Bride is deleting friends after viral video captured a mass no-show at her wedding

A bride has spoken out after she went viral this week for sharing a clip of her walking into a nearly empty venue at her wedding reception.After viewers speculated that there must be “more to the story” and questioned how it could have come to that point without her knowledge, Kalina Marie decided to update her followers on the details leading up to the day.She and her husband, who have been together for nine years, got engaged in 2019 and weren’t able to have their wedding when they had intended to, due to the pandemic.In January this year, they announced they were finally tying the knot in October and for the past 10 months, Marie said she has been “blabbing about it” all over Facebook.“I created a Facebook event and invited everyone I could and also sent out over 25 invitations to our elders and those not on social media to make sure they were included as well,” she said in a video.Marie said she received 40 RSVPs, so she planned for that number by setting up the venue accordingly and ensuring her mum had catered enough food.She also made sure to check in with everyone the week of to confirm their attendance, and said “at least 20 people” had gotten back to her saying they were coming and some even had outfits.The biggest question she’s been left with after the mass no-show is “why?”“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,” she said.However, the newlywed said she was actually grateful for this because it meant she could get a clear understanding of who actually cared about her and her husband.“We’ve been having to deal with the grief of deleting a lot of people out of our lives,” she admitted.“For the most part, we’ve done a lot of re-evaluating our lives and just spending a lot of time appreciating what we have and what we had.”In another clip, Marie said she was still “a little embarrassed” and “moving...