A Facebook fan sent us this invoice she got for having to miss a relative’s wedding because her babysitter canceled on… “She needed to be with her and she wouldn’t be able to make it”. No matter how upset a bride and groom are, however, there’s absolutely no excuse to send absent guests a bill for their dinner.
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In this case, Baker said she has already thrown the bill away, so it looks like she won’t be reimbursing the couple.
She told KARE 11: “I guess I don’t know what the right answer would have been”.
Because the wedding invitation specifically stated children could not attend, Baker said they had no other choice but to stay home.
Rogers also said if you must back out of a wedding, it is courteous to let the couple know you won’t be in attendance as soon as possible. Heck, I am personally shelling out close to $1,000 to be a bridesmaid in a close personal friend’s wedding this year. Could that have something to do with the sudden no show bill turning up? “There wasn’t a rift; it’s just extended family”.
We know weddings can get stressful and expensive but surely this is just ridiculous?
Baker posted the bill on Facebook and received tons of sage advice from ticked-off strangers. It went viral from there.
Either way, Jessica has learned her lesson, saying: “I don’t think I’ll be missing another wedding again!” “I thought maybe this qualifies as weird news and I had no idea it would strike a chord with so many people”.
Getting married and planning a wedding can be stressful, and cause you to temporarily misplace your sense of humor – and your ability to forgive, apparently.
The groom said it was never about money; it was about his bride being hurt when several of her relatives didn’t show up and then didn’t follow up with an explanation.
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The 33-year-old Golden Valley woman told KARE11 that she initially send an RSVP stating she would attend the wedding with her husband.
