Am I a friendless bride?

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Here is the deal, I am getting married in January and my boyfriend is in abroad. So that boils down to ME doing all the preparations for the big day. When he proposed to me last year, I first confided with my bestfriends namely Nikko, Abby and Tats. And since my family doesnt know about it yet and we wanted a small wedding, I asked them to keep it to themselves, not until my soon to be parents-in-law come home here in the Philippines and talk to my family. Again, I asked them to keep it to themselves, I actually pleaded and by the end of our dinner, they gave me their promises. That night, I finally felt the excitement of what was going on with my life, and that I have my friends to help me out in the whole thing. I wanted them to be my bridesmaid and they accepted it with the same amount of excitement I had being a bride. Then a week later, I got a text message from Raffy (another friend) and he knew about the wedding... and mind you, he wasnt happy for me at all and actually hated me because, according to him, I dont claim him as a real friend. I confronted my friends (Abby, Tats, and Nikko) but all I got from them was "It is not a big deal!" So I let go of it, at that time at least. We went to possible places to hold the wedding, and it was a fun day, though they were there to accompany me, I had to pay for everything... and i mean everything. Pay for the my friend's car, my friend's driver, my friends' food... EVERYTHING. Then, we ended the day with a summary of what we are going to do, where to get things.. who's going to do this and that. But after that day, I never heard from them. I was left with everything, not knowing where to start and what to do, time was running out, I couldnt wait for them, and so I started with the preparations by myself. Emotional and physical problems came up with me and my family, endless requests of my parents, the emotional burden of me fixing the wedding without my boyfriend (here in the Philippines, traditionally, the guy has to be the one to prepare for everything) I had no one to confide to. There were times when I'll just cry in the middle of my work, and my copywriter would be surprised to find me crying and actually felt sorry that maybe I didnt like what he wrote for my print ad or for my campaign (hahaha) Well, to top it all, I was alone. My boyfriend helped me, but here in the Philippines I was alone. Then my mom started helping me, and some of my family were cooperative. But I had to face the requests that their daughter be the bridesmaid. So I had to move things a bit.. I had to remove Abby, Tats and Nikko out of the entourage to give way to those who actually helped me. And now, Nikko, Tats and Abby hate me because of that, and they actually said I am narrow minded to remove them in the entourage because of the broken promise. I dont know what to do, they really hate me and they dont want to go to the wedding. Actually they told me to invite those people who "I didnt invite, but they talked to abt the wedding" *sigh* enlighten me please, I dont know what else to think and what to do.. I am happy that I am getting married to the man I love, but it would be more special if my closest friends would be there.. and those three are the closest ones I got. *sigh*