'Entitled' guest slammed for helping himself to £1.5k worth of booze at wedding

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The man racked up a £1,500 bill at the wedding
The man racked up a £1,500 bill at the wedding's open bar (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images)

If you're hosting a wedding with an open bar for your guests, you should expect that the bill at the end of the night is going to be pretty hefty, especially if you've invited a lot of guests who all have several drinks each. But one bride and groom have been left gobsmacked after one guest managed to rack up a tab of £1,500 by himself - and to make matters worse, the guest was the bride's step-brother.

The 33-year-old man's half-brother, who was also a guest at the wedding, explained that his new brother-in-law's parents had paid for most of the wedding as they are "quite well off", and they had agreed on footing the bill for an open bar. However, they didn't expect the bride's brother - who was referred to as K - to order several rounds of bourbon shots in order to try and "woo" some of the women at the reception.

In a post on Reddit, the 22-year-old man wrote: "My half-brother spent over £1,500 at my sister's (his step-sister's) wedding because they had a free bar. For context, he has always been abusive towards both of us and neither she nor her spouse wanted him [at the wedding] but my mum kicked up a fuss.

"My brother, let's call him K, is a man-child who lives with our mum and my dad (his stepdad) rent-free, has his beer paid for by my mum and all of his food cooked for him. His life consists of waking up whenever he likes, sitting on the couch, drinking beer, watching TV, posting TikToks and playing guitar. He hasn't held down a job since around 2012 and manages to get fired from other jobs for essentially trying to act like a manager and/or not showing up because he thinks the role is below him.

"Anyway, back to my sister's wedding. As I stated before, he wasn't exactly a welcome guest, especially given that the only time he messages my sister is to ask for money from her, or tell her how to live her life. My sister's wedding was paid for by her fiancé's family who are quite well off, and naturally, they went all in with a free bar tab. My brother learned of this and, oh boy, did he take the p**s.

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"After spending most of the evening trying to chat up just about every woman that was at the wedding, buying them drinks and trying to woo them, he makes the biggest d**k move her could have. He orders five or six rounds, each consisting of 10 Jack Daniels shots, which at a hotel pub in Kent, came to around £4.50 a shot. He then tries to chat the barmaid up by doing the same for her and buying drinks to impress her (as if she didn't know it was a free tab)."

The man added that by the end of the night, his brother had begun acting "aggressively" and had spent almost £1,500 of his new in-laws' money on booze. And to top it all off, when his brother started kicking off in the car on the way home, it was the younger man who was shouted at by their mum.

He explained: "By the end of the night not only was he incredibly drunk and aggressive, he had also spent nearly £1,500 on drinks at my brother-in-law's expense. To top it off, during the car ride home in my car, he proceeded to light up cigarettes after I specifically told him he couldn't smoke in my car. And when I shout at him he throws a lit cigarette at me and trashes the front of my car. Then the cherry on top, my mum blames me for most of his behaviour as I'm not accepting of him."

Commenters on the post were baffled by the brother's behaviour, with many saying he should be made to pay his brother-in-law's family for all the drinks he ordered. Or, since their mum thinks he's a "golden child", she should be sent the bill to pay on his behalf. One person said: "Your mum should pay that bar tab! She invited and forced the invitation, she raised a manchild, and she can continue to pay for him!", while another added: "Sis needs to ask mum to pony up the £1500 if he's such a golden child."

Zahna Eklund

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