He’s Planning His Sister’s Wedding For Free, But He Was Shocked When His Sister Said She Still Expects Him To Buy Her A Gift
One of the most challenging parts of getting married is the overall wedding planning. Many couples cannot hire a wedding planner because their services can be expensive, but if you happen to know one, there’s a good chance you can get a discount.
One man is a wedding planner and agreed to plan his sister’s wedding for free. However, he was shocked that she still expected him to get her a wedding gift despite all of his work.
He’s 25 years old, and his 32-year-old sister is getting married. He’s a wedding planner, so his family automatically assumed he would help his sister plan her big day.
He was hesitant when he found out she’d be getting married during peak wedding season because that meant he’d have to miss out on some paying clients, but he agreed to help anyway.
His sister was thrilled when she heard he’d be helping her plan her wedding, and they quickly got to work.
“We started going over her plans and themes,” he recalled. “I found some venues, and we went to look at them. I took care of all of the catering, so all she had to do was taste test and pick. I was also able to use my connections to get her special deals and stuff like that.”
Things were going pretty smoothly at the beginning of their planning, but as time passed, his sister began making things difficult.
For instance, she got really bad at communicating and almost made the photographer quit. She also became indecisive and would change her mind about specific details all the time.
It got very tense between him and his sister when they sat down to set up her wedding registry. As they listed items she wanted, she told him he was allowed “first dibs” to pick what he wanted to get for her as a wedding present.
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He looked at her in confusion and told her he thought all the planning he helped her with was his wedding gift.
“She then said that a lot of family helped out, and they are still getting gifts,” he recalled. “I told her that other family members helped move furniture or lend me their car to pick up supplies; I was doing most of the work and was missing out on actually getting paid helping her.”
His sister said although she was grateful for all of his help, it wasn’t equal to a wedding gift and that it would be different if he had offered to pay for her dress or something else.
He tried arguing that all of the connections he offered her saved her thousands of dollars on her wedding, but she said that still didn’t count as a gift.
Since he still disagrees with his sister, there’s now a lot of drama between them. She accused him of being cheap and is getting their family to take her side.
“If I could afford it, I wouldn’t mind getting her something,” he added. “But the cheapest thing in the registry is almost $200, and I’m not well-off.”
Additionally, he’s already lost a lot of money he would’ve made from other clients to help his sister, so there’s no way he could afford an expensive gift on top of everything.
Should he get his sister a separate wedding gift, or should he be let off the hook for all the planning he did?
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