Woman Wins Over $6K With Scratch-Off Wedding Favor & Refuses To Share the Money

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Money makes people do some strange things. It’s the reason people tell you not to share your identity when you win the lottery. People like to “count other people’s money,” but it doesn’t even have to be a lot of money for people to misbehave.

An issue of money came to a head during a destination wedding where friends ended up squabbling about lottery ticket winnings. The conversation got so intense, one woman came to Reddit to ask if she handled the situation correctly.

A bride and groom gifted their wedding guests with lottery tickets.

One Reddit user shared that she was a bridesmaid in her best friend’s wedding in Cyprus. As a part of the wedding favors, the bride and groom gave the guests lottery scratch-off tickets.

As the guests sat down to eat, her friend, who she named as Sarah, started jumping up and down shouting that she’d won over $6,000. The room celebrated and the bride and groom congratulated Sarah.

The OP asked if the winners were going to give some of the money to newlyweds.

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The next day at breakfast, the OP and the group were still talking about Sarah and her partner Paul’s winnings. The couple were talking about what they were going to do with the money. People were asking questions. And that’s when the OP decided to ask Sarah and Paul how much money they planned to give the bride and groom.

The OP offered this explanation for her actions, “There was no agenda behind my question – I didn’t ask because I was trying to hint that they should this, it just never occurred to me as a possibility that they wouldn’t give at least a small amount as a belated wedding gift to the Bride and Groom, given they wouldn’t have had the ticket without them.”

The question made Sarah cry.

Sarah and Paul got quiet. Then Paul said they weren’t going to give them anything. Afterward, the group sat in awkward silence. Eventually, Paul and Sarah walked out.

“Later by the pool, it was clear Sarah had been crying and Paul said I was TA for making them feel awkward and implying they were cheap. I apologise and said that’s not what I meant: I just said it because that’s what I would do in their situation, but it is their money and their decision so they should do what they want with the money (I forget exactly how I worded it – but that was the jist). Paul’s walked off and neither of them spoke to me for the rest of the holiday or since,” she explained.

Reddit users agreed the OP was completely out of line.

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We’ve never seen the comment section more unanimous. Everyone agreed that the OP was an a–hole, and they weren’t shy about going into depth.

“Why do you believe you’re owed an explanation for how people spend their money?” one user asked. “Stay in your lane. You’re jealous and your snide comment was out of line.”

Another mentioned that they’d probably already extended themselves. “I assume this couple has give a gift and spent money to be there and you made them sound like selfish a–holes that had to explain themselves to the group,” a Reddit user wrote. “It is really easy to spend other people’s money. Privately apologize to your friend, tell her you weren’t thinking and you are happy for her.”

It's rarely appropriate to ask someone about their money.

We agree. Under no circumstances would it be appropriate to ask a friend how much money they planned to spend on a wedding gift. Winning the money from a lottery ticket doesn’t change the etiquette. Not only does it seem like the OP was trying to shame the couple, all of this may have been spawned by a little resentment at the fact she wasn’t so lucky.