Some times I can be so stupid....
B and I have been friends since kindergarten, that's 19 years! I was the liar, the crazy one, the one that ALWAYS did something stupid and ruined everything! And never apologized for it!
That's pretty much the way things were in elementary school, junior high and high school. After high school we lost touch for a few years, it wasn't until 2001 that we really started to hang out again.
At this point I had grown up...to a point. My boyfriend and I were engaged, so of course I was going to ask B to be one of my bridesmaids! So for almost 2 years things were going great...I actually didn't do any thing stupid! But I kinda knew that it had to happen sometime, I mean come on, it's me we're talking about here! Well July of 2003 it finally happened!
We all went into the city around 10AM to find some bridesmaid dresses. I didn't want the traditional look, I wanted something fun, something that they'd like and could wear again. Things started out good, but it all went down hill from there.
It first started with me trying to tell B the reason why we were picking dresses out this way. So SHE would be comfortable. Well it turned out more like this...you have a big ass and I don't want you to feel fat, so we are mainly going with what you are comfortable with because the other girls are skinny and should have no problem finding a dress! I didn't say those exact words, but that's what it sounded like!
(Email from March 31st 2003: "Still debating on when to get the dresses, cause B said she wanted to lose some weight before the wedding. So I don't know if we should go yet, but if she's good to go then YAY!"
Email from April 7th 2003: "You, C and K should be easy...but B...not so easy. She has only 1 day free on the weekend with no real time to travel and she's the only one that I'm really concerned about with the dress...well she is too...her big ga dunk a dunk! So the 3 of us could go and get dresses, but we'd have to make sure it would fit her! So confusing....).
Before we even went dress shopping my boyfriend and I said reds or golds for the dress...well gold is ugly, so reds! Well I had already gone with the flower girl to get her dress, it was light and medium pink with dark pink flower centers. I wanted everyone to match so I told the bridesmaids that the dress could be light pink, medium pink, dark pink and/or burgundy.
Well a few hours later we found a great dress, I loved it, they loved it, everyone was comfortable and just looked great in it. I even wanted to buy it for myself! But it was the WRONG color, it was a red/orange. That color would not go with the flower girl dress, so we had to pass. And of course everyone was upset because they liked the dress and wanted to get it, but it was still my wedding and it had to be the right color, which it wasn't!
Well 4 or 5 hours later we still didn't have a dress or shoes, and this was the ONLY day we could ALL get together before the wedding to get a dress. All my other weekends were booked with wedding things and most of the girls had plans on the weekends too. And there was no way to do this the next day, sunday, because B had to work at 9AM that morning! So we needed to get our acts into gear. But stupid me with my dad's temper, I went along and said something stupid...all I really remember is this:
"We only have a few more hours...I'm going to have to turn into bridezilla and pick out a fucking dress for you if you don't find a damn dress soon!....(and the big one)....And your opinion won't fucking matter if I have to pick out a fucking dress!" And when I was done speaking, I knew I blew it, big time!
This is what I meant to say, jokingly, because they were the ones mainly picking out the dress. "Hey so we only have a few more hours to find a dress and shoes. Unfortunately if you can't find a dress soon I'm going to have to turn into "bridezilla" (because that tv show was on just a few weeks ago) and pick out one for you!" Why couldn't I have just said that in the first place?
Well J and K didn't really care what we got any way, to them it was my wedding and what ever I wanted they'd be happy with! And C and B wanted to pick out something that they liked and were comfortable with, but it didn't turn out that way because in the end I ended up picking out the dress.
After that I don't think I said 2 words, I mainly just let them pick out shoes that they liked and brought over a few that I liked and thought they might like.
Well that all changed, after like 6 shoes stores I was tired and didn't really care about anything any more. I just wanted them to buy a damn pair of shoes!
Well 3 out of the 4 girls liked a pair of shoes, so I told them to just get them. Well the 4th girl didn't like the shoes because they had a heal and she was conscientious about her height. Well I didn't hear that and that's when B blew up at me! "You're selfish, you never admit you're wrong, you treat your boyfriend like shit, you don't treat me that way! We're the ones picking the dress and shoes out, not you, you have no say! This is not the way you do a wedding, the bridesmaids pick out the dress they want to wear, you only tell them which color." Stuff like that!
I just wanted to cry, I can't believe she felt that way, I didn't think I was being that mean. I know I said something stupid a few hours ago, but I was paying for everything, the dress, the shoes, the accessories, hair and make-up. I was stunned!
Well everyone picked out a pair of shoes and then we went back to my house. C and B went home, and I was in tears!
The next day my boyfriend called everyone to hear all sides of the story (since he was neutral and people would talk/listen to him). So he heard 4 out of the 5 sides of the story because B wouldn't talk to us, but he got some of her side from C. He told me how everyone felt, K & J were fine, but I still apologized to them. C would call me when she wanted to talk, about 2 weeks later she did and we worked it out. Later to find out that she couldn't get over this whole thing and wouldn't be in my wedding. I called/emailed B 3 times over the next few weeks....
Emails from July 28th 2003 to August 2nd 2003: Kr: "Hola B, We definitely need to talk things over, so if you could possibly give me a call when you're free or if you could drop me an email to let me know when you're free so I can give you a call that would be great! :) Kr". B: "I got your messages. I have to work doubles everyday until Wednesday, so Thursday is my next day off, but my friends and I have a lake george trip planned for that day. Not sure when I'll be around." Kr: "Hola B, Ok, well just give me a call the next time you are free or just send me an email to let me know the next time you will be free, so I can call you! :) Kr". B:"I really have nothing to talk to you about".
So as you can tell B wasn't in my wedding and 19 years of friendship went right down the toilet!
After all this, my husband made me realize that it's for the best if C, B and I are not friends.
But there are still a few things that bother me about B.
Like telling me how a wedding must be. NO! It's my wedding and I can do it how I like. No 2 weddings are the same!
That THEY make the dress decision and I have NO say. I told them from the beginning that I had some say because it was my wedding. (Email from April 20th 2003: "Ok, so everyone is in mass confusion, well B and K at least. So, I am going to tell you all what days I have free for the dress shopping and then you will all tell me if you are free on any of those days.
If you are, good...but if you're not you may have to cancel things since these dates will be the ONLY time to do this! I want EVERYONE here when we do this cause if we only have 3 of ya and we find a dress that I love and we buy them and then it doesn't fit right on that 4th person...well then that just sux for that 4th person...so EVERYONE MUST BE HERE!!!! Ok, so the weekends that are good...June 7th, July 12th, 19th & 26th, August 2nd, 16th & 30th. Also I just wanted to let you all know that your hair, make-up, accessories and dress will all be paid for by me! :) So I hope you all are a little more at ease knowing that you don't have to save any money or be in debt because of this wedding! The hair will be simple and the make-up will just be highlighting your best features! Nothing too whore like! :) The accessories will make the dress dressier and you all know my ideas for dresses. So I believe that covers everything...so get back to me ASAP on those dates! :)).
All of that bothers me so much, but it's really the fact that B and I have been friends for so long and I did one thing wrong in the past 2 years, tried to apologize for it and she didn't even want to speak to me!
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