Woman complains about her $80,000 parent-funded wedding, leading to a heated argument with a friend over gratitude: ‘She didn't have to take their money, she wants to act like some sort of martyr because she made concessions’

Tears splash onto the dining table as the woman with the six-figure wedding recounts nightmare after nightmare about an event most people would trade a year of their lives to attend. Lavish flowers, catered meals, tuxedos imported from somewhere fancier than anyone in the room, and still the whole day registers as a trauma, not a milestone. Nothing like sipping wine in a designer living room while the host dissects the failings of an eighty-thousand-dollar reception in the tone usually reserved for lousy takeout.

Some people spend adulthood hustling for a down payment or trying to cobble together enough for a decent trip: the guest list here gets treated to a full drama about how unspeakable life feels when reality does not align perfectly with vision boards. Victories vanish in a cloud of resentment when one woman spends more time counting disappointments than she ever did counting blessings. Turns out martyrdom is a hobby best pursued by someone who's never had to chase the catering truck out of her own wedding.

AITAH for calling my friend a brat because she's ungrateful for the wedding her parents paid for

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Gratitude in this crowd means performing your suffering for everyone else who can’t relate, then acting personally insulted when called out for a palace-sized blind spot. Generosity gets written off as meddling, and every flower arrangement is relabeled as symbolic oppression. Money can’t buy happiness, but a little perspective would cost next to nothing, if only someone thought to order it with the appetizers.
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