Event Planner Says Caterer No-Showed at Terminal Cancer Patient's Wedding: ‘Fully Ghosted’

Mar. 15, 2025

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A terminal cancer patient’s wedding didn’t go as planned after the planner said that the caterer failed to show up for the celebration.

“Fully ghosted,” the wedding plannerwrote in a Reddit post on Nov. 12. “Multiple phone calls and no answer.” In addition to the food for the Wish Upon a Wedding event, (a nonprofit that grants weddings and vow renewals to couples facing terminal illnesses or life altering health circumstances) the caterer also was responsible for “all the water, Bev, and mocktails.”

Luckily, a local restaurant stepped in with just two hours' notice. They produced food and beverages for 50 people, and even gifted the couple a $200 gift card.

“I sure hope that is a first and a last in my planning career,” the planner wrote. “I feel so bad, I did all I could. But this was supposed to be such a beautiful day, a true gift to a couple faced with unimaginable hardship.”

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“I asked the other vendors if they had seen anything like this before,” the post continued. “Combined, they had over 100 years of wedding experience. Not a single one of them have seen a caterer no-show.”

Those in the comment section weighed in on the unfortunate situation.

“There is nothing lower than ruining the wedding of a terminal cancer patient,” wrote one commenter. “You have to have some nerve to even think of doing something like that. I’m glad you were able to find someone to step in, and that restaurant deserves all the extra business they get!”

Another praised the planner for making sure the couple got to enjoy their special day.

source: people.com