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flaky MOH?

My matron of honor has been my best friend since 6th grade and is an ultra flake.  I asked her to be in my wedding shortly after I got engaged in April.  She jumped at the idea and immediately began asking me about the bridal shower and bachelorette party (I am getting married in September of next year, and she was literally texting me 4 times a minute for details about those far off events). 

Yesterday she texted me and said that she was unsure she could make a commitment to be in or even come to my wedding, but she would let me know in December.  Her husband is military and they are getting reassigned around that time, but she has known that for well over a year. 

I am so upset that she is tentatively backing out, and I am really turned off by the fact that she said yes and waited until 4 months later to tell me it might be a no, that I don't know if I even want her in the wedding anymore.  Am I overreacting?  (She has done this sort of thing our whole lives and when she got married she told everyone we knew and made them promise not to tell me.  I didn't find out she was married until 3 months later and I found out from a third party, so I guess I should have expected it, but it has just really hurt my feelings.)

Re: flaky MOH?

  • edited December 2011
    Ok so let me see if I am understanding this correctly, your best friend since 6th grade did not tell you that she was getting married and you found out after the fact from someone else. THEN, you still asked her to be your MOH? This can't be for real.
  • GoBucksOHGoBucksOH member
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    edited December 2011
    Is she saying that she can't afford to come back home for your wedding once they move away?

    If this girl has been flaky all your life, and hid her marriage from you for 3 months, then I am not sure why you expected anything different out of her now.
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  • em01092em01092 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah, she doesn't sound like a good friend in regards to the hiding her marriage aspect, which is beyond weird to me...but if her husband is military and she's always been a flake, what do you expect? If she was always flaky, she will probably be flaky for wedding related things. 

    All she needs to do is get a dress and show up. If she can't make/plan parties, showers, rehearsals, fittings, etc, that's fine. Let her know all you expect is for her to get a dress and be by your side, although I don't know that I understand why she is your best friend....
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  • edited December 2011
    We all love who we love...whether they are crazy or flaky.  What you can't be, is surprised when they act like what you HAVE ALWAYS known they are.  She's acting the way people allow her to...and she does it BECAUSE people allow her to do so.

    My question is why you asked her in the first place.  I get that YOU think y'all are BFF's, but if she didn't tell you about her wedding and you had to find out from someone else...clearly she doesn't feel the same.

    You are an adult, and can do what you want.  Be aware, however, that if YOU remove her from the wedding the friendship may be over.
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  • edited December 2011
    You should ask her to step down for letting you know that she won't know where she will be until December. She possibly realized that she has let you down in the past, and wants to give you as much advance notice as she is able. That's a 9 month notice for your wedding. That's plenty of time to order dresses, which is her only actual duty, anyway. But since she is a habitual flake, you shouldn't expect her to follow through on the promise of a shower.

    I don't understand why your bf would conceal her marriage from you for 3 months, while letting other friends know. That's very strange. Did you express disapproval of her relationship?

    *edit* I meant to say You should not ask her to step down....
                       
  • edited December 2011
    Thank you guys so much for the advice.  She didn't tell me about her marriage because she insisted I would tell her mother (who I don't talk to), it was supposed to be secret from everyone she didn't tell (which her mom, MIL, and me).  It is still a HUGE issue in our friendship, but I wanted to be the bigger person and not do to her what she did to me. Serves me right I guess.  My sister was going to be the maid of honor anyway, so its not like ill be up there alone.
  • edited December 2011
    its time to dump this so-called friend, she's obviously shown you that she's a flake in more ways then one. And really she has shown you that she doesn't want to be your friend, time to cut the apron strings. This is not a healthy relationship for you, count your losses and invite a new friend to be your MOH
  • stolzmannstolzmann member
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    edited December 2011
    While my former BFF sounds like she's just as crappy in the actual friend department, your situation has mine beat.  That said, I'm a month away from my wedding and I've kicked her out of my wedding.  I was there for her ALL last summer, driving 6 hours each way to go dress shopping and to fittings, showers, bachelorette parties - because she's my best friend.  Well, this year with the tables turned, she has done not ONE thing for me - missed my showers, bach party, shopping, etc.  And she isn't even interested in hearing details about the wedding. 

    I've realized that while I understand this is one day in my life and it seems like a silly thing to lose a friendship over, well, it's an indicator of a completely broken friendship.  She's not necessarily a person I want to continue to talk to and I sure don't want to see her in all my wedding pictures.  So I'm finally ok with letting go of the friendship and kicking her out of my wedding. 

    I understand that you love who you love - and I knew my BFF has some self-centered issues.  But I am not willing to continue to be there for her when she's not interested in being there for me.

    And you'll have to make the same decision - how much do you want to have to put up with and do you want to spend the next year being disappointed in her and possibly being hurt? 
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