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Viral Reddit Post Slams "Greedy" Bride for Demanding Each Guest Pay $500 to Attend Her Destination Wedding
Brides ^ | 7/2/25 | Gabriella Rello Duffy

Posted on 07/02/2025 1:02:16 PM PDT by DallasBiff

The original poster notes that the couple will ultimately pocket more than the cost of the venue if everyone pays.

In a viral Reddit post on the platform's /weddingshaming thread, an unhappy guest detailed how a couple informed attendees that everyone's accommodations for a destination wedding were "taken care of" and that they'd only be responsible for flights and transportation. Then, two months before the wedding, the bride told each guest they needed to pay $500 for their stay on the "large estate" that the couple booked for the big day.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: brides; greedy; weddings

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Well I guess the old days of weddings held at a local church and reception held at a place like a K of C are long gone.
1 posted on 07/02/2025 1:02:16 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I got married by a judge but in retrospect I should’ve asked for a jury.


2 posted on 07/02/2025 1:04:28 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I tried pushing the envelope but it remained stationery.)
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To: DallasBiff

The world gets more tacky by the minute...


3 posted on 07/02/2025 1:06:09 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff
Note to Groom: Leave!

NOW!

While there's still hope!

4 posted on 07/02/2025 1:10:24 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: DallasBiff

Because folks aren’t thinking about anyone except themselves. They think it’s just one big freaking party and focus on the celebration instead of where the focus should be… The marriage.

I have always told my kid, it’s about the marriage, not the party.


5 posted on 07/02/2025 1:10:29 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: BipolarBob

Amen brother


6 posted on 07/02/2025 1:10:57 PM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: Texas Eagle

Right? And the bride is probably looking at it as a starter marriage anyhow so…


7 posted on 07/02/2025 1:12:18 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: DallasBiff

Can’t believe any man would be stupid enough to get married in this day and time, better to rent to own and never make that last payment...


8 posted on 07/02/2025 1:13:22 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: DallasBiff

We had our reception at the church hall, catered by the church’s Ladies Aid.

It was lovely. Very inexpensive. Well attended. And dry. We didn’t want to worry about anyone not making it home.

We had premarital counseling by not one, but two ministers. Our wedding was going to be the new minister’s first, so the outgoing minister gave him a hand.

Let’s just say we’ve been happily wed for quite a while.

There’s a lot to be said for tradition.

I’d recommend folks just starting out to have a modest wedding and save the big bash for milestone anniversaries.

Though a while back we threw my husband’s parents fiftieth anniversary party at the same church, catered by the same Ladies Aid, and it was lovely, too.


9 posted on 07/02/2025 1:15:43 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Maskot

“Because folks aren’t thinking about anyone except themselves” . . . and how they’ll look on social media.


10 posted on 07/02/2025 1:17:44 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: DallasBiff

I guess it’s not too much different from an expensive bridal registry. I don’t think I’ve ever given a $500 wedding gift though.


11 posted on 07/02/2025 1:19:46 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Maskot
Amen.

But if he's looking at it as a starter marriage, let this be a clue as to how that will work out for himself.

12 posted on 07/02/2025 1:21:38 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: DallasBiff

To the Groom. “Run far far away!”


13 posted on 07/02/2025 1:21:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff
Well I guess the old days of weddings held at a local church and reception held at a place like a K of C are long gone.

Most fun I ever had at a wedding reception was at an AmVets hall a couple decades ago in the old Polish section of town. Had a polka band, lots of beer, and lots of fit, blonde bridesmaids who could hold their liquor.

14 posted on 07/02/2025 1:22:15 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BipolarBob

Not to worry, we the Jury would have convicted you to ‘life without the possibility of parole’ also.


15 posted on 07/02/2025 1:23:29 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: DallasBiff

So don’t go!

It amazes me the things that people get worked up about!


16 posted on 07/02/2025 1:25:09 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: DallasBiff
each guest they needed to pay $500 for their stay on the "large estate" that the couple booked for the big day.

Each guest or each guest couple? If the place is a 5 star luxury resort ocean front accommodation, $500/night might be a bargain.

17 posted on 07/02/2025 1:25:38 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: scrabblehack

Too many want to get married but not be married. Big weddings often lead to short marriages.


18 posted on 07/02/2025 1:27:21 PM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: BipolarBob

🤣


19 posted on 07/02/2025 1:27:56 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: DallasBiff

Burn rubber, young man.


20 posted on 07/02/2025 1:28:37 PM PDT by OKSooner (Always carry. Even if all you can handle is a .22, carry it. You might be surprised.)
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