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Title: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund It
Post by: Machiavelli on August 27, 2018, 04:25:02 pm: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund It

Madison Feller
Elle
August 27, 2018

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Okay everyone, buckle up, because this might be the most insane wedding story you'll hear this year. On Saturday, one Twitter user, @0lspicykeychain, tweeted screenshots of a status she saw shared in a wedding shaming group on Facebook. (To clarify, a wedding shaming Facebook group is exactly what it sounds likeâ€”a place on the internet where people go to shame weddings.) What follows is a truly incredible tale filled with broken promises, outrageous expectations, and a bride who thought asking each of her guests to contribute $1,500 to her wedding was a reasonable request: ...

In the status, the anonymous woman shares that she and her partner broke up due to "recent and irreparable problems." She then goes onto explain how the two met at age 14, fell in love, got engaged at 18 (with a $5,000 ring), and had a child together in their early 20s. They then saved up about $15,000 for their dream wedding but quickly discovered that their actual dream wedding would cost about $60,000. "All we asked was for a little help from our friends and family to make it happen," she wrote...

More (https://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/a22838613/wedding-shaming-twitter-thread/)
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Frank Cannon on August 27, 2018, 04:27:17 pm: Millennials. Aren't they great.
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Free Vulcan on August 27, 2018, 04:36:40 pm: Quote
They then saved up about $15,000 for their dream wedding but quickly discovered that their actual dream wedding would cost about $60,000. "All we asked was for a little help from our friends and family to make it happen," she wrote...

Most people don't consider $45K 'a little help.'
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: dfwgator on August 27, 2018, 04:54:19 pm: Quote from: Frank Cannon on August 27, 2018, 04:27:17 pm
Millennials. Aren't they great.

The Wedding Industry is a scam. Basically they've convinced people that if they don't spend $50K on a wedding, they suck.
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Wingnut on August 27, 2018, 05:07:38 pm: Quote from: Frank Cannon on August 27, 2018, 04:27:17 pm
Millennials. Aren't they great.

They have Sanguine to sing their praises.
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: dfwgator on August 27, 2018, 05:10:44 pm: The Groom dodged a bullet. Run away....far far away.
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: LadyLiberty on August 27, 2018, 08:04:03 pm: I feel so sorry for her kid.
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Sanguine on August 27, 2018, 10:14:21 pm: Quote from: The Ghost on August 27, 2018, 05:07:38 pm
They have Sanguine to sing their praises.

Don't be a twit.
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: catfish1957 on August 27, 2018, 10:22:54 pm: Quote from: LadyLiberty on August 27, 2018, 08:04:03 pm
I feel so sorry for her kid.

One thing I have noticed in the past 20-30 years is how innovative people have become in grifting. It's become an art.
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Suppressed on August 27, 2018, 10:23:57 pm: I won't post what she was asking for, because it has a nice 4-letter C-word in all-caps, but feel free to click to see crazy:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlfdZgEWwAAZhP_.jpg:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dlffr7tXsAAXh-q.jpg:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dlfg06CVAAA1rwB.jpg
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Gefn on August 27, 2018, 10:34:28 pm: Bridezilla
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Gefn on August 27, 2018, 10:35:32 pm: @Hopalong Ginsberg
Napl
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: 240B on August 27, 2018, 10:40:47 pm: Quote from: dfwgator on August 27, 2018, 05:10:44 pm
The Groom dodged a bullet. Run away....far far away.

He may not know it now, but the Groom is the luckiest guy alive. Had they married, based on her behavior, they would be divorced within 6 months. Because, 'He didn't put the seat down.'
Title: Re: This Bride Canceled Her Wedding After Guests Refused to Give Thousands of Dollars to Help Fund I
Post by: Hopalong Ginsberg on August 28, 2018, 12:19:43 am: Quote from: Freya on August 27, 2018, 10:35:32 pm
@Hopalong Ginsberg
Napl

Heard about it, and said exactly what dfwgator said. ;)