Her Best Friend Called Her Out For Not Giving Her A Wedding Gift, But She Spent $5,500 To Be There So She Thought That Was Enough
Two weekends ago, this 30-year-old woman’s 31-year-old best friend got married, and she got to be one of the bridesmaids.
Frankly, she did not expect her best friend’s wedding to cost her as much money as it did. She also believes her best friend didn’t accurately guess that it would be expensive for everyone involved, either.
“We went to Vegas for her bachelorette party a couple of months ago; her shower cost $300 per bridesmaid, not to mention the group shower gift between all the bridesmaids, wedding hair, makeup, shoes, dress, and alternations,” she explained.
“The wedding was in another state, so my husband and I had to drive in, book a hotel, and pay my MIL for the weekend to watch our daughter and dogs.”
“All in all, I spent roughly $5,500 after it was all said and done. I thought after all the money I put toward being a part of her bridal party AND setting up her shower, setting up her wedding, and cleaning up the wedding venue, a wedding gift wasn’t necessary.”
Well, she didn’t guess correctly that her best friend would be fine with her skipping out on purchasing an actual gift.
As soon as her best friend returned from her honeymoon, she phoned her up to say that she had finished looking at all of her presents and didn’t see a gift from her.
Her best friend asked if she had accidentally left the gift at home, but she responded that she didn’t think she had to buy her anything after everything she did for her bridal party.
She did invest a lot financially, as well as physically, into her best friend’s wedding after all.
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“She told me it was $160 a head ($320 for me and my husband), and it’s “standard” to give a gift to cover the cost of your seat,” she said.
“I didn’t even know how to respond other than with sorry. She said, “It’s whatever,” hung up, and she hasn’t talked to me since.”
She attempted to text her best friend the following day and change the topic to how her honeymoon went.
Her best friend saw her text message and read it, yet didn’t bother with a response. Her best friend’s wedding marks the very first time she has participated in a bridal party, as previously, she’s only gone to a wedding as a plus-one or an invited guest.
She truly didn’t believe she owed her best friend a gift, but she’s wondering if she didn’t judge this correctly.
She’s curious if it’s too late for her to pick something off her best friend’s wedding registry and send it now in an attempt to salvage their friendship.
Do you think it was wrong of her to skip out on getting her bestie a wedding gift?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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