Pāhonoa te oro

Imagine paying $2,400 for your best friend to come to your wedding… and they don’t even show up. I got married in Bali, right? My parents covered themselves, but we paid for our friends’ flights and hotels—like $2k a plane ticket, $150–300 a hotel. My friend Gemma brought her husband, paid his tick…

Imagine paying $2,400 for your best friend to come to your wedding… and they don’t even show up. I got married in Bali, right? My parents covered themselves, but we paid for our friends’ flights and hotels—like $2k a plane ticket, $150–300 a hotel. My friend Gemma brought her husband, paid his ticket, but then just… didn’t come. She basically turned our wedding into her free honeymoon. When I asked why, she said John didn’t feel like going and that it was “perfect for their honeymoon.” I was li