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Forget wedding bells — all these brides are hearing is cha-ching.
Attending weddings is a costly adventure in itself, but that only scratches the surface of what the bride’s closest friends have to dish out.
Between booking flights, staying in an Airbnb where everyone splits the bride’s share, food, drinks, goodie bags and so on, bachelorette parties can cost someone hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars.
Yet brides these days are expecting even more. In a new trend, the brides-to-be are now including their Venmo usernames on invitations, signage, merch and social media, asking people to “Venmo the bride.”
“I’m sorry, Venmo the bride? Venmo the bride? Venmo my a–,” TikTok user @missy.mcintosh complained in a now-viral video with 2.1 million views.
“I have to pay rent by myself. I have to pay 700 f–king dollars a month for insurance,” she continued. “Venmo the bride? The bride has a person to split everything with. I am not Venmoing the bride.”
People in the comments passionately agreed with the sentiment.
“The bride should be venmoing ME,” one person said.
“Venmo *request* the bride,” another quipped.
“THIIIIIISSSSSSSSSS,” someone exclaimed. “Venmo every bridesmaid that had to skip their rent to help pay for your weekend vacation.”
“Venmo the single bridesmaids lmao,” one joked.
“Venmo the bride might be the TACKIEST trend at bachelorette parties,” a user declared.
“She’s doubling her income – so no,” someone else noted.
“Venmo the bride when you went on a full vacation for an entire weekend for the bachelorette party alone,” one snarked.
Experts seem to agree with the idea that asking people to send money to the bride is tacky and “comes across as tactless, especially when the bride is the one asking.”
“That would be a hard no for most people, or at least, would leave a bad taste in their mouths if they felt pressured,” National etiquette expert and owner of The Protocol School of Texas, Diane Gottsman, told Delish. “If one friend has suggested it and others chime in, they are free to send something by Venmo, but it’s definitely not an obligation.”
“There will be some circumstances where friends will not have any issue with sending the bride a cocktail or Venmoing her some cash to buy something special,” Gottsman added.
“However, traditionally, after you spent money on destination, weddings, clothing for the wedding, babysitters, showers, gifts, wedding gifts, and potential bachelorette parties, most people are tapped out. If not financially strapped, often times people are emotionally tired of spending when they have other responsibilities. “
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