“Bride Invites Me To Wedding And Expects Me To Pay For Venue”: Woman Shares How She Got A Wedding Invitation That Came With A $550 Fee

Recently, a Redditor who wished to remain thoroughly anonymous turned to the Wedding Shaming community to share an incident she had with a former friend from her university days.

“So this friend I made in university and I were once close, until she got engaged 2 years ago and cut off all her single friends cause she’s ‘too good for single friends and can only now have engaged or married friends’ according to her,” the author explained. Turns out, they haven’t spoken for two years and the author has since gotten over it.

Fast forward to today, and Shades0fcool has an email pop up in her inbox that looks like spam. The Redditor opens it and realizes it’s a wedding invitation with a “little” catch.

A woman was left in disbelief after a former friend she hasn’t spoken to for two years sent her an invitation to her wedding for which the guests will have to pay themselves

Image credits: Craig Adderley (not the actual photo)

“Bride Invites Me To Wedding And Expects Me To Pay For Venue”: Woman Shares How She Got A Wedding Invitation That Came With A $550 Fee

Image credits: Polina Zimmerman (not the actual photo)

“Bride Invites Me To Wedding And Expects Me To Pay For Venue”: Woman Shares How She Got A Wedding Invitation That Came With A $550 Fee

Bored Panda reached out to the author of this story who said that they have never received this kind of a wedding invitation where a bride expects guests to pay for the meal and the venue.

The author confirmed that initially, she thought it was a spam message that dropped into her inbox. “I didn’t recognize the name since it had been so long and it was just weird to attach a receipt at the bottom of an invitation,” the Redditor explained.

When asked whether there’s the tiniest chance that the bride genuinely wanted to see the author at her wedding since they used to be friends a while ago, the author said: “Not really… I think she just needed to achieve her minimum guest list.”

The author then added an update about this whole situation

“Bride Invites Me To Wedding And Expects Me To Pay For Venue”: Woman Shares How She Got A Wedding Invitation That Came With A $550 Fee

Bored Panda reached out to the author of this story who said that they have never received this kind of a wedding invitation where a bride expects guests to pay for the meal and the venue.

The Redditor later shared more details in response to the comments

“Bride Invites Me To Wedding And Expects Me To Pay For Venue”: Woman Shares How She Got A Wedding Invitation That Came With A $550 Fee

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Bill Allen 1 year ago

I wonder if her woman’s fiancé is abusive and the reason she stopped seeing her former friends and mostly only associate with his friends. It’s typical for an abuser to remove his victim from their support group. Nobody has even met him?

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Niki A 1 year ago

You know, I thought of that too.

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Oliver Tierney 1 year ago

This was my first thought as well. Like having only *married* or *engaged* friends sounds like a p**s poor excuse an abuser would make, especially if all of his garbage abusive friends are engaged or married. Her new friends are likely all manipulated abused wives and fiancés of her husband’s friends….

9points

Giobemo 1 year ago

Or, the woman herself is insecure about hanging out with single women she thinks might poach her fiance. She doesn't even want to introduce them. Either way, that relationship is off to a great start!

8points

Greennovator 1 year ago (edited)

Yup ... Him: "do you know how much MY family is paying for this wedding? If you want YOUR crappie deadbeat friends there, they can pay their own way". Crash the wedding and send her to deprogramming therapy.

4points

Phil Vaive 1 year ago

That was my first thought.

4points

Carpe Noctem 1 year ago

That makes scary sense.Nobody's seen this guy? He has many more friends coming? It's weird finding myself hoping that it IS actually because the bride truly is a money grabbing b*tch

1point

George Pace 1 year ago

while she never met him she heard he was a d**k. I know both parties & the reason their not friends isn't because she is single. Bahahaha.. She knows why & she can just live with herself.

1point

Brandon Walker 1 year ago

She didn't drop all her friends, just the "single" ones, op says right in this post, they have a mutual friend

1point

Kathryn Ellicott 1 year ago

That's a good thought!

0points

Antoinette Maldari 1 year ago

The OP keeps bringing up the that the bride cut her off 2 yrs ago. It really wouldn't matter to me if I was in contact and a close friend to the bride. There is NO WAY, even if I had the spare $550, I would attend this wedding. It's not a performance event.

29points

Naesil 🇫🇮 1 year ago

Exactly. I can understand if the couple informs that they dont need presents but would appreciate the possible present being money that will be used to pay for the wedding and/or honeymoon trip.

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Casey McAlister 1 year ago

Imagine being so delusional that you believe people you haven't spoken to for years would pay to attend your wedding.

23points

I just work here 1 year ago

Or anyone. I'm not paying to attend your wedding....

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Bill Allen 1 year ago

37points

Niki A 1 year ago

You know, I thought of that too.

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Oliver Tierney 1 year ago

9points

Giobemo 1 year ago

8points

Greennovator 1 year ago (edited)

4points

Phil Vaive 1 year ago

That was my first thought.

4points

Carpe Noctem 1 year ago

That makes scary sense.Nobody's seen this guy? He has many more friends coming? It's weird finding myself hoping that it IS actually because the bride truly is a money grabbing b*tch

1point

George Pace 1 year ago

while she never met him she heard he was a d**k. I know both parties & the reason their not friends isn't because she is single. Bahahaha.. She knows why & she can just live with herself.

1point

Brandon Walker 1 year ago

She didn't drop all her friends, just the "single" ones, op says right in this post, they have a mutual friend

1point

Kathryn Ellicott 1 year ago

That's a good thought!

0points

Antoinette Maldari 1 year ago

29points

Naesil 🇫🇮 1 year ago

Exactly. I can understand if the couple informs that they dont need presents but would appreciate the possible present being money that will be used to pay for the wedding and/or honeymoon trip.

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Casey McAlister 1 year ago

Imagine being so delusional that you believe people you haven't spoken to for years would pay to attend your wedding.

23points

“Bride Invites Me To Wedding And Expects Me To Pay For Venue”: Woman Shares How She Got A Wedding Invitation That Came With A $550 Fee

A woman was left in disbelief after a former friend she hasn’t spoken to for two years sent her an invitation to her wedding for which the guests will have to pay themselves

The author then added an update about this whole situation

The Redditor later shared more details in response to the comments

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