Feeling under appreciated
Was just a bridesmaid in a wedding and feeling like the bride showed no appreciation or thanks to us in the bridal party. We have all spent over $1,200 between the bachelorette, bridal shower, engagement party and wedding. None of our expenses were covered by the bride. I don’t know why, but I expected some sort of card or thank you note on the day of the wedding. She didn’t thank any of us in her speech to all the guests, and didn’t make even make a small speech to us in the bridal suite the day of (we were all there for 8 hours getting ready before the wedding started). I’m feeling a bit frustrated and resentful because we all poured so much time, energy and money into this, and to make this a special day, and there was absolutely no acknowledgment. Not even a text after the wedding to thank us.
Is this normal for brides? It feels like everything we did went unnoticed or that she doesn’t care.