19 August 2023 , 07:30
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Ah weddings... Considering they're essentially about love and happiness, weddings do seem to cause their fair share of grief and misery. As for the bridezilla cliché, there are plenty of horror stories out there which demonstrate that ANYONE - from mother-of-the-bride, to bridesmaids and even random guests - can behave badly.
One wedding horror story in fact involves a groom who rejected a gift carefully chosen by a couple who attended his wedding - and which was chosen from their Amazon gift list. "We went to a wedding at the weekend for one of my husband's colleagues," the woman explained on Mumsnet.
"They had an Amazon gift list so my husband ordered something from there. It came in quite a big box and the shape of the actual gift meant that we had to wrap the box with the gift inside. When we arrived we noticed that nobody else had presents, thought nothing of it but people kept commenting and saying 'We just got them vouchers/money.' We asked my husband's colleague, the groom, where to put it and he was quite surprised and said 'We weren't expecting gifts. Thank you, can you put it by the post box for cards?'"
So far, no alarm bells were ringing, and the couple enjoyed their day and night. However, towards the end of the reception, the woman pointed out that theirs was still the only present. She continues: "My husband laughed it off and said 'Looks like we're the only ones who saw the gift list!' [We] Left a short while after and thought nothing more about the gift."
Fast forward a few days and her husband gets a message from the groom saying: "Thanks for coming on Saturday and for the gift. We had a bit of a last minute change and decided to ask for money towards the honeymoon instead of what we'd put on the gift list. Can we arrange to send it back and just get the money for it instead? I can pass it back next week when I'm back in work.
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"Really appreciate the thought but definitely think we need a holiday after the stress of wedding planning.'
The gift cost £70." Admitting to being "shocked at how cheeky it was" she added, "I'm leaving it up to him to sort because I have only met the couple a handful of times.
The woman also she felt a bit stupid having turned up with a box. Her husband said this was the first he'd heard of giving money, and feels asking them for the money instead "is a bit out of order." While giving money instead of gifts is becoming the norm at weddings, this particular groom's request went down like a lead balloon.
"Return and give them a twenty in a card. Or just return and say no more," read one piece of advice. Another agreed, writing: "It's out of order and really poor form to ask you to return a gift. Even if you had just bought them a random photo frame you had chosen, it would still be rude, but it was on an Amazon wish list they had made and they must know how expensive it was!! I don't know what he should do but I think I would return it and give them less money. Or if I liked the item keep it and send them £20."
"Wow! Cheeky f***ery at its finest there", went a more blunt reply. And as for more constructive suggestions, another person drafted them a response: "Sorry to hear you don't appreciate the gift, we are very surprised to hear that given it came from your gift list. We don’t have unlimited free time to devote to returning the present just because you’ve changed your mind and would like us to fund your holiday instead. If you’re that desperate for cash then stick it on eBay. See you when you're back at work."