Friends are getting married in less than a fortnight. Big wedding (100 or so guests) in a fairly grand (and obviously not cheap) venue, 3 course expensively catered meal, wine/beer provided though paying bar for spirits etc.
The bride is staying at a hotel nearby the night before, and some months back had offered to pay for the rest of the wedding party to stay there too (I'm not in the wedding party but am close friends with 2 of the bridesmaids hence why I know about this) so they didn't have a long journey first thing on the big day, could help her getting ready etc. All well and good.
There's been a few rumblings over the last couple of months re things that the bride and groom originally saying they'd cover now not being paid for, like accessories for the bridesmaids and groomsmen, hair and makeup (obviously for the ladies only!) etc, but ultimately they've all gone along with it and paid for stuff themselves.
Now with almost no time to go, the bride/groom have refused to pay for the hotel rooms the night before because they can't afford it. One of the BMs has phoned me in tears because she's stressing about paying for it herself (most of the others live within driving distance so have said they'll go up on the morning). If it was a wedding on a shoestring budget (it's not), or if their financial circs had drastically changed (they haven't - both B and G work full time, and are mortgage free) I could understand it, but I think it's too late to just change their mind because they've decided it's all too expensive or just hadn't budgeted properly, and pretty thoughtless. AIBU?
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chimichangas · 29/08/2014 22:11
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