A heartbroken bride has broken her silence after almost all of her wedding guests failed to show up on her and her husband's special day.
In recent days, Kalina Marie's video went viral after she took to TikTok to showcase her empty wedding venue.
They had invited 100 people to celebrate their marriage with them, but only a handful of their loved ones showed up.
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Kalina penned on the video sharing platform: "This is our entrance to our Masqurade ball. The Masqurade ball that I have talked EXCESSIVELY about for the last 10 months. The same ball that I not only digitally invited over 75 people to. But ALSO spent money to send 25 beautiful invitations out to.
"FIVE PEOPLE SHOWED UP!!!!!!! Like, are you kidding me!?!? As you see in the video, we enter the venue. And no one is there. The invite said 1pm. My mom messaged me at 1:15 that no one was there. My husband and I finally showed up at 2oclock, to 5 people."
Kalina's devastating video has since been viewed almost eight million times on TikTok and many people have been left wondering why so many people failed to show up.
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Now, a week on from the day that was supposed to be the happiest of her life, Kalina has addressed one of the most common questions she's received - the reason why only five people attended her wedding.
Explaining that she and her husband sent out wedding invites for their October wedding in January, Kalina said she'd been speaking about their big day on social media ever since.
"I had 40 RSVPs, so that's what we planned for," the newly-wed further explained.
"We set up the venue for 40 people. My mom made enough food for 40 people. I checked in with everyone the week of [the wedding] and at least 20 people had gotten back to me saying that they had an outfit and that they were coming."
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"The biggest question is why," Kalina continued. "And I don’t know. If I could answer that, I would tell you. And no, I haven’t really received a lot of messages explaining why people weren’t there or giving me excuses. And I’m kind of thankful for that."
In the wake of there being so many no-shows at their wedding, Kalina and her husband have been doing 'a lot of deleting and reevaluating of [their] lives'.
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People have since sent messages of support to Kalina and hit out at the wedding guests who didn't show up for her and her partner.
One person said: "Those people that said they'd be there that simply just didn't show up should be ashamed of themselves. Hope you have a wonderful life together."
A second added: "Now you know who is the real people your life."
Topics: Life, Social Media, TikTok, Viral, Weddings, Sex and Relationships
Niamh Shackleton