And that’s today’s story — a woman developing a dislike towards her fiance’s friend and ruining their friendship, as in the end, that friend refused to show up to the couple’s wedding.
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Sadly, in life, not all years-long friendships last, and sometimes, it’s not actually due to the people in those friendships but more due to the people around them
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A woman who always got along with her friend’s girlfriend suddenly noticed that his girlfriend became very cold toward her after getting engaged
She learned it was because her friend’s fiancee thought that she was in love with her friend and wanted to steal him
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One of the OP’s good friends,Matthew, whom she has known sincehigh school,willbe getting married to a womanhe is madly in love withnamed Jennifer.
Up untilthe couple’sengagement,the post’s author got along withMatthew’sfuture wife, but after it, her demeanor towards the OP drastically changed. Soon, Jennifer let it slip that, in her opinion, the author is in love with Matthew, which shocked the woman, as it wasn’t true. In fact, she even had a boyfriend, who was very much not Matthew.
Later, shewas madeto apologize.Additionally, to patch things up between the women, Matthew’ssisterinvited both of them tocome and help herpick her dress for the wedding.During the dress shopping, the original poster found a dress that fit her perfectly and matched her boyfriend’s bow tie.
Thisinfuriated Jennifer,so she proceeded to call the OP slurs, uninvite her from thewedding, and get them thrown out of the store. After such a rude experience with the bride, the author decidesnotto go to the wedding, just as Jennifer wants.
Yet, Matthew really wanted his friend at his special occasion, so he begged her in many ways to come, but the woman didn’t plan to give in.After all, thebridemade it very clear thatshe didn’t want her there.
The majority of people online agreed with her decision. In theireyes,Jennifer’s behavior is very two-faced. Sheacts one way in front of the OP and then tells a different story to her fiance. Some suspected that the post’s author might not have the full information about what made the friend’s fiancee switch up her behavior so drastically, and they thought that someone must have told her something. Typically, random assumptions about someone being in love with a person don’t come out of thin air.
Maybe jealousy from Jennifer plays a part here, don’t you think?Especially, just as netizens suggested, if someone told her something suspicious, she might feel insecure about her love’s friend. Granted, being jealous is a completely normal humanemotion. But some of its expressions might not be as normal, especially those that hurt others. And, well, in today’s story, people are definitely getting hurt,anda friendship is crumbling right in front of our eyes.
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When a person feels jealous, the best thingto dois“talk to yourself.”Basically, youneed to reflecton what is causing this intense feeling, aswithout getting to the roots ofit, it might bedifficultto work it out.
Then, if the jealousy is related to, for example, a partner’s friend, just like in today’s story, a conversation with said partner is the next step. Yes, the same old tale of “communicationis key.” It wouldn’t be a tale if it didn’t work, would it? Also, relationships arebasicallya form of communication, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that resolving issues in them revolves around it,too.
Yet, even communication wouldn’t work if people weren’t honest, which seems to be the case for Matthew and Jennifer. The OP said Jennifer blames her behavior on stress,andMatthew is in denial about his fiancee’s improper actions. Just as it’s advised with jealousy,copingwith denial comes with accepting your feelings, and it appears that Matthew hasn’t done that yet.
And while we can’t be absolutely sure that Jennifer’s actions come from jealousy, we can’t write it off either. Shesurelyisn’t acting rationally towards the OP. And since nobody can tell what the future holds, we can hope that they will be able to solve this relationship riddle someday.
Like some people in the woman’s life, the netizens also thought that this was a good choice, as it looked like the bride had unresolved issues, which caused her to actouttoward the woman
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