A TikTok user who goes by the name “Hunter🖤” with the handle @.hunter0327 says she will not be attending her best friend’s wedding after receiving a Venmo request for $350. In a video posted to her account, she said, “I won’t be attending my best friend’s wedding after she sent me a Venmo request for $350, and I wish I was joking.”
The video opens with a woman with long brown hair, wearing a grey long-sleeved shirt, speaking directly to the camera from what appears to be an outdoor porch or deck. Behind her, a wooden railing and trees are visible under a clear blue sky. On-screen text reads, “She sent it to everybody that’s attending.”
The woman said in the video that the event is not a destination wedding and that the request was not limited to bridesmaids. She said she initially thought the Venmo request was a mistake and reached out to her friend to ask what it was for. Her friend, she said, replied, “that’s your wedding fee.”
The creator says she was asked to cover a share of wedding costs
The woman recounted her reaction in the video, saying, “And I said, my wedding fee? I said, I’ve already bought my shoes, I’m paying hair and makeup, I’ve taken time off work, I have a hotel. What do you mean my wedding fee?” She said her friend then explained that “things are just getting really out of hand, so that’s your share for the decorations, the food, the venue, the band.”
She said she asked her friend whether the request was being sent to all attendees. According to the woman, her friend confirmed that it was, saying “yes.” The woman said she then asked, “don’t you think that that’s like a little much?” Her friend’s response, as she described it, was, “well, you’re the one that’s choosing to attend.”
The woman emphasized her point in the video, saying, “You invited people. You invited people, and now you’re gonna send them a request for $350?” She said her friend then offered a final suggestion: “And then she said, well, I haven’t received your wedding present yet, so just don’t send it and just think of that as the money you would have spent on the wedding present.” The woman concluded the video with the statement, “I can’t do it.”
The video’s caption and on-screen text reinforce the dispute
The video’s public caption reads: “Have you ever been charged a ‘wedding fee’ for choosing to attend a wedding? Am I wrong? Apparently this would go towards the venue, menu , band etc. first of all I feel like that is a lot to charge someone. Second – you invited people.” The caption includes the hashtags #wedding, #bridesmaids, #fyp, #foryoupage, and #viral.
On-screen text throughout the video highlights key phrases from the woman’s account, including “I won’t be attending,” “my best friend’s wedding,” “after she sent me a Venmo request for $350,” “was a mistake at first,” “that’s your wedding fee,” “things are just getting really out of hand, so that’s your share for the decorations, the food, the venue, the band,” “well, you’re the one that’s choosing to attend,” and “I can’t do it.” On-screen text has also been used to air payment disputes in other viral videos, such as one alleging a moving company demanded a $1,000 Zelle tip.
The woman said in the video that she has already purchased shoes for the wedding, is paying for hair and makeup, has taken time off work, and has booked a hotel. She said her friend told her the $350 request represented her share of the costs for decorations, food, the venue, and the band. She also said her friend suggested she treat the $350 as her wedding present, since no gift had been received yet.
The video appears to show the woman expressing frustration as she recounts the exchange. She did not identify her friend by name in the video, and her friend’s account of the situation was not included. The video does not show whether any other guests received similar Venmo requests, though the woman said her friend confirmed that the request was sent to everyone attending.
The video drew a range of responses in its comment section. One commenter wrote, “PLEASE find out if anyone actually went and update us.” Another said, “People need to have the weddings they can afford.” A third commenter wrote, “Brides have gotten so tacky.”
Other commenters expressed disagreement with the request. One wrote, “I don’t like going to weddings for free, I damn sure not paying to go.” Another asked, “Are you going to get refunded if they get divorced ?” A separate commenter stated, “I’m not paying for other people’s weddings.” The pushback over unexpected charges tied to social media complaints extends beyond weddings, as an Atlanta woman says her $15 takeout order was charged a 40% tip she never authorized.
The creator, who goes by the name “Hunter🖤” with the handle @.hunter0327, did not appear to reply to any of the top comments shown on the video. The video did not include any additional context about the wedding, the venue, or the total cost of the event beyond what the woman described in her account.
