'Entitled' bride blasted after asking friend to make her wedding cake for free
Everyone knows that weddings can be extremely expensive, so it's only natural to want to get some discounts and bargains wherever you can. However, one bride is now risking falling out with her friend after she assumed she would be getting her time and services completely free.
Sharing her predicament on Facebook, the bride-to-be revealed her upset that she had asked a friend to make her wedding cake for her, only to be asked if she would cover the expense of the ingredients. Furious, she revealed she had assumed the pal would want to pay for it and make it free of charge as a present to her.
The social media post from the anonymous bride read: "I’ve asked my friend to make the wedding cake for me for 75+ people and she’s come back asking if I’m contributing to the cost of the cake as it’s going to cost her $300+ to make it. Am I wrong to be offended that she’s not gifting me the cake as a wedding present?"
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After spotting the entitled comment, someone couldn't resist sharing it on Reddit for other people to enjoy. They captioned the screenshot of the exchange: "The entitlement is strong with this one."
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People were quick to weigh in on the matter, with many in agreement with the friend over the bride. Some advised fellow brides not to rely on friends, family, or other relatives for tasks to prevent fallout. As one person commented: "This is why when you have professional skills like baking or seamstress or hair or makeup, you don't do friends or family.
"People like this bride make you never want to do services. It takes hours to do something like this. So much prep time. No respect. She should be ashamed of herself. However, people like this view themselves as victim. Gross."
While others urged brides, and people more broadly, against taking advantage of their friends, their generosity, and skills, and assuming it will be free. One user weighed in: "No one owes you anything! Stop taking advantage of your friends."
A third Redditor commented: "It is rude af to think that because you're the bride, you shouldn't pay. If someone was a real friend, they would want to pay you for your time. As well as skills. I don't like how people feel entitled to free services because their friend has a skill set that could be useful."
Others commented that the expense of baking a wedding cake and covering the costs would be a small price in comparison to the time, effort, and energy the friend would be investing for their pal's special day.
A separate Reddit user wrote: "$300 in materials plus time, storage, delivery and set up. Does that include cutting after the ceremonial part? That’s a lot of work in addition to materials. Its value is probably closer to $1000. My niece’s cake from her wedding two weeks ago was $1300 for 150 people."
While another Redditor fumed: "Right, and she’s only charging the costs of ingredients/materials. Im in a HCOL and paid like $120 for a birthday cake to feed 20ish people; $300 for 75+ is a steal! Also, you can’t just assume people will do things for free, you should always offer to pay them, and let them tell you whether they accept or not, and even if they decline payment, you should still give them something to show your gratitude. No one owes you a $300+ wedding gift, this is why DIY brides get a bad rep, a lot of entitlement and dependence on friends to do stuff for free. The reality is, you need to be clear and say if you can’t (or don’t want) to pay ahead of time, not just assume people are ok with not being compensated for their work."
While another vented: "I wonder, if the friend was getting married, if OOP would be purchasing a $300 wedding gift? Probably not. So why should she expect her friend to spend $300 on ingredients? We’re not even talking about the value of her time and skill here."
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