Bride and groom are criticized for asking guests to attend their big day because they ‘deserve’ a beautiful wedding but would rather spend money on home improvements
A couple has been criticized after they decided to charge their wedding guests to attend the big day as they would rather save $10,000 for home improvements.
The debacle was shared on Reddit’s Wedding Shaming thread with a after slamming an American couple for charging each guest a whopping $150 to attend.
In the original Facebook post, the wedding shamer wrote, “Bride wants guests to pay for their meal because *checks notes* they’re not rich, plus some extra,” has received just under 600 votes.
The Reddit community was quick to respond to the bride and groom’s antics, with people suggesting they decline the invite.
This anonymous bride, believed to be based in the US, was slammed when her post surfaced on Reddit, on their Wedding Shaming thread
Here you can see the bride-to-be asking for money from potential guests, much to the dismay of the Reddit community
The message originally shared by the poster on Facebook read: “We will be asking our guests to pay for their seats, which amounts to $150+ per person.”
She then gave reasons for her bold decision, citing limited financial resources and “earning the wedding of her dreams,” which sent the folks at Reddit into an uproar.
The bride continued: ‘[We] prefer to spend money on improving our home and paying off our home.
“We have everything we need and don’t need any gifts, and all we care about is that the food is high quality and that we have a beautiful wedding.”
She added that she hopes her loved ones will “understand and respect” her choice, adding: “We know so many people and want our friends and family to be there and enjoy this unique event with us.
“Besides, both of us, especially me as a bride, absolutely deserve the wedding of our dreams.”
The Redditor who shared the post revealed that “three of her bridesmaids backed out and joked that it was for an ‘unknown’ reason.”
The second screenshot instructed wedding guests to respond as quickly as possible, but also asked them to forward the money needed for food at the reception.
Redditors were outraged by the bride-to-be’s brazenness, with one saying: ‘Yes, she deserves to have the wedding of her dreams where no one shows up.
Another joked: ‘If you can’t afford your dream wedding you literally don’t deserve it. It’s a celebration, not a birthright.”
And one even suggested that ‘this is when you turn down an invite’, while others were shocked that some were supporting her in the other images shared in the post.
‘When you read those supportive comments, it’s like being in an alternate universe. Yes’.