The honeymoon is over for a couple of brides who were so mad at the non-wedding presentations, that they originally answered “yes,” that they were given a $ 240 bill to cover their costs.
A photo now viral of the bill tickled Twitter this week, calling guests “not presented, no calls” and declaring, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen any wedding reception bill before lol.” The bold move, which will surely seal fate that friendship, sparked a heated online debate over whether the couple’s missive was little or totally justified.
Non-submissions were given a one-month due date from the Aug. 18 bill sent by the married once anonymous Royalton Negril Resort & Spa weddings in Jamaica apparently cost $ 120 per head. , according to the detailed bill that many tweeters assumed it was. false.
It turns out that the mysterious online couple, Doug Simmons, 44, and Dedra McGee (now Simmons), 43, of Chicago, are very real and The Post followed them on Friday. The good-humored boyfriend admitted that standing up at the altar, so to speak, “made me feel kind of in a way.”
The resulting wedding bill, originally posted on Doug’s Facebook, blamed the culprits: “This bill is sent to you because you confirmed the seats at the wedding reception during the final count,” a note at the bottom of read “#PETTYPOST”. “Because you did not call us or properly notify us that you would not attend, this amount is what you owe us to pay for your seats in advance. You can pay via Zelle or PayPal. Please contact us and let us know which payment method works for you. Thanks!”
Of course, the Twitterati had a field day determining their level of outrage over support for the cheeky couple.
“I wish I had thought about it. One-third of the people who responded to our wedding did not show up. We paid a LOT of food that was wasted (although MUCH MORE THAN $ 120 a plate) “. dit Jackie Barbosa, who is the Doug and Dedra team. Another critic he cast a shadow to the mad brides: “You are so special to us that we invited you to our wedding. However, let’s be serious [sic] this relationship for $ 240 because you didn’t let us show you in person. But at some point we’ll send an invitation to our baby shower, so it comes with a gift or face collections. ”
An observer offered a simple answer to the couple: forward the invoice with an attractive “LOL” drawn on the bill in large red letters.
However, when he arrived at The Post, the groom admitted that yes, he got a “little petty, but I’m not an insignificant person who pays someone on the bill. “
Simmons, a small business owner in Chi-Town, stressed that this is not about money. He and his new girlfriend were simply injured and felt despised by the non-shows at their well-deserved dream wedding with more than 100 attendees.
“We asked four times,‘ Are you available to come, can you do that ?, ’and they kept saying yes,” he told The Post. “We had to pay in advance for Jamaica: it was a destination wedding.”
However, in the final count, they realized that not everyone kept their word.
“No one told me or texted me, ‘Hey, we can’t get it,'” Simmons said. “That’s all I was asking for. , but don’t tell me anything, but let me pay for you and yours more? Four people became eight people. I took it personally. “
Meanwhile, the newly promised Simmons were the mother on what steps will be taken if the payment is in arrears, but we assume that Friendsgiving this year is practically off the table.
And let it be a lesson for all of us: don’t cross Doug and Dedra or be prepared to put them on to take a shower.
