Dr Pepper says I do to bridesmaid auction. Drinks are on them!

...if she "guilted" her parents into it & they take out a second mortgage in order to create a costly event for her? Or, just fill in the blanks of what some parents sacrifice to do anything for their children. Live & let live...

In the girls original article she stated that they had no money and that they were not receiving help. That is crap because my best friend is cousins with the guy. That girls mother has already paid for everything in the wedding so this girl just wanted more. I think it is a disgrace and that dr. pepper should take back everything they were going to give her. There are other people who work really hard and can not afford a wedding at all. These people could have done a cheaper wedding on the beach for free.

thank you very much for your comment i could not agree with you more and i wish people would wake up and see the truth in all of this and you have hit it straight on the nail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those wondering about why so many people are being negative, think about the message this sends.

I've read all the comments here and people are lauding her for being "creative" or "clever" in the face of economic hardship, but there's nothing "creative" or "clever" about what she did. Had this remained on eBay, it wouldn't even be reported because it rates up there with the people who try to auction off their souls or their kids or some other asinine thing to make a quick buck. If she were TRULY creative or clever, she would have found a way to have a decent wedding within her means, not try to auction off an intangible for some one else's cash.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, and the picture of her flashing her "rock" with a sly eyed look screams "I have my priorities misplaced" a thousand times over. She should be more concerned about taking care of her child and being on firm fina

everyone who is bashing this girl apparently did not read or see the article correctly... she did not go on tv asking for money - she posted an auction - and people bid on it - and DR PEPPER decided to donate 10K to the girl... DR PEPPER is probably doing this for the publicity - but really - the girl already had her wedding planned for the 7000 she could afford - she did not plan a wedding and then come up short on the money and she did not beg for money either - she posted and auction - any one that bidded on it - was doing so of their own free will... and well if someone bid enough to cover the cost of just the dress then what harm would have been done? they would have paid for their own dress and that would have been that ... but DR PEPPER decided to give them money and really in the end all they did was pay for all the press that the story is generating - sounds to me that DR PEPPER and the girl getting married were pretty s

Best wishes to the Bride and congratulations to the company for excellent PR that actually helps couple have an experience they will cherish for the rest of their lives. It really is nice to see a pair of true battlers receive a bit of gold in their lives as the result of an imaginative good deed.

Cheers. John. (73yrs young)(Australia)

I have to give props to the Bridesmaid auction. I first spotted this auction at No Shame Auctions dot com, a funny site that promotes goofy and creative auctions like the bridesmaid auction. Hey, the girl had a dream and made it happen! Nuff said! Way to go, Girlfriend!!!!

Hey, all of us Dr Pepper customers, of which I am one, helped pay for this wedding. Does that mean we get an invite? Can I get a case of Dr Pepper and be a wedding crasher? Just asking...

This is beyond tacky.

Struggling young couples for years and years have made do with what they can afford and if they can't afford more than a wedding license, so be it. Getting married does not entitle anyone to a fancy party. Getting married is a serious commitment. If they're really serious about the commitment and not about the party, they would work this out within their means and stop looking to other people to solve their own problems. While a wedding should certainly be a happy occasion, it still in no way requires a party that they cannot afford and it in no way gives them "permission" to find other people to foot the bill.

Auctioning off a spot in a wedding or getting commercial sponsorship is just low-class and indicative of a mindset that will never allow this couple to figure out how to live within their current means or solve their own problems without looking for a handout of some sort

I guess the question mark was the third word?

I wonder if the bride and groom's wedding attire will have a large Dr. Pepper logo embroidered on the back of their outfits.

Seeing how many people don't have a problem with this; it's no wonder so many marriages end in divorce. Everyone goes nuts for the wedding only to wake up the next day to realize the marriage is hard work and more than saying I do, eating cake and dancing.

Somebody mentioned they hope a Whatever happened to... is done on this story; I think the writing's on the wall...

I am very strongly convinced that no one has the right to tell another person/company how to spend money made by their own honest efforts.

If it seems foolish, so be it. As some have said, what Dr. Pepper did seemed foolish enough to them to vow to never drink Dr. Pepper again. That is their right. But it is not their right to think they can tell Dr. Pepper where to spend or not spend the money they earned as an industry.

Look at how many of our gaming generation spend money on "virtual" accessories for their avatars. I would never do that. But no one is asking me to fund them in their gaming. Long as they make their own money (or get Dr. Pepper to donate it to them), it is not my place to lecture them on using money foolishly. Cheers, MGM

Oh Lawd...get over yourself babymama. Who cares if someone came up with a creative and interesting way to raise (note the word raise...not beg...not take) money for her wedding?!?! I think it's a great idea and she is a sincere, hard working girl who is raising a child (whom she did not use in her gain, the articles only ever mentioned she has a 1 year old - she never "used" her child) and wants to have the wedding of her dreams. Who can blame her? That is every girl's dream from childhood. Most girls' parents pay for their weddings...is that much different than Kelly's unique way? I hope she gets all that she wants to make her day truly special for her and her fiancee.

I do not understand why this upsets you so much. She was able to get someone to fund her wedding, big deal. At least she is not collecting food stamps and sitting in the welfare line. She saw a problem, used her brain, and capitalized on it. I am sure she figured some company or some casino was going to see her ad and bid it up. I still think she should have offered to cut hair for cash wearing a bikini but that is just me.

Are you seriously judging this girl for what she decides to do with HER wedding? 3 words... who cares? I don't care if you live within your means or outside your means... unless you make "bank," or don't have anyone else to support but yourself, we're all in debt and we could all use a little extra push sometimes. This is what makes the world go round, people. If we were all the same, NONE of us would have anything to talk about, and we would all die of sheer boredom. This girl had a wacky idea, pretty creative I might add... and it paid off. Good for her... good for them. If you think this is tacky, lighten up. Who cares IF she did it for the money. There are MUCH WORSE things I could think of to do for it. To all you "haters" out there... IF you're even married... I bet there are many of you who don't even talk to one or a few of the people in your wedding party anymore. And it's quite possible that some of you can't re

I am very upset that someone would think that other people should pay for her wedding. Every time in an interview she would say that she was not in it for anything free, I had to cringe because that is exactly what was going on. It upset me very much that she dragged her child into it hoping that it would help her cause. Kelly and Karl should not expect things to be handed to them on a platter and that is what happened. When they go to look for a house are they going to ask Coca-Cola to give them money for that? I love Dr. Pepper but will not longer be a customer of theirs. I will not help support this cause. My husband and I live from paycheck to paycheck and we have small children also. However you do not see us going on TV, radio or in the newspaper asking for money. Maybe now that the power and the natural gas companies are raising their rates maybe we should. There are so many other causes that Dr. Pepper could hav

I was hoping the increase in our gas tax was going to pay for her wedding.

It is probably the best bang for the advertising buck Dr. Pepper has had.

...and I won't be shelling out 2 or 3 times $10,000 for anyone of their weddings!! $10,000 is a drop in the bucket? Holy Cow! The Super Sweet 16 Generation needs to cool their jets!! ROFL

Although I originally had the same thoughts as a lot of you - that they had better things they could be saving for or putting money toward, I changed my opinion on this situation when I saw that people were actually bidding. She did NOT beg for donations or money - She simply posted an auction, that she didn't think would get much attention, and the starting price was a PENNY. She didn't start it at $500 as she could have - That would have been ASKING for obscene amounts of money to be given to her. This happened to be a lucky once-in-a-lifetime thing that happened to a deserving young bride. If you want to throw around hate emails, throw them towards the people that were all bidding on it - I'm sure they could have found better things to do with their money - I'm sure everyone posting negative comments on here has borrowed more than a penny at some point in their lives - And that's ALL she asked for.

$10,000.00 is just a drop-in-the bucket when it comes to planning a wedding. The bride's dress, bridemaids dresses, flowers, church, reception hall, limo, D.J., and wedding dinner can add up to two to four times over this $10,000.00 budget. I hope, the bride can budget her wedding money.

I turn the channel when this news story comes on. A big wedding doesn't a happy marriage make. We too had a child and made almost nothing being in the old navy and we just wanted to be married so I think we spent a grand total of $500. Was good enough for us. I think it is sad and pathetic that she expects that she deserves a big wedding and will do anything to get it. Look go to the justice of the peace get hitched and enjoy your family. 15 years of marriage tells me that I didn't and still don't need a fairytale to be in love. As we all know fairytales aren't real anyway.

At least tax payers are not paying for the wedding.

So those of us who think this was tacky and tasteless, live within our own means, and who choose to pay our own bills instead of expecting someone else to, suddenly "mean spirited" and "haters"? Oh, okay. Whatever.

You have a young couple with a goal, a dream, and they figured out a creative way to get it and you're mad? Have you ever stopped to think that they could have taken money that they use to support their child to pay for their wedding? That would have been selfish and irresponsible. There is nothing wrong with wanting have to a special day that they will be able to remember with fondness. I commend them for coming up with a way of making their dreams come true. Their creativity, perseverence, and ambition will take them far in life and says a lot about them as people. Just as the negativity some of you have spewed says a lot about you as people. Shame on the lot of you for not cheering on the ambition and inventiveness of our future. Do you really want the future generation that will be taking care of us to just settle for what life dishes out?

Now how many of you wish you would have done this? I'm one of the few, the proud, the SINGLE ones with no need to subject myself or others to whoring out on Ebay.. However, I would love for someone to pay off my mortgage and my car.. I am single though, no kids.. so no pity! Maybe if I run off and have some rug rats, I'll get some help too.. No.. Maybe I need a Sugar Daddy.. Not Ebay :)

I think all the positive and negative comments are somewhat amusing since they give you a insight into how differently people think. If Dr. Pepper thought this was good advertising it was their choice. I am surprised that they stepped up to the plate for something this unusal.
Seven or ten thousand dollars is not a lot of money in today's world and I have known people to spend much more and the marriage lasted less than a year. You see all sorts of dumb attention grabbing commercials today
and I guess Dr. Pepper can take credit for this one since it was their money. Maybe they can show the bride and groom taking a break on a hot
roof enjoying a frosty cold Dr.Pepper since the groom works in the roofing trade. No matter how dumb it seems I wish them luck.

that all these people think they know this couple and all the circumstances that are involved in this wedding and in their life. i say be careful getting of those high horses. good luck to th future Mr and Mrs Gau.

Seems like she wanted her cake and eat it too! I mean most of us pay our own way, we dont go and beg for hand outs. If she wanted a big wedding, she could have saved up for it! Yes, she used her brains to get her wedding paid for. But what type of person does that make her?? Is she going to skate through the rest of life hoping someone else pays her bills, since she only brings in 30,000? She lucked out that the right person saw her cheesy add.

Certain people really should learn to spell before passing judgment on anyone and everything in a public forum the way they do... Oh, and by the way, just who was this couple hurting by auctioning off a place in their wedding? I for one, felt no pain from it. Nor am I personally affected by the way they choose to live their lives. Am I missing something here or are the majority of posters on this board just narrow minded and overly full of themselves?

...my initial feeling was that they should plan within their means and the whole eBay thing was a bit over the top. But, hey! It worked out...they are getting their dream wedding, Dr P gets publicity, and I bet their parents are breathing a huge sigh of relief.

Who is this hurting? Honestly? The Today Show sponsors weddings...do you mean spirited people send Matt Lauer "hate mail" too?

Just because this wasn't "your" idea of creative, or "your" idea of a wedding, or "your" idea of how a marriage between two people should begin, is it really necessary to spew so much vitriole? Seriously!

Good luck to the couple...I hope they have a long and happy marriage!