Sister & i getting married same year.

Just find out what works best for your guests that over lap and will have to travel.

Will family be traveling in for both weddings? If so, I'd space them as far apart as possible and realize not everyone will go to both. I would avoid having them in the same month.

So when will your sister be getting married?

In all honesty just pick a date that you want to get married. Hubby and I got married September 29th. Hubby's brother and his now wife got married the following weekend. Yes it kind of irked a little bit that they chose the same year and even more so with the very next weekend since we have been planning ours for 2 and a half years but in the end you each get one day and that's that.

If your doing it within the same month be prepared for people to not attend yours but may attend your sisters or vise versa. It's just how life goes but the family that really wants to be there will make it happen. It definitely adds stress to the family when two people are getting married that close together from what I witnessed from his family.

Sorry I forgot to put her date... She will be getting married September 7, 2019. Everyone is within 2 hours. The only person who would be traveling is our Aunt. Thank you for the advice.

I think if she's fine with you getting married before her, July would be perfect! It gives plenty of time between weddings for your guests, and also gives you time to get through yours and be able to help your sister with anything she needs done. Planning weddings together can be fun - think of all of the ideas you can bounce off of each other!

If July and August work best for you then go for it. You said the guests are all within 2 hours so I would give them at least a few weeks between the weddings but you don't need to go much farther than that. I say that only because my family all lives 2 hours way and driving 2 hours each way within a couple of weeks is always not something I look forward to.

Also congrats on the engagement!

My sister and I are getting married within 8 months of each other. But I was originally considering 3 weeks before her wedding. She was completely fine with that. I see nothing wrong with having weddings around the same time as long as everyone is okay with it and they are spaced out by at least a couple of weeks.

🙋🏻‍♀️. My brother got married just 6 weeks after me (late August to early October). If you’re close and she told you she didn’t care, I’d believe her. I actually really enjoyed the experience of simultaneous planning with my now SIL! But, do consider that it’s more than just the couple, with guests and travel— id say the most important thing is to understand that everyone may not be able to make it to both, and prepare for that possibility.

We got engaged first. Knew we were doing a summer wedding, and knew the year, but hadn’t determined a date yet (officially, at least. I was eyeing our date but we hadn’t committed yet) when they got engaged. They knew they wanted an October wedding, but ran dates by me first. They said the figured if we set an early summer date, they’d get married that year but if we wenr for late summer they’d wait for the following year. I said ‘it’s sweet of you to consider us, but don’t be ridiculous! It’s your life plan the wedding when you want it!!!’ and meant it sincerely. But, I didn’t consider that that might have an effect on their guest list! It didn’t *vastly*, but there was definitely at least one uncle who was only able to travel to one wedding, and it was ours. I think we “won” that decision more because of location than anything though (this uncle would have to travel from Europe for either, but my brother’s wedding was more of a destination, and our wedding was hometown). I think my brother was a little bummed at first, as he’s quite close to this uncle, but the honest twist of it is they got in way more quality time at my wedding that they would have at his! So, things like that worked out in the end. Actually, that makes me want to share— one thing I LOVED about our tandem weddings is my day was such a whirlwind I don’t feel like I got a lot of quality time with a lot of relatives (that I don’t have opportunity to see often), and then I got to see them again right away at his wedding and finally have time to relax and enjoy together! Which was wonderful.

Ours worked out so well. We had similar “themes” (both beach weddings— we even shared some decor items, haha!), but super different weddings (we’re very different people and planned very different events, guestlist and budget wise), which I think lent itself nicely to each of our small personal details getting overlooked. From a bride perspective, I loved it, personally. I think it made us closer, comparing notes and progress, and it helped keep me on track!

My husband's brother got married in June and we got married in August. It didn't seem to be a problem for anyone. Even though they got engaged first we didn't want to wait a whole extra year to have a summer wedding too. 2 Months was plenty of time between the weddings.

If the date is significant to you and your FH, select the date you want!

View Quoted Comment Sweet, this makes it easier. A couple of weeks should be fine. I’d go for late July.

Hi, I think that is so exciting! You have a planning buddy. I think you should keep a few things in mind .

1. Whose paying for the wedding ? If your parents are paying for both or have any financial responsibility, keep that in mind . If this isn’t an issue, also consider

2. Where will the wedding be ? If the wedding is in a similar location and there are lots of guest who will attend both weddings and have to travel will this be an issue for them(financially and time wise ) ?


3. Also, whose your bridal party ? Will you have a lot of similar bridal party members? Will this cause a burden on them (similar to #2.)


After you you figured out these three things plan your date. It sounds like you and your sister have a good relationship and no sibling rivalry .

My older sister got married the beginning of November of this year. I’m getting married in January of 2019. She wasn’t very nice about it, but everyone gets their own special day. I’m not saying schedule it the same weekend or anything, or the weekend after (to make it easier on guests will be going to both), but excluding that, do whatever you feel like doing. It’s YOUR day.