So I've been a long time lurker, but I had to jump in and share with someone who I know will be as appalled as me. I had some friends in town for the weekend, and we were catching up over a few drinks. They started asking me about the wedding planning is going, when all of a sudden, the girl (let's call her Amanda) jumped in with her "great" idea she came up with for when she gets married. This amazing brainstorm? To sell tickets to her wedding.
Yes. Sell. Tickets. To. Her. Wedding.
My jaw obviously dropped and I couldn't spit out, "Are-you-fucking-kidding-me-that's-so-fucking-rude-who-ARE-you??" fast enough. She sniffed and told me that I was basically doing the same thing (since a lot of our guests are having to fly in from out of town to attend). I was grasping for words as she kept trying to justify it, saying that they would do this instead of having a registry, that she wouldn't make EVERYONE pay for a ticket--only friends, and gee, slothiegal, you would still come because we're friends, right?? I told her no, no I wouldn't, and ordered myself three more glasses of wine to deal with this tomfoolery.