A bride’s controversial comments have been met with backlash after she posted a rant online about her wedding guests not splashing enough cash on their gifts.
While the cost of a wedding is well-documented, it’s easy to forget that the big day can end up being a pretty spenny affair for the guests, too – once you’ve factored in travel, accommodation, a new outfit and, of course, the all-important present.
This is especially the case if the happy couple have opted for a gift registry, and all of the cheaper items have already gone.
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But one bride from Australia had little sympathy for her guests when she tied the knot recently, having taken to Facebook to vent about what she received from them.
In a now-deleted post, the newlywed wrote: “I had my wedding recently and I would say 70 percent of people didn’t even come close to covering their plate. For reference, I live in a very expensive area and everyone who attended is local.
“For example, the price for each person was around $300 (£154/USD $197) and I received $50 (£25/USD $32) a person from a few adults, $100 (£51/USD $65) a person from a family, $120 (£61/USD $80) a person from another family and on average $150 (£77/USD $98) a person.”
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The woman said she ‘doesn’t understand why this happened’, arguing that, when she goes to weddings herself, she looks into the venue to find out how much a wedding plate would have cost the couple to guide her for how much to give.
She added: “Do I just cut my losses, keep it in the back of my head or say something?
“Side note, it extra bothers me because people kept telling my fiancé and I ‘don’t worry the money will come back’ when we kept saying we wanted it small because we didn’t want to rely on it coming back.”
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While some people noted that in a number of countries it’s usual to be expected to cover the cost of your plate, they admitted ‘it’s nowhere near $300’.
Someone else commented: “Seems pretty pretentious to me. If you’re throwing the party it should come out of your pocket with no further strong expectations."
And another agreed: “I find this mindset really unfamiliar as a lower-middle-class person, but it kind of sounds like a rich person doing rich-person things with other rich people.”
Jess Hardiman