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Danielle
Savvy July 2017

Friends engaged at the same time

Danielle, on January 3, 2017 at 3:31 PM

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One of my closest friends asked me to be in her wedding. Set for September 2017. She asked a year ago. Well I recently got engaged December 25, 2016. In four days I had my dress, venue, menu planned, and photographer. My family and I have been waiting for this for a long time (5 years dating). Yes,...

One of my closest friends asked me to be in her wedding. Set for September 2017. She asked a year ago. Well I recently got engaged December 25, 2016. In four days I had my dress, venue, menu planned, and photographer. My family and I have been waiting for this for a long time (5 years dating). Yes, my family helped with majority of the costs. So now my friend has made comments of, "I'm going to elope cause two weddings cant be planned at the same time." Or this comment that killed me, "I'm not going to fight for attention because yours is sooner, getting together to plan one is hard enough". What do I do? I'm so hurt and she knows it. Do I move on? Do I loose a friend? Was I wrong to have my wedding before hers? Even though it's the best time me and my FH decided on? Help, advice needed!

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  • givemetheD
    Expert October 2017
    givemetheD ·
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    No you weren't wrong for having your wedding before her's. She's being petty and ridiculous. It could be as simple as you wanting a summer wedding and her wanting a fall wedding. What, would she expect you to wait until the following year fit the season to roll around again just so her wedding can pass. Regardless of what your reasoning is, it doesn't matter. You don't need to plan your wedding around her schedule. As others have said, she gets one day you get one day.

    One of my best friends is getting married Aug 2017 and I'm getting married in October 2017. Neither one of us got bent out of shape. We've been able to give each other ideas and even do stuff like go dress shopping and to bridal shows together.

    Your friend is being petty. I'd just try not to talk wedding to her and maybe she'll get over it in time and see how childish she's acting.

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  • Miami2NorthernVA
    Master November 2017
    Miami2NorthernVA ·
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    The weddings are two months apart so she is being dramatic. You don't need to be involved in each other's wedding planning, and showers and bachelorette parties will likely also be 2 months apart. Don't stress over this. She is being silly.

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  • PerfectlyPolin
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    PerfectlyPolin ·
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    She is being silly. Give her some time to calm down and realize how ridiculous she is being.

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  • J
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    Jenelle ·
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    First things first, she's not your friend (fullstop).

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  • Deb
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    Deb ·
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    I got engaged NYE last year, and a friend of mine did the same night. We have many mutual friends.

    We basically adulted. We discussed timelines for showers/Bach parties so that our friends were not attending 2 events in one month.

    It's actually been nice to have someone to talk about planning with since likely not many other people would want to.

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  • #happilyeverHowards
    Expert October 2017
    #happilyeverHowards ·
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    She's being an ass, you did nothing wrong. Some people take that "It's my day" thing too far! The world does not stop because she just so happened got engaged 1st, personally I think she's a little jealous that you have that great support system to help get your plans together in a matter of days, which is awesome by the way lol. She'll be ok, be fabulous and do you!! #datetwin

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  • Swin.
    Master June 2016
    Swin. ·
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    One of my best friends got engaged before me, we got engaged and married, and she's still engaged now (wedding is in march). It was never a big deal at all. Your friend is just ridiculous.

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  • SarahL2T
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    I agree with everyone else, I think she's being ridiculous. The one piece of advice that I haven't seen is to make sure that the bridal events are all separate as well. Don't even talk about your wedding at her shower/bachelorette/etc. Hopefully she does the same for yours.

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  • Cara
    Super November 2017
    Cara ·
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    Sounds very immature

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  • A
    Master January 2021
    AshleyR ·
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    So she's having a two year engagement, does that mean that she owns those two years and everyone else's life just needs to be put on pause while she takes her sweet ass time to do her thing? That's just silly and unrealistic.

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  • Kristen
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    Kristen ·
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    My MOH and I have weddings literally almost one month apart. Mine is April 22 and hers is May 20. I got engaged in Nov 2015 and she got engaged July 2016. Your friend will deal. I didn't feel any kind of way when my MOH began planning her day. If anything you two should be enjoying planning together and bouncing ideas off each other.

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  • NotThatFreakinMary
    VIP November 2016
    NotThatFreakinMary ·
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    She's being ridiculous. It wouldn't have occurred to me to be bothered by this. The only support she needs is you showing up on her day in the correct dress and visa versa. I'd ignore it.

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  • Laura2.0
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    Laura2.0 ·
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    She's probably jealous that you planned yours so quickly and had financial help. I don't understand why this is an issue for a lot of people. Other people get married too. My cousin is getting married 2 months after me, and got engaged before me. She could care less she's excited that I can give her everyone's address and give her some of the stuff that can be reused.

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