Weddings

<p>The people have spoken, and they love a bridezilla story. And who am I to deny the people?! Fortunately, there&#39;s no shortage of bridezilla stories on the internet. It seems that these deranged brides leave a trail of trauma in their wake and the internet has provided those affected by bridezillas a support group where they can heal.</p><p>One of these people shared their story on Facebook after a bridezilla left them &quot;stupified.&quot; They wrote:</p><blockquote> <p>Ok, I contemplated posting on this, but as time passes, I grow more inclined to do so, and I seriously need your thoughts on this...not for a friend, but for me, as I&#39;m completely stupefied by this happening,&quot; the person writes.</p> </blockquote><h2>After receiving a &quot;beautiful wedding invitation,&quot; the person RSVP&#39;d and days later received a voicemail from the bride asking for $150.00 to cover dinner at the wedding for $75.00 per person.</h2><p>The Facebook post continues:</p><blockquote> <p>We received the most beautiful wedding invitation via mail and have responded well before the deadline with our choice of dinner and space for two. Days later, we receive a sweet voice mail of thanks (for responding) followed by a REQUEST FOR $150.00 TO COVER DINNER AT $75.00pp!!! OK, WHAAAUUUTTT?!?!? ....</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>They were shocked, so they asked their Facebook friends if &quot;anyone has ever heard of this happening.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Has anyone ever heard of this happening??? What in all of creation on planet earth?!?! Btw, This is not a destination wedding and even at those we&#39;ve attended, we&#39;ve NEVER had to PAY for a plate!! Help!!</p> </blockquote><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Imgur" data-attribution-url="https://imgur.com/a/Dszcb/" height="1307" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-ghzcJQ.jpg" width="1125" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://imgur.com/a/Dszcb/">Imgur</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Seems like nobody had, as the person followed up in a comment to say that a few people suggested they reach out to the bride.</p><h2>So they contacted the bride to express &quot;concern&quot; about the dinner fee. The bride did not take it well and threw a fit, saying either the person has to pay the fee or they can&#39;t go to the wedding.</h2><blockquote> <p>Okay, at the suggestion of a few very dear people, I had a conversation during my lunch break that went something like this: &quot;Hi love, we received your voice mail and had a bit of a concern about the fee for dinner.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>May we ask why there is?&#39; Her response (I KID YOU NOT) &quot;Who are you to ask about what I&#39;m doing for my wedding?! I don&#39;t understand why all of these folks are declining after my calls to them like we&#39;re supposed to pay for everybody to damn eat. It&#39;s &quot;my&quot; wedding! You either pay or don&#39;t come!&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>The person explained to the bride that it was &quot;in poor taste&quot; to ask for a fee <em>after</em> the guests have already RSVP&#39;d.</h2><blockquote> <p>...............after about 7 seconds of silence on my end and a big......[eyes emojis] to my phone, I politely said: &quot;Darling, it&#39;s in poor taste to have sent invites, received rsvps, and follow up voice notes to pay for the meal....</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Had the invite been printed with caveats beforehand, your invited guests could decide from there on whether or not they are to attend. I don&#39;t appreciate the tone you&#39;ve taken with me when my question has come from a genuine place.&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>The bride said that the person must either pay or &quot;don&#39;t come.&quot; So the person, like so many other guests apparently, rescinded their invitation.</h2><blockquote> <p>Her response: &quot;Well you&#39;ve heard what I&#39;ve said, either pay or don&#39;t come.&quot; My response &quot;Our acceptance is rescinded and you have a good life.&quot; Terminates call....... Inhale.......Exhale....... OK, whaaaauuuutttt in the hell on earth did I experience???? I&#39;ve not been right for the remainder of this day and I still have 4 hours left of it........</p> </blockquote><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Imgur" data-attribution-url="https://imgur.com/a/Dszcb/" height="2020" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-1VZfTx.jpg" width="1125" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://imgur.com/a/Dszcb/">Imgur</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Imgur" data-attribution-url="https://imgur.com/a/Dszcb/" height="688" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-EimNbA.jpg" width="1125" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://imgur.com/a/Dszcb/">Imgur</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The screenshots were <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChoosingBeggars/comments/87mzzj/bride_gets_rsvps_from_wedding_guests_and_only/" target="_blank">shared on Reddit</a>, where commenters had a field day ripping this entitled bride to shreds for her unacceptable (and sneaky) ploy to extort money from her wedding guests.</h2><p>Many pointed out it&#39;s no surprise so many guests pulled out.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/unknownxk/">unknownxk</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>It&rsquo;s <em>my</em> wedding! You either pay or you don&rsquo;t come!</p> <p>Well prepare for a wedding with no one attending then, bitch<button aria-label="downvote" aria-pressed="false" data-click-id="downvote" votestate="0"></button></p> </blockquote><p>And <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/whateverspicegirl/">whateverspicegirl</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>This has got to be the worst breach of etiquette I&#39;ve ever heard of!!!!! I hope exactly zero guests attend this wedding. OP, you might need to stake out the venue to find out how many were willing to pay!!!</p> </blockquote><p>Others are sharing similar stories of brides who tried to charge guests and ended up with very <em>intimate</em> weddings.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cottoncloud101/">cottoncloud101</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;ve seen one bride going as far as demanding the min. price for their wedding gifts to be 200 euros (~250$). She said this was because she &quot;doesn&#39;t want any random garbage and it&#39;s not THAT much money you can save up&quot;. To no-one&#39;s surprise, the guests weren&#39;t on board with this and the wedding had to turn into &quot;a small gathering with only people closest to us&quot;.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mesapholis/">Mesapholis</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>We had one of these cases where the bride RSVPed with a list of demands (outfit in pastel tones you MUST buy, pay for the hotel and a minimum value monetary wedding gift plus one of the very brand name items from these wedding lists you can make)</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>180 guests were supposedly invited, but the majority was confused after the demands came; the bride than said in a fit of anger how they were expecting the guests to pay for her dream wedding + partly first house purchase</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>She was very upset when declines started pouring in, because she already ordered the food for the initial RSVP</p> </blockquote><p>Honestly, in bridezilla world (the world&#39;s scariest theme park), $75 per guest is not even that steep. Never forget the bride who <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/lifestyle/bridezilla-destination-wedding-registry/" target="_blank">tried to charge guests $3,000</a> a pop to attend her destination wedding. Dream on, darling.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Bride charges guests $75 per plate at wedding and disinvites guest who questions fee.

The people have spoken, and they love a bridezilla story. And who am I to deny the people?! Fortunately, there&#39;s no shortage of bridezilla stories on the internet. It seems that these deranged brides leave a trail of trauma in their wake and the internet has provided those affected by bridezillas a support group where they can heal.One of these people shared their story on Facebook after a bridezilla left them &quot;stupified.&quot; They wrote: Ok, I contemplated posting on this, but as time passes, I grow more inclined to do so, and I seriously need your thoughts on this...not for a friend, but for me, as I&#39;m completely stupefied by this happening,&quot; the person writes. After receiving a &quot;beautiful wedding invitation,&quot; the person RSVP&#39;d and days later received a voicemail from the bride asking for $150.00 to cover dinner at the wedding for $75.00 per person.The Facebook post continues: We received the most beautiful wedding invitation via mail and have responded well before the deadline with our choice of dinner and space for two. Days later, we receive a sweet voice mail of thanks (for responding) followed by a REQUEST FOR $150.00 TO COVER DINNER AT $75.00pp!!! OK, WHAAAUUUTTT?!?!? .... They were shocked, so they asked their Facebook friends if &quot;anyone has ever heard of this happening.&quot; Has anyone ever heard of this happening??? What in all of creation on planet earth?!?! Btw, This is not a destination wedding and even at those we&#39;ve attended, we&#39;ve NEVER had to PAY for a plate!! Help!!   ImgurSeems like nobody had, as the person followed up in a comment to say that a few people suggested they reach out to the bride.So they contacted the bride to express &quot;concern&quot; about the dinner fee. The bride did not take it well and threw a fit, saying either the person has to pay the fee or they can&#39;t go to the wedding. Okay, at the suggestion of a few very dear people, I had a conversation during my lunch break that went something like this: &quot;Hi love, we received your voice mail and had a bit of a concern about the fee for dinner.  May we ask why there is?&#39; Her response (I KID YOU NOT) &quot;Who are you to ask about what I&#39;m doing for my wedding?! I don&#39;t understand why all of these folks are declining after my calls to them like we&#39;re supposed to pay for everybody to damn eat. It&#39;s &quot;my&quot; wedding! You either pay or don&#39;t come!&quot; The person explained to the bride that it was &quot;in poor taste&quot; to ask for a fee after the guests have already RSVP&#39;d. ...............after about 7 seconds of silence on my end and a big......[eyes emojis] to my phone, I politely said: &quot;Darling, it&#39;s in poor taste to have sent invites, received rsvps, and follow up voice notes to pay for the meal....  Had the invite been printed with caveats beforehand, your invited guests could decide from there on whether or not they are to attend. I don&#39;t appreciate the tone you&#39;ve taken with me when my question has come from a genuine place.&quot; The bride said that the person must either pay or &quot;don&#39;t come.&quot; So the person, like so many other guests apparently, rescinded their invitation. Her response: &quot;Well you&#39;ve heard what I&#39;ve said, either pay or don&#39;t come.&quot; My response &quot;Our acceptance is rescinded and you have a good life.&quot; Terminates call....... Inhale.......Exhale....... OK, whaaaauuuutttt in the hell on earth did I experience???? I&#39;ve not been right for the remainder of this day and I still have 4 hours left of it........   Imgur  ImgurThe screenshots were shared on Reddit, where commenters had a field day ripping this entitled bride to shreds for her unacceptable (and sneaky) ploy to extort money from her wedding guests.Many pointed out it&#39;s no surprise so many guests pulled out.unknownxk writes: It&rsquo;s my wedding! You either pay or you don&rsquo;t come! Well prepare for a wedding with no one attending then, bitch And whateverspicegirl writes: This has got to be the worst breach of etiquette I&#39;ve ever heard of!!!!! I hope exactly zero guests attend this wedding. OP, you might need to stake out the venue to find out how many were willing to pay!!! Others are sharing similar stories of brides who tried to charge guests and ended up with very intimate weddings.cottoncloud101 writes: I&#39;ve seen one bride going as far as demanding the min. price for their wedding gifts to be 200 euros (~250$). She said this was because she &quot;doesn&#39;t want any random garbage and it&#39;s not THAT much money you can save up&quot;. To no-one&#39;s surprise, the guests weren&#39;t on board with this and the wedding had to turn into &quot;a small gathering with only people closest to us&quot;. And Mesapholis writes: We had one of these cases where the bride RSVPed with a list of demands (outfit in pastel tones you MUST buy, pay for the hotel and a minimum value monetary wedding gift plus one of the very brand name items from these wedding lists you can make)  180 guests were supposedly invited, but the majority was confused after the demands came; the bride than said in a fit of anger how they were expecting the guests to pay for her dream wedding + partly first house purchase  She was very upset when declines started pouring in, because she already ordered the food for the initial RSVP Honestly, in bridezilla world (the world&#39;s scariest theme park), $75 per guest is not even that steep. Never forget the bride who tried to charge guests $3,000 a pop to attend her destination wedding. Dream on, darling.

The people have spoken, and they love a bridezilla story. And who am I to deny the people?! Fortunately, there&#39;s no shortage of bridezilla stories on the internet. It seems that these deranged brides leave a trail of trauma in their...