She’s saying “I Do” — to taking your dough.
Ahead of getting hitched, one ballsy bride-to-be is arranging an “absurd” marriage between her wedding guests’ money and her personal bank account, hitting invitees with a steep attendance fee — as well as a GoFundMe gift request.
“Bride [is] renting a large estate for five days for a destination wedding,” ranted a Redditor of the unnamed nearly-wed. “We were told, ‘accommodations were taken care of,’ and that we only needed to book flights/transportation.”
“Two months before the wedding she tells us that we each need to [send] $500 per person for accommodation costs,” the virtual complainer carped.
Unfortunately, the grabby bride’s surprises didn’t end there.
“I checked the website,” added the sleuthy invitee. “The venue fee includes access to the entire grounds, and the number of guests I’ve been told are coming [times] $500, [which] actually means she’ll be making more than what the venue fee is.”
On top of pocketing a tidy profit via wedding day well-wishers, the unabashed bride and groom are, too, urging guests to gift them with cash toward their post-nuptial bash.
“They’ve also started GoFundMe’s for their honeymoon and sent the links out to us,” the Reddit user groaned. “They have five honeymoon options, each with a $10k goal.”
The shameless sweeties are certainly leading the charge in big day audacity. But they’re not alone.
Owing to the high cost of hosting a wedding — especially in the U.S., where the average price of a ceremony exceeds $26,000 — penny-pinching pairs have grown accustomed to slamming folks with a cover charge at wedding chapel doors.
Big Apple lovebirds Nova and Reemo Styles proudly told The Post they had guests pay $333 per person to witness their June 2023 holy matrimony.
It’s a controversial trend that haters on Reddit are calling “sneaky, tacky and cheap.”
“Tell her that you’re allergic to brides making a profit off their weddings,” a sickened social media slickster said in response to the $500 digs demand.
“If it was just the accommodations you were paying for, you’d be paying the hotel directly,” another “grossed” out naysayer noted. “She is literally planning a wedding to her standards, and then having her guests pay for it. That’s sneaky, tacky, and cheap.”
“That is beyond tacky,” an equally disturbed commenter chimed. “I would never attend if I was expected to ‘pay to play’ for a wedding.”
“Honestly,” said another, “[this is] psycho behavior.”
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