Attending a friend’s wedding is no cheap affair. Once you factor in the cost of a present, your outfit, Uber fares and the morning-after Gatorades, you’ve basically spent enough money to buy a one-bedroom apartment at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
But now there’s an additional cost that brides and grooms are demanding their guests pay, and it’s making our heads spin.
“How many of you have paid for your meal at a wedding?” an angry Redditor has asked the internet, explaining: “My girlfriend and I are expected to pay $80 to 100 each for our meals at an upcoming wedding, the bride says its an ‘unspoken tradition’.” (Post continues after gallery.)
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When did all this sort of thing start? For my wedding and others in our family, we worked within our budget so that we could have a wonderful day with family and friends. We kept all arrangements within budget and made decisions not to include certain things for ourselves. My MIL made our cake so we asked them not to give us a gift. Its not hard...stick to your budget and you can still have a lovely day without being a weirdo!!!
This seems to be against the consensus but I think you should stop judging the bride so harshly. Dare I say it, but any wedding guest who doesn't have the heart to help a young couple just shouldn't go. Have you ever tried to cut down a guest list? By the time you 'do the right thing' by your large family a small or modest budget is gone and the sacrifices you have to make are usually the people you want there. If one of my friends, who I cared for, needed guests to help cover the highly jacked up prices of a wedding dinner, I wouldn't hesistate - yet alone whinge about it in a public forum.
Just out of interest, if you paid for the meal, would you put money in the well also or take a gif? I liked your reasoning and point of view, v logical.
If the budget is modest and the family large, then why not just have a picnic or BBQ at the beach, or just make it an afternoon tea wedding, I'd rather do that than ask the guests to pay.