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What to do when you’ve lost a friend over the wedding.

Lynne, on March 10, 2019 at 9:09 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 5
We’ve been friends for over 5 years now. We’ve gotten in pittely arguements before, but managed to work it out, although I have always seemed to be the one putting in effort and apologizing. She was the closest female I ever actually called a freind. I could literally talk to her about anything. She also had a side to her were it seemed to be all about her, and what benefited which I just blew it over and didn’t take it personally.
However, during Conversations sometimes she would totally weed out everything I said, and ignored me, like anything I had to say was pointless or meaningful. I always thought that was kind of hurtful, many of times she left me on the back burner for example, like she would get free concert tickets and then post on Facebook asking people to go but never went out of her way to ask me. She hardly ever texted me to even say hi or how’s it going.

I remember the day (at a get together) I suprised her with a gift to be the MOH,she didn’t even have a reaction to it like she just expected it. She wasn’t even acknowledging that I was a little taken back by that, and seemed to be worried about my fiancé’s best friend( which she had a crush on, but he did not like her like that)... she seemed to only come around when she knew he was going to be there. Every time I asked her to hangout with just her and I, she would always have an excuse , but later on post pictures on Facebook hanging out with other people, kind of like a smack in the face. I guess I just sort of always felt like a nuisance to her, but I still considered her my best friend.

Anyways everything seems like it was going great until I got all the bridesmaids together and went dress shopping. It was overwhelming at first, because everyone was trying on dresses, including me so it was hard to be focused on one thing. I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted for colors yet and I was being a little indecisive. I posted different ideas in a group chat, and they seemed to be getting a little annoyed including her. They wouldn’t respond or post anything on there. I just couldn’t make my mind up right away, so many ideas options etc.

So then I just decided to give it time and didn’t say anything to the girls until I knew what colors I really wanted. Finally, a few weeks later I posted I’m the group chat my colors and info on where to get the dresses from and it was all good. However, I noticed that my MOH became distant, and starting talking to my FSL. I just found it a little rude that they wouldn’t even reach out to say hi to me, but they always liked and commented on each other’s stuff, but any thing I posted or said they didn’t acknowledge. My FSL actually told me that they were in a separate group that, saying how they are afraid to disagree with me because they don’t want to make me mad, and they don’t even want to be in the wedding, and I was put in the group by another BM and my MOH was saying stuff to my FSL saying how she doesn’t want to be in my wedding, I’m making it harder than it has to be, that she should be worrying and saving up for her own wedding, I was so hurt! Also saying she doesn’t have the money for anything, but bought a new truck.
I simply said if you don’t want to be in the wedding then don’t, so she said have a nice life and blocked me off everything. I gave it a few weeks and went out of my way to apologize to her and said it is not worth loosing a friendship over. No response. My wedding doesn’t feel the same anymore , and I’m just depressed over all this.

Anyone go through a similar situation?

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Latest activity by Melissa, on March 11, 2019 at 8:47 AM
  • Katie
    VIP November 2019
    Katie ·
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    I lost a bridesmaid over a dress problem and she complained about the other girls . Our friendship has been weakened and it’s been hard to rekindle
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  • Mrs. S
    Master November 2019
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    I’ve had a friend for 22 years who I asked to be a bridesmaid. We have not been as close in the last ten years bc she moved away and we only see each other once a year. I’ve been through a lot with my other friends and things she doesn’t even know about. Which I do not hold against her In the least obviously but I picked someone else as my maid of honor not thinking it mattered at all. Just that this other girl has been my right hand through a lot of horrible situations over the last five years. For a while I never thought there was an issue and we’ve never argued but suddenly she’s very rude to my maid of honor and threw a tantrum bc she’s not the maid of honor and won’t talk to me. I told her I was truly sorry for hurting her feelings, I didn’t know it would affect her like that and she got even madder. Idk what to do but it’s been two months now...
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  • Formerbride
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    I'm sorry you're not enjoying your wedding planning process. It seems like you are very insecure in this friendship. Some relationships don't work out. However, if you are bothering your bridesmaids frequently, they're going to get tired of it. I personally do not like group messages. Try communicating with them independently if you're not happy that no one is responding. Good luck!
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  • Fwbride
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    I lost a friend too because of the wedding. My friend (let’s call her S) lived in another state. It was hard to keep up with her because I was busy and she was busy, but I always called her back, texted her back and reached out when I had a minute. I wasn’t planning on asking her to be in my wedding, but she told me she would be hurt if I didn’t ask, so I did. When girls and I went shopping I sent her pics of the dress and got her measurements and paid for the dress since she said she didn’t have the money and would pay me back later.

    A little side story: I had paid for her to fly down to Florida so we could have a little vacation together for her birthday and so I could give her the BM proposal. A week before the trip she tells me she’s not going because she needs to work. Keep in mind she had already taken work off. I was pissed because I couldn’t get my money back and I had asked her 3 times if she was sure she could go before I booked the tickets. She also had asked me multiple times to lend her money for gas and that she would pay me back.

    anyway fast forward and I had just texted her after not speaking for 2 1/2 weeks and she was mad at me because “I never talk to her”. We argued about it for awhile until she dramatically decided to drop out of the BP. I was pretty hurt and even tried to fix thing after that but she literally wanted me to set a time in my phone everyday of when to call her and I just couldn’t make that promise. So the friendship ended.

    i never got paid back, but I am happier.
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  • Melissa
    Dedicated March 2019
    Melissa ·
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    It’s funny how weddings can change friendships. I don’t have a BP but I have a friendship that I believe is now over and it took me
    getting married to see that. I have a friend who I’ve beem friends with since I was 15, so 23 years. We have been on and off with communication but always pick up where we left off. I hadn’t talked to her in awhile and didn’t tell her I was engaged right away. She calls me out of the blue one day, I tell her the news, and she seemed mad it took me two months to tell her. We then texted some about the wedding. She even offered to help woth rental items as she works for a party rental company. However she never RSVPed to my shower and never RSVPed to the wedding. I’m unsure what happened but I’m the end, reflecting on it, it seemed we were holding onto a friendship that wasn’t there anymore anyway so maybe this is what needed to happen to end it.
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