A father said on Reddit, “My daughter is getting married, and she wants to have a destination wedding, but I told her no.”
After a father declined to give his daughter thousands of dollars for her wedding, they have not spoken to one other since.
A father, who has chosen to remain anonymous, said on Reddit that his daughter asked him for $200,000 to pay for her ideal wedding in New Zealand.
In the first post, he said, “My daughter is getting married, and she wants to have a destination wedding, but I told her no.” “My wife thinks I should do it because we can afford it, but I think it is a pointless display of wealth.”
The father posted a month ago, and the thread has now gone viral, with more than 4,000 responses from people offering him advice on how to handle the problem. One commenter said, “If she can’t afford to pay for a destination wedding herself, then she shouldn’t be having one.”
“It may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. The source went on to say, “On top of that, there are a lot of other expenses related to the flights and hotels and everything else.” “Will she be paying for her own ticket, or are you expected to pay for them as well?” And her fiancée’s ticket.”
The father also said in the comments that the guest list will be extensive for both sides of the family. He adds that it would be a “large” wedding.
The father has recently returned to the post to add that, in addition to spending this amount of money, visitors would also have to spend their own money on travel arrangements. He also said that the family is originally from New York.
She definitely wants to have a destination wedding in New Zealand. They are invited but the price precludes them, many of our relatives cannot afford to travel, much alone stay in NZ. The father responded to the criticism by saying, “Some of our family members don’t even have passports or have ever left the country.”
“Yes, I told her I would pay for her wedding, but I never agreed to pay for a destination wedding,” he stated.
A user proposed that the pair tie the knot in New York and then go to New Zealand for their honeymoon. Some people advised that the daughter should have the wedding she wants since the father indicated he would pay for it.
The guy updated the post to say that he has given his daughter an ultimatum. “Tomorrow I am going to start making phone calls to price what a wedding in NY would cost at different head counts from 100 to 200 people,” he said.
The father said, “Once I have that information, I will use it to make a well-informed decision, but it will be a situation in which I will have to choose one or the other.” “I will tell my wife and daughter that this is a wedding or a house because they are playing this game.”