Middle-aged opinion - 17 bridesmaids 17 ………

Episode Date: November 20, 2024

Hi everyone, welcome to another episode with Middle-aged opinion, Ellie and Emily. Today we talk about Bridezillas in their natural habitat. We’re going to talk about 17 bridesmaids, crazy mother-in...-law‘s friends that we no longer at want to associate with as they have turned into Bridezillas come and join us for another episode. We hope you enjoy it Xx

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Wow. What do you think of that? What don't you think of that? I think that girl has got everything that she needs. They are so cute. I like how they are together. You don't get pissed off with her. With her. With Rym, she's like, man, shut up, stop it.
Starting point is 00:00:19 I mean, she is pretty good. You say stop, she genuinely does. I know, she's very obedient. Excuse me. We're going to have to fly through this one, yeah? We've just spent two hours. It's cold all of a sudden, isn't it? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:00:40 Do you know, under here I've got like a heated... No, stop it already, you weirdo. I've got it ready for us. Oh, yeah, heated shit. Oh, it gets too cold for me. I can't take it and I can't afford the heat. You can't do what you gotta do. You're starting today. Well this one. Oh god. I'm going.
Starting point is 00:00:59 I'm going. I'm going. I'm going. I'm going. I like the music in our thingy Bob. I've already said that to you, haven't I? What thingy? What? In our, um, horror one.
Starting point is 00:01:09 Oh, do you... I thought... One on for every story. I thought it was great. Good and bad. Yeah, yeah. It wasn't too loud. You could still hear the story perfectly fine. Yeah, it's only on like a grade two. Yeah, I was impressed. I thought it was still loud.
Starting point is 00:01:21 It... No, you could hear it, but it wasn't... It didn't distract. Oh, I felt distracted. Yeah, yeah well what are you gonna do right wait oh you can't do it she's got to come on flop that's what happens you see get to a certain age and they just flop on you oh i don't know what to say it's true's true. I feel like letting the boat come up. No. No, she's like no. No, she's got breath. She's got breath?
Starting point is 00:01:52 Good, otherwise she'd be dead, wouldn't she? No, you don't want to breathe, do you? Filthy animal. That shampoo I use, all I can smell is talcum powder. Right, are we ready? No. Hello everyone and welcome to Middle Age Opinion. I can smell it's talcum powder. Right. Are we ready? Nah. Hello everyone and welcome to Middle Age Opinion. I'm your host Ellie.
Starting point is 00:02:10 And I'm Emily. And we are looking at brightsies today. So you are going to start us off. I'm going to start. I say go straight into it. Yeah. So. So.
Starting point is 00:02:30 Initially started on Am I the arsehole and telling my soon-to-be wife her wedding request is ridiculous and i will not budget on it um it then got moved over to bridezilla which is bridezilla wants 17 bridesmaids says she can't possibly reduce that number i don't think i like 17 people 17 what 17 best friends no mate that's too many oh right ready bed Right, ready? Bed. So, throw away your count. Me, 27, is marrying 25 next summer, and we are doing wedding planning.
Starting point is 00:03:17 My wife has always been a very... I don't know. No, it's fine. Has always been... I've just got to make the right hand a bit bigger. I just can't see it. It's just easier, isn't it? It is so much. I can't make the right hand a biggie bit. I just can't see it. It's just easier, isn't it? It is so much. I can't believe I found that.
Starting point is 00:03:28 It's not even that I can't read it. It's just easier. It makes it, yeah, pop. My wife has always been a very social person and really loves her connections with her friends. She's the life of the party type and always goes way over the top with plans the issue is the wedding party my wife wants to have 17 17 17 written in words not just the number now bridesmaids 17 three times you read 17 this would be her two sisters my sister two of her cousins
Starting point is 00:04:10 her four high school best friends six members of her former sorority including her big and little girl she's not even very close with anymore but let's just say she took geek life of greek life pretty seriously and two of her co-workers she's known for about a year my god it's a no to no 17 that's a lot i mean for me it would have been the sisters his sisters maybe possibly cousins, depending how close, and definitely friends. That's it, isn't it? I had one cousin, Paul's niece, two best friends in my skin and blister. Done. Am I unreasonable here for thinking that that is absolutely, positively insane?
Starting point is 00:05:08 No. that that is absolutely positively insane no like the entrance procession of this ceremony is going to take half an hour itself also that would mean I need that many groomsmen I think I have great friends and I'm social but I don't have that many people. She suggested that since some of her friends have husbands and boyfriends they can be groomsmen. Mate. Or some of her best guy friends can be groomsmen to make up for the number. I said hell to the no because I want these people to be my special people to me right I tried to talk to her about reducing the number but she can't because all of these people are extremely important to her I didn't say this but some of her bridesmaids have gotten married not including her as a bridesmaid. I suggested maybe cut some of the sorority sisters and maybe the co-workers she hasn't known that long. She shot down any type of compromise. This is when I said I'm going to stop doing any of my part of the wedding planning until she agrees to do this.
Starting point is 00:06:28 It's almost like we're playing a game of chicken to see who caves in to the other first. Am I the arsehole? No. Mate. No, you're not the arsehole. Is it a hill to die on actually should be the question. Do you know what I'm saying is this argument worth it she is adamant these 17 people are really important to her i don't believe that for a second no but is it a hill to die on but then if he gives in
Starting point is 00:07:01 that's like his life it's all going to be excessive all the time can you imagine the cost no how many guests you have if 17 that's what i'm saying in the bridal party how big is this wedding but is my big fat greek wedding you mentioned greek that's what it made me think of yeah i don't think think he's been in our soul no isn't in reality and she's proper running with it I get that she's excited about that but it's a little it's a bit much in it 17 people 17 all day we're going to show we decide we're going out shopping in a minute we're going to shop we've decided we're going out shopping in a minute we're going to be going it's not 17. seven it's not oh that was a great story if you haven't heard it it's our um
Starting point is 00:07:59 what was the podcast called it was the raunchy one yeah it was the raunchy one i can't think about what it was called oh it's gonna annoy me i'll tell you hang on yeah have a quick mooch tell us what it was called it was uh slutty confession slutty confessions great stories on there so if you are a fan of our podcast and you haven't listened to that definitely it's definitely something that we haven't done before and it is a bit more brawntry than we've ever been but you should definitely go listen to that um yeah no he's not an arsehole no you're really she is being a bridezilla um it's very excessive very Very excessive indeed. 17. The top remark is, I'm going to a wedding with 30 people in the wedding party.
Starting point is 00:08:53 30 people. The bride picked most of the groomsmen. I mean, that's not fair. That's not on, is it? No, it's not on. It's not on. Mate. Right.
Starting point is 00:09:06 Are you ready? Yeah. Okay. We're moving through this a bit more swifter. Okay. Being a bridesmaid made me realise my best friend isn't really worth my time anymore. Have you said this? I did.
Starting point is 00:09:19 Have you read it? No. Brilliant. My best friend got married and I was a bride maid. A bride maid? I was a bride maid. I was a bride maid. I was a bride maid. I've been a bride maid.
Starting point is 00:09:31 You've been a bride maid? Of course. I've been a bride maid. Actually, I think a bit more than that. Have I been a bride maid twice? Yeah, I've been a bride maid twice. Have I been? No, three.
Starting point is 00:09:41 And then if I were younger, that's like four or five, like five times. Not enough. If you want me to be a bridesmaid, reach out to www.I'llBeYourBridesmaid. Bridemaid. Bridemaid. Right, anyway, moving on. My best friend got married and I was the ADHD. Maybe we both need a diagnosis.
Starting point is 00:10:08 And I was a bridesmaid I was out of pocket for the hen uh do abroad 1k I didn't want to go really but as a bridesmaid I felt obliged as you do as a as a bridesmaid I regretted going when her sister cheated me out of around 400 pounds which I never got back I didn't bring it up and just let it slide and moved on for the sake of the friendship and keeping the peace before the wedding in the lead up to the wedding I had a few small life offence she't turn up for. I knew she was busy, so I wasn't too bothered. But then I saw her posting photos on Instagram, doing other things with other people instead. This left a bad taste in my mouth. But with the wedding coming up, I just let it slide again.
Starting point is 00:11:07 coming up I just let it I just let it slide again come to the wedding I've been told last year my room was all booked and covered because I was part of the bridal party after the wedding night I dropped off my keys and got called back to the reception who hit me with a 350 pound bill I was shocked and embarrassed but paid and left later Later I messaged the bride assuming it was a mistake but her response was the venue said rooms are charged individually on checkout. I checked the venue website and realised I'd been put in one of the five most expensive rooms all of which must be booked must be booked if you want your wedding there so i feel pretty used we haven't spoken since and now i feel nothing but resentment whenever i see her wedding photos i don't think i will ever speak to her again goal that's really sad really fucking bad it's really bad everybody has different budgets for wedding including your bridesmaid like it is really it's something that's
Starting point is 00:12:15 got to be up for discussion absolutely absolutely listen i'd do anything for any of my friends with all the power that I have. But if I ain't got the money, I ain't got the money. But let your rich auntie have that room. Not a problem. I'll get one of the other rooms. I'll still be there, though. Right.
Starting point is 00:12:33 And if I can't afford, you can't afford my dress or whatever, I'll still be there for you. You just get somebody else. Do you know what I mean? To do that. And I will be there for you, but if I'm checking out, and then I've been told it's part of, part of the wedding, and then I check out, and you hit me with 350, mate, you want to jump and swivel, because I'll be like, yeah, that's on the bride, yeah, Uncle Tom's paying for that, it's nothing to do with me, I would be mad, mad, not everyone's got that money, no, not if you're under the illusion as well that it's been sorted
Starting point is 00:13:06 it was done it was part of their wedding and then you find out you could have got could have got a room for 42 pounds can you imagine fucking livid on the ground floor yeah or if you can't even afford to stay the night you find a way to go home right it's completely unacceptable what a fucking bitch um top comment you were absolutely used i focus on your friends who were there for you during this time of need i assume the life offence were ones you were looking for support during so also probably get a discount on the room due to her party booking oh she would have got a discount on her room those expensive rooms are as in an expense so easily could be prepared for you had she done that that would
Starting point is 00:13:56 have given you the opportunity to opt out and she wouldn't have gotten her discount. OP. Thanks, y'all. Thanks, y'all. You're right. You live and you learn, eh? A hard way, sadly. I think it is sad. Cookie, I love you, but can you finish licking yourself out after the podcast? Thanks. That's my dog, yeah? Sorry for a buzz.
Starting point is 00:14:23 Right. Over to you oh bless her all right i've also saved two in this relic for you i like i like it i'm thinking of you all time go okay okay my toxic sister-in-law is hijacking my wedding okay so me female 25 and my sister-in-law female 22 have been getting into fights recently because she keeps trying to take control of everything in my wedding first when i was planning the cake she insisted to come with me to the cake testing even though my husband told her not to and the whole time she was
Starting point is 00:15:11 butting in her opinion saying things like don't get I hate that flavor etc and petty comments like that not only with the cake but she was trying to micromanage my flower arrangements also. She happened to show up at the same time said planning was going on and started sharing her opinion on the flowers I liked. I really wanted peonies but she said they were tacky I hate that word do you? how funny it makes my mouth a while I hate that word
Starting point is 00:15:53 it's just such a horrible word how funny that's a horrible word don't know if you should have told me that it's a bit tacky have told me that yeah probably not use it in the right context please and being tacky if i'm sick on your sofa it's your fault yeah it's fine it's all washable gone and they yeah and basic so instead i want I want the baby's breath.
Starting point is 00:16:26 She even went as far to talk to the florist when I left the room behind my back and share her opinion. Of course she did. Important note, I am also five months pregnant and she seemed to share her opinion on everything I do with my baby. Down to the vitamins I take and what I eat. The cherry on the top is that she is begging to be my maid of honor but we aren't even that close and she knows my best friend was planning on being my maid of honor but every time I try to tell her this is tell her this she breaks into into tears. Please give me advice i don't know what to do you gotta you gotta put a stop to it you have to put you have to put your foot down that's
Starting point is 00:17:14 really stressful to be she should actually speak to her husband and have that pressure she needs to speak to her husband and say listen i don't want to like you know get on your sister but it's too much for me can you ask her to back off a little bit please really not her responsibility it's not her responsibility isn't it what's top comment top comment is um you and your fiance need to stop telling her when you have appointments problem solved yeah quite true um offer that go it says exactly this information diet is the only way to go from here also don't tell who your vendors are and make sure the to password protects everything uh, I'd contact the florist and ask if you can switch the order to peonies. Fuck your sister-in-law. Yeah, I did. I miss the mother-in-law, mother, maid of honour thing.
Starting point is 00:18:15 Just stop it really. Don't talk to her about any part of your wedding and do not make her even a bridesmaid. go ask your friends to be in your wedding party and cut her off just send her a text saying i have now chosen my bridesmaids and i couldn't fit you in sorry yeah i feel it's better if you attend only as a close family member to the to the groom because if you have her as a bridesmaid she will continue bossing you around and stealing your thunder weird um or if you've got a friend that's a bit um bolshie have them be your bridesmaid and get them to redirect her since when someone since when a baby's breath more elegant than peonies i don't know this was
Starting point is 00:19:06 somebody else's like what yeah i don't know a lot about flowers but i think flowers at your wedding are a personal choice i didn't care much i didn't want orchids because to me they look like vaginas they do i had them they look like vaginas and i just thought i don't want to be looking at vaginas all day i've got my own if i want to have a look I'll have a look um but other than that I was up for anything that was literally my one no thank you I don't like them I see what else I don't like as well those red Christmas flowers my mum loves that plant thing don't like him don't know why I just I just don't like him well off of uh since when has baby breath been more elegant than they were upset about someone else was very upset retired florist here baby breath suck
Starting point is 00:19:54 it smells like cat pee in large quantities and it's so freaking tacky 80s breath mauve and aqua wedding nightmares peonies are lovely very I don't think they're ugly I don't but very I don't want to get
Starting point is 00:20:13 another violation so I'm just trying to show them the picture so I recommend advertise it's just that white shit and what's the other one called peonies
Starting point is 00:20:23 they're what Helen had peonies I have no idea what she had I peonies they're what Helen had I have no idea what she had I was very like really fat round almost a little bit rosy but not flowers yeah P E O N I E oh they're beautiful yeah peonies they are beautiful i don't like you can see there yeah very pretty um in fact now i remember looking at it visually i actually i actually remember um yeah blow her off mate get her out i'd speak to your husband because otherwise you're setting yourself up for things to come i think if you If you don't put a stop to it. I think change the date.
Starting point is 00:21:06 Just bring it forward. Don't tell her. Have her turn up the week after. Yeah. Right. Just don't tell her. Moving swiftly on. Cheating bridesmaid who lost everything.
Starting point is 00:21:18 This was picked specifically for Ems. Not entirely sure if this story classifies as a bridezilla but i posted this story in a comment on another post and here so here's slightly longer one i was supposed to be in the wedding and ultimately dropped out this was over a year and a half ago in the making the bride came from a super religious family and the mum helped the groom who's in the military military design and purchase the engagement ring he proposed without talking to her first. They spent a year together I think and in front of a group of people. She wanted to say no but felt pressured to say yes. Later she asked us to be her bridesmaids claiming that they are all good now. Our first red flag. The cost started adding up for the bridesmaids to be fair it was the maid of honor who totaled an
Starting point is 00:22:28 exorbitant of 900 pounds plus per bridesmaid for a dress professional hair and makeup the bachelorette party she was planning stuff the bride wouldn't even like and the hotel the night of the wedding even though it was only 45 minutes from our houses after we couldn't reason with the maid of honor maid of honor most bridesmaids and college students college students and the maid of honor said just save 20 pounds a week from now until the wedding we decided to talk to the bride about an upcoming party this is where it gets fun we had suspected the bride was cheating on her fiance at the party she ended up cheating with her party. She ended up cheating with her ex and we all saw it. Many times we tried to talk to her about it but she didn't think her fiance needed to know. She even later made up a story that her
Starting point is 00:23:36 fiance was cheating on her. This was false as far as we are aware. This went on for a bit because we one by one backed out of the party and later RSVP'd that we are not going to the wedding. Turns out a few nights before the wedding the bride got wasted and was complaining to her fiance sister that he that he said that she doesn't she doesn't give a good blowjob compared to his ex Wow fiance hears this and drunkenly says something like at least I don't cheat on my partner and his family is like hold on what during the rehearsal dinner the next day his family confronts her both parents take the bride and groom into a room for like an hour and a half her parents find out everything including that she isn't a virgin again super religious family
Starting point is 00:24:41 this is not cool they decided to still hold the wedding next morning the bride the bride-to-be receives a text from the groom saying that he can't do it bride and her family all go to the hotel he is staying at and the bride's dad flips his shit. Turns out he had dropped £150,000 for this wedding. What the fuck? Pay our student loans, please. Right, you know. And the groom's family then leave to travel back to their home state. Bride goes home.
Starting point is 00:25:22 Bride's parents go down the aisle to renew their vows in a half-empty, ununiformed church full of guests. They still go to the reception since it was already paid for, though many guests just leave. The bride and groom continue to date long distance for two more months before officially breaking up edit should i do the edits in a minute you tell me what you think first i'm glad i weren't there. I'm not going to lie. It was doomed. I mean, how did they even still make it to sort of the church area? I mean, they're both cheating on each other. He's complaining to his sister about his fiance's blowjobs. Very strange. And then it all comes
Starting point is 00:26:23 out that she's cheating and he's probably cheated let me do the edits again the guys in the minute I'm assuming this is that I want some people's question in the military in a submit submarine even she had zero contact with him for those of us who met him it was only once we did all we could to get we did all we could and he did know she was a really good friend to all of us but not anymore it's sad and we wanted to help but but we had enough of her compulsive lying and manipulation. Manipulation. Manipulating.
Starting point is 00:27:10 There you go. Nature. I hope that she changes her ways and finds someone nice in the future. I just feel like they deserve each other. They talk for me. I mean, oh, go on. No, you no you go okay all right i mean right so top comment this is five years ago by the way i mean on the one hand proposing in front of people is ridiculous especially if you are in the military and hardly know the people in the room at the time. It doesn't exactly give you an out if there is an issue and puts a whole lot of pressure on. So I do think this was a set-up to fail.
Starting point is 00:27:55 Also, I feel for the bride if she had hugely religious expectations placed on her by her and the groom's family. Irrelative of her cheating. Bed. Of her cheating. They have no right to demand that she is a virgin before she gets married. I mean, the whole thing was just a shit show. It's just a shit show.
Starting point is 00:28:30 You know when you see these people and they propose in these places in front of everyone, if that had been the case and I didn't want to marry the person, I would say yes, so they weren't hurt and embarrassed and then once we were done with that I'd be like oh by the way we're not actually getting married I just wanted you to save face in front of all those people I can't say it when they go no run away I'm like that was well rude you didn't have to do that no not when there's effort it's the effort and everybody watching i mean that's humiliating i mean i mean how long between getting engaged and actually like a month between get engaged
Starting point is 00:29:12 and getting married it's just he was obviously he was obviously in our show because if he's on this submarine babe he's hardly he's hardly all right well then they hardly know each other either what's gonna happen he's gonna come home after two years on you know on a tour and she's got two kids under the age two they're both yours it's just it's just a little bit silly isn't it the whole thing impulsive marriage that i mean the the engagement that doesn't bother me so much because at the end of the day they could have had a long engagement right got to know each other better and if they didn't get married at the end of it no one's actually lost anything of course but to be engaged one week and married the next is just it's absolutely ridiculous it's ridiculous
Starting point is 00:30:06 especially when you work away for such a long amount of time it's ridiculous but yeah that was that one wow over to you crazy people i know i just i just feel like it gets worse and worse. But only whilst you're there. I just don't know why he jumped to getting married. I don't know. I really don't because you're just making the whole situation something that it doesn't need to be. No.
Starting point is 00:30:43 Right, okay. Bridezilla's. This is mumzilla. Okay, my wedding is in two months, nothing extravagant, but weddings are expensive nonetheless. Just went in for alterations with my mum, sister and friend, who's a bridesmaid. My mum was extremely disrespectful to my friend while I was in the dressing room. The conversation that sparked the drama was bridesmaid dresses. I want all my bridesmaids to wear a different colour and I was okay with them wearing different material. Though my mum is paying for the wedding, as she insisted, and is not paying for bridesmaid dresses,
Starting point is 00:31:31 she told my friend she is going to return her dress and get a different one. My friend asked my mum if they could take a pause as my mum got incredibly aggressive with her. Mum couldn't chill, so my friend left as peacefully as she could. I came out and I was upset but calm as a cucumber. I tried to explain to my mum that I told everyone the deal with bridesmaid dresses. Different colours but complementing colours and different materials were good with me mum exploded on me and in the parking lot says i'm ungrateful disrespectful
Starting point is 00:32:13 and that she's paying for everything calls me a fucking bitch and storms off i'm ready to pay mum back for all expenses thus far and just go to the courthouse. It's been a terrible day. I don't see her coming around and doing the right thing as she has had these episodes the last few weeks. I'm worried about her as she is a brick wall and will not discuss her feelings, but clearly she's going through something. She would rather be buried six feet under than admit something is wrong or be vulnerable anyways never thought i would be living this mumzilla reddit type life but here we are
Starting point is 00:33:12 so i just want to be clear she wanted to change the colour of her dress um she wanted to so the conversation that sparked the drama was the bridesmaids' dresses. I wanted my bridesmaids to wear a different colour and was okay with them wearing different materials. Though my mum is paying for it as she assisted and is not paying for bridesmaid dresses. She told my friend that she's
Starting point is 00:33:46 going to return the dress and get get a different one my friend asked my mum if they could take her paws as my mum got incredibly aggressive with her so it does there's not enough information there really but if mum's not paying for bridesmaid no I actually feel like it's too much pressure she's saying to me it sounds like she's saying I think she's ill but actually I think
Starting point is 00:34:09 it's the pressure of the whole wedding that's getting to her like the mum's going a bit fucking loopy yeah like Paul's she's got an idea
Starting point is 00:34:17 and it's not fitting in isn't it Paul's mum on my wedding day before we were about to leave went I'm not coming okay
Starting point is 00:34:24 I'm not coming because I don't, okay, I'm not coming. Because I don't know, she was stressed or whatever, and I was just like, okay, bye. Okay, bye. So I do feel like stress gets to people like that. Someone's clicking. It's her child who's gone to university. She's trying to fend for himself.
Starting point is 00:34:56 I think it's bacon. Well, that will make for an interesting part. Come on. Quick, quick, quick. In, in, in. What is it? Bacon? No, it's sausages. It's like fully on full power. Door like closed and that door wide open and I'm like, brother, it's just a bit of smoke. Oh my God, don't, oh, it's there.
Starting point is 00:35:28 I was like, oh no, have I left my phone there? Right, sorry. Like, yeah, I feel like she's under too much pressure. I do. I feel like she's stressed and under too much pressure.
Starting point is 00:35:39 It sounds like she's putting herself under that pressure. A hundred percent. I don't know why she's interfering in the, in the bridesmaid dresses know why she's interfering in the in the bridesmaid dresses but she is throwing in her face well I paid for everything else so oh well don't yeah don't bother that was exciting top comment return the money pay for your own wedding apologize and smooth it over with your
Starting point is 00:36:07 friend uh it's not your fault but obviously you need to talk to your friend it seems to be the norm that when you take money from your parents for a wedding they go zilla or if this is known behavior you shouldn't have taken money from her in the first place. Right. I do. I feel like it, you know, it can get a bit like that. Well, I'm helping. Well, don't bother then.
Starting point is 00:36:34 My parents didn't. No, but your parents are proper chill. My parents didn't. I had other people being like that around my room. Like that, I'm pretty sure we're paying for you. Yeah, mind your business. Yeah, chill out. Your mum and dad your mum dad a proper chill my mum dad will really chill to be fair yeah some people are chill about it right moving swiftly on from the fire alarm i stepped down as maid of honor three months before her one million pound wedding
Starting point is 00:37:01 oh i saw this and didn't attend but i feel certain my decision based on what i feel certain in my decision based on what what what occurred what occurred what occurred what occurred what's occurring anyway she's been my best friend since we were 12 and now we're 27 four years ago she started dating her now fiance who's wealthy she was initially drawn to his g-wagon which is why which is yeah which is why she was interested in him in the first place about six months i'm assuming it's some sort of car about six months into their relationship they both cheated he left her stranded in the bahamas while interested in the worst places she could have been stranded while interested in another girl and she and she lied to us her friends about taking family trips where when she was really using his g-wagon to visit this guy she was cheating on with or flying to california
Starting point is 00:38:20 to see him california. Anyway, they broke up. She dated the new guy until he cheated on her. Oh, comma. Surprise, surprise. And then they got back with, she got back with her now fiance
Starting point is 00:38:36 throughout their rocky relationship. Hold on, now fiance as in the original? The millionaire, yeah. Jesus Christ. Throughout their rocky relationship, he brought her a 1.5 million condo uh because clearly she needed that that's what i'm i need one as well um which they uh which
Starting point is 00:38:57 they designed entirely with his money in 2022 they broke up again and i let her stay with me after about a month they reconciled and got engaged a few months later again but over the past two years as she forced entirely she focused entirely on her one million pound italian wedding italiana wedding we drifted apart she doesn't work and has spent the last 1.5 years on the wedding making it making it her entire personality our friendship suffered with incidents like her bringing friends of hers whom I'm not friends with to my birthday dinner where she arrived an hour late and only talked about her wedding the entire time while for her birthday I threw her a surprise party and spent a week planning. She also told me I needed to change my hair colour or wear a wig for her wedding. On top of that, she kissed another guy during her bachelorette
Starting point is 00:40:13 trip and later got mad at her friends for not making their bachelorette Instagram posts all about her. She even had a meltdown on our bachelorette trip throwing attention and accusing us of being ungrateful after the bachelorette trip I said that about eight times I realized she wasn't the friend I grew up with anymore and decided I didn't want to be her maid of honor or even stay friends I sent her a message to let her know I was stepping down from her wedding party and that we needed space. It was harsh. It's not you, it's me. It was harsh but necessary. A few weeks later, I found out I was pregnant. Also her and I talked, airing our grievances but she only half-heartedly took responsibility. We left things unresolved and I haven't
Starting point is 00:41:15 yet told her that I was pregnant. I eventually went to her bridal shower and birthday dinner but we didn't clarify my role in the wedding or my invitation status. Later she text me pressuring me to confirm if I was attending her wedding. I wanted to tell her in person that I couldn't go because I needed to save money due to being pregnant and also didn't want to travel to Italy due to that. However she kept insisting so I ended up texting my decision when I finally visited her to explain a few days later and officially announced that I was pregnant to her the conversation quickly shifted back to her wedding. she did not seem generally happy for me and made comments like i wish your pregnancy didn't overshadow my upset and and you're not going to announce your pregnancy at the same time as my wedding right um do you like my little
Starting point is 00:42:22 accent then this was the last time we spoke i announced my pregnancy and gender on instagram a few weeks before her wedding she didn't comment like or congratulate me this week this weekend was her wedding and i did send her a congratulatory that word message but she hasn't responded I feel certain that stepping down away was the right decision but am I wrong for feeling this way
Starting point is 00:42:54 what do you think about that yeah get the fuck out of that yeah I actually I feel like that is a messy situation she's asking if um she did the right thing and i think actually it's because she's grieving the loss of the friendship yeah yeah yeah when you've been in a friendship for that long it's like missing somebody it's like somebody's died but
Starting point is 00:43:25 yet they're still there yeah of course but they're not who they were so you are technically grieving a lot that's what she's going through that's why she's having all these all these questions and of should i be doing this really yeah exactly you've got to protect yourself at the end of the day it's not easy but people do grow apart you either grow together or you grow apart or you respect the different interests that you have as friends do you know what i mean um it is sad but i feel like the money got to her head money got to her head um it's not your fault it's not it's not ever going to be something that lasts either and when you have this baby all that doubt and drama will just disappear because you'll be too busy focusing on other things it's sad um someone said i had to google g wagon i i google g wagon not sure if i'm too old or too poor
Starting point is 00:44:27 probably both we are as well it's just a four by four merc it's not even fancy um it might be but i don't think it is i uh i do feel sorry for her yeah because she's now in a position where like she should be she's questioning what's going on with her but her friendship should also be celebrating her and she's not she didn't give a fuck it's all about her and friendships like that never work and it won't be as she moves on and you know she has this life of her baby partner or however she's doing it single whatever she will move on and she will can you know she has this life of her baby partner or however she's doing it single whatever she will move on and she will can you know continue to have close relationships and that it won't be her in 10 years time looking back thinking i wish we were still friends it's
Starting point is 00:45:15 going to be the other one yeah because she's going to realize that a lot of people new friends are around her because of the money because of the the lifestyle and once that's all gone you've got rushes of what you really live with what you've got there exactly and if it isn't close friends and it ain't worth it over to you but you're finishing is off this is gonna be the last part was about two hours I'm gonna be about 20 minutes. This is a really, really short one, so I'm not going to read that. Like, I mean, it's a paragraph. Okay, read this one. No, no, I've got another one.
Starting point is 00:45:50 This one's better. Well, you read it then. No, you read it. No. Okay, go on then, you read yours. No, you read it. No, you read it. No, you.
Starting point is 00:45:59 You read it. You. And that's how we're going to end today. We hope you enjoyed i've got to do stretches now because the body's old bye bye my darlings bye until next time what do you think of that i think what don't you think of that i think that girl has got everything that she needs

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