Canadian Susan's $60,000 Bridezilla Wedding

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Overview

Canadian Susan's $60,000 Bridezilla Wedding refers to a viral Facebook status posted by a woman who wished to have a very expensive wedding and asked that their guests gift them $1,500 in cash to help pay for the wedding. The story ended with her breaking up with her fiancé and cancelling the wedding.

Background

On August 25th, 2018, Twitter user 0lspicykeychain posted screenshots of a story shared in what she described as a private "wedding-shaming" Facebook group (the tweet has since been deleted). The screenshots are of a Facebook status by a woman detailing the dream wedding she wanted to have, her frustrations trying to get guests to send her $1,500 to help pay for the wedding, and her eventual calling off of the wedding and the end of her engagement with her fiancé (shown below). The story also includes her attempt to set up a GoFundMe for the wedding and rejecting her fiancé's suggestion that they have a wedding in Las Vegas for cheap.

Developments

After the story was posted, it quickly went viral, drawing the attention of several major publications and online personalities. Chrissy Teigen tweeted about the thread, comparing it 13 Reasons Why. The poster of the story was soon given the nickname "Canadian Susan" based on her location.

The story was covered by multiple websites, including Bravo,^[1] Standard,^[2] and Daily Dot.^[3]