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29th December 2018
11:34am GMT

"My fiancé and I planned an engagement-celebration and I specified on the invitation that we were requesting cash only in lieu of gifts.
"We have a mountain of debt and would like to start our marriage with a fresh slate and figured this would be a great opportunity to do so.
"Well, the party was last night and not one person brought us cash. They all brought small gifts that serve no purpose to us and it was hard for me to mask my irritation.
"We invited upwards of thirty people, most of which showed up and all we got out of it were some household items that we already have.
"I still tried my best to enjoy the party, but by 9pm I was over it and went to bed. The next day, after spending most of the night furious, I sent out a mass text basically asking guests I was close with where the miscommunication happened in our gift requests.
She asked the other Reddit users what they would do, and for their thoughts on her dilemma - although we don't think she got the answers she was quite expecting."I didn't get many responses, but the responses I did get were pretty rude-which was shocking to me.
"I have been dreaming of my wedding day my entire life and you would think friends and loved-ones would want to help in making it perfect.
"I am thinking of dis-inviting those that responded rudely to me, but also I could give them another chance.
"We will be requesting cash as well and I have already sent out an email reiterating that cash is expected and not gifts and any gifts will be returned for cash or sold on eBay."
One person said:
"You sound insanely entitled and I would honestly say you should apologise.Another added:"Plus, you already said you’re going to sell all of the gifts for money - so why didn’t you just do that and not say anything to anyone?"
Someone else wrote:"If you're at a point in your life where you need to be demanding cash from people, then you should probably postpone your wedding until your debt is better managed.
"The only person being rude is you, and if one of my supposed friends texted me asking where my cash gift was, I'd be ripping up any future wedding invitation."
"Wow you really need to re-evaluate your attitude. Your actions here are incredibly rude and entitled. You’re not going to have any guests at your wedding if you continue to alienate the people in your life like this."