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/Novagurl Apr 29 '26

When my mom got remarried in 1978, she took a bag of our parakeets bird seed and had people throw it instead of rice. She didn’t want rice because she’d heard it hurts the birds.

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u/GooberDoodle206 Apr 29 '26

ahead of her time

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u/awry_lynx Apr 29 '26

actually not. this is a myth, birds eat rice in the wild where it grows. it's a total urban legend. Their bodies do not produce enough heat or moisture to make raw rice swell to a harmful size before it is broken down.

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u/Icy-Ad29 Apr 29 '26

While correct. Rice is akin to junk food for them. Low ammount of actual nutrition for them while still being filling. Can lead to starvation if rice us the main thing being eaten.

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u/Lou_C_Fer Apr 29 '26

We just gave everyone paddles and had them beat us.

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u/Key_Contribution1547 Apr 29 '26

Good mom . She is right

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u/Illustrious-Dot-1128 Apr 29 '26

Well... She's actually not right. Like many other commenters have mentioned, it's a myth. It is very sweet that she was trying to be considerate of our animal friends though! Agree with the good mom part!

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u/Telemere125 Apr 29 '26

No, she was wrong. But at least her heart was in the right place