Dear Annie: I have been part of the same group of friends for more than 30 years. About a decade ago, when I got married, I asked one of them, someone I considered like a sister, to be my maid of honor. She and I had always been close. She was there when my daughter was born, we grew up side by side, and I thought of her as one of my very best friends.

After my daughter was born, our lives went in different directions. She was single at the time and living a very different kind of life, so we drifted apart a little, but I never doubted our bond. When she eventually got married, the wedding was held at my parents’ home, and since her mother had passed away, my own mom stepped in to help with the planning. I was happy to support her in every way I could.

But when it came to her bridal par

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