My wedding party experience
I'm getting married next month, and instead of feeling excited, I've been feeling completely heartbroken.
Before I got engaged, my friendships with my groomsmen were great. We spent a lot of time together, and I was genuinely excited to have them standing beside me on one of the biggest days of my life.
Since asking them to be my groomsmen, though, I've ended up doing almost everything on my own.
Only one groomsman came to my engagement party. Nobody came to any of the wedding rehearsals, and I received little to no communication about it. My bachelor party is next week, and I had to plan and organize the entire thing myself because nobody else stepped in to help.
On top of that, only one person sent money for the bachelor trip, but they later had to back out. I ended up using the money I'd saved for the trip to cover a payment for our honeymoon that was due, so now I'm seriously considering cancelling the bachelor trip altogether.
What makes all of this even harder is that I've also had a falling out with my parents. I'm an only child, and they've told me they won't be coming to my wedding. I was already struggling with that, so going through all of this with my wedding party has been incredibly painful.
I never imagined I'd feel this alone during what should be one of the happiest times of my life. Instead of enjoying the lead-up to my wedding, I've been stressed, disappointed, and honestly just trying to keep everything together.
I mainly wanted to get this off my chest because it's been weighing on me for a long time. Thanks for reading.
If anyone wants to help me keep my bachelor trip alive, I'd be incredibly grateful, but even just reading this means a lot.