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Bride blasted over $10 fee to attend her wedding — and you had to bring your own chair: ‘Rather go to a wedding at McDonald’s’
By Alex Mitchell,
24 days ago
She can kick rocks.
A creative Utah bride wanted to get hitched in a scenic canyon near her home — but what was meant to be an affordable and memorable wedding day wound up causing a rift between her and her guests.
Sharing on a popular Reddit etiquette forum, the then 23-year-old user Double_Ad6415 explained that her dream wedding of about 20 guests was to be held on a particularly beautiful and beloved piece of state park land, which requires an entrance fee.
“We put this canyon fee on our invitations,” the woman, from St. George, Utah, wrote, explaining that their efforts to work with park rangers to pay for the attendees in advance were unsuccessful.
The embattled bride-to-be explained that her thinking was to have a low-cost event with just a few close family members and friends.
“I guess we should have been more creative but we already sent out the invites,” she said.
And while the court of public opinion was quick find fault, the real ire appeared to be saved for the fact that the admittedly frugal bride had chosen to invite only 20 people, but didn’t hesitate to blast her registry list to her entire social following, in hopes of a charitable nibble.
“Not sure which is worse. $10 entry fee, BYO-chair, or getting the registry over social media and not being invited to the wedding,” one critic commented.
“I’d rather go to a wedding held in McDonald’s,” scoffed another.
Quickly realizing she had opened herself up to a barrage of criticism by going public with her plight, the unnamed poster went on the defensive, insisting her decisions had nothing to do with money.
“It was about the logistics and none of this has any bearing on if [my] marriage will succeed or fail,” she complained.
“You don’t know our relationship so please stop!”
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