I was originally one of three bridesmaids, but the other two actually ended up pulling out, which I thought was strange. The bride quickly asked other girls to replace them and, along with her mum, we started planning. But she soon started to become very difficult. Unlike the others involved, I worked full-time and she always seemed upset with me for not being able to reply to messages immediately.

Then, when she was organising things like make-up trials, she would get angry when I already had long-standing plans on the dates she wanted to do things. It was a gradual shift in behaviour from my best friend to someone who seemed unhappy with me constantly. It got to the point where I would get very anxious whenever she called or messaged me. She acted like nothing I did was good enough, and I was an inconvenience.

I ended up sending her a long message explaining how I was feeling. She obviously wasn’t happy about it but when I told her how upset I was, she said it was all in my head. I decided I didn’t need that sort of relationship in my life, so I removed myself from the situation. In the end I didn’t go to her hen party or her wedding, and we haven’t spoken since. Sometimes I think you’ve got to put yourself and your wellbeing first.

Hen parties that broke (or very nearly broke) friendships for these 3 women