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The bride replied to this column and it’s the Guardian’s greatest reader comment

John Plunkett. Updated September 4th, 2018

We are grateful to Padraig Reidy for sharing what he describes as the greatest ever moment on the Guardian’s online opinion section, Comment is Free.

It’s columnist Tanya Gold writing about wedding lists and, well, have a look for yourself.

Here’s what the column was all about.

And here’s the reader comment.

If that’s a bit tricky to read, here it is again.

‘As the bride referred to in the piece I should point out that Tanya was invited to my wedding but no wedding list was included in her invitation because I know how much she hates them.

I do have a wedding list at John Lewis which I can appreciate is bourgeois but we decided that it would be practical, though by no means compulsory. The irony in all this is that I really, really don’t care about gifts and have never even brought the subject up with Tanya (my dress, I concede is another matter).

It might sound trite but all I want is a happy unforgettable day surrounded by people I love. My wedding is less than a month away and frankly, Tanya I don’t want any spoons but I’m not sure that I want you at my wedding either.’

And just in case you’re wondering what might have prompted to respond in such a way, maybe it was something to do with the second paragraph.

‘Three weeks I ago I received a wedding list from a friend. Let me be more accurate. She used to be a friend, but as her wedding looms she has been replaced by a shape-shifting, John Lewis-icking monster. She wants ice-crushers and cookbook holders and spoons. Give them to me, she squawks through her John Lewis proxy, because I am in love – and that means I get consumer durables for free! I demand a new kitchen – and you will pay for it!’

Yes, that was probably it (but you might find more).

Here are a few thoughts of people who saw it online.

Others thought these two Guardian columns might have generated something better.

And this, more recent one.

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