So my sister is organizing the bachelorette party for two days before the wedding (same night as bachelor party). We picked this day because pretty much everybody has to travel, and most will be onsite already since they're staying all week at the beach houses we rented. For the gal party, we were talking about getting dinner in Atlantic City at maybe 6, and then wandering around the bars/casinos/boardwalk for a few hours. I don't want the night to be too too late, because it's two days before the wedding and I know I'll have a lot of crap to do that Friday. Just a fun night, 7 girls total including me.
I'm sad right now because the only other gal in the WP (my closest friend from grad school) is now saying that she doesn't think she can make it up from DC until about 8, which I know will probably mean more like 9, because traffic out of DC is never predictable. That means she's not going to be there for a substantial part of it, and it hurts my feelers. I've made it as easy as possible for this girl to be part of the wedding: we bought her dress for her, I never bugged her about helping me out with any stupid crap I should be doing myself, and we're even taking care of her lodging the entire weekend of the wedding so that she's not out any money for that. Also, I know she's basically working from home right now, so she wouldn't have to take off work. I have a feeling that if she wanted to be there earlier, she could.
I know that nobody is as excited about my wedding as I am. I know that there may be stuff going on that she's not telling me, and that we never know what exactly is going on in other people's lives. I know that attending a b-party is not a requirement. And I'm probably not even going to say anything to her. But my inner two-year old is throwing a tantrum because I really want to have one of my closest friends at this party, and I feel like the whole thing will be thrown off if we're spending the whole evening wondering when she's going to turn up. Maybe that's stupid?
Help? Give me that old E smackdown that I probably deserve for being a toddler about this.
Our Story MAJORLY UPDATED 8/6/09
Wouldn't it be nice to live together in the kind of world where we belong?