How would you feel if you were asked to PAY to attend a wedding??

@Smiles - he thought it was weird, but he is very "family oriented" and so if it is family, he would want to see them married no matter what. I would just tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Outrageous.

This is absurd! I would NOT attend and hoped she asked why.

I wonder how many people actually purchased a wedding ticket...

Lmao no I will not be buying a ticket to attend a wedding.

@Celia, maybe it's just Australia. I even googled it and it came up with A LOT of Australian sites. I haven't heard of any first time brides doing it thought, but I'm sure there are some. The rationale from my colleague is that she has been married twice before and she spent so much on the weddings and didn't use/need the gifts. This way she can save money and not get bad gifts.

I shouldn't use the word "trend" either - it's not something catchy or fashionable, it's downright rude in my opinion.

If I had to pay for my meal at a wedding, I know I would be judging all of their other expenses and would be royally p*ssed if they spent a lot on flowers, the dress or anything else like that.

Oh and I will add, this isn't a COMMON things for Australian weddings. I'm just hearing a few people here and there are doing it.

Seriously ?!?! I would be so offended and would not go! There is a reason they are your GUEST. some people lol

I would laugh and throw the invitation right in the trash.

Do I get a refund if they get a divorce?

After I stopped laughing, I would RSVP no and send a card later on.

I would consider paying if it was a dinner at a restaurant afterwards or something along those lines. I wouldn't buy a ticket to a wedding though, as thats not the same as being invited.

@diane....HILARIOUS. That would be an awesome question to ask if someone ever did that to me. And I also just asked FH if he would pay and he said "Hell no". Some people....oye

Wow, NO thank you!

I didn't ask any further questions after that since my co worker didn't go but I'm assuming this was a 2nd marriage for the aunt and she didn't want to splurge on her wedding but my question is what about the groom's family? I'm sure she received phone calls for this.

I guess I have a really different perspective on this. We want to have a destination wedding and elope in Vegas. If it was up to our very large family we'd have a more traditional wedding. Of course, everyone wants to go. We're broke, just had twins a few months ago. I had to invite all our immediate family to the wedding, it's limited space not everyone who wants to go will fit. We're having dinner so everyone who wants to go can celebrate with us after but I'm asking everyone to pay for their own dinner. I feel bad but our family seems very excited about the wedding even though they have to pay for their dinner. Maybe because it will be like a big family vacation with our elopement on the side.