Wedding is an important event, which we all want to celebrate with our loved ones by our side. While families go out and loose their pockets to host high-octane wedding events, it is equally exciting for guests to be a part of the festivities, with food being one of the major attractions. But imagine if you are invited to a wedding where you have to pay for the food; Will this affect your plans? A bride-to-be can really do that. She’s considering asking her wedding guests to pay for dinner in exchange for gifts, and as the news spread online, users had their own opinion about it.
The bride-to-be took to Facebook to find the answer to her dilemma, and posted the same reddit The group ‘r/weddingshaming’ with the caption, ‘Bride fails to budget reasonable, wants her guests to pay for her reception.’ The woman wrote in the post, “Did someone ask their guests to pay for their food? Everything is so expensive at the moment. We are either going to postpone our October wedding, cancel the guest part Going or asking my guests to pay. Their food in exchange for gifts. I’ve sent out invitations so not sure how we’ll go about it. Please help. I’m stressed and sad. “
Have a look at the post:
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The Reddit post aroused the sentiments of users, many of whom were surprisingly in favor of the bride’s decision. He left comments like:
“Personally if I’m asked to pay for my meals within reason rather than as a gift, I’d be really happy with it. As long as that was the understanding from the beginning. Some people just want to be with their families and their families. Want to spend the day with friends. See no problem with that.”
“Exactly what I was going to say. Not a terrible deal if the food is in a reasonable price range and gifts are not expected. I’ll be fine with that.”
“I agree. I would have been totally fine with going to a wedding like this. She’s basically saying, “I’d rather have you at my wedding than any material gift.”
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Some admitted to experiencing a similar situation:
One user wrote, “This is what my dad did at his wedding, on the invitation he said no gifts but please pay for your meal.”
Another user shared, I am going to a wedding in a few months, on the invitation she said we will have to pay around $450 for it as we had four days to stay in the mountains (in a beautiful resort, for myself) room) ) and food is included. I had no problem signing up for it because when will I get this good deal some other time. No gifts were asked for unless you wanted to (everything I got was less than $20.)
“My sister did it; they had an established home and didn’t need anything, so instead of a gift we paid $55 for food and drink. I liked it because we’re not very close and I don’t know whether to get them anyway!”
“It’s really like Hungarian tradition to cover your portion as a gift for the wedding and reception. I’m getting married in 2 weeks and we get about 40-60% of the cost back from our guests as gifts Easy for guests, discreet for the young couple (as we’re paying for it ourselves, not the parents).
But, apparently there were some critics who did not fully agree with these terms. He wrote comments like this:
“They really should have the wedding they can. It’s extremely difficult to ask guests to pay for their meals.
“I mean you can have a small potluck backyard wedding. I don’t think it’s a good idea to ask people to pay a fee to attend what is essentially a wedding venue.”
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