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Bachelorette situation- I feel bad

My maid of honor lives 4 hours from me and she's in year 3 of medical school, so she's doing clinical rotations in the hospital right now while studying for quarterly exams. Her education absolutely comes before anything else and I'd never ask her to jeopardize that or take time away from it for me.

A few months ago, she asked/ offered if I wanted a shower but she knew my previous feelings towards showers and that I did not want one. So she was happy that I still felt that way, and she offered to throw a bachelorette. I said ok, whatever you want, I'm cool with anything. We tossed around some low key ideas like a beach day or just a nice dinner out. She asked me for the other 4 girls phone numbers to invite and I gave them to her. She told me a month ago that they'd all decided August 16th works for them so I said great.

Well, last night on FB I saw a post. Someone had invited one of the 4 girls to a party August 16th and the girl responded "I may or may not have a bachelorette party that night. I'm still waiting on an email :( ". So now I feel bad because I thought it was set it stone, I didn't realize the girls were all waiting on MOH's follow up. I guess I feel bad because I know how much studying and stress she's under and I don't want her to feel like she has to organize that on top of it. I'm someone who likes solid plans so I also feel bad for the other 4 girl's whose schedules are now in limbo waiting as well. I don't know if I should say anything to her, like asking if she needs help with anything or just let it be and see what happens in a week?

                                                                 

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Re: Bachelorette situation- I feel bad

  • She knows you like solid plans right?  So would it be odd for you to just call her to say you want to confirm everything so you are sure you are in the right place at that right time?  She might just need her memory jogged. Or it's possible she believes everything is set up, sent the e-mails, and for whatever reason that one person didn't get it.  
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  • I don't think there is anything wrong with sending her a quick email to confirm Aug 16th. Maybe also ask her what attire to wear, so you can plan ahead. Then if/when you hear back, I would just confirm with the other BM what the MOH told you. So that she knows for sure. "Hey BM, I saw your fb post the other day and MOH told me the b-party is on Aug 16th."
  • If it were my MOH, I would definitely follow up. I had to do that a few times with my MOH who planned a shower for me and co-hosted my bachelorette. She has two young kids and lives on the opposite side of the country, so occassionally she would tell me she would email everyone and then I'd just remind her/follow up on it.
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  • I had to follow up with my MOH as well. She did have firm plans in place but forgot to let me know what they were! I like firm plans as well and she's much more of a go with the flow type so it's pretty typical of our relationship. If you're concerned about pressuring her I think a brief 'hey, just wanted to see if we're still on for the 16th.' is fine.
  • Ok thanks everyone! I asked one of the bridesmaids if it was all set, since mysticl mentioned maybe one of them accidentally didn't get the email thread. She said no, she had no idea what was going on either and she offered to follow up with MOH so hopefully the two of them are able to figure it out together and let the others know.

                                                                     

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