Bridezilla says photographer should pay to take pictures at her wedding

John Plunkett. Updated December 4th, 2019

The internet is full of people trying to get something for nothing. And sometimes it seems that it’s especially full of brides – and grooms – trying to get stuff for their wedding on the cheap.

Here’s a classic example of its type shared by Redditor u/fynn34, a bride who turned the traditional concept of a transaction on its head, by suggesting the photographer should pay her for the privilege of taking pictures at her wedding.

And because everyone wanted to know what happened next, this is what happened next.

Here’s the aftermath:

Silence, beautiful silence. Not another word of contact. Then the wedding day arrives. I made sure to sleep in and have a real nice, lazy day off. Around noon the calls start rolling in.

“Where the fuck are you?”, “Wheres my money?”, “I can’t believe you ruined blah blah blah”

I got literally a hundred or more texts in 30 minutes and a half a dozen phone calls complete with angry voicemails. I didn’t pick up. Around 3, I see a car roll up to my place and it’s her dad. He starts beating on my door and yelling after I wont answer. After a few minutes he fucks off, and the text messages stopped later in the evening.

The next day I start getting even more texts and calls. People saying I really fucked everyone over, the bride needed $50 to pay her officiant which they had to then crowdsource. There were no pictures other than cell phone shots from guests. Apparently I was “called out” in the best man’s speech.

My wife in on my side, but the story is all over all my social media and everyone is mad at me. My Mom even gave me shit. I see no need to defend my actions to anyone. My wife and I are cool and that’s all I really need.

Edit: Thanks for your opinions, I accept them all and my wife is “providing context” to some of the ruder comments. We contacted law enforcement because of the ongoing harrassment from bridezilla. If mods need to close this down because of that, it’s fine. I will update later with what comes of the legal action. Definitely learned my lesson not to entertain the demands of assholes. Have a great day, threats in my inbox were a bit much fyi.

Final edit: Got a call from an officer, my wife and I went down and did one more statement. Bridezilla and her Dad were both arrested last night after I called it in. They had all the evidence they needed from social media and the messages I submitted.

I’m not sure what happens next but I’m glad action is being taken and the state is taking the case. The phone calls and stop ins have muted and I’ll likely be subpoenaed to testify I think. My main takeaway is to never placate an asshole and to call the cops and then ask questions later when you’re being criminally harassed.

Thank you all so much for your opinions, this post lightened the mood for me a bit and I feel validated knowing according to most of you I’m NTA. Have a great day. I will update if any more fun happens.