‘Rude and tacky’ bride slammed over detail in wedding invite: ‘Ridiculous’

A bride-to-be has been called ‘clingy’ and ‘rude’ because she plans to ask guests to pay for their meal at her wedding.

The woman sought advice in a popular Facebook group and posted a photo of the invitation ahead of the big day.

In addition to the RSVP, guests were asked to clarify whether they would eat and, if so, to select a meal they preferred.

The price of each meal also included: $20 for grilled chicken with rice, mashed potatoes and green beans and $25 for a salmon alternative.

‘We invite you to come and eat with us, but we ask that you pay yourself. Please select which meal you prefer,” the invitation read.

“My wedding venue requires me to purchase food through them for the reception, but word has it that people sometimes choose this option,” the woman wrote on Facebook.

‘Nothing about my reception is very typical anyway, so I wonder how insane or rude or cost-effective/smart.

‘The planner gave me this as an example of how to present it to the guests.’

But when the post was quickly criticized by others, the bride clarified that the event was more of a “fun dinner” than a “wedding” as she and her partner had already legally married five months earlier.

‘In the end I do what I want, BUT I didn’t choose this option. “It was just a suggestion of the location that I was curious about others’ opinions,” she added.

‘This is for the reception. I definitely don’t ask for money or gifts and by the time they get to the reception we’ll have been married for five months.

‘There is also an option to increase the venue fee and NOT offer food, which we may do.

‘We have financed everything involved, including the DJ and the activities (DJ booth, props, lighting, decoration, etc.). It’s definitely more of a nice dinner than something formal.”

The bride was criticized for asking guests to pay for their food at her wedding (stock image)

The post was shared in another wedding-shaming Facebook group and was criticized by dozens.

‘Oh no! This is completely tasteless!’ one wrote, the other said: ‘So she asks if it’s rude and then gets offended when people say it’s rude?’

‘I am an experienced professional planner and would NEVER suggest this!’ said another.

Someone else wrote: ‘I’m mainly shaming the venue for suggesting that people often pawn the cost of the dinner on their guests. Encouraging rude behavior.”

Another added: ‘If I received this invitation, I would select ‘decline with’, cross out ‘regret’ and write ‘pleasure’. There would be no regrets if we missed this. I’d rather spend the money on a nice meal of my choice.’

“Nice dinner without food?” another wondered.