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Just Said Yes November 2018

Hurt about not being invited to the wedding shower, should i say anything?

Angela, on June 15, 2019 at 9:35 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 11

So I have a friend who is getting married this year in August and I just found out she had a bridal shower today and I wasn't invited. I'm very hurt. Its piling on to the fact that I'm starting to feel like she wants nothing to do with me anymore. I know shes busy planning the wedding and getting everything ready plus shes a teacher and plans the prom so she's had everything happening all at once, so i've tried to give her space and not bother her too much. It all started back in January, we got together after she had gotten engaged over the holidays and I told her that I would love to help her out in anyway that I could and that just to let me know. She had told me she would let me know when she was going to have a bridal shower or engagement party or bachelorette trip and keep me in the loop, I said that sounded great. She texted me in February telling me that they were planning her bachelorette party for July in SC and asked if I wanted to go. I told her I would love to, to just keep me updated so I know the days and how much my part will be and if we're flying/driving, etc. All the things somebody would need to know so they could plan their schedules, figure out costs, etc accordingly. I was unemployed, so she knew that I had to plan everything ahead to make sure I would be able to cover all my bills and costs until I could get another job. She texted me back telling me the days and that we were driving but said nothing else. Well, I waited cause I knew she was busy but I planned my schedule around those days and figured I would hear something from her soon. She then texts me in March asking for my address, since i had moved recently and then mailed me a wedding invite. Since then she has had 3 engagement parties and I wasn't invited to a single one. I was hurt but I let it go deciding that maybe it was small family gatherings and they only invited a small group of people. Then I get a text from one of her bridesmaids at the beginning of June, who I don't know, who the only way she could of gotten my number was to get it from my friend, asking me for $100 for my part of the hotel room for the bacherlorette trip and put towards my friend's part of the bacherlorette trip so she wouldn't have to pay for anything and gave me her info to wire it to her right then. I'm getting pretty upset and hurt now. My friend hasn't bothered to respond to anything I've sent or said to her and I directly asked her to keep me informed. I had to ask this bridesmaid what the days where, the times we'd be leaving/coming back, where we would be staying, how we would be getting there, what we would be doing. You know things you sortta need to know to be able to go somewhere and be able to plan how much money you might need. She really couldn't tell me much other than the days, didn't know the time, knew we were driving but didn't know if everybody was carpooling or driving separately, and didn't know what we would be doing there either. So I gave her the money, asked her to also please keep me informed in hopes that I don't feel like i've just given money to somebody and I'm not even going to be informed so I can actually go on this trip. Now it's been a few weeks since that text from the bridesmaid, I haven't heard a word from my friend or the bridesmaid and we're supposedly supposed to leave in 3 weeks. Plus I noticed that my friend had finally completed her wedding registry so I figured she was going to be having a bridal shower soon, so I go to message her today in hopes she'll not be too busy and I look online before I do, only to find out that her bridal shower was today. I can't say it was just immediate family/friends cause there were quite a few people there. I'm extremely hurt. When I get hurt like this I tend to not thing clearly and I tend to lash out. I'm trying to stay calm and do this the right way. I feel like I need to say something. What do I say? Am I being stupid and she really no longer cares to be my friend? Should I even be going on this bacherlorette trip? Could I even get my money back if I backed out now? What do y'all think? Am I just overreacting?

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Latest activity by MrsJohansson, on June 16, 2019 at 5:28 PM
  • DuttonSandersWedding
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    DuttonSandersWedding ·
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    This is a difficult situation. I would say that its clear she doesn't put the same value on your friendship that you do but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about you. Wedding planning is hard and beyond stressful and things and unfortunately people, fall through the cracks. I would say something to her directly. Ask to meet for lunch or coffee and speak with her frankly. Don't attack her. Ask her how she's been fairing and bring up the parties and the plans for the bachelorette party. If she is still flaky about that then I would ask for at least your portion of the 100 back and maybe let the bit that was to pay her way be as a present.
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  • CDickman
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    The bride goes not plan that stuff the bridesmaids do.
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  • Meghan
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    I agree with PP. Usually showers and and Bachelorette parties are not planned by the bride. So whoever planned her shower may not know you or have been aware that you should have been invited. Or they might have had a very specific guest list for that shower. I would reach out to the BM asking for details on the upcoming Bachelorette party because it sounds like she is the one in charge. As for your friend, see if you two can meet up for drinks or something and politely bring it up then. Maybe mention your excitement about her Bachelorette and ask if anyone needs help with hosting a shower. If things don’t go well during either of these encounters, I’d just tell the BM you are no longer able to go and ask for you $100 back.
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  • D
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    Start calling people and not just texting only.
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    Usually that is true, but I know for a fact that shes helping plan her bacherlorette trip. When we got together in January before all this went down, she had mentioned she was going to have 2 bacherlorette trips, one in March to Vegas and 1 in July. She said she wasn't sure where she wanted to go yet for the 1 in July but when she talked with her bridesmaids and figured out where she wanted to go, she would let me know. I had jokingly mentioned the bridesmaids are supposed to plan the bacherlorette and she had laughed and said they are, I'm just giving my "hints" about what I like and what I don't like about what they're planning.

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    Angela ·
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    That's what is also making me lean towards feeling this way, I haven't been able to get a hold of her since March, when she asked for my address. Anytime I've called or texted, I haven't heard back from her. Then her bridesmaid texting me out of the blue, means she had to of given her my number, but she can't seem bothered to respond to any of my calls or texts.

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    Angela ·
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    That's why I'm trying to be understanding. I know weddings are super stressful to plan and put together (I did mine in 4 months, don't recommend that one to anyone) but I feel like I'm the only one she's cut out. If I can get her to answer my calls or texts I would ask to meet up and try to get to the bottom of all this.

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    Angela ·
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    True, I try to keep telling myself that maybe it was a limited amount of people at her wedding shower, but I keep seeing pictures of it online and there are a lot of people there. So now i'm trying to tell myself that the host didn't ask for a guest list and just invited the ones she knew and so my friend didn't tell her my name because she wasn't asked and the host doesn't know me, but its hard with that many people having attended. The bacherlorette party is usually thrown by the bridesmaids but I know that she's helping plan her own. I'm going to see if I can get her to answer my texts or calls and hopefully get together and maybe I can figure out what's going on. Though is 3 weeks too short of a time to ask for money back from a trip?

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    A bride makes up a list of women she is closest to, of those invited to the wedding. But it is the shower hostesses, not the bride, who decide how many people to invite, and who they are. So you may be on her master list she gave hostesses. But if she listed 40 women ( including groom's family, on top of that, and two hostesses want only 15 and 12 guests, then they invie only part of the list. Host's choice, so do not get upset at the bride. Out of her hands.
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  • MrsJohansson
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    She doesn't see the friendship the way you do. Three parties and not one invite? Sorry there isn't an excuse for excluding you unless she just didn't want you there. I read that the bride doesn't do the planning for these things but didn't she notice after the first party that you weren't there? Assuming that you are important and valued the same way you value her?

    I would go to the wedding, celebrate and show your support but scale back afterwards. Life is too short to put time and value people who do not reciprocate it. I'm sorry you are going through this and I totally get why you feel hurt.

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  • MrsJohansson
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    Yeah, no one is that busy. You are just not a priority to her right now. It sucks and is unfair cause you seem like a devoted friend but the way you are being treated is not really fair. Takes a few moments to send a text at some point letting you know when she will make contact next.

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