My sister and I are both engaged

I think having a joint shower/bach party sounds good in theory but I feel like you will each want your own moment when you start planning the weddings (and there's nothing wrong with that of course!)

FSIL and her fiance are getting married June 2017, almost exactly 7 months after us. FH said that they had a family discussion about making sure the weddings were spaced out a little bit.

Yes, make a space its better.

@lauren t my wedding is april, 8 2017. My sister hasnt finalized her venue yet to have a date but shes aiming for the middle of September.

So many decisions (: thanks ladies

My sister and I are also both engaged. She decided to have hers two weeks after mine and her shower the week before mine. All the family that would be attending both are all local so they aren't having to travel but they've all made it known they're not happy about them being so close together and having the expense of both weddings all at the same time.

Congrats to you both. Space them out. You each deserve to have your own bridal experiences.

I would definitely space them out

Personally I'd want my own shower. The bach I may be willing to share only bc they are more party & less intimate usually. I'd give our families at least a 3 month break. More if they need to travel. That way your invites could go out at least 1 month after her wedding & all your pre wedding events could occur without overlap.

If your parents are paying And family are traveling I would try to spread them out.

Space it out....

Are your parents helping financially? My parents give each of us a set amount for our weddings. My brother got married last June and they ask that I give them a year to recover financially between weddings.

FH's sister got engaged about 8 months before us and is getting married on October 1st. We are November 19th. FSIL is in our wedding and she seems totally fine with the date range. We told her we were engaged after we had booked the venue, but not because we thought she would be upset, it just happened that way. All of our events are separate, she's been great and I think it's spaced out enough that it feels like it's two totally separate and exciting events.

We have a lot of cousins getting married at once. I'm close with my fiance's cousin. We both wanted fall, and she claimed a weekend in October. I chose November because it was cheaper, and because I wanted to give her the month for her own celebration. It has been working well. Her mom asked me what my shower date was so we didn't overlap, etc. Everyone in the family is looking forward to them.

My fiance's other cousin is getting married in September. They had a super long engagement (2+ years) so we didn't think much of it....except when we sent out our save the dates, they told us we picked the same venue. Oops. They hadnt sent them out for their wedding. I think they freaked a bit, but I pointed out there was very little overlap with the guest list, and we will have their "cold weather set up" instead. Hopefully they don't mind. We mentioned the venue openly to a lot of mutual family members, and no one said a thing.

I think it would be really hard to have them so close together. Guests will have to travel too much in such a short time span. I personally wouldn't want to do my shower and bachelorette party with my sister anyways. I'm assuming you have different sets of friends? Which means they have to come together to coordinate one event for the both of you. Guests will have to bring two sets of guests to one shower (which is a lot of money in gifts at one time). I would just space it out.

How about doing a double wedding? I think that would be a great idea especially if the two of you can agree on some of the same ideas!

I would space them out. It will give time for guests to budget both weddings in. Travel, time off of work, gifts, attire, and other things add up quickly!

If your parents are helping you, it will give them time too!