Whatever happened to double weddings?

I have never seen one, but I remember when I was little me and my best friend planning our wedding and promising each other we would get married on the same day and the same time in the same place, together. Of course that isn't going to happen but I remember that lol.

Eeeh c'mon, all of us brides are such egomaniacs no way we'd share the spotlight on our big day! hahaha. Actually I'm not sure it was ever a common occurance and I guess it probably goes on even today once in a while. When you think about it, it would be a great way to share expenses and whatnot. But I think many brides have a hard enough time agreeing on the details with their own FH and In-laws, try and get two women to agree on all the details of their weddings!! They'd have to be REALLY close with each other, like conjoined twins!

It's funny that you would ask that. I'm planning a double wedding with my younger sister. It just made sense for us get married the same day since we got engaged 6 weeks apart. We've shared everything else for the last 27 years. lol (No were not twins). It seemed reasonable enough to split the expenses which is most definitely a plus. The biggest decision we went back and forth on was the color of the bridesmaid dresseses. She had already started some of the wedding planning in the 6 weeks before I got engaged. So as of now we have saved so much money. We're splitting the cost of the church, hall, decorations, videographer, photographer, and food. We couldn't imagine having our family travel twice in one year. (GAS) So it all worked out. Only thing is we have 2 grooms to answer to and they are room mates. So we have to constantly remind them that we are saving money and not being too pricey. I'm glad everything is not on just one couple. It hasn't been too bad so far.

Wow karlena, that is so cool that you and your sister are such great friends! Talk about a special memorable wedding for you and all your family. Congratulations and best of luck

Actually last Valentine's Day my friend and her mom had a double wedding in California. I saw pictures of it and it was beautiful. This was her first marriage and her mom's second marriage and her sister was both of their MOH. They each had their own cakes to cut but one ceremony and one reception.

It's good to see that people do still have double weddings. I would consider having one myself, but a lot of my friends are married or very much single.

My friend had a double wedding with one of her friends a few years ago, and it was a disaster! My friend wanted one type of flowers, while the other bride wanted another. They each had different views on things, and it was impossible to plan the wedding! There was so much conflict!

I think each bride wants her own special day. If you have somebody who you're really close to and WANT to share it with them, then it's great! But most of the time it's too hard to agree!

Thanks for the "success" stories! To the last poster, perhaps it depends on the brides' personality? Whether they want everything done a specific way or whether they're the type of person who doesn't stress over flowers, colors, etc.? Happy to hear about the times it worked out well between close friends & family!

This were popular probably in the 60's and 70's and usually were siblings or cousins and were of course a way to save money and to be considerate of relatives that had to travel from out of town not to be burdened with the expense twice in a year.

Weddings were not the huge productions they are now. They were simply a celebration of sealing a commitment.

And for those of us who are superstitious, they are also bad luck.

We performed a double wedding this past summer. One bride was the mother of the other. Both were second weddings. We combined the opening remarks, did the vows, ring and sand ceremonies separately, mother first, then daughter. The closing was for both. The attendants attended both brides. They wore a variety of colors that went well together. The brides dresses were of course diffferent, but both the same length. It was a lot of fun. First weddings might be a little more difficult because first time brides tend to have more fixed ideas about what their wedding should be like, and it would take compromise to come to an agreement for both to have what they want.