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bff didn't tell me about engagement but invited me to the wedding

Milena, on April 22, 2023 at 7:14 AM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 2

Hey!
I am looking for a bit of advice from the outside. I got married last year and my BFF was my MOH. I made sure the hen do was organised to fit also her schedule. I told her the date as soon as we got it because I knew she needed to travel for both wedding and hen do. I called her when I got engaged. I organised calls to keep her in the loop and introduced her to the others in the wedding party. She even stayed at my place for the two nights although she never asked and never communicated her arrangements as asked. There were bumps but obviously I thought they were small and in the grand scheme of our friendship, I thought it was minor.

On my hen do, she told me she was planning to get married. She wasn't engaged but they were thinking about it. At this point, I didn't know she was in a relationship despite having had several calls and checked on her previously so she had the opportunity to tell me. It was also a bit weird to tell me at my hen do - but I was happy to let that slide. After I came back from my honeymoon, I regularly texted her to check up on her (we don't live in the same country). She ghosted me twice. Once in November and then in December when I wish her a happy holidays and NY. It was her birthday shortly after that and I sent a card. She messages me without acknowledging the messages she didn't reply. Then I learn that wedding is still on the cards, I ask her how things are going and from the sound of it, she has been planning it for a while. She didn't give me any details, only it's been a while and we are waiting on city hall confirmation. I told her if it's a weekend, I would need to know in advance because I work weekends and would need to take several days off. I also don't make a lot so I would need to save because it's in a major capital where I would need accomodation too.

Then she tells me she is in my country for work for several months (when she is already there). When I asked her if this was happening several months ago, she didn't reply to me. She doesn't make any plans, I don't know if she is waiting for me to make them. I said I would be open to do something. She didn't try to make any plans. I saw she went on a trip we were talking about last year with another friend which made me feel like if she wanted to do something, she could ask. Especially when I made plans with her and made the effort before.

So now she tells me there is a date. I congratulate her and everything. She doesn't give me anymore details and says to let her know if I come. Apparently, something should come once she has all the details of her other guests (who all live in her city). From when she mentioned her potential wedding at my hen do, I know she wanted a bachelorette party but I haven't heard anything. It makes me think I am excluded from it. I think she also should have let me know details so I could book travel since the wedding is only four months away. Flights are now over 300 and accomodation is over 100/night. I would need several days off (at least three) to make it. I don't even want to go anymore.

I feel like I am not wanted. I feel like she has been keeping me in the dark on purpose. I think she knows I won't say anything now because I don't want to add to potential pre-wedding stress and make it about me. I feel like she is sending me a clear message that I am barely an acquaintance to her when I thought she was my best friend and I thought she at least saw me as a close friend.

I wonder if I should go, or if I am reading this right and she is pushing me out and ending that friendship.

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Latest activity by Mary, on April 24, 2023 at 8:38 AM
  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    That is rough. It sounds like you are reading more into it than what is actually happening. Everyone has different ways of approaching wedding planning: some dive straight in and include everyone in all details from the beginning and others keep it on the downlow between them and their fiancé. Neither is right or wrong and it doesn’t mean at all that you are no longer her friend.


    Try to talk to her about life in general without wedding planning being discussed. It doesn’t sound like she is cutting you out of her life. The things you described she has done are not abnormal either. Especially when there are miles and oceans between you, that is bound to happen but it doesn’t mean at all that you are a hindrance to her. Try to push that idea out of your mind.


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  • M
    Dedicated June 2023
    Mary ·
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    It definitely sounds like your friend is ghosting you. If you can set up a phone call or FaceTime to talk with her- ask how she’s doing & ask specifically about the behavior… don’t accuse just say you’ve noticed these things and didn’t want to draw conclusions, but it seems like she’s avoiding you / ghosting you and it’s hurtful.. so you wanted to get clarity from her and not assume anything. I think being direct is always the best route- then whatever she says, take it for what it is. If she doesn’t respond to your request to talk or make time for you, the answer is already there love.


    Ultimately it’s your decision how much emotional energy you continue investing in the relationship- you can consider her a friend still but maybe a distant one, not someone who you have the close bond with. Regardless of what she says, you don’t have to attend her wedding even if you get an invite from her down the road.
    I had a similar friend experience ago- she ignored certain texts about meeting up and was super flaky over a few years, but then hit me up last fall to hang out. We met up and I asked her- nicely- why she wanted to hangout now after pretty much ignoring my texts for the prior year. She was surprised that I was so direct LOL I can’t forget- she had some explanation but denied ignoring my texts.. I had receipts and showed her so then she kind of back pedaled. She saw my engagement ring so we talked about my wedding but I also nicely (genuinely did it nicely) told her I wasn’t planning to invite her because frankly she hadn’t been a consistent friend to me in the prior 3 years. It felt kind of liberating to take control of how much I allowed her to be a part of my life— vs. waiting on call for someone to honor my friendship.
    Good luck!!!
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