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When Close Friends Skip Your Child’s Wedding: Navigating the Hurt

Published: January 20, 2026 | Last Updated: January 20, 2026 By | Reply Continue Reading
When Close Friends Skip Your Child’s Wedding: Navigating the Hurt

A reader feels betrayed after her husband’s best friend missed their daughter’s wedding for a college weekend. The Friendship Doctor offers advice on resentment and forgiveness.

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A Bride With No Close Friends

Published: April 30, 2025 | By | 4 Replies Continue Reading
A Bride With No Close Friends

A shy young woman worries about being a bride with no close friends to ask as bridesmaids. Wedding expert Sharon Naylor advises her not to jump the gun and to broaden her thinking.

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Bridesmaid Advice: When the Bride Feels Left Out

Published: March 30, 2025 | Last Updated: May 6, 2025 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
Bridesmaid Advice: When the Bride Feels Left Out

Wedding etiquette expert Sharon Naylor offers sage advice to a bride who feels left out when her bridesmaids become chummy with each other.

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My Disappointing Maid of Honor

Published: February 22, 2025 | Last Updated: April 1, 2025 By | 18 Replies Continue Reading
My Disappointing Maid of Honor

A reader asks what to do. She thinks her disappointing maid of honor doesn’t seem to share her excitement about the wedding?

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Not Invited To The Wedding of a Good Friend’s Son

Published: February 4, 2024 | Last Updated: February 4, 2024 By | 7 Replies Continue Reading
Not Invited To The Wedding of a Good Friend’s Son

A woman feels hurt when she isn’t invited to the wedding of her childhood friend’s son. Her friend explained that it was because of the cost.

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My Best Friend Will Not Be Coming To My Wedding

Published: October 21, 2021 | Last Updated: October 21, 2021 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
My Best Friend Will Not Be Coming To My Wedding

A woman is upset that her friend will not be coming to her wedding after a fallout two years ago and isn’t sure how she should respond.

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My friend turned down the invitation to my son’s wedding

Published: September 11, 2016 | By | 7 Replies Continue Reading

Having been turned down, a woman asks how can she go forward?

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My Bestie Didn’t Make Me Maid of Honor At Her Wedding

Published: June 20, 2016 | Last Updated: October 21, 2021 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading
My Bestie Didn’t Make Me Maid of Honor At Her Wedding

A young woman wonders if she should be upset her bestie did not make her maid of honor at her wedding.

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An unexpected wedding invitation: Do we need to send a gift?

Published: May 17, 2016 | By | 20 Replies Continue Reading

When a couple gets an unexpected wedding invitation from friends who are only casual acquaintances, they wonder whether they are obliged to send a wedding gift.

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In the Media – Too many bridesmaids: How do you choose? (Brides.com)

Published: May 4, 2016 | Last Updated: May 4, 2016 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading
In the Media – Too many bridesmaids: How do you choose? (Brides.com)

Many of us might think that the dilemma of having too many friends—or too many bridesmaids—is an enviable one. But when you’re choosing a bridal party, making choices among them can turn into a problem.

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