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Expensive bachelorette

Private User, on January 4, 2018 at 3:20 PM

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Hi! I need some advice because I feel so guilty. Im a bridesmaid in my friend’s wedding. She was in my wedding. She flew to California for the weekend for my wedding. She did not go to my shower or mini Bach (it required traveling and i literally didn’t expect her to go) but instead took me away for...
Hi! I need some advice because I feel so guilty.

Im a bridesmaid in my friend’s wedding. She was in my wedding. She flew to California for the weekend for my wedding. She did not go to my shower or mini Bach (it required traveling and i literally didn’t expect her to go) but instead took me away for a night.

Her bachelorette is out out of state. They want to do 4 night, 5 days. Looking at $700/person, not including food and activities.

My husband and and I are going through expensive fertility treatments that have the potential to get more expensive. I’m closely monitored at points in my cycle which require me to be in town.

Im in graduate school, and already dropped a class because it had a requirement during her wedding week.

I did not go to her bridal shower (but paid $245 for it) because it was the day before Christmas out of state where I didn’t have family, also I had to work.

We are going to Disney the month before. It’s a fully paid trip by our family and one friend as we are dealing with the stress of infertility. We went away in December for a weekend as well, but it was paid for by credit card points.

I have massive guilt about not being able to go to her bach and don’t know how to tell her without her thinking I’m blowing her off. I care about her, really wish I could go but it’s so $$$. Also, the location of her bachelorette would delay fertility treatments 6 months because of Zika and my doctors office policy.

Ideas on how to break the news? Or am I being selfish and should go?

25 Comments

  • stephanie
    Super October 2017
    stephanie ·
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    I almost can't believe this is real. You dropped a class in your grad program because of her wedding? And now you're wondering if you should delay your fertility treatments by six months because of an optional party? Are you out of your mind?

    No, don't go. And don't send money for anything else you aren't participating in. And beyond showing up the weekend of her wedding, do not let your life revolve around her wedding ever again. This is insane, you have way too much on your plate to be worried about someone else's wedding - especially someone who is a good friend and should be completely sympathetic to your situation.

    A friend of mine had crazy emotional swings when she was going through fertility treatments and I wonder if you are experiencing the same, since there is no reason for guilt based on what you've laid out. Try to keep coming back to the rational side of it when you feel guilty. Good luck to you w ttc! That and grad school and your H should be your top priorities, everything is else is far far behind.
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  • C
    Master July 2018
    Cuoghi ·
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    Call her (NOT text or email) and just tell her what you told us. Geesch
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  • Aly
    Expert June 2018
    Aly ·
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    She didn't attend your bachelorette party (for whatever reason), so she should be very understanding of you not being able to attend hers. Be honest with her. Tell her what you're going through. If I knew that to attend my bach someone had to suspend fertility treatments, I would be appalled and insist that they not attend.

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