Parents Attempt to Bribe Bride with $2K to Change Her Wedding Date: 'Extremely Offensive'

• A woman getting married in June 2025 explained in a post on Reddit that her "extremely religious" parents tried to bribe her with $2,000 to change her wedding date because it falls on a religious day for her family

• This offended the bride because it makes it seems like her parents are "able and willing to help financially but only if it aligns" with their beliefs

• Now, the bride is contemplating if she is in the wrong or if she should disinvite her family from the wedding

A bride's parents are trying to bribe her with $2,000 to change her wedding date.

In a post on Reddit's popular "Am I the A------?" forum, the bride said that her "extremely religious" parents are upset with her for setting her wedding date on a Saturday, which is a religious day for them. When the bride denied her father's request to move her date to the next day, Sunday, he countered, "Even for $2,000?"

"I took this extremely offensively at first, like he was bribing me to change my wedding date, that he is able and willing to help financially but only if it aligns with him," the bride wrote.

The 26-year-old woman, who is getting married in June 2025, explained in her post that she and her fiancé, 31, have already made a venue deposit and "set the date in stone" because Saturday worked best with all of her wedding guests' schedules.

The two additionally "paid the venue extra to reserve Sunday for clean up so that people can return to work by Monday."

The bride was raised to follow the same faith as her parents, but she left the unnamed religion "the second [she] turned 18." While she has tried "to be as respectful of their beliefs" as she can, she claimed her family has not shown her the same respect.

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"They are against things like all jewelry, even wedding bands, strapless dresses and anything immodest, and so on," she wrote. "Dancing, music, and alcohol are also evil to them, basically all aspects of a wedding reception. I have even had emotional moments knowing that I will never have a father daughter dance because my dad is so against it."

Since sending her wedding invitations, the bride has "gotten grief" from her entire family, including her sisters, for "breaking their religious day."

"This has been very irritating and one sister has been manipulative about it but I got through it and thought that they had accepted it," the poster continued. "Well, that was not at all the case."

Shortly after being offered $2,000 from her father, the bride rejected his bribe. But in the back of her mind, she was thinking about the financial "strain" of her wedding, which has been "entirely" placed on her and her fiancé.

"After cooling down I gave a very diplomatic response telling him that I have already paid for the venue, and this would not be possible," she said. "I also explained that I understand my family's beliefs and I know that they will not be able to help with set up or anything, and will be there only for the ceremony as I expect them to leave before the reception."

The bride prefers her family to not be at the reception because "they will be uncomfortable and judging everyone the entire time."

"I also told him that he could give a financial gift at any time for our wedding or honeymoon on the fund I set up," she added.

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Now, the bride is wondering if she is in the wrong for turning down the money, and is contemplating whether or not to invite her family to her reception or to disinvite them from the wedding entirely.

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The majority of commenters on Reddit thought that the bride was "not the a------" in this situation, but thought it was also okay for her family to stand by their beliefs.

"It's fair that you decided not to do a Sunday wedding because all the other guests wouldn't want to party on a work night. It's fair that your family doesn't want a Saturday wedding for their own religious reasons, and is even willing to chip in money to try and make that work," one person wrote in part. "Sometimes different people want different things."

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