Anonymous wrote:Did not attend friend's destination wedding in Thailand. It was the right call financially but unfortunately has led to a bit of a chill from the bride.
In my experience, even with some weddings I did attend, there was a chill from the bride after. It was disorienting until I got older and had some perspective. For some people a wedding is the completion of a phase of their life, and they leave that phase and those friends behind when they settle with a partner, new ILs, and a new house and friends. I sometimes feel sad that a few of these friendships sunsetted but the things we had in common like going out dancing or staying up all night talking about dates and parties or going to a park to read all afternoon aren’t really things we would still be doing in our 40s. So we had more a phase in life in common vs. actual stuff in common.