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Don’t want Pick Me at our wedding

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BarbourAnne · 20/06/2025 15:15

I’m a bit hormonal at the moment so may well be unreasonable.

DP has a long standing friend (she’s long-term married) who is a typical pick me girl. Does the same male dominate sport, seen as one of the guys so when she grabs an arse it “doesn’t mean anything” and is generally very outgoing and out there.

Truth be told I’ve never liked her, but keep my distance. She’s the sort who will grope a fella, and then when challenged say it doesn’t mean anything but “I’m sorry if I offended you”. As if you’re the one with the problem not her.

Anyway. We’re now trying to organise a wedding and DP wants her to come. I haven’t seen her for 3 years. It is not a case of I don’t know her, so I don’t want her to come. I actively dislike her. I don’t want her feeling up my groom on our wedding day as “banter”.

He is saying all his other sporting mates are coming, and it will look odd if she isn’t invited. Personally I don’t care. Let it look odd. Or tell everyone I don’t like her so don’t want her there. Make me the bad guy, I don’t care. But this is the price she pays for her behaviour.

I would never tell him who he can and can’t be friends with, but I don’t spend time with her, and I don’t take “that’s just the way she is” or “it doesn’t mean anything she’s married” as a reason for her behaviour.

When I am married will it be ok to go and sit on some male friends lap, grab his arse etc? Of course not.

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Beautifulhaiku · 20/06/2025 18:04

BarbourAnne · 20/06/2025 15:41

Judging by the pictures of her and two of the other men on their last social night out she hasn’t . Her behaviour upsets a lot of the other girlfriends and wives as well and I just can do without the drama. Normally wives and girlfriends aren’t there, so we don’t often see it first hand- when we do it usually results in some kind of row

Why can’t any of these men have a word and address the issue?

Poetnojo · 20/06/2025 18:03

MyLov · 20/06/2025 17:25

This. I fucking hate the “Pick Me” trope so you lost me at that OP. Just yet another way of society putting down women and keeping them in their place.

There's lots of talk about how men should call out toxic men and 100% they should, and if men see a problem with another man and don't call it out or turn a blind eye then there just as bad as the perpetrator.
You don't want women to do the same? It would just be misogynistic right?
Please!
Living in a functioning society does call for ppl telling other people when they're totally out of fucking order, be they male or female.

MzHz · 20/06/2025 18:02

godmum56 · 20/06/2025 17:00

yes this absolutely.....but if two people have different behaviour boundaries then better to know BEFORE the wedding yes?

Like when it comes to baby names, both agree, it’s on the list, one or other disagreeing means it’s off the list.

@BarbourAnne this will send a message and it will reset the whole behaviour thing somehow. It’ll give the rest of the team power to make a stance too

Peppermilk24 · 20/06/2025 18:01

OP can I ask has anyone else ever excluded her previously or, apart from you, challenged her on her behaviour? She sounds likely a to need telling directly - ie Audrey you aren’t welcome to attend the wedding as your behaviour is so inappropriate it’s making people uncomfortable

Zebedee999 · 20/06/2025 17:59

Beautifulhaiku · 20/06/2025 15:17

Has she felt up your partner before? How has he addressed this with her?

Shameless victim blaming.

Rhaidimiddim · 20/06/2025 17:59

WildCats24 · 20/06/2025 15:46

“Dave, it’s 2025–8 years after the #MeToo movement. We’re not inviting people to our wedding who do not respect boundaries and will grope other guests as “banter”—too many of the wives have complained over the years, and there’s always a row when Sharon and her fiddly fingers are around. I don’t want the drama at our wedding.”

Perfect!
And if he still persists... well, why would you want to marry someone who disagrees with you on such a fundamental aspect of social behaviour? Fiddly fingered Sharon has shown, time and again, contempt for her friends' wives and partners.

Newhere5 · 20/06/2025 17:57

BarbourAnne · 20/06/2025 15:31

she did before we got together. She did it once in front of me and i completely lost my shit. Hence the “I’m really sorry if I offended you, it’s just how we’ve always been”. I’ve kept my distance for a few years, because I can’t stand her, aside from the sexual behaviour she is very full on and attention seeking.

You’re not wrong.
She wouldn’t get an invite from me either

tuvamoodyson · 20/06/2025 17:53

BarbourAnne · 20/06/2025 16:25

As soon as he realised I didn’t see it as “banter” he told her to stop. He didn’t “lose his shit” like I did, but he did put an immediate stop to it. Which is why she apologised if she offended me.

So he didn’t actually mind?

Schoolchoicesucks · 20/06/2025 17:52

I understand that you don't want her there because you don't like her (understandably). But if you genuinely mean that you "would never tell him who he can be friends with", then I think that has to extend to him being able to invite her to the wedding. If they had history, or she singled him out and you thought she had designs on him then I would have voted differently.
If you've already made your case for not inviting her and he still wants to, then I would suck it up (and seat her next to the toilet/tell her the dress code is lime green/order her a special tripe based meal or something similarly petty) and just absolutely ignore the fact she is there which would be easy because so many people you actually like and want to spend time with will be there. Bridesmaids would be under strict instructions to form a human shield around you if necessary.

Blondeshavemorefun · 20/06/2025 17:51

Namechangean · 20/06/2025 16:41

It clearly isn’t unwanted is it, as they’ve remained friends with her for a number of years and have never told her to stop

Then that says a lot about them as well

whynotmereally · 20/06/2025 17:47

If every other person in the team is invited it will look shitty if she’s not . So I can see it’s tricky for your dh but equally why should you have someone who makes you uncomfortable at your wedding?
But ultimately your issue is with your dh as a man in a commited relationship he should not be accepting this behaviour from her whether you are there or not. He needs to call her out.

she is a dick though, her half assed apology was clearly her saying “this is your problem not mine not your dhs” I’d have wanted to slap her.

Coffeeishot · 20/06/2025 17:46

And if she does start her nonsense at your wedding you are within your rights to say something.

herecomethedrums2025 · 20/06/2025 17:45

Coffeeishot · 20/06/2025 17:42

It is his wedding too she is part of his sport mates, if she starts her nonsense other people will see her for what she is a groper and an idiot, she is no threat to you

Nothing to do with her being a threat. Obviously she is no threat to anyone, but creepy woman (pretend friend) is a sex pest and OPs boyfriend is fine with that. It's all a bit sad and weird tbh.

Coffeeishot · 20/06/2025 17:42

It is his wedding too she is part of his sport mates, if she starts her nonsense other people will see her for what she is a groper and an idiot, she is no threat to you

5128gap · 20/06/2025 17:42

DeSoleil · 20/06/2025 17:30

She isn’t a real friend to him. She’s part of a group.

If one of the men phoned him and asked him out for a quick pint, he would go. If she asked to meet him on his own I bet he wouldn’t go.

Tell him straight that under no circumstances is she to come as predatory people whether they be man or woman are not welcome.

Strictly speaking, she isn't predatory. Predators chase their prey. She isn't chasing, because these men aren't running.

coolbreezes · 20/06/2025 17:42

MyLov · 20/06/2025 17:25

This. I fucking hate the “Pick Me” trope so you lost me at that OP. Just yet another way of society putting down women and keeping them in their place.

If women want to go round groping other women's husbands then I am not sure they are particularly deserving of respect. In much the same ways as it's generally seen as acceptable to talk in fairly derogatory tones about men who are sex pests.

I guess to avoid accusations of misogyny we can refer to both male and females who behave like this as sex pests perhaps? Or what term would you use to describe people who constantly make unsolicited sexual advances to others?

Poetnojo · 20/06/2025 17:42

ExtraOnions · 20/06/2025 15:31

Are you think judgemental about his Male friends, or just her?

If the men on the team (including your husband) didn’t like it, they would ask her to stop.

If you haven’t seen her in 3 years, how do you know she’s “groping” your husband.

TBH, whole thing smacks of misogyny..

By that logic, not liking a guy groping you is misandry?!

Flashahah · 20/06/2025 17:37

Namechangean · 20/06/2025 16:40

Let’s be honest here, if she was sexually assaulting the men then it’s very unlikely that they’d all still be friends with her, so it’s not the same thing. The men see her as a friend and they see her actions as ‘banter’. He wants her at the wedding so we only have OPs strong views on the matter, but OPs husband mustn’t think she was crossing a line as he only told her to stop whatever it is she’s doing because OP, unstandabley, didn’t like it. So it’s not the same thing is it

This is the sort of “banter” women used to have to laugh along with in the City, not so many years ago.

The men or at least some of them, are acting like it’s “ok” because they’re being embarrassed/forced into that behaviour, just like the City women used to.

herecomethedrums2025 · 20/06/2025 17:36

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😅😂 You sound absolutely demented. Off your rocker. Mental.

Found the female "friend"😂

Icecreamandcoffee · 20/06/2025 17:36

I too would be uncomfortable. She clearly has no respect for the relationships of her team mates or her own relationship. Does her "DP" know she behaves this way around her team mates? I know very very few men who would be happy with their partner groping other men. The men also need to be standing up for their relationships, it is not respectful at all to your partner to allow someone else to grope you and laugh about it and be like "oh my wife doesn't like it, she's so upright". It re-enforces the laddette low class "I'm not like other girls" behaviour of this woman.

If your DP is insistent she come, I would be tempted to tell everyone to be aware of the "handsy Hannah". Are you on good terms with the other wives? If so I'd get them on side, same with your bridesmaids. Make it uncomfortable for the handsy woman. I would also be tempted to bring it up in conversation with her DP, oh I hear "Hannah" has groped the whole team over the past few years... She groped my DH the other week. She also groped "Shelly's" DH the week before. Call me petty but some people deserve the scorn of other women and also clues her DP into some of her behavior.

buffyajp · 20/06/2025 17:36

tripleginandtonic · 20/06/2025 15:29

It's his wedding too. If he wants her there as part of that friendship group I think she should be invited.
He's marrying you, that's what matters. I very much doubt there'll be any arse grabbing of the groom.

It’s BOTH of their’s wedding and neither should be forced to have anyone there who makes them uncomfortable. Especially when that person likes to sexually assault others. And that is what it is make no mistake. Be interesting to see what your opinion would be if sexes reversed. Op you are absolutely not being unreasonable and your partner needs to respect your wishes on this.

L0bstersLass · 20/06/2025 17:35

manicpixieschemegirl · 20/06/2025 16:42

She sounds utterly gross and embarrassing. YANBU at all - her not being invited is a consequence of her own behaviour and your DP needs to have your back on this.

I couldn't have said it better.
There's no way she gets an invite.

Peppermilk24 · 20/06/2025 17:34

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DeSoleil · 20/06/2025 17:30

She isn’t a real friend to him. She’s part of a group.

If one of the men phoned him and asked him out for a quick pint, he would go. If she asked to meet him on his own I bet he wouldn’t go.

Tell him straight that under no circumstances is she to come as predatory people whether they be man or woman are not welcome.

herecomethedrums2025 · 20/06/2025 17:30

vincettenoir · 20/06/2025 17:25

This is peak Mumsnet.

Nah. Peak mumsnet would be ltb followed by calling her a racist for "reasons" and a screeching lecture relying entirely on ad hominems, ending in the phrase "peak mumsnet".