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Two Weeks Before Wedding, Bride Uninvited Half of Her Guests. When She Explained Her Reasoning, People Were Livid
By Emily Strohm Published on November 4, 2025 04:48AM EST
A bride decided to cut back on her wedding guest list just two weeks before her big day, leaving people furious over the last-minute changes.
According to a post on the Reddit Wedding Shaming forum, a woman detailed the fiasco surrounding her cousin’s wedding.
“I'm still processing this. Wedding was supposed to be this Saturday in Asheville,” the post started.
“My cousin has always been into spiritual stuff. Crystals, tarot, astrology, whatever. Fine. Not my thing, but you do you. But about six months ago she started seeing this "spiritual advisor" who she treats like a therapist/life coach/oracle all rolled into one.”
The wedding planning had been “pretty normal up until last week” the poster noted, adding that 200 people had been invited, venue booked and catering confirmed. “I'm a bridesmaid so I've been somewhat involved in the planning.”
But two weeks before the wedding, the bride sent a group message to the bridesmaids stating that they needed to have an “emergency call.”
“We get on Zoom and she tells us she had a session with her psychic and the psychic told her that having over 80 people at the wedding would "disrupt the spiritual alignment of the union" and create "energetic blocks in the marriage."
The bride and her fiancé cut the guest list down to 75 people and used an "energy compatibility chart" made by the psychic to decide who made the list. Anyone who wasn't in alignment with their "vibrational frequency" got cut.
The poster added that those who got cut included the groom’s “entire extended family except his parents, most of the bride’s coworkers, and about half of our family, including my parents. MY PARENTS who already bought plane tickets and booked a hotel.”
Guests were informed of the decision via one mass email and chaos quickly followed. Some guests called the bride and groom in tears, while others demanded gifts back.
“Here's the kicker - I didn't get uninvited,” wrote the OP. “I'm still a bridesmaid. But my parents aren't invited anymore.”
She continued: “I told her I'm not coming if my parents aren't invited and she said that's my choice but I'm 'choosing fear over love.' Then she asked if I'm still doing my bridesmaid duties this week because they need help setting up.”
The OP wrapped up her post and noted that the wedding was supposed to happen in four days and the last she heard, about 30 people have confirmed they're still coming. The groom seems "completely checked out, his family is furious, and the bride keeps posting Instagram stories about 'honoring your truth even when others don't understand.'"
Users weighed in and shared their take in the comments.
“So she thinks you'll still want to show up and provide free labor when you have said you won't come to the wedding? That's a new level of entitlement there,” wrote one user.
Another chimed in:” I am worried this spiritual advisor is some kind of scam artist who somehow financially benefits from this. But I don’t really know how.”
One person noted that they just want to see how it all plays out. “You definitely shouldn't go, but I also want you to liveblog it.”
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