By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-19 20:22:44 | Updated at 2024-11-23 16:34:57
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A bride has questioned if she is 'tacky' for forcing her wedding guests to pay for their own booze.
The unnamed bride-to-be took to Reddit to reveal that she was tying the knot in eight months and was struggling to make a decision about alcohol.
She confessed that she had a slew of 'terrible drunks' in her family and was worried about them taking advantage of a free bar.
However, the spouse noted that she didn't want to come off as 'cheap' to her guests by making them pay for their beverages.
In a thread simply titled Wedding, the bride asked people on the web for their advice.
She called on social media users to help her decide whether she should make her guests pay for their boozy beverages with cash only.
The bride-to-be begged people to tell her 'what to do' as she noted she was leaning towards having guests splash out cash to drink.
Her shocking confession prompted readers to slam her as being 'tacky' and a 'little cheap.'
A bride has questioned if she is 'tacky' for forcing her wedding guests to pay for their own booze (stock image)
The post was titled: 'Cash bar only opinion?'
She explained: 'Is it tacky to make guests pay for their own drinks? I'm getting married in eight-and-half months and there are a couple of people (on both my side and my fiancé's side) who are terrible drunks.
'I'm a bit worried that if alcohol is paid for that these people will take advantage and become terrible to be around.'
The bride noted that although she was making the decision to protect herself from drunken guests, she was worried that attendees would judge her for making them fork over money to sip on booze.
She added: 'But I also don't want to offend my other guests into thinking I'm being tacky and cheap.
'What should I do?'
At the end of the post, she revealed that she and her husband-to-be were giving two bottles of wine to each table.
'We are also already planning on supplying each table with one red bottle of wine plus one bottle of white wine during dinner already,' she said.
The unnamed bride-to-be took to Reddit to reveal that she was tying the knot in eight months and was struggling to make a decision about alcohol
People on the web flooded the comments section and fiercely criticized her decision
People on the web flooded the comments section and fiercely criticized her decision.
One person said: 'A cash bar won't stop people from becoming belligerent if that's what they're going to set out to do.'
Another user added: 'One bottle of red and one of white is honestly a little cheap. People will get drunk, even if they have to pay. Get a drinks package and hire a security guard - message all guests that the venue has let you know they have a very strict policy on serving drinks to intoxicated guests and have fun, stop worrying.'
Someone else wrote: 'Yes, it's tacky. What's worse is if you do this then this will be The Thing that people remember about your wedding even 20 years from now.
'They will forget the dinner and the decorations and the ceremony, but everyone is going to remember that Mr and Mrs Cheapo had a cash bar. (Sorry to put it so bluntly, trying to make a point here.) Are you OK with this?
'In my circle, it's very tacky. I've never been to a wedding with cash bar. And in my family (gossipy Greeks) it would be talked about for a while after. Open bar is the one thing I wouldn't personally sacrifice and I don't even drink, but I know my guests would want it,' a fourth person commented.
