There’s nothing like a crazy set of rules to ruin a typically joyous event like a wedding. While weddings are beautiful and important, they can also be quite expensive and require a lot of effort from guests. From having to potentially find babysitters, to buying wedding outfits, plane tickets, and a hotel room, weddings can be quite a lot.

To make the event fun and welcoming to everybody, surely you can at least offer your guests a free meal right? For one bride and groom, that wasn’t the case.

Reddit user docerin posted a wedding RSVP that asked for money from the wedding guests.

In the photo posted, the RSVP asks guests to indicate how much money they plan on gift in exchange for a tiered menu option. The different tiers are based on how much money the guests spend per person, ranging from $250 to $2,500. The options range from roast chicken, to 2 pounds of lobster and a souvenir goblet.

While it is normal for guests to give newlyweds a gift, it’s not often that the quality of their meal depends on the money they spend. People on Reddit were outraged, particularly because these menu options seemed to be quite overcharged.

To be fair, different cultures do have different wedding traditions.

For example, in Wales, the groom must give his bride a spoon. Not a nice cuddle, a literal spoon. According to the tradition, he has to give his new wife a carved “Lovespoon” to signify that she will never go hungry with him.

Meanwhile in Fiji, a man must gift his fiancé’s father a whales tooth. This happens when he asks for her hand in marriage. It’s clear that a lot of cultures have particular wedding traditions that have been happening for generations!

But nowhere in the world really has a tradition like this.

Telling your guests that your meal will be determined based on how much you gift is pretty far out there. Although there are all sorts of ways to go about wedding gifts, this is not the typical path. The closest tradition is found in Chinese culture.

In China, people who would prefer to give a cash gift can put money in a hong bao (the red envelopes). Typically, the people who gift in this way do it after the meal, and their cash gift is based on how much their meal likely cost. So, while this is similar, people in Chinese culture are not beholden to paying a certain amount of money just so they can have a meal at the wedding they were invited to. That’s a pretty crucial difference.

This RSVP also really doesn’t consider anyone with any dietary restrictions.

You may have noticed that all of these food choices are meat or fish options. While lobster and Filet Mignon are certainly classy meals, there is very little available for people who are vegetarian or Kosher. The only tier that offers options for vegetarian and Kosher meals is the top tier, meaning that anyone who doesn’t eat meat will have to shell out at least $1,000 to have a dinner at this wedding.

The bride and groom tried to pass this off as a “joke”.

Definitely, one that’s been horribly misconstrued. One Redditor found this bit of information:

As for if it really is a joke, or if that’s just their excuse to play it off, who can say? But most people definitely didn’t laugh at this.

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Source: East Meets Dress, Reddit, Scoop Whoop