A photo of a wedding invitation from a couple in Australia is receiving all sorts of criticism because it includes a poem in which they ask their guests to give them money for their big day.
“Our bank account is in debt, and we would like it to go back into credit.
Please visit the ATM
We know you're a gem
Pull out your greens and let it be seen
that your kindness is real
when it's given its final seal.
So place your cash in our wishing well
and make our dreams come true, that will be swell.”
The poem did not go over well with folks on social media.
- “Greedy. I wouldn't be surprised if they had an actual ATM at their wedding,” one person wrote, while another added, “Eeek.. I feel like the choice of words about the wishing well is a bit...tacky.”
- “The biggest crime is that this is a TERRIBLE poem,” one person noted, while another added, "1. Learn to budget. 2. Learn to rhyme.