Guest Shares Story About Bridezilla Who Personally Billed Each Guest at Her Elaborate Destination Wedding
Guest Shares Story About Bridezilla Who Personally Billed Each Guest at Her Elaborate Destination Wedding
They often say that if you can’t afford a big elaborate wedding then simply don’t have one. Host something that is more affordable and within your budget. Seems simple, right?
Well, the lure of a big extravagant Insta-worthy wedding day must be pretty strong for some people because these stories of brides behaving badly just keep on a-coming!
A bridezilla has been slammed by a former friend for personally reaching out the morning after her big (read: expensive as all get out) European destination wedding, seeking bank deposits to cover the expenses of her wedding that her guests personally racked up, after their requested contributions the evening before were deemed not enough!
In a hilarious Twitter thread, wedding guest Seyi explains it all:
As we are talking about wedding stories… should I share the time bride of a destination wedding asked me for money the morning after the wedding?
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
Okay… it was summer 2015. A good work colleague and (ex) friend was having a destination wedding in Romania. She invited me and a +1 to come….
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
I won’t lie to you. The wedding was DOPE. Everything was planned so well. There was even a gift bag in the hotel. I said wow. They went in.
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
The wedding has a full blown website. And the invite said they’d rather money than a gift because they wouldn’t be able transport them all home… made sense.
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
The wedding went on for two days. Me and my friend bought our own flight, hotel (2 nights) and paid for our own expenses out there..
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
Me and my friends were the only black folks, not just at the wedding but the whole damn village. Errrybody wanted a photo with us. The DJ was sick. Me and my friend owned the dance floor. We even taught peeps the candy dance. AND I caught the bouquet. Look how they loved us: pic.twitter.com/8AWgZNw8dL
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
It was an open bar. And every hour was tequila time. Its gone midnight… the family are now handing out envelopes… pay attention…
These envelopes looked like those Thanksgiving/ tithes envelopes in church.— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
Remember I told y’all we paid for our own expenses…we ran out of cash. And we were in the village. We didn’t see local ATMs. Most cabs refused to take Euros so we literally only had enough local currency to get back to the hotel and to the airport at 4am…
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
So me and my friend. She’s MY friend (remember that too). Gave all the Euros we had/could. We gave the envelope in and we were given another gift bag. We thought… sweet. NOPE it was a trap
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
On our way back to the hotel, ah we were a hot mess. We had 3 hours to kill before we needed to get ready for our flight. My friend was sick so she slept. I went to chat downstairs for a bit then came up to sleep. BRUV. We slept through our alarm!
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
We almost missed our flight. If you want to sober up quickly, wake up at the time you should be in the taxi to the airport. Kai! We said we cannot be stranded in Romanian. Our ancestors helped us pack that night.
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
Checking out was a mad, I’m literally swearing tequila it was burning my eyes. We get in the taxi and while panicking about our flight we said “that was such a good wedding”… “let’s think about a proper gift for them”…
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
We get to the airport.. Wizz Air… charged us £60 to check in our bag.
At this point I couldn’t even cry.— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
We pay it and we get on the plane. Before we passed out we remiensce..
I wish I could show you the photos. We honestly brought the black plantium package. Aka blackage… pic.twitter.com/6pXtaann3m— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
So we’re back in London, (Luton) we are in the car, we drop my friend to work in Canary Wharf and me at home, I was “working from home” that day.. pic.twitter.com/LFeB86WuMX
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
I switch on the work laptop so I’m online on Lync… I reach for my phone and guess what I see….
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
A Facebook message from the bride…
My naive self thought she was messaging to ask if we got home okay…
N O P E— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
I READ UP TO HERE THEN I CALLED MY FRIEND pic.twitter.com/lrPLKnLu8G
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
I read the rest of the message with my friend on the phone. My friend went momentarily deaf… she couldn’t not digest the carefully worded debt collection message we were sent.
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
So I sent her the message and I kid you not she read that message over and over again. She could not understand. Wanna see the rest of the message?
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
Please note the time of the message too… pic.twitter.com/I1YDUkqCWW
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
There’s more… pic.twitter.com/VZ4zp1nUvj
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
10.40am… the day after your wedding.
My friend and I had soooooo many questions and we were equally confused/ impressed with how well written the message was. pic.twitter.com/5NjpdgID9r— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
So remember I said that gift bag was a TRAP. That’s how she was able to track spending per person. She knew exactly how much me and my friend “contributed”
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
In that 12 hours of leaving the wedding we travelled back to London from Romanian and she did full calculation. My friend said we now have shares in the marriage. That the marriage must last FORVER.
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
Safe to say I am no longer friends with the debt collector.
The couple are still together and had their first baby earlier this year.
I still want my €25 back.
Here’s a photo of me and my friend doing blackage and the wedding. We should have charged an appearance fee. pic.twitter.com/XSXzc651YJ
— Seyi Akiwowo (@seyiakiwowo) May 20, 2019
Just…. wow! So happy that she refused to transfer the balance that the bride felt that she was owed! Who does that?
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I would have told the bride that she owed the appearance (entertainment) fee and inform how much it cost you in total to attend the wedding. She wouldn’t pay you at all.