"Why don't you want to come to my wedding?"
"I want to come but I can't afford a ticket overseas."
"Whatever, if you want to stay home and miss out on life that's your decision I guess."
Apparently me saying no to this wedding was the last straw for them, because they're always asking me to do things I can't afford and they don't seem to understand why I can't despite me telling them every time that I am poor. So now I'm the bad person because I'm totally being poor and "holding myself back" on purpose.
If they want to burn this bridge they can fuck right off. I've had enough of this shit.
It's so presumptuous. Unless you're paying for your guests' travel and lodging, you should not have a destination wedding. People who decide to have weddings in other countries and don't pay for guests just reek of "I'm irresponsible with money but I'm also a trustfund baby so I can't fail. I definitely do not have the money for this thing, yet I'm doing it anyway to make myself look successful."
Then they do shit like a bachelor's party at a strip club and a bride wanting her special day before they get divorced in 3 months.
Some friends of mine recently had a nice compromise. A local ceremony that was easier for their friends and family to get to, then an optional trip with them to Hawaii that you needed to RSVP for ahead of time cuz they were arranging group pricing for some stuff. Kind of like tagging along for their honeymoon.
And that makes sense because it's more like a group roadtrip. I've seen shit like people having a destination wedding over a weekend. Like of course no one wants to spend hundreds (or thousands) of dollars to fly 8 hours, stay for a day and watch the ceremony, then fly home.