Being A Bridesmaid A Month Before Your Wedding?!?

Its a hard call. FH is in his best friends wedding 2 weeks before ours. His friend is also in our wedding. I was invited to bridal showers and bachelorette parties and they are overlapping with my own wedding stuff. It would work if you two planned together with dates for wedding events. Since in my case, it is groomsmen that are in the same weddings it isn't as bad since the guys don't have to go to as many events but if it were her and I it would be difficult since dates are overlapping.

Honestly this shouldn't even be a question - of course you should! You should not be so consumed with planning your wedding that it interferes with your ability to do anything else.

I'm doing this! My friend is getting married Sept. 30th and I'm getting married Oct. 21st.

I was planning on going to her bridal shower, bachelorette party, and wedding anyway, so the only extra expense was the bridesmaids dress! No big deal...

We just kept in touch with each other when planning those other events so they weren't on the same day.

One of my BMs is getting married 2 months after I am. She's very important to me and I can't imagine not having her as a part of "my day" and vis versa! Just be understand with your schedule and give her enough time to properly budget whatever expenses she might be responsible for.

I would do it. I am not having my bridesmaids do anything really since my mom is helping me plan a lot. Also my FMIL and mom are throwing the bridal shower. So I guess I would just make sure I'm not signing up for a lot in terms of planning for your friend but otherwise I don't see an issue. Just make sure you schedule final tastings and fittings around the date accordingly.

Absolutely do it. I'm in my girlfriends wedding 4 weekends before mine, and she's in mine. Even if you do get involved in her shower and bachelorette party, that's still only 3 days... I'm sure you don't have something to do every single day of your life for your wedding, it'll still go on if you take 3 days and dedicate them to hers. We've just strategically planned each other's events (showers, parties, rehearsals) around the others. And I'll be sure to schedule all my my last minute things (meetings, tastings, fittings) not on the day of her wedding.

Here we go again with the comments saying "you just show up in a dress" as a bridesmaid. It's simply never the case. There are always multiple parties and things your friend will expect you to attend. With that being said, planning a wedding is a ton of work, but it's also a joy to be in a close friends wedding. I would take the offer and run with it. You'll have a ton of fun and just make sure y'all coordinate your bach and bridal showers so they don't fall on the same weekend, because it does happen. If you can swing the money that it will take to do both, I'd do it!

Absolutely yes!!

One of my bridesmaids got married one month after my wedding, and I was in her wedding as well. Have a "planning buddy" was the best part of my planning process by far! We bugged each other with wedding questions all the time, because we were on essentially the same planning schedule, and we knew the other person had 'wedding brain' as well so it felt like I was bothering her a lot less than our other friends

We were (obviously) courteous to each other and planned the dates for our pre-wedding events keeping the other person in mind! We staggered our showers and bachelorettes, and thought through how many of our bridesmaids and guests overlap.

You can do it! I'm doing the same thing. It will be rough but you'll be happy you did.

As long as you can afford it, yes! My best friend is getting married in March 2018, my sister in June 2018 & myself in October 2018. We don't live in the same state either so there will be lots of traveling!

Yes you should. I am in a wedding 14 days before mine. We purposely planned it that way so we could make sure she had a full honeymoon and could still attend my wedding. Both me and my friend had 11 month engagements and being in her wedding is not at all a point of stress for me.

Additionally, you are having a long engagement. There are plenty of things you can do early to relieve stress later. So say yes and have fun with it!

I think you should do it! It's a whole month away from yours and it'll be tons of fun to experience this together. Just make sure to plan ahead so you don't get busy on the weekend of her wedding and plan how to spend $ accordingly if that's a concern.

Someone asked this before. I literally don't see the issue. You would decline just to sit home and plan your own wedding rather than share in someone else's joy?

I would do it. I'm the maid of honor for a friend a month before mine and she's in my wedding as well.

If you think you are going to be on a super tight budget than maybe you should decline. All you'll need is the dress and shoes. Everything else would be what you would do anyways.

My sister is getting married a month before me and we are each others maids of honor. We will be busy but we will have each other to help one another out

I would