How to address a what seems to be (uninterested) moh

I'm wondering if she's feeling stressed about money expectations? You mentioned that she's pre-paying for makeup, was that optional? Sometimes money is so tricky, and it's hard to have conversations around budget. She really only has to get the dress and show up, so maybe reassuring her about that might help.

Also, what about approaching her to do something not related to the wedding? Look at this as a "friend" problem instead of a wedding issue.

I would stop talking about her to your other wedding party members about this and focus on being a good friend to her. She was important enough to you to make her your MOH, so I would not give ultimatums or kick her out of the wedding, which would likely end the friendship.

You said it yourself, she's done nothing wrong.

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She already pre-paid for the make up which I did not ask her to do she was more than happy to send it and she picked her own dress I literally told everyone they could spend $40-200 on their dress it was all up to them and what they wanted and she most def can afford to pay for a dress she shops non stop all the time. Without me even mentioning it to my other bridemaids they noticed she was acting funny because she recently asked them to remove her from the group chat about my bachelorette party because she said everyone is too opinionated and she doesn't want to hear their ideas. She also refuses to respond to any of them too when they text her personally and ask her how she is doing. When she wants to comminute with everyone she does but when she doesn't everyone gets ignored. My question is how long do I wait on her to respond? I get she may have issues but at some point and time I will need an answer. If this is too much for her its okay if she drops out but ignoring me this close to the wedding is not cool. I'm trying to be a friend but there's only so much are you okay just checking in's I can send. She looks happy as pie on social media judging from the other post she put up.

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The thing is, if you follow the advice of your other BM's and kick her out, you will likely lose the friendship. In addition, there will be drama created around that decision that may end up reflecting poorly on you. I would let them know you're fine with things, and to back off of her re: texting her etc. Clearly there are reasons she's reluctant to be involved with them, and they may be valid. You just don't know the full story, I'm guessing.

She really only does have to get the dress and show up, so I would leave her be. She doesn't need to be involved in pre-wedding events, and clearly she plans to show up since she booked makeup.

From what you’ve shared, it sounds like there is A LOT of texting/communications surrounding your wedding and pre-wedding events. Which is totally fine! However, not everyone gets into that. It sounds like she is just being overloaded with Wedding talk and has gotten burnt out on it; hence the request to be removed from the group chat. For perspective, my aunts and cousins (who I am very close with) have a group chat that they are extremely active on. I love them dearly, but that’s just not my jam. So I eventually requested to be removed from the chat. It doesn’t mean I don’t love them and don’t care about what’s going on in their lives- it was just too much for me personally. I suspect maybe that is what is happening with your MOH. I would remove her from the chat and just give her some space. Make sure she knows important dates/deadlines, and trust that she is an adult and will meet them. Maybe after a little breathing room, she will come back around to being excited about everything.

First. The world doesn't revolve around your wedding. Or my wedding, or anyone's relationship. If this person is part of your wedding party, that implies this person is important to your life. If so, be a friend and be with her when she is down. Maybe she needs you right now, so put away your needs and attend to her needs. On a limited reasonable basis of course

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Spoke with her today and she was upset because she did not want to be apart of group planning and did not want to plan anything with my Matron of honor because she doesn't like working with people. So no it had nothing to do with the "world" as you said revolving around my wedding. But thanks anyways for the comment