Couple blasted after 15 marriage ceremony guidelines for visitors – like by no means sitting down

A couple preparing to tie the knot issued their wedding guests with a list of 15 bizarre rules.

In a post shared to Reddit, a user revealed the strict guidelines set for the big day, which requests family and friends “pace themselves when drinking”, refrain from “rearranging seats” and make “no big announcements” of their own.

The rules – neatly presented on invites with a black background and champagne bubbles – also instructs attendees to use a particular hashtag when sharing snaps of the big day to social media, while requesting they stay out of the official “photographer’s way”.

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Adding a caption of “Bridezilla/Groomzila”, the Reddit user fumed: “If someone sent this to me I would simply just not go.”

The extensive list read:

1. This is [name blurred] and [name blurred]’s big day, not yours.

2. Do not get in the photographers’ way.

3. The attire is BLACK and/or GOLD, not blue, red, green and definitely NO WHITE.

4. Do not rearrange seats, we have a seating plan for a reason.

5. If you didn’t put out any money for the wedding, keep your would’ve, should’ve, could’ve to yourself. Your opinion is irrelevant.

6. Pace yourself when drinking.

7. No big announcements or proposals.

8. If you can’t handle or dislike the music being played, simply go home. This is a celebration, not a funeral.

9. This is a ‘Taking over for the 99′ and 2000’s’ type of event, so there will be twerking.

10. Use #[blurred out] when posting pics.

11. Do not sit down all night.

12. No outside liquor. If caught, you will be escorted out.

13. Refer back to rule #1.

14. The bride and groom said what they said!

15. Turn ALLLL the way up!

Responding to the list, other Reddit users slammed the bride and groom and insisted they would have “declined” the invite.

“Honestly, the dress code is enough for me to politely decline,” one person responded. “I don’t mind suggestions as far as cocktail wear, Sunday best, etc. But as a guest I’m not buying a new wardrobe for a wedding. Especially, if I never wear one of only two colours allowed.

Another agreed: “I wouldn’t go either. Most of those rules are common sense but if you have to type them out for people, then you’re kind of an AH [a**hole]. And no, I don’t want to see anyone twerking. Since I don’t dance, I probably would be sitting all night.”

A third raged: “This is insane. If your guests suck so much they have to be told not to wear white or propose, maybe you need better friends. The drinking/music selection should be communicated to vendors and staff and handled by them.

“But these are your guests – maybe don’t reprimand them like naughty children before any life-ending offence is committed? God forbid the wrong song gets played or somebody doesn’t sit in the seat assigned by the bridal overlords.”

And a fourth hit out: “Why anyone would go to that nonsense is beyond me! F***ing snobby idiots! My friend is NOT going to her grandson’s wedding because one rule is, all women must wear dresses with heels, no flats allowed. She is 68 and hurt her foot badly 4 months ago but they will not make an exception.”

Other users explained, however, that while none of the demands were particularly unreasonable, it was the aggressive nature of the wording in the list that caused offence.

“Why are people pretending this isn’t written as rudely as possible?” another person asked. “For the most part it’s not the rules themselves that are the problem but how they’re written.”

And a second concurred: “Don’t understand why it has to be so aggressive. Nothing wrong with having rules for your wedding but it’s just worded in such a combative way it’s weird.”

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