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Rosie - I literally went through this same thing (in fact still going on)! I totally understand your frustration, and you have every right to be upset. I have a friend who I've know and been friends w/since freshman year in high school (we're all now 30-ish). Last summer, she got pregnant by a guy she had been dating for 7 months at the time, and they decided to keep the baby. She made sure to tell me about her pregnancy before she planned to post it on Facebook - she even came over to my apartment to hang out the same night she told me. Around the middle of may this year, a close high school friend of ours announced she was engaged. Two weeks I hear from the engaged friend that our friend with the baby was planning to get married by the end of the year. Friend with baby never said anything to me about it. A couple of weeks after that, her FB status changed to "engaged". I was definitely hurt, particularly after I offered her a lot of help with the baby, went out my way to visit her (she lived an hour and a half a way) when she was stuck at home w/the baby for the first few months, spent loads of money on baby gifts and hand made a baby blanket, etc. I thought she would at least call me to tell about her wedding plans. She still hasn't. She's also met by BF of four years several times, and we got the save-the-date addressed to "Jaxx and guest". WTH? So I decided to lay off. I don't talk to her anymore, except for when she initiates IM chats with me on FB, and I've pretty much stopped making an effort with her. I'm very hurt and let down, but I've moved on. I also have other close friends with whom we used to talk about being in each other's weddings when we were younger and I have yet to be a bridesmaid, even though some of my friends have been in each other's weddings. It makes me sad because if I have to have bridesmaids because my BF wants to have a best man and/or others, I have no idea who I'm going to ask! I don't even know who I'd ask to be my MOH! Sigh.

It's a hard pill to swallow, but I think in the end you have two options: 1) Let it go. Move on with your life. Some people become self absorbed and it becomes all about them, and if you're not willing to deal, the best thing to do is walk away. Maybe some day, 10 years from, she'll realize that she should have made more of an effort. 2) Suck it up and continute to be friends with her. As much as it bothers you, if you really believe a friendship is worth holding onto, you bite the bullet and look the other way, or you can confront her and hope that you can work it out. You stick by her and remain as a good a friend as you can, and hopefully someday down the line, she'll realize that you did a really great thing sticking by her and she'll show her appreciation somehow.

It was particularly hard for me to go with option 1 because I feel like at this stage of my life, I've lost a lot of friends for whatever reason (marriage, babies, people moving away). I work insane hours and barely have time for me and my bare minimum life obligations. But I call my friends and visit them whenever I can, and I feel like that should count for something. Apparently with a lot of my friends, it hasn't. So be it. I'm a cut-my-losses-and-walk-away kind of person though, so ultimately it depends on what you want the outcome to be.