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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I got married by a judge but in retrospect I should’ve asked for a jury.
The world gets more tacky by the minute...
NOW!
While there's still hope!
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.
Amen brother
Right? And the bride is probably looking at it as a starter marriage anyhow so…
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...
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.
“Because folks aren’t thinking about anyone except themselves” . . . and how they’ll look on social media.
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.
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.
To the Groom. “Run far far away!”
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.
Not to worry, we the Jury would have convicted you to ‘life without the possibility of parole’ also.
So don’t go!
It amazes me the things that people get worked up about!
Each guest or each guest couple? If the place is a 5 star luxury resort ocean front accommodation, $500/night might be a bargain.
Too many want to get married but not be married. Big weddings often lead to short marriages.
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Burn rubber, young man.
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