Umm... I think I'm gonna pass

I got a call last Saturday morning at 8:17 AM! Now, everyone who knows me knows that I am by no means a 'morning person' and when I'm being awakened at 8:17 on a Saturday morning, I'm even less a morning person.

The phone call itself was strange. First of all, it was from a friend I haven't spoken to in close to 2 years. Secondly, she was requesting that I plan her baby shower. I didn't even know she was pregnant!!

That's how close we are. Personally, I've never heard of a woman ASKING someone to plan her baby shower. Isn't this something that your friends plan for you on their own accord?

I have to preface this with a little history. This friend and I were BFFs since high school. We were even roommates for a while. She then got engaged and I was, of course, happy to be elected one her bridesmaids! Little did I know that this would be the end of our friendship. She instantly turned into bridezilla. Ok, I knew she'd always been a bit, shall we say, 'high maintenance', but I never expected all out monstrous behavior.

I should have known things were about to get ugly when she emailed her "girls" a list of expectations. One expectation was: "Make yourself available at all times. If you have to take time off from work, then that's what I expect". I broke the cardinal rule when I was unable to attend a cake tasting due to a family member getting into a car accident. She actually called yelling even after I told her I was in the ER with said family member. She knows my family quite well, as they were almost like her family, and she couldn't even take 2 seconds to ask if they were okay. This is only one incident. She also insisted that we wear as little make-up as possible so as not to "outshine" her on her day. The fact that this has to be verbalized is insane. It was 8 months of pure pre-wedding hell!

Now, I under sand and appreciate that this is one of THE most important days in a young woman's life, but c'mon! Get over yourself already! We're bridesmaids not brideslaves.

Anyhoo,I did my absolute best to do whatever I could to make her wedding day one of the greatest for her and then proceeded to see myself out of that friendship. I just couldn't bear to have someone like her in my life anymore. I think 2 of her 6 bridesmaids still talk to her - and they're her sisters.

So you could imagine my surprise when I got this call out of the blue. I haven't really spoken to her since the wedding and the first time she calls me it's to ask me to PLAN a shower? Needless to say, I was annoyed and it was quite apparent. I'm not known for biting my tongue and I have even less self control that early in the morning. So yeah, I not so gently had to pass on the request.

I've had a few days to think about this and I actually feel really bad for her. She has obviously run out of friends if she's had to resort to asking someone she hasn't spoken to in years to do this. I would skip the shower all together if I were her.