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What do you do when the bride calls and says your gift isn't generous enough?

A wedding guest in Australia was stunned after a bride called her to say her 275 Aussie dollar gi...

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17.07 29 Mar 2019


What do you do when the bride calls and says your gift isn't generous enough?


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17.07 29 Mar 2019


A wedding guest in Australia was stunned after a bride called her to say her 275 Aussie dollar gift wasn’t expensive enough before demanding an extra 300 dollars. These comments were made on an online wedding shaming group. The story has since gone around the world.

This got us thinking here in Newstalk as we come into the Irish wedding season. How much money should you give at a wedding and are the Irish guilty as the Australians when it comes to weddings.

Greedy and money grabbing with zero class.

We put recently married Henry McKean on the case.


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