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From: anita@drux3.UUCP (HornAI)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Wedding Party: Brides...
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Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 15:02:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 17 15:02:07 1984
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My first thought about this situation was for you to tell the bride
where to stuff it.  However, I think that future brides should
be thought of as senile, or harmlessly mentally deranged.  The closer
the wedding gets, the more anxiety they feel, especially if it is a
formal wedding.  If I were you, and I could manage to take my own
advice and not take anything she said personally, I'd just tell her
it was impossible/unreasonble/not convenient to be in the wedding on her
terms, and I'd state that in as sorry a tone as I could muster.  If
she doesn't fly off the handle totally, I'd go to the wedding anyway and
have a good time.  Then in about a month or two I'd tell her how hurt I
was that a stupid cast in a picture was more important than a friendship.
                                                 Anita