Weddings can be expensive affairs for hosts and guests alike.
Even before the big day, there's lots to fork out on if you need to travel for the ceremony, take time off work, or arrange childcare.
And don't forget the registry, which can include a number of costly gifts.
Well, one woman incurred the wrath of a bride-to-be when she failed to purchase a gift from the list, but she feels she had a good reason not to.
She opted to give a homemade gift the bride had requested.
But trouble kicked off when the bride said she was "required" to bring a gift from the registry too - despite knowing her friend could not afford to.
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Taking to Reddit to ask for advice, the wedding guest explained: "I (34F) have a friend who is getting married next month. A year ago, after the wedding was announced, the Bride (34F) pulled me aside and showed me a pattern for a I Corinthians 13 cross stitch sampler she said she wanted me to do to 'commemorate the wedding.'
"I agreed, despite knowing it would be a lot of work, and I would have to add to the pattern, because it didn't have an area to put a date on it, which she wanted.
"Cut to now, and it is finished. It is framed. It is 15" by 25" and I am glad I never have to look at this thing under a headlamp again."
She continued: "Bride contacts me tonight, and says that she noticed I haven't bought anything off the registry yet, and because she knows I'm on a very low income, I should hurry and get a gift before all the affordable ones are taken.
"I told her I wasn't getting her anything off of the registry. That before framing the cost for materials for the cross stitch was around $75 (£61) and the framing was well over that, and that I can't afford to buy her anything else off of her registry."
But the news did not go down well with the bride, who told her guests are "required to bring a gift." And when the friend insisted her craft project was her present, the bride said "it didn't count because she asked me to do it."
After the friend stood her ground, the bride lashed out, calling the guest an "a**hole", before hanging up.
The unpleasant conversation then led the friend to take to Reddit, as she was keen to find out which of the pair was at fault.
And commenters quickly flooded the post with reassurances - blasting the bride as the guilty party.
One person wrote: "I'm speechless right now. The bride's entitlement is insane. What you do is up to you, but I for sure wouldn't feel guilted into buying something and I might actually reconsider the friendship."
A second agreed: "That’s some next level entitlement."
"The fact that she also kept track of who bought what... Yikes," wrote another.
In an update, the wedding guest said she had "overwhelmed and amazed by the love" she had received because of her post.
"Thanks to everyone for giving me the encouragement to cut toxic people out of my life. I will not be attending the wedding. I do not yet know what I will be doing with the stitch, but I thank all of you again for the support," she added.
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