The letter writer expresses deep regret over a fallout with her longtime best friend Carla after not attending her son's wedding due to financial constraints and lack of transportation. Carla's silence has left the writer feeling heartbroken and unsure about whether to contact her again. Dear Abby suggests that while it may be appropriate to reach out for closure, the circumstances surrounding the wedding may have made Carla preoccupied, and one should not expect to rekindle their past friendship given the distance between them.
Weddings can be complicated affairs, and it's likely that Carla was stressed and distracted because of the number of guests and all the activities related to the wedding at the hotel.
To have expected her to provide you with transportation and share her room with you may have been regarded as presumptuous.
If you would like to hear her side of this and gain some closure, by all means, reach out.
Because you are now so geographically distant, do not expect to resurrect the relationship you had with her.
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