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Sorry, I Am Not Spending $500 To Attend A Destination Bridal Shower
Last week, a thick creamy envelope showed up in my mailbox. I hardly get mail anymore, everything is online now, but I knew it was a wedding invite.
With a creeping sense of dread, I opened it. And it was who I thought it was going to be. It was my cousin’s ex-wife, announcing she was getting married again.
It was a very traditional wedding invite. As the new (old?) bride has money, she wants to go big.
Then a day later, a fancy invite arrived to her bridal shower. I had opened it outside, and made a kind of screaming, annoyed sound, scaring the neighbor walking their dog past me.
This is a multi-day event, taking place two hours from my home. In the winter. In the snowbelt.
This is from the bride who previously declared she was having a “low-key wedding.” This does not appear to be a low-key event.
So we are already at having to spend $40 to make candles, gas money, food and $200 boarding for my dog. We are already at $400.
Another $130? WTF? And I have to share a house with 10 other girls? Most of whom I don’t…