Deleted
Posts: 0
Aug 18, 2025 19:37:46 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 12:18:11 GMT
I am coming up on my 20th wedding anniversary, so I was flipping through my album yesterday. I had four bridesmaids, I no longer see or speak to two of them! One of them is a friend, we just drifted apart. The other is my SIL, who we had a falling out with recently.
So my three part question:
How long ago were you married?
How many bridesmaids did you have?
Are all of your bridesmaids still part of your life?
|
|
|
|
Post by turangaleela on Nov 2, 2014 12:30:24 GMT
It will be 13 years in January.
Two bridesmaids( was supposed to be three but one left the country a week or so before the wedding).
The two that were there are still huge parts of my life.
|
|
|
|
Post by KikiPea on Nov 2, 2014 12:35:20 GMT
So my three part question: How long ago were you married? How many bridesmaids did you have? Are all of your bridesmaids still part of your life? 1996 (18 years) 3 only on Facebook |
|
|
|
Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 2, 2014 12:50:23 GMT
My first wedding was in 1985 and I had eight bridesmaids. I keep in touch with all of them but to varying degrees. With two, we basically just exchange Christmas cards now. One is my best life-long friend. Several are family members.
My second wedding was in 2011 and I had no bridesmaids. It was a very small family-and-best-friends wedding in the backyard of the house we had just bought.
|
|
|
|
Post by littlemama on Nov 2, 2014 12:54:31 GMT
18 years
2
One mostly on facebook, as she lives across the state now, the other is d h's cousin's wife, so yes, although they have also moved an hour and a half away, so we are not as close as we once were.
|
|
akathy
What's For Dinner?
Still peaing from Podunk!
Posts: 4,546
Location: North Dakota
Jun 25, 2014 22:56:55 GMT
|
Post by akathy on Nov 2, 2014 12:54:42 GMT
I had one, DH's sister. She lives in town and I saw her regularly for 33 years until my DH died. Evidently in that family when the blood relative dies the surviving spouse is no longer considered family  Oh, unless they have a gift giving occasion like weddings and showers  |
|
J u l e e
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,531
Location: Cincinnati
Jun 28, 2014 2:50:47 GMT
|
Post by J u l e e on Nov 2, 2014 12:55:29 GMT
Married thirteen years ago.
Four bridesmaids, five groomsmen.
All still a regular part of our lives. One bm and one gm very sporadically, but still.
We're not as geographically close as we used to be either.
|
|
|
|
Post by jennyap on Nov 2, 2014 13:02:25 GMT
10 years ago
2 bridesmaids
1 is still my best friend, just saw her yesterday. The other moved to the other side of the world, so I haven't seen her in years, we just keep in touch on Facebook.
|
|
|
|
Post by ajsweetpea on Nov 2, 2014 13:02:58 GMT
I got married 14 years ago and I had four bridesmaids (two family members and two friends... asked another friend to be a bridesmaid as well, but she couldn't make the wedding, so I would have had five). I am very lucky to still be in touch with all of them and have good relationships with them all!  |
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Aug 18, 2025 19:37:46 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 13:04:51 GMT
I am coming up on my 20th wedding anniversary, so I was flipping through my album yesterday. I had four bridesmaids, I no longer see or speak to two of them! One of them is a friend, we just drifted apart. The other is my SIL, who we had a falling out with recently. So my three part question: How long ago were you married? How many bridesmaids did you have? Are all of your bridesmaids still part of your life? First time - almost 15 years ago. 5. One was my sister so yes. 2 were his sisters so no. The other 2 were childhood friends. One flipped and started to hate me, slept with my ex, and we have not talked in 10 years. The other friend was my maid of honor at my second wedding and my only attendant. I haven't seen her since March. She moved closer to her new dh's work. Whenever she came to town, she spent her time with one of her sisters because their dhs got along. I think that friendship is dying. |
|
|
|
Post by scrapsotime on Nov 2, 2014 13:06:01 GMT
We got married 29 years ago. I had one bridesmaid - dh's sister. I was friends with her long before I ever met dh (he was living in a different state). She's still one of my best friends.
|
|
|
|
Post by gar on Nov 2, 2014 13:07:27 GMT
Married 24 years.
3 bridesmaids.....ny sister and a close friends young children.
Sister - yes, still close. Young children, no contact nowadays except facebook photos, same with their now-divorced parents.
|
|
rickmer
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,185 
|
Post by rickmer on Nov 2, 2014 13:13:34 GMT
interesting question..... 15 yrs ago i had 3 bridesmaids... 2 live out of the country... - oldest friend moved to the middle east, i see yearly and communicate thru email and facebook regularly
- the other lives in the carribean and we see each every couple of years but we stay in touch somewhat infrequently thru email and facebook.
- third was my closest friend when i married (MOH), lives in a neighbouring city and we are not nearly as close as we were (see each other once every 6-12 mths).
|
|
hannahruth
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,849
Location: Adelaide, Australia
|
Post by hannahruth on Nov 2, 2014 13:13:40 GMT
Married in 1972 and had one attendant - my eldest sister.
Have not seen or spoken to her since March 2000 so no, no longer in touch.
|
|
|
|
Post by just PEAchy on Nov 2, 2014 13:14:19 GMT
I've been married 17 years and had 5 bridesmaids, my sister and my 4 college girlfriends. They are all still in my life.
|
|
quiltz
Drama Llama
Posts: 7,086
Location: CANADA
Jun 29, 2014 16:13:28 GMT
|
Post by quiltz on Nov 2, 2014 13:17:14 GMT
Married 30+ years Had 3 - SIL, BFF, Sister SIL doesn't like me, still see BFF & Sister
I tend to like weddings were there is more family involved than a whole group of friends.
Some of the stuff that I have seen on 4 weddings boggles my mind. Some with 6 (on each side) kinda boggles my mind.
Makes me think that either the bride or groom really is insecure and needs so many people up there with them, or it is a popularity thing.
Each to their own. |
|
amom23
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,635
|
Post by amom23 on Nov 2, 2014 13:22:49 GMT
I got married in 1997 and my sister was my only bridesmaid. Yes, I'm still super close with her.  |
|
|
|
Post by kellybelly77 on Nov 2, 2014 13:29:17 GMT
15 years
4
Yes! 2 are my sisters so I still talk to them almost daily. The other is my BFF and we talk about twice a week. The last is a close friend from high school and she doesn't live near me anymore but we talk and see each other several times a year still.
|
|
|
|
Post by juanita on Nov 2, 2014 13:34:29 GMT
25 Years ago
4 bridemaids, two I see all the time, 1 only when she gets home she lives on the other side of the county but we keep in touch on FB and SIL only on FB shes a sh** disturber so I stay away
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Aug 18, 2025 19:37:46 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 13:37:46 GMT
First time around I had 4, one is an ex SIL who I don't see anymore, one is deceased, one is a former HS classmate who I send a Christmas card to and one is a former neighbor that I have seen only a few times in 35 years. Second time, 20 years ago, I had two, still my closest friends.
Ann
|
|
|
|
Post by Miss Ang on Nov 2, 2014 13:47:43 GMT
I have been married for 23 years.
I had 4 bridesmaids, maid of honor was my sister.
My sister is obviously still my sister but we aren't particularly "close", however we talk regularly.
I am friends with the other 3 on Facebook and we comment on each others pics and status' but we don't really talk regularly. 2 of them live across the country and the other we've just drifted apart. We get together for lunch every now and then but we aren't as close as we once were.
I still care about them all very much.
|
|
|
|
Post by wandawoman on Nov 2, 2014 13:50:49 GMT
we've been married 43 years. I had 3 bridesmaids in the wedding - 2 sisters and his aunt, so we still see all of them often.
|
|
|
|
Post by meriannj on Nov 2, 2014 13:52:46 GMT
We just celebrated our 20th! We had 5 bm and 1 jr bridesmaid( dh's younger 1/2 sister). 2 were my sisters, my maid of honor was my BFF and 2 were longterm school friends. Even though we live far away, I still am in close contact with everyone except the Jr. (dh's sister). She and hubs had a falling out after their dad died.
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Aug 18, 2025 19:37:46 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 13:54:19 GMT
I had six. My mom had me include both my cousins.
I have been married sixteen years.
My MOH I see a couple of times a year. We live in the same town. Three of them, I am friends on Facebook so I see their updates but we don't really communicate. I hear about my cousins through my mom and I see the stuff they post on Facebook. I have to admit that with one of the cousins I am so tired of her drama and the junk she posts on Facebook. It would be easier if I didn't hear about her.
|
|
|
|
Post by ktdoesntscrap on Nov 2, 2014 14:05:24 GMT
1 got married in 1998. (Now divorced)
4 bridesmaids, 4 groomsmen
2 bridesmaids and 2 groomsmen were related to me. So yes still in touch. The other 2 bridesmaids, still close to both. The other two groomsmen, one was a friend, we don't really keep in touch but the times we do it is just like we never were apart.
The best man was my EX H Grandfather, he has since passed.
|
|
marimoose
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,282
|
Post by marimoose on Nov 2, 2014 14:26:15 GMT
Almost 27 years and I had just a Maid of Honor and I no longer speak to her because of a falling out with a mutual friend.
|
|
SabrinaP
Pearl Clutcher
Busy Teacher Pea
Posts: 4,467
Location: Dallas Texas
|
Post by SabrinaP on Nov 2, 2014 14:40:26 GMT
I had 3. My sister, DH's sister, and my best friend. My sis and SIL are still big parts of my life. My best friend moved away from our hometown, so I don't see her much anymore. We still talk on Facebook from time to time.
|
|
|
|
Post by threegirls on Nov 2, 2014 14:43:49 GMT
Married 16 years
3 bridesmaids
I still keep in touch with 2 (on a regular basis) and the third one we talk or get together about once a year
|
|
|
|
Post by bianca42 on Nov 2, 2014 14:45:56 GMT
Married 12 years
3 bridesmaids. My BFF, my brother's wife and DH's brother's wife.
All are still a part of my life...although I rarely see any of them because we're so far away. I'm in NY and the others are in TX, GA and CA.
The groomsmen were their spouses...so they are also still in our lives in the same distant fashion.
|
|
|
|
Post by txdancermom on Nov 2, 2014 14:48:14 GMT
it will be 34 years in January - I had 2 - my sister as maid of honor, she passed away 3 years ago, and a sorority sister (who set dh and I up for a blind date). We correspond at Christmas but that is it any more. I would have had dh's sister, but she was pregnant and due in January and we didn't know if she would have made it to the wedding, and my mother would have had a fit with pregnant 16 year old bridesmaid!
|
|
