Bride calls out 39-year-old who claims she can’t afford a wedding gift but spends $500 on her outfit: ‘We’re almost 40 now and her prioritizing looking hot has long since become sad’

Other people’s weddings are not about you. Plain and simple. Sure, it’s fun to dress up and party with your friends, but ultimately, you’re there to celebrate the couple. They should be the focal point of the evening, not you. But this is difficult for some folks to internalize. They see a wedding as an …
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Entitled bride fines bridesmaid $100 for missing ‘mandatory’ spray tan: ‘I have eczema, […] derm said hard no’

Becoming an adult means realizing that nothing is truly mandatory except for death and taxes. Sure, people may try to get you to do things, but you don’t have to. You might face the consequences of not doing them, but that’s your decision to make. This is especially true when it comes to weddings. You …
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Wedding planner seats guests alphabetically by first name, separating them from their dates: ‘One table was pretty much just women named Sue/Susan/Suzanne who didn’t know each other at all’

Going to a wedding is a big social event. Sure, you’re there to celebrate the happy couple, but you’re also there to hang out with all the other guests. Actually, that’s mainly what you’ll be doing since the couple is probably going to be busy. You have to spend the whole (usually all-day) affair with …
Seguir leyendo Wedding planner seats guests alphabetically by first name, separating them from their dates: ‘One table was pretty much just women named Sue/Susan/Suzanne who didn’t know each other at all’

Groom left resentful after watching bride’s 24-year-old daughter make the first cut into his untouched wedding cake with the bride’s permission, despite his demands for her to stop and being completely ignored: ‘I never received a real apology’

The way the bridezilla would come out of me so quickly if I saw someone, relative or not, even attempt to make the first cut into my wedding cake…It’s just not something one does. So we’re not quite sure what made the daughter of the bride feel as if she was even superior enough to …
Seguir leyendo Groom left resentful after watching bride’s 24-year-old daughter make the first cut into his untouched wedding cake with the bride’s permission, despite his demands for her to stop and being completely ignored: ‘I never received a real apology’

Sister-in-law ‘accidentally’ leaks 26-year-old bride’s pregnancy, bride un-invites her to the wedding: ‘I had over 50 messages from distant friends and coworkers before I could even process it’

Announcing your pregnancy is part of the fun of having a baby. There are all sorts of videos on the internet of people doing it in clever, fun ways, and it always makes me cry. Especially if the dad cries. It’s such a joyous moment, and surprises are fun when they’re good news. It’s probably …
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Stepmother of the bride shows off white dress she plans to wear to stepdaughter’s wedding: ‘It isn’t white…it’s tan…almost goldish’

What is with people and wearing white to other people’s weddings? Isn’t it a universally acknowledged truth that you shouldn’t do that? Unless you’re literally a child, you cannot plead ignorance on this one (and in that case, an adult should have told you). Even if the bride in question isn’t wearing white, unless she …
Seguir leyendo Stepmother of the bride shows off white dress she plans to wear to stepdaughter’s wedding: ‘It isn’t white…it’s tan…almost goldish’

‘You’re seriously going to make people sit outside like they’re in a field? That’s so low-class’: Entitled mom demands daughter cancel her wedding because she wants to have it outside

Everyone is allowed to have the wedding they want to have, within reason. As long as you can afford it, or have help to afford it, what you say goes. You don’t have to bend to convention if you don’t want to. You don’t have to wear a big white dress and invite everyone you’ve …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re seriously going to make people sit outside like they’re in a field? That’s so low-class’: Entitled mom demands daughter cancel her wedding because she wants to have it outside

Dysfunctional outdoor wedding demands guests pay $2 for water, serves wedding cake without plates or utensils: ‘I watched as people walked around holding dessert in their hands.’

A perfect wedding is something that can be paid for. You can’t always control exactly what your wedding guests do, but if you spend enough money, you can at least control the food being served, the music being played at the reception, and the pastor who is joining you in holy matrimony. If you have …
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Overseas family asks cousin to contribute £150 to wedding she’s not attending, says it’s ‘charity’: ‘I am deeply unmotivated to contribute’

There are lots of great ways to spend your money. You’re probably thinking of some of them right now. You might have bills to pay, rent that’s due, contributions to make to your retirement fund, money set aside for healthcare, and that’s not even the fun stuff. What about date night dinners and new pairs …
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Mother-in-law claims bride ruined her dramatic smoke-machine entrance at her wedding by screaming ‘call 911’ when she saw the smoke: ‘I thought there was a fire or some sort of emergency’

Weddings are all about theatrics. You may be thinking, «I’m not a theatrical person, my wedding was/is going to be normal.» Wrong. All weddings, unless they are simply you going to the courthouse in your regular clothes to sign papers, are theatrical. The very nature of it is like a play. You rent out a …
Seguir leyendo Mother-in-law claims bride ruined her dramatic smoke-machine entrance at her wedding by screaming ‘call 911’ when she saw the smoke: ‘I thought there was a fire or some sort of emergency’