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Meg27
Beginner September 2021 Derbyshire

What would you do?

Meg27, 24 February, 2017 at 09:40 Posted on Planning 0 5

Hi all , Hope wedding planning is going well!

I will cut this as short as possible! I got engaged 2 years ago and marry this july .My partner grew up with a girl who her mum and his mum were best friends ( they now aren't ) but she has other links to his family . When I met my partner me and her became good friends and I considered her a best friend and when we got engaged I asked her to be moh. Since this ( approx 2 years ago) a lot has happened to make me question the relationship . She has lied constantly to me for years . Mostly silly white lies , she's one of these where if your going to Spain , she's going around the world ! I brushed it off and thought " if you need to lie about your life then that's your issue " but it became serious last year when she got involved in something that was not her place too . She hurt me in ways no " best friend " would ever even contemplate and when confronted just lied her way out of it ! With no proof as such I couldn't say much more and had to " let it go" although i have tried and can't forgive her . So , since then I just can't trust her , she isn't a friend to me at all in my eyes . I don't want people like her in my life . So, my issue is . It's not as simple as just cutting her off . She has ties to the family which would make things VERY awkward. But, I have no desire to see her and I'm considering not having a hen party just so I can spend as little time with her as I have to. Would you stick it out until after the wedding and just let the relationship drift away or would you act now ? She's not the kind of person that wouldn't go quietly so to speak ! I don't particularly want the up evil before the wedding but I don't want it to dampen our day . We haven't seen her since last october and we barely speak now .Her partner is also an usher just to make the situation even more complicated! I have wrote this out to maybe send/ask her?? There are also childish " quotes" on facebook weekly since we became distant last year which i know are aimed at me .

"Hey , Hope you are ok . Im not sure why, but I think we both feel we aren’t very close anymore. I can’t help but feel like something has changed between us.

Obviously, the wedding is fast approaching and I will need to sort dresses ect in March and i wanted to find out if you still want to be in the bridal party? I understand our friendship has changed and i wouldn’t be offended if you wanted to come as a guest instead . When i asked you to be my maid of honour we were really close and we aren’t anymore ,so i understand for my sake ,as much as yours if you don’t want to be . My maid of honour should be my best friend or closest friend and I'm not sure we are anymore ?
I am not saying i don’t want you there or a part of the bridal party if you still want to be , but i don’t want you to feel you have to be if you don’t want to anymore ,as thats not fair on you, as i keep noticing quotes on Facebook that i feel are aimed at me .
I know I’ve asked you before but they seem to be ever since november time when i started to feel distance between us and they’ve continued into this year too. Maybe I’m paranoid but my guts teliing me I’m not and if them quotes are how you feel then do you really want to be in the bridal party ?
I don’t want to loose our friendships but i do feel like it has changed a lot and I’m not sure why . My wedding day should be the happiest day of my life and i want everyone to be comfortable and happy too , if that means you being there as a guest then id rather that than you being in the bridal party and not wanting to be and just not saying because you don’t want to hurt my feelings or something. Like I say, if you want to then I'm not saying I don't want you to be in it , but I don't want you not to be saying something incase your worried it'll offend me . Xx "
Thanks everyone x

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Latest activity by MrsW2017, 5 March, 2017 at 14:47
  • Paula @ Ollievision
    Paula @ Ollievision ·
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    I think your letter to her is ideal. You should send it now and see if she replies over the weekend. Maybe suggest she could call you on the phone if she still wants to be in the bridal party?

    The only possible problem with your letter is that if she does not respond you are left with no idea. I'd change that by saying if she DOES still want to be in the bridal party please call you over the next 7 days. Then if she does not make contact you can cross her off.

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  • MetalBride
    Beginner April 2018
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    I sent a similar letter because my bridesmaid had moved to another country and had not been in touch since she moved, I got a really great response where she hadn't realised that she hadn't replied to my messages. We are now back in touch and back on track for each other's weddings. I hope yours goes well and you get the ending you need x

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    Rockstar June 2020
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    Letter is good but I would probably take the Facebook stuff out and keep it more factual. She will probably say the Facebook quotes are nothing to do with yours and her's situation anyway. Good on you for doing this. I see so many posts on here of girls not knowing how to approach these situations. I always think that if the people were close enough to be each other's bridesmaids then they shouldn't have a problem being open and honest with each other. Let is know how it goes x

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  • Meg27
    Beginner September 2021 Derbyshire
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    hey all!

    here is the update !

    My MOH has dropped out of the wedding party ( mutual agreement) things haven't been right for a while. Her partner was also an usher and in her words" we are a unit, if i am not the moh then .... isnt an usher " this we are fine with . A lot has happened to it probably is of the best .Im not sure wether to still have them at the day though. We cut our guest list down to just immediate family ( drawing the line at first cousins) and just the wedding party . It kind of feels wrong to our the family who only have evening invites to keep them as day guests however, i want to avoid anymore drama! things are just about amicable at the moment . Also, maybe selfishly , but i feel quite reluctant to pay for them in the day when they have dropped out the wedding party . It has cost us £250.00 for them to drop out due to loosing deposits eat on suppliers such as the suits,dress, flowers ect . I know this sounds rather petty but i feel very hurt by it all as it is . What would you do ?

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    Beginner March 2015
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    It sounds like you did not want this lady to be in your bridal party, and luckily, you got this by mutual agreement. I would suggest that you draw a line under this, and move forward. £250 isn't that much in the scheme of thing especially if it means you get a day which isn't awkward or soured by the presence of someone you did not really want to be there.

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    Beginner May 2017
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    Great news that they've dropped out. Personally I wouldn't invite them to the day as like you said, it's only immediate family and they aren't even best friends of yours so I don't think they could really have any grounds to be offended

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