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Just Said Yes February 2025

Am i overreacting to my Moh’s behavior?

Kay, on October 11, 2024 at 6:11 AM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 6
This will be long, but it’s for context.


My MOH was someone I grew up with and was close to. We haven’t been as close in recent years and she no longer lives where I do, but we still had a relationship and talked/texted. There wasn’t anyone else I could imagine being my MOH. She agreed to be, and seemed excited the first couple of weeks. That was nearly eight months ago. Now, we planned to pay for attire, hair and makeup, jewelry and even help with hotel rooms the night before (out of town wedding, though it’s close to my former MOH) for our wedding party, because my FH and I didn’t want to financially burden them for our day. I also didn’t want a shower and didn’t expect them to plan a bachelorette, I was just going to suggest she and I and my bridesmaid get together for dinner and girl talk when we got to that point. I did ask my girls for their opinions on the dress and hair and makeup looks, but my MOH told me she would wear/look however I wanted her to as it was my wedding, so literally the only thing I needed her to do was try on the dress because through someone else trying it on I realized it ran small. For months (I chose the dress in February) I asked and we would make plans and she would bail every time, often not even letting me know until I called to confirm plans before I drove to her, and she never set up a new day to meet until I prodded her to do so. Each time seemed like a valid reason, but it was every single time. She never made an effort to try the dress on by herself either. I didn’t want to hurt the relationship and I know she has her own life with stuff going on, I listened to her vent about plenty of it during all of this and I know she had a lot on her plate for some of this time, so I had been letting it go, but that dress has to be ordered by month’s end so it’s crunch time. After another failed attempt yesterday, I finally had enough and told her that I was tired of her bailing on me and I couldn’t understand why she couldn’t make time to do this one thing for me. I made sure to be to the point and not rude about it, even though I was ticked off. She almost immediately says she should step down then, and wouldn’t even discuss it with me. I was fine with her stepping down, I was ready to ask her to anyway, but I felt like we needed to talk for the sake of our friendship. Apparently she didn’t, and I didn’t hear from her after that.
I just feel very hurt that I asked so little and yet she wasn’t willing to do that for me, it’s hard for me to feel like she cares at all about our relationship. It’s making me question if I should even still invite her to the wedding. My FH and I recently decided to have a smaller, more intimate wedding, so we’re talking 25 people including the wedding party, not like she’ll be one person in a group of 100 I will barely see if I don’t want to. Part of me thinks I should invite her so as to not risk severing things entirely, but with the way I feel about all of this, I kind of don’t want her there. Am I overreacting and being unreasonable? I don’t think I am, but I see threads all the time about stuff like this and the comments are usually tearing the bride to shreds saying everyone has their own lives and the brides expect too much. I wasn’t expecting much so I don’t think that’s the case here, but I’m also in it so maybe I see it differently. Should I just invite her?



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Latest activity by Christina, on November 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM
  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
    Cece ·
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    It doesn’t sound like you are overreacting at all. From what you’ve said, it sounds like you were an incredibly gracious bride, who was expecting the bare minimum from their friend. It definitely sounds as though your MOH dropped the ball. It also sounds very strange to me that she jumped straight to stepping down as MOH over simply trying on/ordering a dress. Maybe the other things you said she had going on in her life are affecting her even more than you knew? Maybe she doesn’t feel emotionally capable of being in the wedding, but didn’t know how to step down. I don’t know. It just sounds as though she jumped at the first chance she had to step down, so maybe something more is going on with her. Either way, it sounds like it’s a mutual decision that she is no longer in your wedding. Whether or not you invite her is up to you. I would think about the friendship as a whole. Up until this point, has she been a good friend? Do you want to maintain a relationship after your wedding? Do you think emotions are just running high for both of you right now, and could be worked out Post wedding? If so, then yes, I would invite her. Not inviting her to the wedding is likely going to be a friendship ending move. However, if you are ready to sever that relationship completely, I would not bother inviting her
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  • K
    Just Said Yes February 2025
    Kay ·
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    I thought it was weird too. She’s definitely going through some stuff and is busy with work right now, but this could and should have been handled much sooner. I just feel like if you have so much going on that you can’t take 20 minute to try on a dress for someone you supposedly care about, then it’s on you to let them know, not wait until they realize they can’t count on you this close to the wedding. And not make plans and bail on them so often.
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    Just Said Yes February 2025
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    My comment cut off. It’s not so much her steps g down as I was ready to call it on that anyway, but the way she went about it and the lack of discussion. I don’t even need details just hey I’m overwhelmed or whatever. It just feels like she doesn’t care about the relationship. Right now I’m fine to let it go, but invites don’t go out until next month. I’ll give it time, I may feel differently once I sort through my feelings.
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    No, I don't think you were expecting to much or overreacting for being upset. You were literally asking the bare minimum of her. Unfortunately, it seems like she had no intentions of trying on the dress and she was just making up excuses hoping you'd mention it so she could drop out. This doesn't seem like a good friend, but if you want to keep whatever remains of this friendship then I would still invite her to the wedding.

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  • Christina
    Just Said Yes December 2024
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    I wouldn’t invite her. She could make you feel worse if she shows up to the wedding. It’s your day and you should focus on that alone. Not extra drama. She had ONE job, literally! As a MOH myself, I say she had it way too easy. She couldn’t even humor you and try on a single dress? Nah, she doesn’t deserve the honor of being a part of your wedding. And, with that attitude and level of immaturity, don’t bother inviting her at all. If she wanted to be there for you, she would be. If she cared even the slightest, there would’ve been more conversation.
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