'I paid for friend to come to my Bali wedding and couldn't believe what she did next'

A woman has slammed her friend for not showing up to her destination wedding , leaving her wildly out of pocket. The 25-year-old married her husband, 25, in Bail, Indonesia, in January this year and made sure to foot the expense so her friend 's could celebrate with her without worrying about the cost. She said on Reddit: "It was a destination wedding , but my parents and his parents paid for their own plane tickets and hotel, but we paid for our friends plane tickets and hotel stays. Each plane ticket was about $2,000 (£1,500) and hotel was maybe about $150-300 (£110-£220) for a week." She went onto explain how her friend, Gemma, brought her newlywed husband, John, along with her, but she made sure to pay for his ticket. However, when the special day came around, Gemma and John were nowhere to be seen. She said: " Gemma took the free plane ticket to Bali and the hotel room and when I asked her why she didn’t show up she said that since they couldn’t afford their own honeymoon that this was a perfect opportunity and that Jim decided that he didn’t feel like going. "I was really hurt by this since Gemma and I have been friends for over 10 years." Disgusted, the woman has taken to social media to ask users whether she's justified taking her friends to small claims court for the money she spend on plane tickets and the hotel. In response, one user said: "Can’t believe I’m saying this, but, not the a**hole. "Someone offers to give you a free vacation on the condition that you attend one party during that time? I’d be jumping for that opportunity. "To take that free vacation and then no-call-no-show to your friends’ wedding is really shitty behaviour on their part. "They could have extended their stay if they wanted to treat the trip as their own honeymoon." Another user added: "I really wish people would stop saying this. Contracts do not have to be formal to be enforced. "A gift is something given without expectations, so this wasn’t a gift. Oral contracts are considered contracts, at least under US law and many other countries. "And if there are any texts and emails that say she was buying it with the expectation of her attending the wedding, then a contract would be formed once her friend accepted the ticket and hotel. "She bought the ticket with the stipulation her friend was coming to the wedding. Her friend didn’t fulfill her end of the contract. Now is she guaranteed to win? No. But she definitely would have a case." A third user said: "You didn't offer them a gift of a honeymoon. You offered to help them attend your wedding so they didn't have an undue financial burden. "Also? They could totally have done both, spent some time together in honeymoon mode, and also attended your wedding. "That they took your money and used it solely for themselves is not okay."