Man charges his sister for attending his wedding, netizens call it 'ridiculous'

A woman shared her strange experience in a recent Reddit post on the “Wedding Shaming” subreddit when her younger brother demanded money from her for attending his wedding.

“‘Hi [wife’s name] just told me she hasn’t received your $115 each no rush you can send it to 123@email.com,’” wrote the woman on the Reddit post.

“Now at no point before now was it communicated to me that they were charging guests to attend. Nowhere on the invitation either. Plus my husband and I already gave them $400 cash in their card," she added.

In her Reddit post, the woman then continued that the wedding took place in a private room of an expensive restaurant with no dance floor or open bar.

“We didn’t even drink alcohol that night and still paid $30 for pop and coffee plus Uber there and back,” she said.

The woman said that her brother thought she was aware of the wedding attendance fee and he had forgotten to inform her about it.

Eventually, the two of them had an argument and the woman told him that she would send the money but he would have to wait.

“Now I’m considering not sending anything and if he asks I’ll say oh I forgot. Oh did I mention I also got married in June this year and didn’t charge anyone a dime,” the woman concluded the post.

Here's how netizens reacted to the post

On the Reddit post, many people advised the woman not to send any money to her brother and if he continues to insist that the guests should pay for themselves, the money should be made a part of $400 which she gave as a wedding gift to the couple.

“Hey bro, I put $400 in the card. I thought it was $200/per. Please send back the extra $270. Thanks. Love you and congrats again,” wrote one commenter suggesting she should say so.

“That’s ridiculous on so many levels. Caving will only encourage this kind of bad behaviour,” another person wrote.

“Tell him they can take it out of the $400 enclosed in the card. My god, how tacky,” a third commentator said.

“If they’re going to be cheap and petty like this I’d send an itemized bill right back. Pay me for the Uber, pay me for what I spent on food/drinks, pay me for anything I spent on pre-wedding festivities. Dying to know what your parents think of this," posted a fourth user.

Later, the woman wrote, “Don’t worry I’m not going to send him any more money".

She also shared the messages she had sent to her brother which read, “I don’t know if you know this but it’s extremely poor etiquette to charge people to come to a wedding, on that principle I have changed my mind. Please deduct the charge for your wedding from my gift money you have already received. Thank you so much for understanding.”

(With inputs from agencies)