A woman has been left raging after learning her recently married friends deceived guests in order to cover the costs of their honeymoon.
The livid bridesmaid told how her friend had thrown her "dream wedding" on a budget with favours from her well-connected family and friends.
At the time, the woman had said that she had been okay with the bride and groom having a cash bar at the event as the couple weren't big drinkers so she understood why they might not want to pay for everyone else's booze.
According to the Mirror, the couple had flown to Italy for an amazing month-long honeymoon in Italy which the bridesmaid had assumed was paid for by their savvy saving.
But the woman soon learned the bride had funded the lavish trip by scamming wedding guests through a cash bar.
Taking to Reddit, the seething bridesmaid recalled: "She showed me pictures from her honeymoon, and they were gorgeous! I told her again how happy I was for her, and we ordered. About halfway through dinner, she dropped a bomb on me, and I was absolutely stunned. Actually, I was p*****.
"She told me that a family member of hers owns a liquor store and gifted all the alcohol for her wedding to them, all she had to do was find someone to be the bartender.
"She asked one of the event bartenders at her uncle's venue if they wanted to make some extra cash. She offered them 20 an hour plus tips and then told all of her guests that the bar was cash, and they used that money towards their honeymoon fund. Her reception lasted roughly four hours."
The horrified friend calculated that she had spent around (£80) $100 on four or five drinks including tipping the bar staff.
After realising that there were around 200 guests at the wedding, she estimated that the couple made roughly (£16,000) $20,000 from the cash bar.
She continued: "I was seeing red. I got up from the table and told her that since she made so much money off of me, she could cover my dinner. Then I texted the bridal party group chat and told them what she told me. The chat blew up. I wasn't the only one that was p*****.
"[...] I know that I probably can't look past this and will not continue this friendship, but I also don't know if I should try to mitigate the fallout with the rest of the friend group because it wasn't my information to share."
One fellow Reddit user advised: "She lied to, manipulated, and cheated the people she was supposedly closest to in her life. Who wouldn't be p*****?
"The very fact that she kept it secret means she knows she did wrong. If telling the truth makes a person look bad, then the truth is that they are/did bad."
Another commented: "I'm of the opinion that if you didn’t want me to tell people about your actions you probably shouldn't have done it in the first place. Her embarrassment is her own fault, not yours."
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