She Asked Her Husband To Back Out Of Being A Groomsman After She Learned How Much It Was Going To Cost Them To Go To The Wedding
A woman anonymously took to Reddit to seek advice on how to help her husband step down from being one of his best friend’s groomsmen. Why? The role is simply too expensive.
A 31-year-old woman wrote about her 33-year-old husband Terry and what a wonderful man he is. Not only that. but how people are always enthusiastic to see him.
“People he hasn’t seen in years practically fall all over themselves when they run into us at a party/event,” writes the user.
The woman explains that recently, the company that Terry works for hired an old-time friend of his named Roy.
Roy and Terry were very close ten years prior and had even roomed together. However, after Terry moved out, the two friends lost contact.
“To say Roy was happy to see Terry is an understatement,” writes the user. “He was posting all over social media about being ‘reunited’ with my husband, etc.”
However, she claims that Terry wasn’t quite as excited as his friend.
The couple later discovered that Roy is engaged, and he eventually ended up asking Terry to be one of his groomsmen. Terry immediately accepted, but that was before he knew about all the wedding details.
Later on, they found out that the wedding would be at a major theme park during the first week of April, which was only four months away from when the post was written.
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“We don’t live even remotely close to the theme park,” writes the user.
Roy said that he would be paying for park tickets, but not their suite, airfare, hotel room, etc.
“I don’t think Roy is obligated to do that,” writes the user. “But there is no way we can financially save enough to take time off and go to this wedding even as guests, let alone a groomsman and a plus one.”
Having never even gotten the chance to meet Roy in person, the woman is trying to encourage her husband to politely back out of his wedding for financial reasons.
She mentions that it would be “impossible” to make the trip work with their budget, not to mention that they have a toddler who would have to come along as well.
The couple hasn’t even been able to go on a vacation for only themselves in over five years because of money.
Terry responded by dismissing his wife, claiming that you “don’t just say no to being in someone’s wedding.”
Some additional Reddit users chimed in, mostly in support of the woman.
One user commented, “It’s an invitation, not a summons. You can absolutely say no to anything at any point.”
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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