Rich friends asked me to bring my own food and drink to their wedding on top of paying to fly to Paris – and people are saying I shouldn’t go!
- A French woman tells Reddit the shocking details of a rich couple’s wedding
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A disgruntled wedding guest has been left baffled after being invited to celebrate her wealthy friends’ marriage – and bring her own food and drink.
The agitated user – who posted on Reddit’s Wedding Shaming thread, explained to readers that the plans for the couple’s weekend of celebrations involved a town hall ceremony and lunch on a boat in Paris, followed by a ‘picnic wedding’ the next day.
The woman, who is originally French, explained that like most of her friends she now lives abroad and will be flying in for the occasion, but when she gets there the hospitality on offer will leave a lot to be desired.
Branding it the ‘most unorganised and weird thing ever’, she said that guests will be expected to entertain themselves for hours between the town hall ceremony and lunch on the first day, and on the second day they need to bring their own drinks and snacks to a picnic for 80 people.
She said that the couple have plenty of money, so the unusual plans are not motivated by being on a tight budget, and commenters urged her to rebel and refuse to go.
A woman took to Reddit to complain after being invited to a wedding in Paris where there will be very little food and drink or entertainment on offer (stock image)
Starting off her list of grievances, the woman said: ‘The location selection was the first odd choice as Paris is renowned for being really expensive.’
Another red flag was plans being communicated via a WhatsApp group rather than an official wedding invite, and her concerns amplified when she found out that guests have to occupy themselves in the French capital between the town hall ceremony and lunch on a rented boat.
She added: ‘The “lunch” is actually just snacks and a few drinks, buffet style, and we’re “encouraged” to bring drinks if we want something other than beers and soft drinks. The boat is then only rented until 8pm and after that, everyone has to go home.’
The Reddit user expressed further disgust, adding: ‘This, is very unheard of at a French wedding. A wedding without a party is not really one.’
The soon to be married couple then revealed that guests ‘were also required on the Sunday for the actual wedding ceremony’, which is taking place in a park with 80 people.
‘Everyone has to bring their own lunch/sandwiches, towels and drinks for a picnic. Ah, and they also want us to come well dressed (semi formal) to take pictures together,’ she explained.
A woman took to Reddit to explain the ‘weird and tacky’ plans for her friends’ wedding in Paris, bemoaning the lack of food and entertainment on offer
The ‘flabbergasted’ guest was not unsympathetic – stressing that ‘if it were a budget issue, I would 100% understand,’ but she said that the bride and groom in question are very wealthy and own multiple houses.
‘Feels so incredibly tacky, to ask people to fly over and spend a whole weekend with them in one of the most expensive cities in Europe, to not feed them or even provide any sort of entertainment,’ she added.
Fed up of her rich friends’ antics, the Reddit user plans to give the couple as small a gift as possible.
‘I’m honestly thinking of just giving them the bare minimum like €50 from the both of us (husband and I) as traditionally the gift is supposed to pay for your dinner. But here there’s none,’ she said.
Reddit users were horrified by the plans for the wedding and told the woman she shouldn’t bother going
Many on the thread chimed in, overwhelmingly agreeing with the original poster, one even suggesting that the couple ‘disinvite themselves’ if it aligns with French social etiquette, and another user jokingly suggesting she ‘hurl oneself off the Eiffel Tower to avoid attending’.
Multiple people suggested that she avoid the wedding altogether, with one advising that her husband should go alone.
‘Don’t need to worry about the count for the caterer being final,’ one said. ‘Cancelling won’t cost the couple much, if anything.’
But another commenter who also had the misfortune of attending a similarly chaotic wedding reassured the French user, instructing her to ‘Set your expectations low and you’ll be OK. I did and honestly I had fine time’.
However, the same user also told her to stay wary: ‘Just leave if it gets too much’.
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