Demanding former colleague to return wedding gift money

A woman in Sichuan province has been criticized by netizens after she insisted on returning a 400 yuan wedding gift from her former colleague.

"When he got married, I celebrated his wedding, so now I have to invite him to my wedding," Huang said. "But he didn't come."

After texting his former colleague to ask why he didn’t attend the wedding, Huang asked him to return the 400 yuan ($55) he had given him as a gift. However, the man did not respond.

The man later said he did not attend the wedding because he thought the invitation was fake, but Huang did not accept this explanation. "You should return the wedding gift money. Everything goes hand in hand. You may not attend the wedding but you should still send the wedding gift money," Huang said.

But the male colleague still did not return the money. When the story was posted on social media, it attracted 210,000 views and nearly 5,000 comments. However, most netizens thought that Huang was being disrespectful.

The bride and groom receive red envelopes at a wedding in China. Photo: Todayonline — The bride and groom receive red envelopes at a wedding in China. Photo: *Todayonline*

"Taking back the wedding gift money really turned her self-esteem into dust," one commenter said.

"Giving money as a wedding gift is to bless others. Is it necessary to ask for blessings in return?", another person said.

It is a Chinese tradition to give red envelopes filled with wedding money to newlyweds. Last August, four men exchanged a 42kg bag of coins they had saved for 6,888 yuan ($940) to give to their groom, their best friend, as a wedding gift.

Huyen Le (According to SCMP )

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