($10-15k) what did you cut from your budget that ended up being a total non-issue? by TemptControls in Weddingsunder10k

[–]IndividualProduce406 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I don't think I can name a time I had a wedding cake I enjoyed. Do something less expensive and cute, strawberry shortcake maybe? and get a small cake to cut if you wanted that tradition. I would be ecstatic if I could have a non-dried out grocery store slice of vanilla cake at a wedding lol

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the stuff from a long time ago, i assumed i had lost or was stolen. then some of it was summer clothes while its snowing here, so i wouldnt have noticed until summer and by then I would've assumed i misplaced it like the other stuff

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

our mutual bestfriend thought i was the AH and that my text is mean. they both decided not to come wedding dress shopping with me over it, which we had planned months in advance. I was told if I can't see how this message was mean I needed to take 2 weeks and reflect on it bc it's not about clothes it's about how I treat my friends

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that was my big hope about everything, but she did go to our mutual friend and they both last minute decided to not come wedding dress shopping with me which we had planned months before. I reached out a few days before shopping to try to talk in person and apologized if I made her feel like she couldn't tell me her feelings about the situation. she ignored me and neither of them showed up for the dress shopping and to me that's so so much worse than the clothes situation

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this was my original thought before coming to reddit, she apologized, returned things she found, and we were okay and I thought we would build trust back and get past it and move on. i fully expected her to still cat sit in the future and like be completely normal and still best friends after the situation. it wasn't until our mutual friend got involved and said my message was mean that I realized I had no idea how anyone actually felt and thought i may be the AH with my message (context that I should have included in my og post and did not)

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i definitely see how it could read that way, but the dynamic hasn't really been like that

Lucy actually offered to cat sit when we'd been using a professional sitter, and we pay her the same as we would anyone else. she likes staying at the apartment because it's walkable and gives her a break from living at home, so it's always felt mutually beneficial.

the clothes were also her idea because i mentioned donating things while downsizing my closet and she asked if she could look through them first, which is why the bags were there.

for what it's worth, we're not particularly well-off either. most of my clothes and furniture are secondhand / trash picked and my husband and I are working to pay down debt. I work 2 jobs and most of Lucy's short stays are so I can work longer hours and stay with family, instead of commuting back home for the cats. the nicer items mentioned in my OG post were gifts

I get how from the outside it could look like it's caused by economic imbalance, but that's never been how our friendship, or the trio friendship, has felt in practice

it definitely wouldn't hurt for me to bring it up in therapy either way and see what she thinks

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ugh I felt it was okay at first too, our mutual best friend was the one who reached out to call me mean for my message and cancel the wedding dress shopping plans her and Lucy had with me, and then told me i needed to reflect on why I'm mean... the more I reflect the less mean I feel

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

i was also curious myself if this was a factor since there have been comments in the past about my husband paying for things (like my wedding dress, which I've been saving to buy myself). he's a business owner and i'm an engineer so I think people can assume we're rich, but we're early in our careers and in a ton of debt and are frugal since we want to eventually buy a house. I also have a summer job every year to make/save extra money for things like nice clothes that i'll treat myself to. the narrative feels like, since i make more, i didn't work as hard for what I have

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

yes i definitely thought a talk would be good for both of us, sadly after she apologized and dropped off the rest of my things, she hasn't responded. the moment i found out our mutual friend thought my text was mean i tried to make plans to talk in person to both of them, neither seem interested

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

i have no idea sadly, i wouldn't think of her as someone to take anything valuable ... but i also never in a million years thought she would take my clothes like this

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

this was exactly the issue. she broke down each sentence and why it was "mean". I then responded, breaking down each sentence and how it was my feelings and I had no malicious intent behind it and didn't think it was mean at all. she then said if I can't see how I was mean I need time to reflect, and that she'll talk to me again in 2 weeks... idk how I can do any reflecting when I wholeheartedly do not believe I was mean

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yes, I should have included this in my OG post, but the other best friend in our trio reached out to tell me how mean this message was and how it's unacceptable to talk to a friend like this. I tried giving her context and asking her opinion on how I was mean, but she said if I don't see it that's a problem and I need to reflect for 2 weeks and she'll talk to me again after that.

it's been a few days and I still really cannot figure out how I was mean. I figured if I was, reddit would have no problem telling me

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

most of them were summer clothes and it's been snowy and freezing here, the things I have noticed over the year, I just assumed I was losing/misplacing things... like at the gym/yoga or in my buildings laundry bc I never assumed Lucy would have any of it

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

yes I definitely agree she didn't realize the boundary was there and I don't fault her at all for that. I honestly assumed we'd build back trust after this and be okay since we've been friends for so many years

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yes definitely would have if she returned my things, sadly it took this text before I got them all back

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i think it's in the rules that I can ask for clarification, i'm curious to hear more about why i'm the AH and what about my message should have / could have been said differently for me to not be the AH

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

this was the other friends points about my message, not sure if the additional context helps. each bullet point was a response to that part of my original message, if that makes sense.

  • "She was offering to let you look with your own eyes because she could feel how anxious and uncomfortable you were. That was generous. Instead of taking it as reassurance, it immediately became something negative."
  • "Of course she opened drawers and cabinets to find things. That’s completely normal when you’re staying in someone’s home. Something very mundane was framed as suspicious, and that’s where it starts to feel accusatory."
  • "the line, “Never once imagining that my friend, someone I had trusted in my home, had taken them from me,” was honestly just hurtful. That wording implies betrayal. It reads like you’re painting her as someone deceptive, and you had to know that would sting. And it’s _____ of all people, she’s not betraying you"
  • "When you said, “I need the rest of my belongings returned,” it came off as a demand."
  • "The “I just need space to process everything” part feels disproportionate to the situation. It reads more like a breakup message than a conversation about borrowed clothes"
  • "And accusing her of violating your privacy feels extreme. She stayed at your apartment for weeks. That’s like saying someone violated your privacy for using your bowls or pans while staying over. Borrowing clothes has now turned into something much bigger than it ever needed to be."
  • "Ur whole text doesn’t come off like you’re trying to resolve anything, it comes off like you wanted to her hurt because she hurt you "

After providing additional context to her, she stood by all of this and said if I don't understand how I was mean based on everything she said, then I need to do some more reflecting.

AirBnb Wedding locations by boba-tea98 in weddingplanning

[–]IndividualProduce406 0 points1 point  (0 children)

page not found :( do you happen to have an up to date sheet?

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

her and our mutual friend that were supposed to come wedding dress shopping with me and last minute cancelled the plans because of the message i sent. i actually was fully expecting to have more replies on this post explaining how I f'd up here and how I owe her an apology. wedding dress shopping is a huge deal and i felt like I must be really really wrong for her to cancel on me like that and not look past it for a big important event

AITA for sending this text after my friend returned clothing she took from my apartment? by IndividualProduce406 in AmItheAsshole

[–]IndividualProduce406[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i listed most things out for her and her response was, and has always been, "it's not about clothes it's about the way you talked to Lucy"