'Glad I only got them a $20 gift card': Cash-grab wedding goes viral when the bride and groom serve nothing but supermarket sheet cake and honeymoon fund QR codes

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 24, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Wedding shaming. 

It's a gripe-worthy pastime we all like to take part in, lamenting over the goofiest, greediest, and downright cringiest moments of wedding culture. But this next couple takes the cake when it comes to cheaping out over a shamelessly obvious cash-grab of a 'reception' wringing their guests for all their worth and offering nothing but a D-list invite and stale sheet cake as a thank you.

After realizing they were on a second-rate guest list, the original poster of this story realized exactly how far this bride and groom had gone down the budget-wedding rabbit hole. Now, don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having a budget wedding to celebrate your love with friends and family, but there is a bottom-line protocol when it comes to throwing any sort of party. Most guests would assume that if they were invited to a wedding reception, they could expect to eat dinner or have some sort of meal waiting for them at the end of the aisle. 

But when this group of second-tier guests arrived at the D-list reception, they realized all they had waiting for them was supermarket sheet cake, a heavy card box, and a pushy reminder to donate money to the couple's honeymoon fund. Oof. Keep scrolling to read all the details of a wedding worth shaming that left guests with grumbling tummies and grumbling wallets. 

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  • 01
    Wedding reception was a shameless gift grab, no food or drinks. Greedy
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    They had two types of guests. Real guests and then the ones who were invited to the no-food no- drinks reception for the sole purpose of getting gifts.
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    Nice Wedding ceremony followed by a catered late lunch. Full lunch, drinks and wedding cake. Wife and I were Not invited to that.
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  • 04
    Later on was the cheap reception. Everyone was invited to that. Even people they had never met. No food other than pieces from a supermarket sheet cake.
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    But we sure as got links to a gift registry and Venmo requests for a honeymoon fund. Glad I only got them a $20 Walmart gift card.
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    Admirable Summer 917 I wonder at what point these people thought this was a good idea. I've seen scaled down receptions but it's always for all guests.
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    LooseConnection2 I don't believe any thought went into this. Just greedy people wanting whatever they can grab. There is way too much of this.
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    nolamom0811 This is so bizarre to me. When my husband and I got married in 2003, a good portion of our wedding budget was spent on the food. If someone cared enough to come to our wedding, you were going to leave the reception fat and happy.
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    byteme747 No food no drinks "reception" no gifts. That was a very tacky gift grab
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    Wyshunu Tacky, tacky, tacky. I wouldn't have even done the $20 card. I'd have given them a card wishing them well and called it good.
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    coccopuffs606 Oh no; I'd have left as soon as it became clear there were no refreshments, and I'd have taken the gift with me
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    Mulewrangler Well, they made money off of you. No way the two of you ate that much cheap sheet cake I can't believe the entitlement of couples not even trying to hide gift/cash grabs.
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    shannon20242024 When I tell you this is the cheapest most tacky thing I have ever heard. And I've heard quite a bit. I once was invited to the wedding shower but not the wedding. And I once got a wedding shower invite telling me only to buy certain things.
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    Away Pie 7464 We gave some reception only invites to people (who were not invited to the ceremony or dinner), but they were still offered dessert, free drinks, and late night breakfast sandwiches.
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    We also did not link our registry to them and I don't think any of them gave a gift (which is expected in that case). If we had invited all it would have been about 300 full invites and that just wasn't in our budget. Expecting a gift from a half invite is beyond tacky.
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    NotSlothbeard Every time I read one of these, I flash back to a wedding I attended with an ex-boyfriend. He insisted on stopping to get food on the way to the wedding. I was all, "nooooo it's a wedding, they'll have good food at the reception."
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    They did not have good food at the reception. It was a tray of dinner rolls, lunch meat, and cheese. And they ran out of food. We stopped for burgers on the way home.
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    But we got links to the gift registry and Venmo requests for a honeymoon fund...
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