A Blind user says guests giving just 100,000 won at weddings now have "no conscience."

After buffet prices rose to 80,000 won a head, one poster vented that the standard wedding cash gift of 100,000 won barely leaves anything for the couple — and put it to a vote.

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Korean community post, image 1: OP: wedding buffets cost 80k now, so 100k gift money is shameless.
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OP: wedding buffets cost 80k now, so 100k gift money is shameless. Poll: 96% said 'don't blame us for your pricey venue — 100k is standard.'

요즘 결혼 뷔페 가격이 8만원인데 축의금 10만원은 뭐야 진짜 양심 없나 설문조사 종료일: 2024-11-09 참가자: 854 뷔페값 축의금 (854) 1 뷔페값 빼고 5~10만은 남게 줘야된다 33 (4%) 2 내가 비싼 뷔페에서 하라고 했냐 국룰 10만원이면 된다 821 (96%) 투표 화면으로 가기

💡 Wait, why is there a poll about gift money at all?
축의금 (chugeuigeum) is cash you're expected to bring to any wedding you attend, and there are unspoken tiers — 50k/70k/100k won — depending on how close you are to the couple. The debate here is whether that fixed amount should scale with how fancy the buffet is.vs. the US: like the 'cover your plate cost' rule at weddings, but Korea has actual nationwide standard amounts instead of vague etiquette.Klore note
💡 What's this "국룰" thing the top comment uses?
국룰 literally means 'national rule' — internet slang for an unwritten convention everyone's just supposed to know, used here to shut down the complaint by saying 100k is simply the agreed-upon default no matter the venue.vs. Reddit: functions like citing 'unwritten house rules' in a subreddit — no one voted on it, but breaking it gets you dragged.Klore note

What Koreans said

12 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. 256 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Since when is the wedding gift supposed to match YOUR budget?

    언제부터 축의금이 너네 사정에 맞추는 돈이었느냐

  2. 135 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    What are you even saying, buffet's 80k so people give 100k. If it was 40k they'd give 50k. Closer friends already give more.

    먼솔이지 뷔페값이 8만원이니 10만원 주는거지 4만원이었으면 5만원줬지 더 챙겨줄 애들이나 더 주는거고

  3. 119 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Running a business or what? Should be thanking guests for showing up, maybe even giving them travel money instead lol

    장사함? 시간 내서 와줬으면 고마워하고 거마비라도 주지 못할망정 ㅋㅋㅋ

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  1. 72 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    100k is fine, they don't even tell you the buffet price beforehand. Plus if the couple has good relationships, guests naturally give more anyway.

    10만이면 됐제 뭐 뷔페가격 사전공지해주는 것도 아니고 그리고 애초에 신랑신부쪽이 인간관계가 좋으면 하객들이 알아서 돈 더 냄

  2. 46 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Uh... how much did YOU give though

    엫... 지는얼마줬는듸

  3. 42 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Maybe the buffet's just overpriced?

    뷔페가 비싼게 아닌지

  4. 36 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    People at wedding buffets usually just eat a reasonable amount anyway

    식장 뷔페는 다들 알아서 적당히 먹고 가던데

  5. 14 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    I came to celebrate, not to pay off a debt lol

    내가 축하하러 왓지 돈갚으러왓냐 ㅋㅋ

  6. 10 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The buffet price is the rip-off, why ask everyone to split the cost of that

    뷔페 가격이 바가지인건데 그걸 왜 다 같이 분담해달라고 해

  7. 9 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Hosts should throw weddings within their means. But when you're broke yet want the fancy stuff, thinking 'gift money will cover it,' that's when this weird logic of guests paying their own meal cost starts.

    호스트가 자시 능력껏 예식을 하면 되는데, 돈은 없고 남들 하는 건 하고 싶고 '축의금 들어 올거니 따갚하면 되지 않을까?' 라는 마인드가 반영 되어 게스트가 자기 밥값을 챙겨 와야한다는 이상한 논리를 펼 때 쯤 부터?

  8. 8 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Don't go, don't give, don't receive. Simple.

    안 가고 안 주고 안 받음

  9. 8 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Gift money is just gift money, not your jackpot life-changing chance... and definitely not meant to cover your over-the-top luxury wedding

    축의금은 축의금이지 니들 인생역전 대박찬스가 아니에요.. 하물며 결혼식 초호화로 해놓고선 그거 멘징하는 돈도 아니고..

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