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UKbride Member Request 28 Feb 2017

Help! I only have two bridesmaids, one is my sister and one is a friend. Not...

Help! I only have two bridesmaids, one is my sister and one is a friend. Not too long ago my friend moved quite far away, we hadn't been friends for too long when I asked her to be bridesmaid but we had gotten very close very quickly as we spent so much time together. Since she moved we have been really distant. Our friendship originally was completely built on spending physical time together and she was my only "physical" friend as I call it. Now she's moved I feel like our relationship has been "reset" and we are starting again as friends, building a new "long distance" friendship. Which is fine, because I understand relationships change and we adapt. But for this reason, I really don't feel close enough for her to be a bridesmaid anymore. When I tried talking to her about how I don't feel close to her anymore, she turned it around to make me sound really selfish, telling me "She's not sure what she can do for me" and like I was trying to make her move back home. Which I'm definitely not. I was just trying to be honest with her about my feelings. She has been a great bridesmaid, wanting to help a lot, making herself available to try on dresses, despite the distance, but she has been a really bad friend recently. I'm starting to feel used for the bridesmaid title. She responds to messages about bridesmaid stuff in minutes, but general messages take her days to get back to me. I'm really not happy any more but I don't want to upset her by letting her down when she clearly wants to be a bridesmaid so much. What do I do?

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Jade Goodwin
Jade Goodwin 28 Feb 2017

I think shes probably upset and that may be why shes being distant because youve now decided she isnt what you want, i think if youve already asked her an shes put in so much effort to be there when you need her i think it would be nasty to tell her no now

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Feb 2017

Just tell her u no longer want her to be bridesmaid. It's your wedding do what makes u happy

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Feb 2017

Classic narcissistic behaviour. This is your wedding not hers. Turning it around to make you look selfish when you've tried to tell her how you feel is another classic trait From personal experience I'd tell her exactly how you feel and remind her it's your day. She won't like it she will play the victim.....your day not hers. Remember the important facts. Good luck x

Gemma Peterson
Gemma Peterson 28 Feb 2017

This has just happened to a friend of mine and now they barely talk as she was told not to bother being a bridesmaid and neither of them made an effort to meet up so looked as though there was no interest in the wedding. I would personally keep her as bridesmaid now as she is making the effort and I'm sure she doenst see it as just a title. She may just be replying quickly to them messages so you dont think shes not interested. People's lives are busy. I would pay her a visit and clear the air. You have hen do prep etc so she will be there too x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Feb 2017

If she doesn't make a day-to-day effort with you for the normal/boring things then she's not really a friend for bridesmaid quality she's purely a convenience friend (I.e wouldn't of bothered in the first place if you weren't living so close together).

My best friend lives 2 hours away from me, we literally talk everyday and text all the time. She's moving to Cyprus a few months after my wedding and I know for certain our relationship won't change.

It might be hard but if you don't feel close anymore and don't want her as your bridesmaid then don't have her. If she doesn't speak to you after that then you haven't really lost anything x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Feb 2017

So she does everything you ask of her before she moves and all is great then she moves and you make a big deal of it and bring up the issue of not wanting her to be bridesmaid because of the distance and you really wonder why she seems distant and funny with you now? Don't have her as bm if you don't want her to be but you should never have asked her in the 1st place when you are so quick to change your mind, especially as she hasn't done anything wrong.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Feb 2017

Be careful with this as if u ask her to step down as bridesmaid it may end ur entire relationship. Is that what you would want? X

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Feb 2017

I think you should keep her as a Bridesmaid as I'm sure when you're physically together again you'll be as if you never were apart. Im a culprit for not always responding to my friends right away if I'm busy, then I genuinely forget! We all do it sometimes. X

Lisa McMurtrie
Lisa McMurtrie 28 Feb 2017

But she's putting your wedding first despite being busy?? If she wasn't making an effort where your wedding was concerned I'd question it. Life gets in the way especially when you are far apart! Earrings is probably trying to settle and fit into her new home, work, friendships etc, once you are back normal and settled she will have more time to catch up

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Feb 2017

To be honest I don't think you can call yourself a friend to her..so what if she's moved away! Friends are friends no matter what the distance or the time you have known someone..this lady has shown you she's interested in being your bridesmaid so I don't see the problem...

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