A couple from the United Kingdom has just spoken out after they received backlash from social media users for crowdfunding their wedding.

Though they had spent a full year saving up for their nuptials, Natalie Borg and Richard McMurray realized last month that their budget would fall $5,800 short ahead of their April 27 wedding. They decided to use crowdfunding to meet their goal, having no idea that this move would anger so many people.

“Despite throwing all our wages at the wedding costs, selling our belongings and taking as many extra shifts at work as are available we are still falling short of our final bills,” Borg wrote on their GoFundMe page. “As we can’t put off the wedding for another few months — (everything is booked) we are asking in lieu of any wedding gifts if you are able to please contribute anything to our costs for the day that would be amazing.”

“Final payments we are still trying to cover are mainly for the venue, photographer, cake and dress alterations,” she continued. “We have no honeymoon budget and not worrying about this just want to be able to cover our bills for the day so it can go ahead.”

While the couple has raised $1,477 of a $5,835 goal in 21 days, they have also gotten flack for doing this from many social media users.

“What happened to having a sense of pride? Omg!” one social media user commented, with another adding, “Pretty cheeky to set up a fundraising page for that.”

Borg has since responded to these criticisms by saying that she and her boyfriend are not “money grabbing people.”

“I think if people had done a media campaign to pay for their wedding I would think that’s pretty cheeky, but if it’s to pay for the day instead of presents, it’s fine,” she said. “We don’t have a honeymoon booked, we’ve just booked two weeks off and will chill out and go out walks to the beach. We’re not money grabbing people, we’re people that have worked really hard for our big day. We’ve paid for the majority of our wedding but we just need a bit extra to help us get there.”

The criticisms got so bad that the couple updated their GoFundMe page.

“Our Go Fund Me page was shared with close friends and family as an ‘option’ to send us some cash towards costs rather than buying wedding presents we don’t need. We are not asking people to pay for our wedding — we have paid for two thirds of it (and counting) over the last year through honest hard work,” they wrote. “Our post was never aimed at the wider general public and the platform was an easy way for us to receive funds from our close social circle. We assumed we might get a few hundred quid paid in from friends and family. Everyone has different opinions and wants for their wedding and we just planned ours how we wanted it.”

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