The heartbreaking video of a bride walking into an empty venue has done the rounds online after guests didn't show up to the wedding.
Kalina Marie took to TikTok to explain that she had digitally invited 75 people, and sent physical invites to 25 more, to attend her masquerade-themed wedding.
Sadly, they didn't turn up, as the couple had to walk out with their son as three other people could be seen celebrating with them in the venue.
The social media user explained that they have been together for nine years, engaged for four, and that their wedding was delayed by the pandemic.
She walked down the aisle with her husband and son (TikTok/kalina_marie_23)
However, the turnout was not quite what they expected and Kalina posted the viral video with a lengthy caption.
With over six and a half million views at the time of writing, the caption accompanying the video read: "This is our entrance to our Masqurade [sic] 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," she began.
“FIVE PEOPLE SHOWED UP!!!!!!! Like, are you kidding me!?!? As you see in the video, we enter the venue. And no one is there,” Kalina revealed.
Adding that she started the event an hour later than planned to see if more people would show up, the bride revealed that they 'made their entrance at 2pm to five people'.
Saying that she 'dreamed' of walking in to a full room of people in celebration, she instead was 'a woman trying to hold herself together' as she didn't know how to deal with the venue being near empty.
Annoyed about the 'wasted food and drinks' along with 'empty tables and chairs', the group partied on, as she wrote: “Did we still make the most of it?? You bet your SWEET a** we did.
“But did this video just take all the good moments and shoot them out of the water for a second, f**k yeah it did,” she also admitted.
Kalina questioned if she was a bad person, if they didn't matter enough for people to come through for them, and if they had the right 'friends' around them, as many never congratulated her or told her that they couldn't make it.
The happy couple made the most of the situation (TikTok/kalina_marie_23)
The content creator concluded: “But all I know is, I have my man. My baby. And family that shows up when I need them. And for that, I will be thankful.”
In an explanation video uploaded days after the original, Kalina clarified details of the situation and answered questions from people about it all.
She said that they set an October wedding date in January this year, and that she has been 'blabbing' about it all on Facebook, as she made a Facebook event, adding that 25 invitations went out to elders and those without social media.
One user wanted to know what explanations they received from people that didn't show up, and she replied saying that she didn't know why so many people had bailed.
"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," she admitted.
"For the most part, we've done a lot of deleting and re-evaluating our lives and just spending a lot of time appreciating what we have and what we had," Kalina summed up.
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