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Was I right to be mad?
I have been friends with a girl since we were in 11th grade in high school, so about 7 years now. Now we are in our early 20’s and still friends, we work in the same building and have lunch together every day. Almost 2 years ago her boyfriend decided to propose and she accepted, then about 6 months ago, one night full of drunken debauchery, she asked me to be a bridesmaid. I was the first person she asked and I felt honored, even though we were both pretty drunk at the time. She discusses the wedding details with me everyday at lunch, sends me emails with pictures asking me for my opinion, and even discusses her grievances on different things for the wedding. One of those grievances is the fact that her fiancé doesn’t have enough friends for her to put everyone that she wants, as a bridesmaid, in the wedding. As a good friend I offered to step down to save her some grief never thinking that she would accept the offer, since I’ve always been a really good friend to her, and as I expected she didn’t. A few weeks later she sent me an email asking me to step down, since I had already offered, so that she could put another friend of hers (whom she's known for a great deal longer than me, but hasn't been around a lot since we met in 11th grade) in my place, so that she wouldn’t hurt her feelings. I agreed, as it is her wedding, but was still very hurt by it, and she has since admitted that, though she considers me a really good friend, she was very drunk when she asked me and that she jumped the gun and shouldn’t have asked and that it all came down to length of time known. Now looking back at our friendship throughout the years, I feel like everything has been one sided, I feel like a friend of convenience to her. Every time I call to hang out she won’t commit to any plans with me, or will go out with other friends and not invite me. It just feels like she only calls on me when no one else is available. I told my boyfriend, of 5 months whom she introduced me to (he worked with and is friends with her fiancé), about how hurt I was by all of this and now he doesn’t even want to go to the wedding. Anytime I bring up her wedding, which is in October, he will automatically say, “We’re not going.” I just want to know if I was right to be upset with her, and is my boyfriend right in not wanting to go to the wedding? As a friend I still feel the obligation to go, but in the back of my head I feel like my boyfriend is right and that I shouldn’t want to go.
Is this right?
5 Answers
- OhiosGirlLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think that anyone would be hurt in that situation, however you DID offer to step down. You should definitely still attend the wedding. However, you are not required to give her a gift any more substantial than you would give another friend. Also, you are not required to do anything else special. Just eat, dance, and mingle. Have a good time. Then, leave when you are ready. If you still feel the friendship is one sided after the wedding you should start to slowly back off. If she asks why you have not been spending as much time with her or calling as much say, "Well, I just figured you must be really busy because you haven't taken me up on any offers lately. You just call me when you get a free night." Well, that is what I would do. Good luck
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You have the right to be offended but not mad. Sometimes being a friend means acting better toward them than they act toward you. Making a wedding is one of the most stressful moment a person has in their life and people are bound to have their toes stepped on. Be a friend and support her by sharing in her wedding with a smile on your face because thats what real friends do.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
First of all, have you learnt for a reality that he is talked approximately you in a foul method, and is your supply fully nontoxic??? You realize that a pair of lips will say whatever and perhaps, simply perhaps anyone advised you anything due to the fact that they realize that you simply like this man or woman and so they wish to debris that up for you. Give him the improvement, and speak to him on a individual degree to transparent this reduce to rubble and transfer on with what would potentially be your dream man. Good success
- sevenLv 61 decade ago
forget the bridesmaid issue. you get to save your money and now you know she's not such a great friend. as for the wedding, if you have a good excuse, then use it. if you don't have a good excuse and you just don't go, the friendship is over. do you care?
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- 1 decade ago
Its nature to think your always right and their always wrong same way around for the other person, The best way to tell is to get someone who was their and ask them. You and they will change the story so no one will ever know unless someone else was their