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Jessica
Just Said Yes August 2025

Best friend upset about us getting eloped at the same mountain she did

Jessica, on May 26, 2024 at 12:25 AM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 12

A month before my elopement, my best friend of 10 years (who was part of my bridal party) told me I was taking away from her elopement because me and my fiance were getting eloped on the same mountain as her. When she got eloped a couple years ago, she only wanted it to be with her partner and immediate family. I didn’t even realize it was on the same mountain my partner and I were planning to get eloped on because hers was planned so privately. We had our own personal reasons we wanted to be on that mountain and we wanted our friends to be there because they are like our family. I thought she would be excited for me, and she was the first person I told about our plans. She seemed happy for us but a month before the elopement, she calls me and says that she felt upset about how we didn’t ask her if we can get eloped on the same mountain that she got eloped on and by us having our elopement there, we were taking away meaning from her elopement because it was her and her partner’s special spot. She continued to say that she thought I was shoving my elopement plans in her face and bringing all of our friends there when we are already planning a bigger wedding next year and that she didn’t have a big wedding. I told her I wouldn’t be that petty and didn’t even remember where she got eloped. She continued to say that I was copying her elopement and that it was like getting the same wedding dress as her. Our elopement location was on the same mountain, in a totally different location, had a different back drop of mountains, and was during the winter with snow. Hers was during the summer. I told her I didn’t want her to feel hurt and so my partner and I considered changing our elopement plans and location (again this is weeks before the wedding after we made our hotel accommodations and our friends were going to make a weekend out of it). Eventually we decided to keep our plans because it felt true and authentic to our relationship. I later found out that they didn’t actually get eloped there. They took elopement photos and said their personal vows there, then got eloped in the city with only their immediate family members present. She didn’t end up coming to my elopement because I told her that I didn’t feel comfortable having her there because it felt weird to me that she was going to be having all these feelings and thoughts during a special moment in our lives. I also asked her to be a guest instead of a bridesmaid. This brought so much stress to the planning and ruined my excitement for the day. When I got to the mountain, I cried because of not having a dear friend there and due to all the stress and sadness she made around something so special to me. Now it’s been a few months after the elopement, and I’ve been hearing that she is still upset about this and that she is the one who is hurt in the friendship. She has yet to take accountability for how she affected this special moment in my life and the hurtful things she said. I decided to end our friendship because it was clear to me that she wasn’t going to reflect deeper and gain more self awareness around this situation. After our elopement, I had a conversation with her husband, who is also our friend. He said he was also upset that we didn’t ask them if we could get eloped on the same mountain as them. He wanted us to ask him as a courtesy but didn’t care for us to change our plans. I validated his feelings of being upset and said that wasn’t my intention. Then the conversation was past us and he said he would still like to be friends even though his wife and I aren’t friends anymore. Am I missing something here and did I do something wrong to hurt my (former) friend? Should I have never ended the friendship at all? Should she still be invited to the wedding?

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Latest activity by Link_In_Training, on June 13, 2024 at 10:47 AM
  • V
    Champion July 2019
    Veronica ·
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    First off I wouldn't refer to either of your weddings as elopements. Elopements don't include guests. What you described is a micro wedding.


    As for the actual situation, I don't think it's up to your friend where you get married. That's a choice between you and your spouse. If the place you had your wedding at holds a special meaning to you and your husband than I can understand why you didn't want to change locations. But I do think it's kind of odd that both you and her happen to like the exact same location to have your micro weddings at. It reminds me of the movie Bride Wars. Regardless, she shouldn't have acted so entitled/immature. If this place is that common for weddings then she certainly can't be the first or last person to have gotten married there. Her attitude is what resulted in her being excluded. If she wouldn't have made such a big deal about it then you'd still be friends. I don't see how you can be friends though with her husband still. I would think that would be extremely awkward.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    The only people in addition to the couple and officiant at an elopement are the legal witnesses as required by the state. What vendors and wedding blogs call elopements post Covid are not.



    That said, no one owns a venue, date or anything else. You and your partner plan what works for you and she and her partner plan what works for them and stay in your own lane. It sounds like she’s not a real friend and don’t entertain any conversation with her.
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  • LM
    Super December 2022
    LM ·
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    These people sound petty and they're liars-- they took pictures at the mountain, not said vows there, yet they still claim the whole mountain? If they have regrets not having a larger wedding that's their problem. Don't be friends with a husband who goes around his wife's back. Don't entangle with narcissists with zero boundaries, nor weep for them ever again.


    Go be happy and married with your person. Choose yourself and your husband first, always.

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    I couldn’t be friends with someone this immature, self centered, petty, and confrontational. I say you’re better off. With friends like those…


    I agree with PP that neither one of you eloped, rather you got married in an intimate wedding ceremony.
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  • Andrea
    Rockstar January 2024
    Andrea ·
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    No one owns a venue. She doesn’t get to lay claim to an entire mountain. Would she claim a whole city if she got married there? 🙄 Just repeat that it’s a special location to you annd your fiancé and shrug off any complaints.
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  • R
    Rockstar June 2018
    Rae ·
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    Your friend was incredibly petty and selfish. You weren't wrong to end the friendship, it sounds like it would be over anyway.

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  • Jessica
    Just Said Yes August 2025
    Jessica ·
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    The location was 15 minute drive away from hers, with a different backdrop, and snow. Hers was in the summer. I haven’t seen bridewars, but from the trailer, it seems like two best friends are upset about their wedding dates being on the same day at the same hotel. What is the similarities with this movie and our situation where she’s upset about it being on the same mountain?
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  • Jessica
    Just Said Yes August 2025
    Jessica ·
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    I appreciate your feedback
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  • V
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    It sounds like your former friend just wants something to complain about. Even if you got married at the exact same location she has no right to be upset with you. Sure it would've been odd that you both picked the same location, but that's within your right. Does she think she owns every square inch of this mountain? By her logical that means no one I know should be allowed to get married within 15 minutes of where I got married which is just insane. She needs to grow up.

    The characters have been best friends their entire lives and both dreamed of getting married at this specific hotel. They went together to this very popular wedding planner and scheduled one wedding for the beginning of June and one wedding for the end of June. Both were to take place at that hotel. Fast forward they get a call that there was a mistake and the only date available is the first date in June. No other date is available for like two years at that hotel. If one was willing to move locations of their wedding then they never would've fought, but both insisted over getting married at that specific hotel. Each woman is upset the other won't just change locations. In their situation though, that meant they couldn't attend or be in each others weddings. They also had to have friends pick to attend one wedding over the other.

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  • Jessica
    Just Said Yes August 2025
    Jessica ·
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    I see. It sounds like the movie is a comparison of her reality? It’s funny because she actually compared this situation to bridewars too. And I was thinking that I’m not trying to be a part of any war, just trying to be happy and get wed in a way that feels authentic to us as a couple.
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  • Jessica
    Just Said Yes August 2025
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    Also I appreciate your feedback
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  • Link_In_Training
    Just Said Yes July 2025
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    These aren't elopements first off. Elopement is just you and your partner. These are micro weddings (just as an FYI ❤️). And she sounds incredibly insecure. Don't change any of your plans for her. She needs to get over it. She doesn't own the mountain. Even if you did it the same time of year, it would still be okay. Sounds like she regrets the wedding she had and she's insecure. Don't change a thing!
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