Did your wedding bring you closer to any friends or family members?
AllJoy
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Did your wedding bring you closer to any friends or family members?
Just wondering if your wedding brought you closer to any of your siblings/relatives that you weren't close with? I thought maybe my older brother (my only sibling) would've been a little more excited or enthused for me, but nope he treated this like just any other wedding. Also, friends that I was slightly estranged from I thought I would've become closer with, but as the saying goes 'you can't change people'.
lunabride
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For me, many of my close friends were not as enthused as I thought they would be. However, I did become extremely close with my inlaws, in particular my new sisters in law. We've always basically gotten along but the whole wedding process really showed me how much they care for me and how much they really love their brother. I also had friends who I was slightly estranged from as well who I thought I would become closer with but that totally didn't happen. Many of them were invited but did not attend the wedding and some to this day have yet to even congratulate us. Oh well!
rkl1130
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I think my friends and I got closer--especially since I included them in everything and we all felt that we couldn't do any of the big things in our lives without each other. But some cousins I distanced from since I didn't include them (I had already had 5 BMs at that point and really didn't want a large bridal party)--I think they got a little bitter, but it didn't bother me.
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I think our wedding affected DH's friends (his groomsmen) ... DH is the first one out of his gaggle of 'buds' to get hitched... Only one of his friends has a girlfriend and they only JUST started dating..(mind you they're all in their 30s...)
So i think our wedding opened the eyes of his bachelor friends... We spent 3 days together in the hotel and had a BALL..
I saw one of them last wknd at a christening of a mutual friend's son and he was going on about how he's so sad the wedding is over and how much fun it was to be together like that...
Then he went on to say he was ready to settle down and find a good girl...
My brother, sister and I have always been close, and I'm the last one to get married so it was definitely felt...They treated me as special as can be
mtdr1106
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i think that some people it distanced me from and others it brought me closer too.
surprisingly enough - it was the people that i thought i couldnt depend on that stepped up when i needed them and the people i always thought i could lean on where no where to be found.
thats life though - you live and learn.
acsm
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i think it brought DH's family and mine closer together.. and it was a mini family reunion at our wedding as well since people travelled far to come and celebrate.. as far as my friends it wasnt anything different than any other day...
Future Mrs.
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Not at all. I don't think it changed any relationships that I had with anyone. I was actually hoping that the act of getting married (not the wedding per se, but the fact that we were now family) would bring me closer to my BIL and SIL, but nothing. I haven't even seen or spoken to them since our wedding, nearly 8 months ago. But then again, they never even reached out to me when we were engaged or dating, so I can't say I'm surprised.
ali120206
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It definitely brought me closer to my closest friends and family.
It did make me think differently about some people. I know my wedding isn't as important to others as it was to me but, there are people, DH's friends mainly, who he feels that he is really close to and well, they didn't even mail the response card back (mind you all of these people are married and DH went to their weddings and bachelor parties). I mean it's addressed and has a stamp on it and you can't mail it back?
ETA: I'm not bitter or anything
soon2bmrsdunn
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It actually brought me closer to some friends and during the planning destroyed some relationships as well.
TnOiOnL
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yes and no... I was always close with my family so them being there for me 100% was no different. DH's family was never too close, and it did not bring them closer, so again, no change. But with friends- it definately brought us closer. His friends really have stepped up and proved what amazing men they all are. I definately feel closer to them now than before.
imas98
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Drv0716
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Yes. My mom's two sisters hadn't spoken in almost 2 years by my wedding day. In the middle of my ceremony, I looked over my shoulder to see how our daughter was doing & I saw them hugging. My mom later told me that they are going to try to work out their problems. I'm so happy that our wedding brought that about.
ETA: I'm an @ss. I totally read this wrong
Brian and Marie
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I def became closer with my Mom during all the planning!!
PegaLega
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I think some of our friends became closer...and other friends that we were REALLY close to are now aquaintances. Jealousy was a HUGE factor in alot of the falling apart friendships
donegal419
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yes... to my friend from college... it reconnected us and made us realize that we need to keep in better touch... she was there for me through everything!
also, my sister... we defintiely got closer!
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