Simple wedding draws applause in twitter

At a time when more and more extravagant weddings are becoming the norm, a Pakistani man’s story of his sweet and simple wedding has found a lot of fans. Twitter user Rizwan Pehelwan took to the micro blogging website to share his experience of organising a simple wedding, and his Twitter thread has now gone viral with thousands of ‘likes’.

In his thread, he describes how he set a budget of 20,000 Pakistani rupees (approximately Rs.10,000 ) for the wedding, before moving on to the details. Finishing his popular thread with some heartfelt advice, he wrote: “Be happy. Big or small, all weddings should just be HAPPY.”

“My guest list had 25 names: friends and parents,” wrote Rizwan, adding that the wedding venue was his terrace.

Since being posted online, his thread has collected over 3,500 ‘likes’ and has even been turned into a Twitter Moment.

Many agreed with his philosophy, and congratulated him for pulling off a simple yet heartwarming wedding.