Weddings should be a celebration of love without a fixation on appearances and money. Due to social media, the growing need for brides and grooms to have costly, extravagant ceremonies and receptions has skyrocketed. If they decide to have a destination wedding that would require guests to shell out thousands of dollars simply just to attend, they should cover the costs. This might be a hot take, but expecting people in and outside of your wedding party to spend a fraction of their yearly salary on a few days of celebration is nothing short of abhorrent.
To expect others to do so without blinking is a bit selfish. The bride in this story used to think the same thing until it was her turn to walk down the aisle. Her Maid of Honor is considering dropping out of her wedding because costs just keep adding up. The MOH only accepted the position because, for years, the bride thought that having expensive weddings was an obnoxious thing to do if the engaged couple weren't covering the costs. Now that she's getting ready to tie the knot, that couldn't be further from the truth.
