Cousin sets his date a week before!

Oh I'd be furious! Same thing happened in my family, between two of my cousins, but its 2 weeks before. I don't care, its definitely taking away from your planning and your day, sorry if I sound harsh. I was mad for my cousin too who got engaged long before the other did.

This seems to happen a lot around here. I didnʻt know people actually did this type of shit in real life.

do they have reasons why?

Do y'all have a lot of the same out of town family??

Someone on here earlier asked if it would be okay to set her wedding day a week before her cousin's because it was the only day that worked. Everyone said it was fine.

I can see being upset, but unless you share a lot of out-of-town guests then I don't think it will really impact your wedding that much.

And, if there are a lot of out-of-town guests who are invited to both, you already sent out your save the dates so likely they'll go to yours. Try not to worry about it--but I know that's easier said than done!

They were originally planning January 2015, which is what they told us on New Year's Day. And now I saw on Facebook that yesterday they booked it the week before mine. And yes, we have a lot of the same family from my father's side.

I think it's obnoxious unless there's some really good reason.

Unless it is going to keep guests from coming to your wedding for some reason, I don't see what the issue is.

Being in a similar situation. I would be ok with it being one week before or after.

FBIL is getting married the day before us.(hoping it doesn't happen)

But I think its at least some time in between

Double homicide is the only way to solve this problem.

O_o

FH's cousin scheduled her wedding the weekend after ours. Same venue, same church. I am not angry at all. Like others have said, you get one day for your wedding, not a week, not a month. If I was you, I wouldn't waste your time being angry over something that is out of your control. That is just me though.

I don't see the issue. You're not competing, are you? Perhaps to ease your mind, you could ask them casually why they chose that date. Perhaps it has meaning to someone in her family.

I chose my date because of my work schedule. My FH's nephew is getting married three weeks later, and they were engaged well before us (like 7 months before us). We're not trying to show anyone up - that date just worked best. I'm a teacher and my date is the beginning of Spring Break, which is perfect for me.