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Just Said Yes October 2024

Asked best friends to be my bridesmaid/moh but feel like we all aren’t close anymore?

Hannah, on February 3, 2024 at 11:23 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 3
We have all been best friends for a long long time. I met my MOH when I was a senior in high school and she was a freshman in college. We have been through some crazy, wild times that has always put her as family in my eyes. I met my bridesmaid/other best friend when I became a traveling manager for a food franchise & I was her boss. She didn’t like me at first lol but we became inseparable. I introduced her to my MOH and the rest was history. We have been a close friend group since. We would do everything together & talked about everything. We would take trips to different places & we would drop anything if one of us needed something.


I have noticed over the last couple of years, there has been kind of a drift. Bridesmaid moved to the other side of the country with her boyfriend, I also moved but came back after a year & MOH just seemed to quietly step back a bit. I am always reaching out to the group chat & getting us talking. None of them ever reach out first. When birthdays come around, I always make sure to reach out immediately & send gifts. But when my birthdays have come around, I receive no message or gifts. I don’t mind the gifts thing, but a message that maybe I’m on your mind wouldBe nice ya know? I help plan their parties, but none of ever given effort for mine. When MOH family member got sick, I checked in every week because I care & know what it feels like to go through the same thing. But I recently was injured at work & had major surgery & I am currently laid up at home & neither of them reached out. My MOH is getting married in May. She didn’t ask bridesmaid or me to be in her wedding. It hurt a lot but she said it was because of family & I understood that. Her wedding is a destination wedding that is so expensive & I can barely afford it. She says it’s fine if I can only stay a day or if I can’t always participate in things but when it gets brought up, she gets a look on her face & I know it bothers her. I’m her only friend that’s in a lower range than her & our other friends. I know this has turned into a ramble but I just wanted to lay down what I see through my side lately. It breaks my heart constantly. I just wish the people who I have regarded as my family for years and years, would reach out sometimes & not forget about me.My problem is I’m so scared that they won’t support me during my wedding. That they won’t do their duties that I know I’d bend over backwards myself to do for them. I keep thinking we should say F it & just elope. But my fiancé doesn’t want that kind of wedding.
What do I do? Do I let it play out & see what happens after all the weddings & see if any of us even chat anymore? Should I stop putting in any effort in these friendships & just do what they have been doing to me? I understand people grow & have their lives & sometimes just drift apart, but I don’t want to be the only one holding the line together anymore.

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Latest activity by Michelle, on February 5, 2024 at 11:00 PM
  • Michael
    Rockstar October 2023
    Michael ·
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    You probably should just prepare for the wedding as planned. Whatever happens, happens. Keep the tasks for them minimal. There is the constant reminder that the bridesmaids only have to buy their dresses and stand next to you at the wedding. You seem to be more the dominant person of the friendship. This can lead to friends who don't always act instinctively. I think also with the MOH getting married, her dynamics change. You can continue to be pleasant around these friends and see how things develop over time.

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  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
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    I guess my question is what do you need support with that you can't get from your FI?

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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    It sounds like the friendships have drifted apart naturally. Some people are not good friends and you have to let them go even if you had a great connection in the past. What you are describing is a perfect example of why people say not to ask anyone to be a bridesmaid before 6 months before the wedding, and only the people who are currently your closest support system.


    What are your expectations of them? There is nothing that any bridesmaid needs to do except purchase a dress and be a close support group who shows up at the rehearsal and wedding day. Your fiancé and you plan the wedding yourselves.
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