Parents Stole My Wedding Money to Gift My Brother a Luxurious Honeymoon. Now They're Mad Because...

[@snidecommenter7117]

Family: Why weren't we invited? OP: I got scammed for money and had to scale back the guest list.

[@LilyBell-Beneaththecrust2023]

@snidecommenter, Cost for the wedding, 50 thou. Cost for the honeymoon, 15 thou, plane tickets 2,500 thou. Your OP respond priceless.

[@thecursed01]

that would be the perfect response. nice

[@fatherqueer5743]

This screams “DO IT FOR DAN!” 😂😂😂

[@rosierennie5867]

That story was a wild ride

[@naryx92]

I always do a quick search to enjoy that story. It needs a tv short series 😂

[@laquietagray9323]

That story was real popular on Reddit!

[@heffa3821]

CHILE I REMEMBER THAT NONSENSE LMAO

[@alexdale2387]

Yeah, they broke your trust op, you owe them nothing

[@Kinsfire]

"How dare she follow through on what we've been teaching her all these years! Does she expect us to turn on our only WORTHWHILE child? We were humiliated when she made it clear that we've hated her all these years!" Further proof that "We;re FAMILY!" is a polite phrase for "Fuck you and your feelings; we're the only important ones here."

[@Rorschachqp]

I don’t like to invite felons to my events either, especially if I’m the victim of said felony.

[@AskaLottleorAskaLittle]

family:why weren't we invited me;since you refused to repay me after lying, i needed to cut costs and i decided the first unnesisary expense was those who would sacrifice my needs over and over again

[@patriciahopkins8432]

Oh no! The consequences of their actions

[@irenesanders6219]

Take them to court

[@warrentreadwelljr.treadwel2694]

They have their retirement. My first thought was if they can pay you back slowly over time, they could easily refund their retirement. Since they got the money by fraud, lied about what the funds would be used for, you owe them nothing. This isn’t just about money, it is about theft.

[@alcoyot]

Even if this is fake I really enjoyed it

[@vics00]

OP is a dumb f**k from the beginning

[@v8infinity8]

Story 1- Always pay any money you loan for Medical Expenses straight to the Medical Provider.

[@suzannewunschl5545]

What kind of "parents" steal from their child???

[@laquietagray9323]

I would press charges sue them into poverty.

[@susanbailey3715]

Please do a second and third part of this story thank you

[@DiegoRosado-w4v]

She said she is not an idiot made me laugh she is naive as heck😂😂

[@Mojojoho]

Exactly. Anyone asks for that much $$$ I need to do the payment myself AND HAVE A CONTRACT. IDC WHO YOU ARE. How does that amount of money not make you think hmmmm let me double check. Nah she’s dumb af and owes her issues to herself being gullible. You could tell her the sky is orange and she’s believe it. She deserved this tbh. Stop being stupid

[@LillyMcNealWhite]

Not necessarily obviously her dad had issues before. She said it was acting up AGAIN.

[@t.l.c7481]

Always. Always. Always talk to people after no contracts have been signed by using email. People will often admit to things in email. This creates a paper trail for a lawsuit.

[@m.a.packer5450]

"I gave them thousands of dollars, even though I was very suspicious of them - I'm not an idiot." Sure, O.P.

[@susandevlin5981]

Well played. Handled like a boss.

[@tomjoad1363]

Well, won't waste my time listenng to all the A.I. generate drama, but if anyone once is caught in such events, just answer the parents that "I have not enough money for a big wedding therefore I can not invite everyone."

[@CG-yb6zj]

OP was sloppy to not make such a agreement over paper, but they'll pay for it most in the end

[@rebeccamcguire2798]

what do you expect from lieing to someone …

[@turtletee1860]

This isn't full story if I'm not mistaken... I belive they sued n parents lost their retirement as well

[@ladykemma3]

When did gift become a verb?

[@vdeniceeckert3494]

This simulation makes me dizzy

[@renayhayles6883]

Did I earn the money

[@gehtdichnixan8561]

Sueing the brother is rather pointless, and only adds to the costs. Not only since he's a do-no-good with no significant income, but more importantly, since he wasn't involved in the fraud - neither did he deceive OP, nor did he even know about it all. Sure, he actually benefitted from it, but he didn't know about the money's origin. Thus, the only way to get anything from him is his promise to pay back "as he can" (like, in ~750 rates, stretched over roughly 80 years). Sueing the parents WILL work out. Given they're close to retirement, they probably own the place they live in - if they can't muster the money from their savings, they'll be forced to take a loan on their house/flat/whatever they live in, max their credit line, sell valuables. OP should be aware though that she'll probably ruin them; they can't affort mere 15k from their savings, and a law suit of this sort will come with court fees and 2x attourney tariffs (since they are bound to lose, they'll have to pay it all. And my colleagues are good at milking money). Ontop, "fraud" is a criminal offense - even without OP to press charges to criminal court, the public prosecutor's office would usually take over and indict them. That'd lead to at the very least an extra fine, in worst case jail time. [if she's fine with that, all power to her. Not as if her parents wouldn't deserve punishment. She should be aware though that children in almost every country have to pay support for their needy parents. Such a move could thus fire back on her since her brother is barely able to support himself - thus he wouldn't be of much help at alimenting their parents.]

[@sarahfks]

Is this story real?

[@ronee9587]

Copy story with a few changes.

[@macmckenzie1242]

Lots of bovine scatology