Bachelorette parties, in theory, sound like a blast; At least, that was one woman’s assumption before she got involved in one.
The woman, from rural Texas, took to Reddit’s Mildly Infuriating forum to talk about the energy and financial commitments she’s been asked to make since agreeing to be part of a wedding party two months ago.
‘Bridal showers. Why do they stink so much now? Why do we need to spend so much money? Why is it all about social media? What happened to just hanging out with your friends? she titled The charge.
For the “first time” in her life, she explained, she was asked to attend a wedding and was initially thrilled to have the opportunity to be part of the festivities.
The woman, from rural Texas, took to Reddit’s Mildly Infuriating forum to talk about the energy and financial commitments she’s been asked to make since agreeing to be part of a wedding party two months ago.
For the “first time” in her life, she explained, she was asked to attend a wedding and was initially thrilled at the opportunity to be part of the festivities (file image)
‘Yes!’ I thought. “Of course I would love to be at your wedding!” I said.
‘”Oh my God, I made a mistake!” I thought, two months and $1,000 later.’
She went on to say that she had taken the beach theme of the upcoming bachelorette party she was attending to heart.
‘When they told me we were going to the beach for the bachelorette party, it was SO DUMB of me to assume that meant that, you know, we were going to the beach!’ Hang out at the beach! Dine at fun restaurants! Get drunk at the beach house and play fun bachelorette party games! Oh, how mistaken and naive I have been!’
The woman then sulked because she had been “stretched to the limit” to deposit nearly $600 for a variety of basic expenses, including a series of “color-coordinated suits,” matching “custom” pajama sets, trucker hats and T-shirts, besides the house. rentals, golf cart rentals, groceries and more.
On top of that, he claimed they had just received a new request: pay another $125 “for a horseback riding excursion that’s an hour from the beach house.”
This activity had been planned even though the entire group already owns horses and rides them daily.
She later emphasized that neither she nor individual attendees were particularly wealthy just because they owned horses, explaining, “I’m not some English jockey from California in fancy pants, guys.” I’m from rural Texas, where seven out of ten people own horses.’
Thousands took to the comments to commiserate with the woman over the high cost of participating in the bachelorette festivities.
“When I said, ‘I can’t afford that, I’m sorry!’ I’m willing to stay if everyone wants to do it!” They told me “well the bride would be very surprised and she would love it.” The woman became even angrier.
And all of this would be on top of basic travel costs (gasoline for the round trip would cost you about $200) and paid time off from work.
‘TOAlso, this trip is the week after a business trip and the week after the rental expires,” the woman added. “I think I’m going crazy”.
The woman added that the bridesmaid was the one who made all the arrangements and requested refunds from the guests.
“The Ministry of Health wants everything to be a surprise for the bride. I really don’t think the bride would be okay with it if she knew how much it was costing, lol.”
While he tried to delay some of the expenses, he admitted, “My rejection is going like a fart in the church, if you’re wondering.”
Thousands of people took to the comments to commiserate over the costly demands of participating in a friend’s wedding.
‘And none of this includes the costs of attending the wedding yet!’ one pointed out.
To this, the woman added ‘NO. That’s another $125 bridesmaid dress, $??? Airbnb rental stay, hair/makeup, etc.’
‘Not only is it expensive but it’s wasteful! Custom stuff for just a couple of days. Sure, who cares what pajamas look like, except $30 for a hat that’s probably labeled “bridesmaid”? argued a second.
‘It’s funny because most of these elements are not absurd on their own. But the combination of all of them? GTFO. “The bride and/or maid of honor got confused and think they live in a big screen romantic comedy, where everyone is ambiguously rich for no reason,” a third speculated.
As a fourth said: “I miss the days when it was maybe just tea in the kitchen and then a night out.”