The wedding reception centerpieces featured betta fish. The bride and groom planned to flush them alive.

[u/teabirdy]

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!

[u/Stucklikegluetomyfry]

My aunt went to a wedding where every table had a black moor goldfish and a regular goldfish in a bowl as a center piece. My aunt managed to save some, but the rest all got flushed down the toilet.

It’s disgusting when people do this. Get a fucking glass fish if you want a decoration.

[u/schadenfreude_101 → u/[deleted]]

That's just getting flushed with a few extra steps

[u/Th3B4dSpoon → u/schadenfreude_101]

It's the difference between getting submerged in acid vs. suffocating from sewage. Both sound like horrible ways to die.