Sisters By Chance Friends by Choice

The Wedding (Added To)

EDIT: Scroll to the end for new parts

A/N no, this isn't a real chapter, deal with it!  But if you want drama, keep reading.

Has anyone else been literally watching all of the Instagram like a hawk for the last 24 hours and counting?

Yesterday, Adam and Erin got married and I'm not even sure how to react.

Most Ballingers have (most likely unintentionally) released "proof" that they did not in fact attend the wedding.

-Chris tweeted about "friendsgiving" happening yesterday. That means, he, Jess, and the kids were having dinner and hosting friends at their house last night. Chris and Jess were the two who I most expected to go if they did get an invitation.

-Colleen tweeted about decorating for Christmas and revealed on Insta Story that she was dealing with GoFundMe drama and had a professional in her house to decorate for her shower.

-Rachel was MIA from social media yesterday (which is not a surprise from her). She did mention today that Matt's Mom is going to meet the family (presumably at Colleen's shower) tomorrow, which could mean she's in town this weekend(?) (that's a bit of a stretch).

From the beginning, I assumed Colleen would politely decline an invitation and send a gift. She's going on 9 months pregnant, wouldn't wanna go alone, but also wouldn't wanna take Erik.

Rachel has always stood right beside Colleen, and it made sense in my mind for Rachel to stand with her here too.

Not that Christopher didn't stand with Colleen, but he was much less present (publicly) in her divorce, maybe leaving his relationship with Adam less messy. I really thought if anyone, they would go.

I just saw Adam's Instagram, and I am honestly floored.

"Small and intimate with only a handful of our dearest friends and family."
So the people you grew up with like siblings aren't "your dearest friends and family"?
Yet that guy "Matt" (who is basically Josh's "Kory", a key factor Josh would blame for their divorce but I'm not gonna get into that) was invited.

Adam goes onto say "we wish we could've invited everyone who has shared their love."
Is this a way of continuing to justify not inviting the Ballingers? I have no idea.

It's sad to think that when Colleen has talked about "relatives who don't talk to [her]" anymore, she may be talking about Adam. They grew up so close. And she's the reason Adam and Erin fell in love.

When it comes down to it, I can't decide if I think it was Adam's decision or Erin's/ultimately Josh's. Adam is seen a lot with Josh. They must get along well; after all, they lived together. Maybe he picked a side.
On the contrary, maybe Erin and Josh had more to do with the possible lack of invitation. Colleen is very pregnant; anyone can see. That's all Josh wanted, and she never gave that to him. Had she been invited and attended, what kind of mood would that have put the Evanses in, and would Josh have been mature enough to handle that?

Of course there is the possibility that they were invited and all declined.
Maybe Colleen wanted to leave the day for Adam and Erin and not make them worry about drama.
Or, this one really makes my heart hurt, maybe she feared for the safety of her and/or her baby.  When your ex husband's favorite sport is indirectly/directly attacking you and your fiancé online, I can't imagine it would be easy to go somewhere where you know you're going to see him again.

In my mind, I never wanted Josh to see Colleen again because he doesn't deserve it.  Unlike others online, I did not have any faith that this wedding could could be a panacea for any past drama because that is unrealistic.

Colleen and Josh were beautiful. Keyword: were.  The last thing Colleen needs in her life is an ex husband who is very evidently still obsessed with her [no matter how he denies it] and the last thing Josh needs is his new wide seeing how emotionally attached he still is to his ex.

Colleen is truly loving her best life and 2018 is her year.  No matter the circumstances, it's a good thing she wasn't at that wedding.  She is moving forward and that would only pull her back.

I know this was all just conspired and that truly is all it is (aside from all of the Ballingers having "alibis" so to speak).  I would never say anything like this online where I thought any of the parties involved would see it because that simply isn't fair.  This book is all real drama anyway, so I justified this.  I just wanted to see if anyone would agree with me without hurting any of those directly affected, hence the platform I chose.  Thanks!

EDIT:

This is why I love Andrew.

He posted this photo, and my heart is so full.  I've always seen that Colleen is much closer with Stefanie and Andrew and I worried so much after recent posts that that love was going to die down.  However, thinking about Andrew going from a wedding at which he hung out with Josh to Colleen freaking Ballinger's baby shower in less than 24 hours makes me smile.

In all honesty, I think Andrew would side with Colleen in a heart beat.  Sure Josh posted a picture with him and whatever, but, this, this is what proves it all.  Adam is Andrew's brother, and with that responsibility, he supports him.  He goes to his bachelor party.  Colleen is Andrew's cousin.  He doesn't have to go to giant, over the top, baby shower/birthday/Christmas parties.  But he did.

Thinking about this is really tripping me up.  I'm sure Andrew hugged Josh on Saturday night.  Then he went to Colleen's where he maybe hugged her but at least wasn't in her house.  He was with Josh and in his old home less than 24 hours later.

It also trips me up to know that Colleen follows Andrew and apparently Josh does so they both see the pictures with the opposite families.   Wow.

Props to Andrew for keeping everyone happy.  I don't know what'd I'd do if I found out Colleen lost him.