Couple receives big bill for wedding they didn’t attend

A Minnesota woman who bailed on a family member’s wedding after her babysitting arrangements fell through received a bill for $75.90 in the mail this week. The bill charged Jessica Baker $75.09 for 2 herb crusted walleyes, plus tax and service.

So Jessica Baker and her husband didn’t attend the wedding because kids weren’t invited.

Baker does not plan to pay the bill.

Jessica Baker and her husband were about to leave for a friend’s wedding when her mom called and said she couldn’t take care of the kids. “What the right thing to do would have been”, she remarked.

Is sending a bill to a wedding guest who cancels with no notice acceptable?

Baker has yet to give the couple a wedding gift, but one would imagine she probably isn’t going to go out of her way to get them one at this point.

What is the appropriate etiquette for missing a wedding for which you have already sent in the RSVP?

“She called at the last minute and had something come up and said, ‘I can’t make it, ‘” said Baker.

When it comes to the cost of weddings, Rogers suggests couples should “prepare for about 10 percent of overage or underage”, since catering companies will most likely do the same.

Anya Winnika, director of TheKnot.com, says sending a bill to no-shows is a big no-no. Be on your way to a stress free wedding day here!

‘Under no circumstances should you follow up after the fact, ‘ she stressed, but advised that, where possible, guests should let the bride and groom know they can’t make it as early as they can. But the other inevitable cost is that of her former friendship.

That said, Post said that sharing the bill publicly “is not something I’d recommend”. “If you have to change plans at the last minute, a host of any kind should show courtesy, respect and understanding toward their guests”.