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help! what do i say to "non-bridesmaid"????

sooo a friend of mine who was close in high school (mind you, i am 25 now) lives in another city from our hometown now, five hours away. she has a very fast-paced job and rarely has time to come back to our hometown. i rarely see her (maybe once-twice a year) and we rarely catch up on the phone. when i attempt to get in touch, she shoots me back an email about how busy at work she is, and when she IS in our hometown, she makes it very difficult to make plans although she insists she wants to get together.) when we DO get together, i find that we have nothing to talk about after about 20 minutes. my wedding is in four months, and she recently received the save-the-date. she sent me an email telling me how cute it was, and asked detals on the wedding (dress, church, colors), and asked who was in the wedding party. i kind of danced around the issue, because a friend of ours who WAS a 'mutual' friend, although the mutual friend and i were always a little closer, is in the wedidng party. i emailed back, skipping around that question, and she emailed back more questions, and asked again who was in the wedding party. i finally told her, and she sent me yet another email bakc saying "glad so-and-so is in your wedding party, but i thought i was close enough to you to be up there with you on your big day too!!" ... im  a little shocked! we rarely see each other, and when we do, she always has snooty comments to make about other friends we had from high school, we have nothing to talk about BUT high school, and she makes it difficult to hang out. (she mentioned last time she was in town wanting to come see mynew house ... which is half an hour away from our hometown. i suggested she come by a certain day, and she wanted me to come get her, bring her BACK to my house, then bring her back home... would have involved 2 hours of driving for me, and she got a little snippy when i said i couldnt do it!) what would you SAY to this???? i still havent responded to her email. i dont find us to be close at ALL and im suprised she does. and the reason for the 'mutual' friend being in the wedding, is that, although she also has moved away from our hometown (2 hours) and i dont see her much, when i DO see her, we ARE still close, and it is comfortable, and not awkward to hang out with her. how do i answer that???

Re: help! what do i say to "non-bridesmaid"????

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  • CN: Drifted friend asked point-blank who was in the wedding party, and expressed surprise that it didn't include her.

    If you still want her as a friend, just say, "Well, we couldn't have everyone that we love up there with us, but we're looking forward to seeing you as a guest."  If you're not concerned about maintaining the friendship, which doesn't seem like it's all that worth it, you can be honest and say, "Well, we're just not as close as we used to be."  She may not be too thrilled about the latter statement (which is why you shouldn't say that if you want to stay friends), but she's kind of brought it on herself by basically asking for a spot in the WP.
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  • Oh, yeah, OP. Paragraphs will make that much easier to read.

    From what I gleaned, you don't need to explain to her why she's not in the wedding party, even if she's gone out of her way to ask you why she isn't. I would just avoid the topic.

    There's nothing worse than telling someone point by point why they weren't picked to be a bridesmaid when they thought they might be chosen.
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  • You had no problem ignoring her when she asked who was in the WP, why feel compelled to answer her (rude) question now?  Ignore her.  If she bothers you about it some more you can say "I'm sorry you feel that way.  Obviously we couldn't have EVERYONE up there with us or there would be no guests!"
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  • LOL sorry for the giant un-paragraphs... i ramble when im frustrated!! :)

    thanks for all the advice - i know i dont owe her an explanation - and it gets under my skin that she seems to think i do. im trying to just brush it off and give her one of the reponses from above - she is just a person who is easily offended, and always has been, for reasons that i dont always understand.
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