When you're planning a wedding, having your guests reply to your invite can be hugely helpful in letting you know how many people you'll need to cater for. And with catering costs usually increasing with the more guests you invite, it can be frustrating if you have people that RSVP to your wedding and then don't show up.
To combat this problem, one bride has taken some extreme measures - as she's threatening to take her wedding guests to court if they RSVP to her special day and then don't show up.
The bride said her family can be "flaky" at times so she can't trust them to actually turn up even if they say they will, so she wants to make sure she can recoup the costs of catering and services if they decide not to come.
In a post on Facebook which was later shared to Reddit, she wrote: "I love my family dearly but sometimes they are flaky. I'm getting married in October of 2024 and when I send out invitations, I want to put on the invitation that if they RSVP and don't come, I'm taking them to court for the cost of their portion of the food and services I paid for.
"Is that tacky? Obviously, there's no cost to them if they RSVP and actually come."
Commenters on the Reddit post were baffled by the bride's idea though, as many of them said her claims likely wouldn't stand up in court because RSVPing to an event isn't a legally binding contract.
One person explained: "She would have to file each claim individually in small claims court. Each individual claim would get thrown out because there is literally nothing in contract law in any universe that would say an RSVP is a contract. And if any one of the defendants had given her a gift that would likely count as fulfilling their side of the bargain anyway."
While another said: "How can you be so clueless that you don't realise this is tacky?"
And a third posted: "Step one on how to ensure there are zero guests attending your wedding."
Meanwhile, another commenter said they could understand the bride's frustration after they had a family of six people RSVP to their wedding and not show up, which cost them around £800. However, despite the incident leaving them "upset", they still wouldn't dream of taking the family to court.
They wrote: "I had a family of six RSVP and not show up. Didn't have a great excuse either, just didn't want to come. We had a weekend of stuff going on so it cost me about $1,000 (£800). I'm obviously upset, but court? No."
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