[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

And really, my own experience is that longtime friendships tend to end once one of the friends gets married. I've stopped being close to at least three of my close friends after they got married. They're in a different place than I, so it's just natural that we'd drift apart. So, if she gets married, there's no guarantee that you and she would be close in the future anyway.

That's another thread, but I always hate how this happens and wish it could be prevented somehow. I think that if two people really are close then one getting married shouldn't change that. It can present something of an obstacle, but it doesn't have to mess with the quality of the relationship. At least I'm hoping that my really good friends can stay really good friends if and when I get married. But perhaps some drifting is always inevitable.