Weddings are expensive - there's no two ways about it. But, who should be expected to pay for a wedding is an entirely different debate.
Nowadays, most couples tend to pay for their big day themselves, possibly with a little help from family, but back in the day, the tradition was for the bride's parents to shoulder most of the cost.
However, one bride-to-be has been gaining a lot of negative attention online, after complaining that her future in-laws hadn't contributed enough to her wedding.
The bride's parents gifted her an incredibly generous £24,000 ($30,000) when they first announced their engagement, while her fiancee's parents - who are divorced - gave £150 ($200) each.
"My parents graciously gave me £24,000 ($30,000) as an engagement gift to start planning my wedding. My brother got married last year and received the same," she wrote anonymously in a Facebook group.
"My fiance's parents, who are divorced, gave us £150 ($200) each at the engagement. Despite our wedding planning talk they made no voice of a contribution, so my fiance had to ask them directly if they were considering gifting money just so we could factor in budgeting.
"They have come back with $2000 (£1,528). I know that's not nothing but I feel a tad hard done by. I understand everyone is in different circumstances but I feel sorry for my fiancee because there is such a large discrepancy."
The bride concluded by saying her parents worked hard to set aside a wedding and education fund for herself and her siblings while they were younger, while "his parents are currently spending money on holidays instead of his wedding."
The post was later shared to Reddit's Wedding Shaming forum, where people were less than impressed with the woman's greed.
"I've read this a few times and I'm still gobsmacked by it. Is your partner 12? His parents raised him, he is an adult. If his parents want to spend their golden years enjoying life after raising a child for most of their adult life, I think absolutely good on them," one person wrote. "If my partner had the same entitled attitudes I wouldn't be planning a wedding, I'll say that much."
Another added: "Is this a joke? Seriously? I would rather my parents spend £24,000 on a holiday than on my wedding any day! The people who are hard done by are those who can't afford a wedding at all, those whose parents have died and will never be at their wedding, couples who have their wedding cancelled, people who have lost everything in floods or fire … shall I go on?
"If you're genuinely asking for an opinion on this- I think you sound ungrateful and spoiled."
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