Weddings

<h2>Insisting that your friends spend hundreds of dollars to go on vacation with a collection of your family and wedding party seems like a prerequisite to get married these days...</h2><p>Complete with matching outfits, themed nights, complicated dinner reservations and trying to split a check 13 ways after multiple margaritas--the destination bachelorette and bachelor party trend is becoming entirely unaffordable. So, when a bride decided to vent to Facebook about her fancy Vegas bachelorette party, the jury of gloriously petty internet strangers in Reddit&#39;s <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingshaming/comments/w2191h/ignore_inflation_and_quit_complaining_about_my/" target="_blank">&quot;Wedding Shaming&quot;</a> group were eager to pile on.</p><div><iframe height="344" id="reddit-embed" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://www.redditmedia.com/r/weddingshaming/comments/w2191h/ignore_inflation_and_quit_complaining_about_my/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true" style="border: none;" width="640"></iframe></div><div> <figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://preview.redd.it/5rrgl7s4bcc91.jpg?width=827&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;v=enabled&amp;s=bc4548ee4ffe30afafcb7b3d9176cbe22b94b564" height="1482" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screenshot-2023-01-19-at-23846-pm-0Meg2n.jpg" width="922" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://preview.redd.it/5rrgl7s4bcc91.jpg?width=827&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;v=enabled&amp;s=bc4548ee4ffe30afafcb7b3d9176cbe22b94b564">Reddit</a></div></figure> <figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://preview.redd.it/o4mx07s4bcc91.jpg?width=827&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;v=enabled&amp;s=b0084b8a69d32e503b4764aab78b9c6059b45b0c" height="1482" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screenshot-2023-01-19-at-23920-pm-1QDQAL.jpg" width="922" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://preview.redd.it/o4mx07s4bcc91.jpg?width=827&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;v=enabled&amp;s=b0084b8a69d32e503b4764aab78b9c6059b45b0c">Reddit</a></div></figure> <h2>Having &quot;months to save&quot; doesn&#39;t necessarily mean people want to save for your wedding. Does she realize that there are other expensives that existence requires that don&#39;t involve matching heart-shaped sunglasses?</h2> <p>Of course, the jury was ready to debate whether or not this bride is indeed &quot;self centered.&quot; Here&#39;s what people had to say...</p> <p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Imsorryhuhwhat/">Imsorryhuhwhat</a> said:</p> </div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Correct me if I&rsquo;m wrong, but not every bride goes to Vegas for their bachelorette? Wedding culture has got a hold of this one.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Perfect_Razzmatazz/">Perfect_Razzmatazz</a> said:</p><blockquote> <p>My bachelorette party was at my apartment the night before my wedding. We drank wine coolers and watched &quot;My Big Fat Greek Wedding&quot;. It was delightful and probably cost $50 total.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/gangster-napper/">gangster-napper</a> said:</p><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;My special day&rdquo; is a disease, I&rsquo;m telling you.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/prairieislander/">prairieislander</a> said:</p><blockquote> <p>I am so over the travel bachelorettes. I didn&rsquo;t go to my friend&rsquo;s because I couldn&rsquo;t afford 5 days off of work and 5 days in Vegas and she was livid. I live two provinces and an island away from my MOH and I told her I don&rsquo;t even expect her to come to me for a single pre wedding event, because I value her, her finance and her life. This isn&rsquo;t a bride, this is a brat.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LasGatitas/">LasGatitas</a> said:</p><blockquote> <p>Social media has severely poisoned people&rsquo;s expectations when it comes to bachelor/bachelorette parties.</p> </blockquote><h2>So, there you have it...</h2><p>Everyone agreed unanimously here that this bride needs a serious reality slap before Venmo requesting the group chat. Good luck, everyone!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Bride insists on expensive Vegas bachelorette, 'they had plenty of time to save.'

Insisting that your friends spend hundreds of dollars to go on vacation with a collection of your family and wedding party seems like a prerequisite to get married these days...Complete with matching outfits, themed nights, complicated dinner reservations and trying to split a check 13 ways after multiple margaritas--the destination bachelorette and bachelor party trend is becoming entirely unaffordable. So, when a bride decided to vent to Facebook about her fancy Vegas bachelorette party, the jury of gloriously petty internet strangers in Reddit&#39;s &quot;Wedding Shaming&quot; group were eager to pile on.   Reddit   Reddit Having &quot;months to save&quot; doesn&#39;t necessarily mean people want to save for your wedding. Does she realize that there are other expensives that existence requires that don&#39;t involve matching heart-shaped sunglasses? Of course, the jury was ready to debate whether or not this bride is indeed &quot;self centered.&quot; Here&#39;s what people had to say... Imsorryhuhwhat said:  Correct me if I&rsquo;m wrong, but not every bride goes to Vegas for their bachelorette? Wedding culture has got a hold of this one. Perfect_Razzmatazz said: My bachelorette party was at my apartment the night before my wedding. We drank wine coolers and watched &quot;My Big Fat Greek Wedding&quot;. It was delightful and probably cost $50 total. gangster-napper said: &ldquo;My special day&rdquo; is a disease, I&rsquo;m telling you. prairieislander said: I am so over the travel bachelorettes. I didn&rsquo;t go to my friend&rsquo;s because I couldn&rsquo;t afford 5 days off of work and 5 days in Vegas and she was livid. I live two provinces and an island away from my MOH and I told her I don&rsquo;t even expect her to come to me for a single pre wedding event, because I value her, her finance and her life. This isn&rsquo;t a bride, this is a brat.  LasGatitas said: Social media has severely poisoned people&rsquo;s expectations when it comes to bachelor/bachelorette parties. So, there you have it...Everyone agreed unanimously here that this bride needs a serious reality slap before Venmo requesting the group chat. Good luck, everyone!

Insisting that your friends spend hundreds of dollars to go on vacation with a collection of your family and wedding party seems like a prerequisite to get married these days...  Complete with matching outfits, themed nights, complicated...