ladbible homepage
ladbible homepage
  • iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK
    • US
    • World
    • Ireland
    • Australia
    • Science
    • Crime
    • Weather
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV
    • Film
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • Netflix
    • Disney
  • Sport
  • Technology
  • Travel
  • Lifestyle
  • Money
  • Originals
    • FFS PRODUCTIONS
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content Here
  • SPORTbible
  • Tyla
  • GAMINGbible
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • FOODbible
  • UNILAD Tech
Bride and groom spark online debate after showing up in jeans and plaid shirt during wedding ceremony

Home> Community

Updated 08:47 5 Jan 2026 GMTPublished 19:37 5 Mar 2025 GMT

Bride and groom spark online debate after showing up in jeans and plaid shirt during wedding ceremony

Amie and Hunter weren't down to fork out a fortune on a wedding dress and fancy suit

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover

A bride claims she lost friends and family because she wore jeans and a plaid shirt to her wedding instead of the traditional (and expensive) dress.

22-year-old Amie Barron tied the knot with new husband Hunter, 24, on 26 January and the pair wore matching outfits for their wedding in at a room in a West Virginia public library.

The couple wanted to keep costs low and only spent around $1,000 (£775) on the ceremony, with $300 of that going on new pairs of cowboy boots for Amie and Hunter to wear to the wedding. Take a look:

Advert

Another $480 went on a photographer, while the bride did her own hair and makeup along with sorting out the music and food to save on other expenses.

There were 20 guests in attendance, while a boxer dog named Silas was the ring bearer, and the couple reckon they saved about $10,000 (£7,750) on the whole shebang so they can spend money on a two-week honeymoon in July.

Amie said she 'wouldn't change it for the world', but faced some criticism from people who said she was 'crazy' and called her wedding 'ugly'.

The couple tied the knot in January, and didn't spend a fortune on the big day (Kennedy)
The couple tied the knot in January, and didn't spend a fortune on the big day (Kennedy)

She said: "I've always known I never wanted a big wedding. I think some people do want that but I knew right away that wasn't me.

"Everybody told me while we were planning that I would regret it so it was very controversial for people who heard what we were doing that didn't really support us.

"It's been a struggle especially after the wedding. We've got a lot of mean messages and posts on social media and from people who weren't that supportive of it that we've had to cut out of our life.

"I was very upset, it drained us for a while and we were trying to figure out how to continue life with all of the hate we were getting. We sat down and talked about how we weren't going to let it affect our marriage as newlyweds and we stopped talking to them."

They had a dog bear the rings for them (Kennedy)
They had a dog bear the rings for them (Kennedy)

The bride said she did go dress shopping but when she saw that some of them were as expensive as $3,000 (£2,300) she thought it was 'insane' to spend that much and just wore her normal clothes.

She said that she and her husband had a 'great time' at the wedding, and that he was initially supposed to also be wearing a cowboy hat but left it at home.

Some commenters were not very approving of the wedding, with those against it declaring 'this wedding is trash' and calling it 'ugly'.

However, others were more positive about it and said that a wedding should be a 'special party' and not the most expensive thing you could imagine.

Someone else said they found 'budget' weddings to be 'significantly sweeter', while others praised them for not spending 'so much unnecessary money'.

Featured Image Credit: Kennedy

Topics: Weddings, US News, Dogs

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

X

@MrJoeHarker

Recommended reads

Sydney Sweeney goes fully nude in 'shocking' new Euphoria sceneHBOThe Strokes close Coachella set with pointed message to US governmentKevin Mazur/Getty Images for CoachellaJesy Nelson issues desperate plea to public as twins' hospital equipment stolen from carInstagram/Jesy NelsonResearchers reveal stunning findings after getting 36,000 people to quit Facebook for six weeksGetty Stock

Advert

Choose your content:

a day ago
3 days ago
4 days ago
5 days ago
  • Rebecca Reingold
    a day ago

    Heckler who flirted with comedian mid-show given unexpected response

    The NYC comic has been praised for how 'well' she handled the interrupter

    Community
  • (Getty Stock Images)
    3 days ago

    People born in these years are officially ‘Zillennials’ and it explains a lot

    Don't feel like you fit in with either Millennials or Gen Z? That may be because you're a part of the 'Zillennial' group

    Community
  • Warner Bros
    4 days ago

    Man cut in half by forklift answers question about sex life after incident

    Loren Schauers was cut in half in a forklift accident that changed his life

    Community
  • (Getty Stock Images)
    5 days ago

    New evidence solves mystery of how Egypt's great pyramid was built

    Egypt's Great Pyramid was also built within two to three decades, says new study

    Community
  • The Best TV Shows of 2025 on iPlayer: From Celebrity Traitors to The Guest
  • Groom who blamed stomach issues on wedding stress given heartbreaking diagnosis weeks after ceremony
  • Mortified groom says one of the worst things possible during wedding vows without even realising
  • Bride terrified 'everyone would hate her' after ditching fiancé on day of £32,000 wedding