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Face it: We all like a good "bridezilla" story every now and then. There's just something about wedding planning that sends some women just a teensy tiny bit off the rails, like it or not. Of course, some women go more nutty than others. Like one bride-to-be, whose viral rant is lighting up Reddit this week, thanks to being insanely out-of-touch.
In the post, which originally appeared in the private Facebook group Bride Vibes, the bride vents about recent fights with her fiancé.
Wedding planning has been stressful, she says. So stressful, that she was forced to quit her job so she could stay home and coordinate wedding plans full-time.
OK, so maybe "forced" is too strong a word. She made the voluntary decision to quit, because it was "taking up so much time."
*Cue the eye-rolls*
To be fair, I really do get that wedding planning takes time. And lots and lots of annoying communications.
After all, I'm currently in the middle of it now, and all the calls/emails/in-person meetings with vendors — who inevitably quote you exorbitant rates for their services — is enough to drive even a sane person crazy.
Add that on top of a full-time job and suddenly that fun Pinterest-inspired wedding you had envisioned feels ANYTHING but fun.
But you know what? I think most people would agree that straight-up quitting a job to devote your life to full-time wedding planning — an event that will last for a single day — is kind of ridiculous. It's also a luxury most couples just can't afford.
But here's the real kicker: The couple couldn't actually afford for her to quit her job. So she's been hounding her husband-to-be to get a second job.
SERIOUSLY.
This, of course, has caused some friction between the love birds, since the fiancé doesn't see why he should have to.
"He doesn't understand that I don't have time to get ready for work, drive to work, be somewhere else all day, and drive home," she says.
(Honestly, it sounds like she doesn't understand what it means to have a job.)
And then she drops this whopper: The reason they definitely need two incomes is because the wedding is costing them $80,000.
That's right — you're looking at an 8, followed by four zeros.
Now, the average cost of a wedding in the US isn't small change. According to The Knot, it's around $34,000, and depending on where you live, that number could be much higher. Case in point: Getting married in New York City will cost you an average of a cool $76K. (YIKES.)
Of course, if you've got money to burn, then you do you. But if an $80,000 wedding is definitely a stretch, then I'd say quitting your job to plan it is probably not the smartest idea.
But the worst part of this little rant is when the bridezilla says she "refuses" to spend less and sacrifice her "dream wedding."
"It really pisses me off because we are spending $80,000 on this wedding and he keeps saying we should spend less," her post says. "UM, HELLO, NO. This is MY WEDDING I have been dreaming of since I was little and I refuse to have anything but my dream wedding."
And if that's not enough to leave you speechless, she ends with this little question for the interwebs:
"How can I convince him to work a second job to pay for this? What happened to 'happy wife, happy life'??"
I wasn't the only person who was seriously turned off by her tone. On Reddit, users called her out on her BS.
They also implied that her fiancé should consider this one a red flag.
"My man needs to GTFO," wrote one user.
"This isn't just a red flag," wrote another. "This is a strobe light with a few fog horns attached to it."
"She clearly needs a reality check," said one redditor. "I can’t even fathom this level of entitlement. If they are spending $80k I sure hope they have a decent amount in investment/retirement accounts and normal savings. I think most girls dream of their perfect wedding day, but if I suggested spending that much and I quit my job while insisting my partner get a second job I’m pretty sure marriage wouldn’t be on the table anymore, and I wouldn’t blame him."
I wholeheartedly agree with that one.
Here's hoping this woman gives a follow-up, because now I'm itching to know what'll happen next.
