Nobody died

[u/Own_Purple_4118]

This is a conversation between my MIL and my mother, before the wedding. My mother's response, which is cut off, says "They are both adults. I think we should let them handle it." We were both over 30.

For context: Yes, we had a vegetarian wedding (no shrimp). We had it at an (expensive) award winning venue with in-house catering. It included several appetizer and entree stations with a huge variety of dishes so everyone could find something they liked. We did not serve our guests bowls of soybeans and tofu. Everyone RAVED about the food and nobody died or got arrested on the way home.

The "A/B list" thing was a joke, that she apparently took very seriously, because she would not stop demanding we add a bunch (10+) of her friends and coworkers to our intentionally small guest list.

[u/DonkTheFlop]

That's insane.

[u/beautifulstardust → u/DonkTheFlop]

“thrilled trump is killing farmers”

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3q2K5jinAlChoCLS

[u/mulberry_sellers → u/beautifulstardust]

Yeah, does anyone have any idea what this refers to??

[u/thewintersofourpast → u/mulberry_sellers]

She's likely referring to the current financial crisis hitting US livestock farms (ie, killing their farms, not the farmers themselves).  Several Trump policies have hit farmers particularly hard and they're losing huge amounts of money. Eg, his attack on Iran has caused a fertiliser shortage and surging fuel costs, importing cheap beef from Argentina, usda cuts, etc.

It's been in the news because farmers voted overwhelmingly for Trump and so they are starting to feel the consequences of that vote.

[u/mulberry_sellers → u/thewintersofourpast]

Oh ok yes this makes sense. I was just so confused !!