Weddings are crazy.
With the pressure of social media to have a ‘perfect wedding,’ brides and bride grooms have been known to go a step further to impress, none more than this Romanian wedding which left tore a good friendship.
Seyi Akiwowo left London, England to attend a friend’s wedding in Romania. Just like any other wedding, guests were asked to contribute for the newly to-be weds. Akiwowo contributed 25 euros to her long-term friend’s wedding. Akiwowo says guests were asked to contribute in little white envelopes at the end of the day.
A day after the wedding, Akiwowo received a severe ticking off for not contributing enough to the wedding.
Seyi Akiwowo took to Twitter (just like everybody would) to share the eye-opening thread that revealed how her friend sent her an email after returning from the ‘destination wedding’.
Akiwowo described the wedding as ‘dope’ with free goodie bags thrown in.
She wrote about the moment the email came through, saying: ‘I switch on the work laptop so I’m online on Lync… I reach for my phone and guess what I see.
‘A Facebook message from the bride. My naive self thought she was messaging to ask if we got home okay…N O P E.’
She goes a step further to share the full insulting message along with photos- covering the bride’s face to her Twitter followers.
The bride’s message starts with an easy question to ask if Akiwowo enjoyed the wedding, but she soon brings up the ‘insufficient’ amount contributed.
She says: ‘You seemed to enjoy plenty but this was not reflected in your contribution to our wedding costs.’
The newly-wed then explains how ‘the average contribution was 100 euro per person, while even 75 euro would be sufficient to cover the costs related to the menu drinks and the location’ and asks Akiwowo to bank transfer her the funds.
Almost as an afterthought, the bride then says that she hopes Akiwowo got home ‘safe and sound’ and sends her ‘big hugs’.
The thread has since then gone viral with people relating to whole story. She ended the entire thread by saying she’s no longer friends with the ‘debt collector’ and she’s demanding back her 25 euros.
Wait I’m confused, wouldn’t she know who gave what gift and how much because your name would be on the card with the money in it??? Why would she need a gist bag to tell who gave what gift? And what’s the deal with calling a wedding gift a contribution? Is this a European thing?
— Thomas DeLeo (@DigitalOpiate) May 22, 2019
My aunt told me that most free parties she attend in US is hosted by Nigerians… Other white peoples party you pay for your food and drinks.
— Ofoma Nwabugwu (@NwabugwuOfoma) May 21, 2019
The day after her wedding, too. She was pressed. I’m sitting here like this gif: pic.twitter.com/RZoPi6caJZ
— What in the baby hair? (@DPMCanty) May 21, 2019
The tackiness of not only expecting people to pay, but also specifying an amount???
RSVP? Regrets. pic.twitter.com/ur8NtVoDeB— Jude (@jnicky63) May 21, 2019
Thanks for the heads up sis! Me if I’m ever invited to Eastern European wedding: pic.twitter.com/zaQFwF5mKu
— girl inna di tight up shorts 🇬🇩 (@LouLouBell37) May 21, 2019
This is how some friends feel when you tell them you cannot afford their asoebi and how they expect you to contribute to their marriage. This is just madness😂😂😂. I hope you replied her email with a Nigerian tone. The audacity
— Hokage Tsunade 🇳🇬🇺🇸 (@Lady_nengi07) May 21, 2019