Jamie is charging her 20 wedding guests $10 each to enter the canyon where she's getting married because the venue requires it. Her sister called her cheap for not covering the fee, and also criticized that guests bring their own chairs and there's no traditional reception, just a modest dinner.
Am I the a-hole for asking my guests to pay $10 to come to my wedding? Reddit says you are, but Reddit and I tend to beef a little bit. My fiancé and I are getting married in less than a month. We are doing a small wedding and only inviting 20 guests. We decided we wanted to have our wedding up in a canyon, but to access this canyon costs $10, so we're having our guests pay the $10 to enter the canyon. We put this canyon fee on our invitations. My sister called today as she just received her invite in the mail and was mad about having to pay to attend a wedding. She called me an a-hole because I was being a cheapskate and there are thousands canyons that won't have a fee, but me and my fiancé already have our hearts set on this specific canyon and view. As the argument went on, she started to nitpick our whole wedding plan: having guests bring their own camping chairs, not having a real reception, just a small dinner for those who attended, and posting our registry all over social media but only having 20 people actually be invited.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, bestie boo, that's not a good look.
We don't want to spend a lot of money, so doing it outdoors is one way of doing that. We also just want our close intimate friends and family to be there, so I don't know what's wrong with keeping it small. I don't think that's the issue, sweetie. To those who will ask, it's a canyon fee you have to pay at the base, so it's not like we could just pay the park rangers in advance and just say this should cover it. It's open to the public. So am I the a-hole?
