Attending a wedding is not only precious for the bride and groom, but often also for the guests.
Many guests have to look for an outfit, transportation, a gift, and even lodging and find themselves spending a fortune on someone else’s big day.
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But an anonymous wedding guest is absolutely furious, after her boyfriend told her her destination wedding would cost her at least £4,000 just to attend the ceremony.
The bride had assured her friend that her wedding would be “affordable”, but the guest was dismayed when she was expected to pay for flights, hotel, transportation to and from the wedding venue and food for the duration of their stay.
The wedding guest calculated that the total spend would be around $5,000 (£4,120).
Plus, the wedding guest was devastated when she realized her invitation didn’t come with a plus one meaning she couldn’t have taken her partner with her for nearly 10 years.
But when the guest expressed her complaints to the bride-to-be, she said they’d “better come to the wedding” and claimed the £4,000 price tag was “affordable”.
In a message on redditthe guest said, “I was recently invited to a destination wedding in a location where the rich and famous like to come.
“The location is a 10 hour flight and with so much travel to the location it would essentially be a holiday.
“I didn’t get a plus one for the wedding. I understand not everyone gets a plus one, and maybe that would be good for a local wedding and if they didn’t know the significant other.
“They know my partner personally and we’ve been together for almost ten years, and they haven’t invited them.
“I hardly know anyone else who’s been invited to this wedding, because we’re one-time friends.
“Why would I want to travel to this destination alone?
“Maybe if it was a local wedding, but they essentially booked a honeymoon resort for the wedding.
“In addition, the cost to attend the wedding is absurd.
“The main proposed hotel is over $1,000 (£824) per night.
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“The ‘cheaper’ hotels they list aren’t much cheaper. I couldn’t find anything in the region that I could afford.
“When I told the bride that I probably wouldn’t be attending because of the cost and I was sorry and wished her a good time, she basically said, ‘Well, you’ve been abroad before, so you can afford this. It’s affordable. “You better come to my wedding.”
“It was almost threatening to me and [then she] started asking weird questions about my financial situation.”
The wedding guest decided not to attend the wedding despite the comments of the bride, but is “afraid” to answer no, because she does not want to lose her boyfriend or argue.
The guest added: “With all costs in total, it probably cost me $5,000 to attend the wedding with the hotels nearby, airfare, transportation and food, and I’m not even at the wedding party.
‘I can’t have my partner there either.
“I’ve never spent so much on anything in my life. I grew up in the lower middle class and this is honestly just shocking to me.
“I think I’m losing a friend because of this. I’m almost scared to send in the official ‘no’ invitation and have a panic attack.”
Reddit users were shocked by the situation and baffled at the hefty price tag, with much sympathy for the guest.
One person said: “You certainly won’t be the only one who refuses for financial reasons. She needs a reality check.”
Another added: “Affordable is relative and at least you tried to buffer the no-RSVP by chatting first.”
A third wrote, “You could literally throw a basic wedding for that much money. An invitation is not a subpoena. And it’s rude to invite a 10-year-old partner. Send your regrets, you’ll be fine.”