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Neve
Just Said Yes May 2023

Am i being petty or am i justified to be upset with my friends?

Neve, on November 14, 2022 at 8:54 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 11
My group of friends and I have been really close friends. My husband and I did elope this month but had two months preparation for the wedding so everything was rushed.


My friends were all busy, except one, with college so I hadn't expected any of them to be much help for this one event but would be there where it mattered. I have had a bit of drama with them about the colour of the dress, where we decided that I'd pick the colour and they pick their own dress since it's last minute. But I couldn't decide their colour until I picked out my dress (it's an Indian wedding so could wear whatever colour I liked) and they were being very persistent asking about the colour. So I did get very annoyed and told them to wear one colour they all seemed to like and I'd avoid that colour. My reaction shocked them because they thought they were being helpful by having their coloured picked first but I had to explain (which I had already done before) that my colour of my dress options would be restricted because I wouldn't want to be the same colour as the bridesmaid and want it to be complimentary. One of my friends admitted that she distanced herself from me after this conversation saying my reaction was abrupt and abrasive.
Things moved on and when we had the engagement party which my partner organised as a surprise for me, I showed up seeing none of them there. They all said they were busy because they have to study for an exam or prepare an assignment, and another said it was inconvenient for them to attend as they had an early start at work the following day. I got really sad and started crying that no one showed up or inconvenience their life a little to attend. I tried bringing this up to one of them telling them I felt so lonely but they said it was unfair of me to be upset when they were all busy and lied to me that they were originally able to attend the first date of the engagement party but not the second date (they were given two weeks notice for the changed date). No one even asked how was the engagement party was afterwards, and I noticed none of them really asked me how I was during the wedding planning. It felt like they distanced themselves entirely after the one drama with the colour of the dress.
Since then, I've been very uncomfortable with them. I tried to bring it up with the others but they all tell me their stressed and can't talk to me about it or shut the topic immediately. I have been hearing from my other friend that they seemed very unresponsive and uninterested in the wedding planning. But because I had the one friend who was always there for me, I've been heavily relying and consoling in her. This seemed to annoyed the group and apparently are being really rude to my friend who has been helping.
Am I being petty for being hurt and mad at them for not attending? I probably have been snappy here and there, and I'm surprised I reacted this way too because I wasn't expecting the extreme stress that comes with the wedding planning like with parents, in laws and even other family members. And without them really trying to be involved, I felt so lonely. For context, the friend that was helping didn't live in the same city as me. I said this to one friend and she said it wasn't right for me to be rude. This really shocked me. Felt like my feelings were completely invalidated.
Now I have no idea if my group of friends are annoyed with me or even cares. I try talking to them but still don't get much from them. I keep convincing myself they're busy but I can't help be worried about that they hate me because I was upset they weren't all there for me during my wedding.

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Latest activity by Michael, on November 16, 2022 at 9:51 PM
  • Michael
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    The situation sounds rather complex.

    I think if possible you might try to share the idea with your friends that you have been in a bunch of stress and didn't react in the kindest fashion to them. You could then share that your friendship with them is very important and you would hope that any harsh things could be forgiven among you all. Maybe say that if you all get through this tough period that it will be a chance to rekindle the friendship on better terms.

    All you can do at that point is hope that they share what went wrong and be better behaved around you.

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  • Jm Sunshine
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    I must admit I'm super confused...an elopement is just you and your SO as well as officiant so I don't understand how your friends offended you. Elopements also should not include pre-wedding events such as engagement parties, showers, etc.
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  • Neve
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    Elopement is the wrong term I guess. Felt more like an elopement given how quickly we planned the wedding. But you're right, it wasn't an elopement. It was a fairly average sized wedding just everything crammed in three months.
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  • Jacks
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    I'm so confused. So are you already married and planning a reception, or are you getting married at this event?

    If you eloped and are married, you usually don't do all the wedding-related pre-parties such as engagement party etc.

    Has the wedding already happened?

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  • Neve
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    The ceremony is done now. But during all of this time, it wasn't. It wasn't an elopement. I used the wrong term.
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  • Natalie
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    It sounds like you were overly stressed trying to plan a wedding in 2 months, treated them poorly because of it, and are expecting the relationships to go back to normal now that the wedding is over.
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  • Neve
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    The thing is I don't know where I treated them poorly. I never asked for them to help me because the last time I asked them to plan the bridal party they came back with they're all too busy and said not to do one. The only time I can think of that I snapped at them was the colour situation which was only one incident and it was cause they kept continuously asking despite me explaining to them several times before why the colour couldn't be decided. If they backed away from just one incident, and I've been checking up on them asking if they're ok and even sent them food during their studying during this period but none of them reached out to me.
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  • Jacks
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    So did they show up to the wedding in the proper attire?

    You may think everything was OK with how you handled things, but when more than one person is feeling that way you have to wonder.

    No-one was obligated to show up for pre-wedding events. I understand your disappointment, but feels like there was a lot of drama here.

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  • Michael
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    You had done partly what could help. You tried with an offer of food to help them during their studies. As you noted, you don't have any details what really has bothered them. If there is any chance of them reconciling quickly, it is if you say how sorry you were about being stressed during the wedding events. Ask if there is anything you can do to make up for it. Hopefully someone will respond back so you can figure out what happened. It could be a misunderstanding on their part.

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  • Neve
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    Yeah I guess so. I feel like maybe I'm just overthinking it because every time I speak to them, they act normally. I just feel a bit of an absence from them online and that's what I'm probably overthinking. I know they had their own stresses during the wedding with their personal life, but I've been hearing all in the background how they were being difficult (they're all bridesmaids btw) and rude to the other bridesmaid so I just keep overthinking everything maybe, hearing other people's opinion and it clouding mine. During the last few weeks of the wedding, I was very stressed and practically broke down and it was hard and lonely when they weren't there as my support.
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  • Michael
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    I hope things continue smoothly with your friends. It takes cooperation and understanding to get past the difficult moments. I think with bridal parties there can be some tensions that happen if all of them are not in the same social group. Maybe that is partly what happened. The main thing now is that you made it through everything and now are married.

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