Couple gets a bill for not going to wedding

[UCFWayne]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/couple-gets-75-90-bill-183020284.html

So last minute they cant go because babysitter is sick/whatever. They get a $75 bill and arent going to pay it. It seems like there is always 1 friendship ruined during a wedding.

Has anyone else here experienced something like that?

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

Lol.

 

[brahmanknight]

Yeah, I think it was a story you posted months back when a 5 year old was billed for a RSVP-ed party she didn't attend.

 

[UCFKnightfan08]

$75 for two people at a wedding? Must be a no bar/Sangria on the table kind of affair

 

[Good Knight Sweetheart]

Wow.
I would end that friendship right there.

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[Happy Hands]

Expensive weddings are stupid. Especially, if you're so broke you gotta send a bill for some fish.

And how the hell are you not gonna send them the fish they ordered if you're gonna try and charge them?

 

[crambone]

I got married in 2007. No alcohol (both families are not drinkers), Somny's BBQ catered (delicious and tons of food left over), Publix cakes and simple decorations. The total cost was under $2500.00 and that included my wife's dress which was almost $700.00 on its own. I wouldn't have minded having a bar but would've stocked it ourselves with bulk booze from Sam's Club and a couple of kegs of beer and that still wouldn't have made the cost go up that significantly.

While I realize that we are an exception to the norm, people who spend more than $10k on a frigging wedding are nut-jobs. Put that money towards a house down payment or something that will last more than a day.

 

[UCF-icenhl-06]

I always find it hilarious that if people spend a good amount of money on something - there is always a crowd (very often on this board) that lash out against it without any context.

If you spend $15K on a wedding and you are on food stamps that's one thing. If you spend $15K and it's an awesome wedding and everyone is happy then I have no idea why calling them "nut jobs" makes sense other than to make yourself feel better. Self-fulfilling prophecies and whatnot.

 

[CommuterBob]

Wow.
I would end that friendship right there.

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Agreed, but it sounds like there wasn't much of a friendship to begin with, as the bill included a quip about not even sending a text, email, or making a phone call to explain the no-show.

 

[knighted]

I got married in 2007. No alcohol (both families are not drinkers), Somny's BBQ catered (delicious and tons of food left over), Publix cakes and simple decorations. The total cost was under $2500.00 and that included my wife's dress which was almost $700.00 on its own. I wouldn't have minded having a bar but would've stocked it ourselves with bulk booze from Sam's Club and a couple of kegs of beer and that still wouldn't have made the cost go up that significantly.

While I realize that we are an exception to the norm, people who spend more than $10k on a frigging wedding are nut-jobs. Put that money towards a house down payment or something that will last more than a day.

This is pretty much what we did (sans the Sonny's). The hotel we held it in was a bit older so they were running a special on catering and it was well under $20 a person. We only had a champagne toast, no other booze. Guests could go to the hotel bar if they wanted a drink.

Our entire wedding and honeymoon was around $3,000. Between the cheap wedding and having a roommate help split the rent in our apartment, we saved enough money to buy a house less than a year later. Fifteen (almost 16) years later we've never regretted having a small, low-key wedding.

 

[knight1982]

I guess it's all relative to your wants and financial situation. My wife and spent about $28k on our wedding and $12k on our honeymoon. Was a fantastic day and amazing trip I would do all over again without hesitation.

Not faulting the folks that go for a low key $3k wedding. But those always seem to be the ones that bag on the more expensive weddings, not the other way around. You can spend a lot on an event and not be frivolous, broke, or crazy. I did.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

I always find it hilarious that if people spend a good amount of money on something - there is always a crowd (very often on this board) that lash out against it without any context.

If you spend $15K on a wedding and you are on food stamps that's one thing. If you spend $15K and it's an awesome wedding and everyone is happy then I have no idea why calling them "nut jobs" makes sense other than to make yourself feel better. Self-fulfilling prophecies and whatnot.

^^^Nut job.

I don't care what people spend their money on, it's their money. People do have a right to have opinions about what they think is stupid spending though. People think I'm stupid because I have a boat (which are all money pits). I think spending 10's of thousands of dollars on 6 hours is stupid when most of it goes to stuff no one notices or cares about (flowers, plates, silverware, table/chair covers, etc, etc, etc.).

 

[HuffyCane]

It is stupid because it is often a false projection of wealth and status that everyone in the room knows is not indicative of the overall financial situation of the couple or their parents.

 

[jdsurf17]

I always find it hilarious that if people spend a good amount of money on something - there is always a crowd (very often on this board) that lash out against it without any context.

If you spend $15K on a wedding and you are on food stamps that's one thing. If you spend $15K and it's an awesome wedding and everyone is happy then I have no idea why calling them "nut jobs" makes sense other than to make yourself feel better. Self-fulfilling prophecies and whatnot.

In the Northeast (at least in NJ) you show up with an envelop full of cash or a check as a gift. It's customary to cover your head and a little extra. You usually make your money back for your wedding and then have leftovers for house down payment, honeymoon, etc.... When someone gets you an actual gift, they usually aren't from the area.

 

[UCFWayne]

Yeah, I think it was a story you posted months back when a 5 year old was billed for a RSVP-ed party she didn't attend.

I believe I did. Still hard to believe people would do that.

 

[UCFWayne]

I believe mine was just under $10k for 100 people. I wouldnt change a thing. I can see where I couldve spent more, but Im glad I didnt since I put that toward our honeymoon.

 

[jetsaholic]

We spent 7K total for 50 people including us. Everybody showed up. I was already pissed off about having to spend 2K combined on a fukcing DJ and a photographer so I don't know what my reaction would've been.

I guess I would've been pissed if somebody didn't show up but not because of the money spent but because those 50 people at that weeding have been literally the focal point of our lives for the previous 8 years that we were dating-fukcing-fooling-around-and-shit and it meant the world to us for them to be there.

Money is just that. You can't take that shit to heart so much.