what do I do now?

Re: what do I do now?

• mbcdefg member

  

  July 2009

  MOH should be your closest friend. I get that you have a history with this girl, and I agree that you don't need to talk every single day to be best friends ... but if you only have an e-mail address for her then honestly I think it's a bit odd that you consider her your closest friend. And if you REALLY wanted your brother's FI as MOH, then you should've asked her in the first place. Asking her to be your MOH just because your other friend didn't get back to you is pretty insulting. You don't need a MOH at all ... having all bridesmaids, or nobody at all, is perfectly fine. Now - seeing as how you haven't talked to this girl in several years, I'm willing to bet that she may have thought it was odd that you'd ask her to be your MOH. I would touch base with her once more through Facebook, and ask for her phone number so you can call her and talk. If she doesn't answer, then my guess is that she doesn't want to do it.

  

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• salt78 member

  

  July 2009

  I'm unclear as to why you would have asked her in the first place. You weren't expecting a yes so then you were going to go with a standby?You ask your closest friend to be your MOH.

  

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• banana468 member

  

  July 2009

  What's your overall friendship like now?  How were things before you asked her?Give her a week or so.  Then call her and see how she's doing.  If you get into a conversation then say, "Hey, I know you haven't answered me on my question from a while ago.  I'm not the least bit offended if you want to say no however please let me know."

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• mbcdefg member

  

  July 2009

  Also, realize that it'd be REALLY awkward if the childhood friend doesn't get back to you, then you ask your brother's girlfriend to be MOH, then the childhood friend suddenly gets back to you after that and says she'll be MOH. Childhood Friend will realize that you quickly moved on and found a replacement (and maybe think that all you wanted was a warm body in the MOH spot, rather than a good friend), and the future sister-in-law will realize that she was a second-choice when the first girl didn't respond quickly enough.

  

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• LarissaAnn member

  

  July 2009

  OR... you could ask both to be co-maids of honor, and if one says no, you still have the other you were thinking of anyway. You don't need a maid of honor, but if you're considering two chicks for the position, you're perfectly free to ask them both and have them share the honor if both say yes.

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• EPDwedding member

  

  July 2009

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• bablingbrooke member

  

  July 2009

  Honestly, if someone I hadn't seen or spoken to in years emailed me one day and asked me to be her MOH, I probably would feel awkward in responding and I would put off replying, too, in hopes she'd think that I never got the email.  I'd eventually respond but I'd delay it.  Even if we'd been BFFs for years, the fact that I hadn't seen/talked to that person remotely recently would make it weird for me to accept being MOH.  I would wonder if this girl had any friends, if she was asking me b/c she thought I'd be a good help, is she filling an empty spot, etc.I think your heart is in the right place but I would honestly count on her being a no.  If you want to elaborate on why you asked her, fine.  But I think a better course of action might have been to first reconnect to see if you two are still friends at all (people can change in a few years) and then, if you felt you were still close, then ask her.

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• trix1223 member

  

  July 2009

  You have no way to get in touch with her other than facebook or email?  There's your biggest mistake: asking someone you can't even call on the phone and talk to.

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• ffmaid

  

  July 2009

  It is a hard thing to email to tell someone that they donlt me that much. So yes I would ask her for her phone and I would get together and forget mogh for a while and instead focus on teh friendship and reconnecting. moh is not a role to be filled it is an honor to a great friend and honestly it sounds liek you need to work on friendships not bridal party

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