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Wedding Party Conflicts

I have been privy to *BRIDEzilla* behavior before and now, as a bride myself, have made a personal committment to avoid the negative during my wedding planning process. I have been shocked by how much bad behavior is actually coming my way! First, my mother who does not shy away from judgmental or negative comments. I have minimized this by chosing not to engage. Lately, however, I have been saddened by bad behavior on the part of members of my wedding party. The biggest conflict happened at my recent Bachelorette Party. The primary hostess used Facebook as the networking tool. I asked her to invite 2 additional people via email who do not use FB. One of them declined for health reasons but the other one refused to come because she was not invited directly by the hostess. She made this decision even though she knew I wanted her there. I am disappointed that the hostess dropped the ball on the email invite but I am even more disappointed by my guest's stubborn clinging to proper ettiquette. Any thoughts on how I handle this?

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    Jazzyliza said:
    I have been privy to *BRIDEzilla* behavior before and now, as a bride myself, have made a personal committment to avoid the negative during my wedding planning process. I have been shocked by how much bad behavior is actually coming my way! First, my mother who does not shy away from judgmental or negative comments. I have minimized this by chosing not to engage. Lately, however, I have been saddened by bad behavior on the part of members of my wedding party. The biggest conflict happened at my recent Bachelorette Party. The primary hostess used Facebook as the networking tool. I asked her to invite 2 additional people via email who do not use FB. One of them declined for health reasons but the other one refused to come because she was not invited directly by the hostess. She made this decision even though she knew I wanted her there. I am disappointed that the hostess dropped the ball on the email invite but I am even more disappointed by my guest's stubborn clinging to proper ettiquette. Any thoughts on how I handle this?
    I'm confused about what the problem is. Who invited your friend if the hostess didn't? How is the guest clinging to etiquette?



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    I don't get it.



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    You handle by saying you were sorry to miss her and moving on. If you don't want drama in your life don't chase it.
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    Nothing to see here move along now. . . (insert officer Barbrady gif)

    Honestly, I would just be sad on the inside that she wasn't there. No amount of scolding is going to make the situation better. In fact, it will seem a bit dramatic if you bring up that she did a poor job hosting after the fact and you may damage your relationship with her.
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    This is a complete non-issue. Your friend is a drama lama. 
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    Stop thinking about it.
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