Friends that get engaged soon after you

I got engaged about a month after my best friend and my wedding is 7 months after hers. There is no jealousy or animosity ... actually, we love being engaged at the same time because we get to do all the planning stuff together!!! I wouldn't want it any other way!

I didn't think about this until now but my good friend got engaged in July on vacation and I got engaged in October on vacation. Our weddings are only about 2 months away from each other, but there's no jealousy with us. We tell each other about good deals and what not and help each other. We are both in each others wedding.

Yep this happened to me too but it was all family members and of course they were family members I didn't care for and had hard feelings towards to begin with. and of course, they are all getting married before my FH and i. it sucks but oh well, that is life. just know that your wedding will be special no matter what!

LOL @ Unique. It's been my experience that adults who put a financial strain on their parents have been enabled to do so by those very parents. I had to have a Come to Jesus meeting with both of my parents for the way they babied my youngest brother. Well....I didn't HAVE to but I did lol!

Exactly ladylee. My FH and I are paying for this wedding. My parents will be contributed about $500 but we didn't expect it, so it was a nice gift. If they end up giving less, so what? I wasn't expecting them to be ABLE to help at all!

Jlacy I absolutely didn't expect the money from my dad. It was a pleasant surprise. We fully expected to pay for the wedding ourselves and our plans didn't change at all. It just meant that we have to come out of pocket for less and it certainly helped relieve a bit of stress. When he told me he would be sending some money, he didn't say how much and I didn't ask. I was just appreciative of whatever he was able and willing to contribute.

My parents put 5,000 away for us after my dad retired and they sold their house. The problem is my sister tends to think my parents are loaded which their not they worked for everything they have. Me and my FH are trying to get the wedding for 3,500 to savee my parents some money.

Wowzers. Jealousy does make ppl nuts, i know from personal experience. But, one of my BM's got engaged shortly after I did and instead of her maybe getting jealous of me, i'm jealous of her! ONLY because her wedding is in 2011 and mine is in like 7 months or something, and she is SO MUCH more prepared than I am. I'm talking florist quotes and multiple appts with photogs, etc. I haven't even seen a photog yet. I need to get my stuff together!!! ..... LOL asap!

I got engaged Feb 09, and my Best Friend got engaged August 09. My wedding is Nov 2010 hers is 2 months later Jan 2011. I think its great and we couldnt be happier for eachother. We are both each others maid of honors and have had a blast planning with each other and getting deals for both booking the same vendors. I guess it just depends. Im not jealous at all.

One of my bridesmaids gor married a couple of months ago to the father of her child. I didn't find out about it until I got a wedding invitation. I wasn't jealous or mad that she got engaged after and married before me. Just a little butt hurt that she never told me, I could have been of some help.

What is this whole thing about? Are we all in competition with our friends? Sometimes I feel that way even though I don't want to. Does it matter who gets engaged first and who marries first, who is the first to have a baby?

I agree ya i got engaged a month after my former best friend but one i got engaged she did not wont me in her wedding and so on now she dont even talk to me and everything

One of my closest friends her sister in law got engaged after us and now because she doesn't know too many people and neither does her FH they asked me and my FH to be in their wedding. I agreed. She is making it simple find a dress that is long and in light purple for whatever price and all is good. Works for me! Her wedding is a month after mine though so it is a tad bit crazy. But I know a few friends who got engaged after us and I am so excited. In fact two of our friends just got engaged over this past weekend. I was so excited for them!

Yeah I've seen a bunch of people get engaged after us. Including my fiance's brother. Who's fiance then decided that they would set their date before ours. Even though we'd gotten engaged and set our date MONTHS before them. So now theyre getting married 4 months before us.

We never expected my parents to help pay for any portion of the wedding. We had a very modest budget since we just bought a house so we were planning on a small wedding; our guest list kept growing with influence from our parents so my mom agreed to pay for the catering and florist which is going to be about $6,000. I felt sooooo uncomfortable with her doing that and I argued with her for weeks but she was determined. Now that my brother is getting married in Hawaii 4 months later it's put a strain on everyone even for our guests; Hawaii in general is not cheap. We're all really happy for each other so I guess it means we all scrimp and save even more. It is awesome being able to talk with my brothers Fiance; it's nice having another bride in the family to bounce ideas off and to vent over any family issues lol.

Umm umm umm...

sounds like the situation that we are in..

Me & two friends of mine wound up all getting engaged to on the same night..

Me and my fiancee are childhood & highschool sweethearts..

So are the rest of the couples..

My FBIL.. and his girlfriend..

My think about it is.. it is not a competition..

I love this man..

I want to be with him..

regardless of how it looks or anything...

some ppl need to think about that...

stop hating and just support man..

Sorry.. i meant "My thing.. instead of My think"

LOL

I actually got really excited anytime I found out people were engaged or getting married! Planning mine made me love weddings even more. My cousin's FH actually had his ring in time for our wedding, but said he didn't want to upstage it, so he waited until Christmas. I thought that was really sweet and respectful, but I then yelled at her and told her to tell him I would have been thrilled for them no matter what and it would have been another reason to celebrate Lol. I just never saw weddings and babies as competition.

I love finding out about the folks who have gotten engaged since we did. The only person that I've been less than thrilled for is someone that I don't think should be taking that step at this time in her life. It has nothing to do with competition.

I think its ridiculous when people assume someone else chooses to get married or have children to one-up them. Yes, I'm sure there are a few folks out there who do... but they are the exception and not the rule. And even if someone is doing it out of some sense of competition, does it really matter? Its pretty selfish of anybody to assume or expect other people to put their lives on hold just so one person can shine.

Potters it seems that way doesn't it? And one would think that if you know multiple people got engaged in close timeframe, everyone would just double check and make sure dates are not going to conflict.