The Twitter thread that reveals why weddings are scams that are normalized: "We are the second country that spends the most on weddings"

A wedding is celebrated for love, but one of the things that most worries couples is the budget.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
25 August 2023 Friday 16:53
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The Twitter thread that reveals why weddings are scams that are normalized: "We are the second country that spends the most on weddings"

A wedding is celebrated for love, but one of the things that most worries couples is the budget. In general, couples adapt quite well to the budget for an initial wedding – the vast majority paying for everything with their personal savings; spending more than 21,000 euros on average, with the banquet being the item for which the largest budget is allocated.

For some, however, this would be a real scam. This is what the Twitter user Vegannibal Lecter says, who responds with "weddings" to a question posted on the social network: "What is a scam that is so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?" .

"The weddings. We are the second country IN THE WORLD that spends the most money on a wedding”, insists the user, who highlights the “triumph” of Spain, behind the United States. A response that has gone viral on the social network, with more than 520 shares and 4,250 "likes" at the time of writing these lines.

Some of the users not only share their opinion, but also assure that the fault lies not only with the couple, but also with the guests, who also have high expectations and exceed their gifts. “An invitation to a wedding is blackmail. And from there I do not move. It is a "no gift is necessary" but a "it is normal to give €250". A party for those who want to play at being rich for a day that we all pay for”, assured the author of the publication.

The worrying thing, for some, is that this "scam" would go from bad to worse, as some of the most defended comments would point out. That, without counting those who throughout their lives celebrate more than one wedding.

The publication has gone viral, and it differs greatly from the responses to the original post, in which other “scams” ​​are highlighted, more of a sociopolitical tinge, such as capitalism or meritocracy.

Fuente: Twitter/@veganibalecter.