One Reddit user was told he couldn’t go to a wedding reception if he missed the ceremony, he shouldn’t buy a gift for the bride and maybe reconsider his friendship with the woman in question, other users advised.

“AITA because I don’t get a wedding present?” asked user “Cheap_Commercial_131” in a recent post on the website’s “Am I the A–hole” (AITA) subreddit.

In the post, the man wrote that one of his “closest friends” was getting married, but he was not allowed to attend the wedding ceremony.

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“I am happy for them, but I am also hurt that I cannot attend the wedding reception,” he wrote, as he is flying back from a cruise in Europe and will be late for the ceremony.

“She said her wedding planner said I couldn’t attend because there was a chance I might miss the ceremony,” he added.

The bride in the wedding drama (not pictured) told a friend that her wedding planner said he would not be able to attend the reception if he missed the ceremony. (iStock)

The man said that he had supported the bride financially in the past and “she expects a big gift from me because she knows I have money.”

He added: “But I feel like she’s slammed the door in my face without making an exception or fighting for me to be there. I’ll be flying back from the other side of the world and driving two hours to the venue and she’s just dismissed the trip I have to make to get there for her.”

According to Cheap_Commercial_131, the bride said, “You’re going to miss this.”

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“I don’t think I should have to get her a gift of any kind since she doesn’t seem to want me there,” he said.

The man expressed further concerns about the couple’s friendship because “she never let me meet her family, friends or anyone else” even though “we were together all the time.”

The man who shared his story (not pictured) asked others on social media for their opinion on whether he was wrong not to buy an expensive gift for the wedding of a friend who had banned him from the celebration. (iStock)

“I don’t even think she ever mentioned me to anyone, and we’ve been close friends for over three years,” he said. “The other man in our circle of friends got to know all of her friends and family and was always mentioned to others – but I was different.”

“I think she’s ashamed of me.”

“I think she is ashamed of me and that is why she is not trying to get me to leave or allow me to do so,” he also wrote.

And although he is friends with the bride, he has only met her future husband once “for 10 minutes at an airport.”

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“Every time I come home and ask her to go out to dinner or something, she comes up with lame excuses,” he said. “And that’s the worst part. So AITA, because I didn’t want to give her a present?”

In an update to the post, Cheap_Commercial_131 wrote that he would “stand firm” and wait to see if the bride asks about the wedding gift.

In the post, the Reddit user said that he had previously supported the bride financially and that she was expecting a “great gift” from him at her wedding. (iStock)

“If she does, I will hit back with many of the responses you posted, saying she made no effort to allow me to visit, and why should I get a gift for a wedding I’m not invited to, and so on,” he wrote.

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“I’m curious myself, so I’ll wait and see,” he wrote.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Cheap_Commercial_131 for further updates.

An etiquette expert told Fox News Digital that the bride’s apologies were suspect and that the man might want to reconsider his relationship with her.

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“Most brides share their vision and insist on their must-haves, using the wedding planner as a mere service provider and occasionally listening to his suggestions,” Rosalinda Randall, a California-based etiquette expert, said in an email to Fox News Digital.

The man should “consider the possibility that his friend is either weak or hiding something,” Randall said.

“It sounds like she would prefer a deposit of money into her account or an expensive gift to his presence.”

“I tend to think the latter; it hides you,” she said.

Randall told Fox News Digital that she believes the bride views the man as a “sugar daddy” rather than a real boyfriend.

“It sounds like she would prefer a deposit of money into her account or an expensive gift to his presence,” she said.

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If he wanted to remain friends with the woman, he should “choose a modest gift from her list” and send it with his best wishes, she said.

Other options, Randall said, are to simply pledge not to participate without giving a reason or a gift, or to announce that you will not participate and add the note, “My gift to you does not obligate you to repay the financial support I have given you.”

Rosalinda Randall, an etiquette expert from California, told Fox News Digital that the man should not feel obligated to send a nice gift – or any gift at all. (Rosalinda Randall)

But even though it was “malicious,” Randall said, it was “not untrue.”

She noted, “This may be read by the wedding planner or the groom. She will have to do some explaining.”

Reddit users largely agreed with Randall, saying that not only was the man not wrong for not wanting to send a gift, but that he should also end the friendship.

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“NTA – she is NOT your girlfriend,” Reddit user “Comfortable-Sea-2454” wrote in the most upvoted comment. This person also said the wedding planner excuse was bullshit.

“If she wanted you to be there, you could participate in the festivities as much as you are able,” the user said.

Reddit users almost unanimously agreed that the man should not send a nice wedding gift – and that the bride was not really his girlfriend. (iStock)

Others agreed.

“Save your time and money and don’t attend. This person is not your friend. Wedding planners do what the bride wants. Not the other way around,” user “RMaua” said in another top comment.

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“I’m sorry to tell you that you were taken advantage of in the hopes of receiving an expensive gift,” said user “000-Hotaru_Tomoe.”

“There are better opportunities and better people to spend your time and money with.”