Getting to see your best friends get married is a joy. Sharing a special day with them looking utterly beautiful and in love is - hopefully - a once in a lifetime experience. But we all know weddings are expensive and when you're a bridesmaid in particular it can come at a tremendous cost.
Bachelorette parties, dresses, showers and wedding gifts all rack up to a large sum. But surely it's all worth it, right? One woman simply couldn't justify attending her best friend's wedding - and people can't quite believe her reasoning. The 25-year-old explained on Reddit that the two had been "incredible friends for over a decade.
She was a bridesmaid in my wedding and put a lot of time, energy, and money into throwing showers and bachelorette parties." But now her turn has come to play bridesmaid. "She is planning a destination wedding, with accommodations and meals paid for.
She stated she doesn't want any showers, parties or even gifts because she'd rather people put that towards the plane ticket. Tickets are about $700-1,300 for a roundtrip (£500-£1,000) depending on the airline and it's a very small wedding of about 20 people. We'd all be staying together on a large property for a week.
" Having already got married, the 25-year-old is now saving to purchase a home in a few years, so she told her friend that she wouldn't make the wedding, citing two reasons: finances, and the fact her husband can't attend. "I raised these issues and she and my other best friend, who is also attendi.