isn’t that was all sodas are? minus the lemon.
Sorry… but isn’t soda just a fizzy drink? (ps… i’m from Australia…. )
Post # 13
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Sugar bee
As long as you have non-alcoholic options, you’re totally fine. It’s weird to me she’s so fixated on soda. We’re having soda, only because it’s in our caterer’s standard package.
Post # 14
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Helper bee
@eloping OOOHHH i didn’t think about that… Yeah… lemonade here is a fizzy drink
Post # 16
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Sugar bee
@Baby_PebbleS: Lemonade in the states isn’t generally fizzy, unless it’s “sparkling” lemonade.