Destination weddings are supposed to create memories, not mini honeymoons for someone else.

So when one bride covered thousands in flights and hotels for her longtime friend to attend her Bali wedding, that friend skipped the ceremony and used the trip as a free getaway instead.

Suddenly hurt feelings started looking more like a small claims court case.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

WIBTA for suing my friend when she didn’t come to my wedding?

I (25F) recently got married to my (25M) husband in Bali, Indonesia, in January.

It was a destination wedding, but my parents and his parents paid for their own plane tickets and hotel.

We paid for our friends’ plane tickets and hotel stays.

This was definitely not cheap, but the excited bride spared no expense.

Each plane ticket was about $2,000 USD, and the hotel was maybe about $150–300 for a week.

My friend “Gemma” brought along her newlywed husband “John,” but paid for his plane ticket.

But the bride was in for quite the betrayal.

The problem is that Gemma and John did not show up to my wedding.

Gemma took the free plane ticket to Bali and the hotel room.

When the bride confronted Gemma, she appeared to show no shame.

When I asked her why she didn’t show up, she said that since they couldn’t afford their own honeymoon, this was a perfect opportunity.

She also said that John decided that he didn’t feel like going.

Now the bride contemplates how to get her money back.

I was really hurt by this since Gemma and I have been friends for over 10 years.

WIBTA if I took her to small claims court for the money I spent on the plane ticket and hotel?

A decade of friendship, squandered in an instant.

What did Reddit think?

There’s no question in this commenter’s mind that this friend was just plain wrong.

This user wonders whether all other options have been exhausted.

This was quite an expensive lesson in friendship.

This seems like grounds for a total friend breakup.

The bride wanted to spend her special day with the people she loved, not bankroll a honeymoon she never signed up for.

A real friend doesn’t behave this way.

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