Newly Married Woman Uses Company Holiday Party to Get Wedding Gifts: ‘What Happened to Manners?’

Mar. 15, 2025

Stock image of bride stands next to her wedding gifts.Photo:Betsie Van Der Meer/Getty

Betsie Van Der Meer/Getty

A newly married woman is being accused of using a company holiday party to get more wedding gifts.

In aposton Reddit’s “Wedding Shaming” forum, a co-worker of the bride expressed their distaste for the woman’s actions at their company party.

The woman got married over the summer and had “a rather lavish destination wedding.” In the months leading up to the big day, it was all she could talk about, according to the Redditor. However, she allegedly expected others to pay for her grand celebration.

“Three weeks before her wedding, the women in her department had a small bridal luncheon at work and her boss invited everyone to an after work party as well,” the individual wrote. “For those unable to attend, there was an option to make a cash donation since she did not have a wedding registry (hmm!).”

Even though the bride already had a chance to receive gifts and monetary donations from her co-workers, it apparently wasn’t enough. The co-worker claimed that the married woman saw this year’s annual holiday party as another chance to cash out.

Stock image of a bride and groom admiring their wedding gifts.Getty

Getty

The company emailed its staff stating that this would be the best party yet, with a guarantee that every person leaves with a prize from the raffle.

The prizes included two Roku televisions, a high-quality espresso machine, KitchenAid cake mixer worth at least $400, mini-fridge, Bose television speaker, back massager, wireless earbuds, nice bedding, an air purifier, gift cards worth between $50 and $250 and products from Brookstone and Crate & Barrel.

During cocktail hour at the party, the newly married woman shared a “sob story about how she wished she had gone with a registry because the amount of money received was nowhere near enough to cover most [wedding] costs.” Nor was she given enough money to furnish her and her husband’s dual apartments, which are located in two different states, according to the co-worker.

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“Come raffle time, she has staked out her favorite gifts and was determined to leave with them,” the individual recalled. “I had the unfortunate luck of winning one of her coveted prizes and thus ended up on the hit list.”

At first, the woman walked away to pester different raffle winners for their prizes. But she soon returned to the poster.

Stock image of office holiday party.Harbucks/Getty

Harbucks/Getty

They continued: “I was approached again as I was loading the prize into my car. This time my response was ‘no is a complete sentence.’ "

While the woman may have been unsuccessful with the poster, she did still leave with at least three gifts.

“I have been to some crazy work holiday parties. But I have never attended one where an entitled bride stalked others and myself for raffle prizes,” the Redditor concluded. “What happened to manners? 1/3 of us barely know and 2/3 have no clue who you are. You are a name in a directory of a few hundred people.”

source: people.com