Thanks to social media, the bar for big life events – like getting married or welcoming a baby – is higher than ever. Desires for picture-perfect weddings, bachelor and bachelorette parties, or baby showers have led to skyrocketing costs and increased stress around planning for new parents or engaged couples. But now, guests are feeling the pressure as well.
Recently, brides, grooms, and expectant parents have gotten more particular about what they’d like for their guests to wear and the gifts they’d be happy to receive, and they’re becoming increasingly more demanding of their expectations on their special day. Taking things a step further, some are also publicly shaming their guests on forums like TikTok and Reddit. Sending back ‘disrespectful’ US$100 Venmo One bride berated a guest for sending her US$100 (RM471) on Venmo a few days after the wedding, saying it felt a “bit disrespectful”, according to a Reddit thread, which also said the guest had been late to the wedding.
Out of disappointment, the bride sent back the money, saying she had expected more. In a similar fashion, another bride took to Reddit after sending an email to eight of her wedding guests, who had given the couple just one combined US$50 (RM235) gift. Guests are pushing back on the higher expectations too, leading to tensions.
One bride asked her guests to dress in fantasy- and renaissance-themed clothing for her wedding and took to Reddit to ask users if she was in the wrong for doing .
