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Julie
Just Said Yes September 2022

2 weddings near the same time

Julie, on December 14, 2021 at 1:39 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4
Hi!


My fiancé and I are planning to get married around late august September 2022.Ideally it would be an elopement of 3 to 4 weeks to Europe (Him and I have never been) so it would give us time to explore as much as we can.This is the best time of the year for me to take time off I could even possibly get an extra unpaid week as it is the quiet time of the year in the business I work in.
His best friend is also planning a week long vacation around the same time in 2022. His best friend is already married but wanted to celebrate later because it was hard to do during covid. I’m the only person who has limited time off, everyone else is self employed. My fiancé keeps telling me that he doesn’t know when we can take time off for our own weeding as he needs to be at his best friends wedding (he is a groom) I understand it is important that he goes, personally I will not take a full week of my limited time for someone else wedding when I am planning on taking this precious time for my own.
I feel like the timing of just bad, I feel he is not excited about our own plans and it makes me less excited about getting married to be honest. Emotionally I’ve been from wanting to get married traditionally to doing an elopement because of covid there’s was just too many issues, now I feel there’s more issues again.
To be completely honest I feel like just not getting married at this point because there always an issue and I feel like my fiancé is not on board.
I don’t know what to do and how to approach this. I am not going to wait on someone else’s plan to make my own I have to give my weeks early at work especially if I’m planing to leave for more than 2 weeks.

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Latest activity by Julie, on December 14, 2021 at 3:07 PM
  • Jessi
    Super October 2022
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    Okay, so first you have to figure this out with your fiancé and find a compromise. It's not fair to him to force him to skip his best friend's wedding if it's something that is feasible for you to do, and it seems as though it is. I also understand what it's like to have little time off and wanting to save that for your own events. Are there things going on for the entire week that your fiancé needs to be a part of? Is it possible that you cut your elopement by half a week and then use that 3 or 4 days for the friend's wedding?

    As far as your fiancé not seeming excited for your own wedding, that's a talk you two will have to have. Maybe he's not super excited about that right now because you're not being the most supportive of him celebrating with his friend. If you guys talk about it, try your best not to get defensive or compare your time to his friend's wedding. They are two separate events that you guys can work out if you compromise, you just have to figure out the best way to do that.

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  • KYLIE
    Super May 2019
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    I am so sorry. A weeklong destination wedding is insane, and when exactly are the bride and groom going to firm up dates? That’s so inconsiderate.
    I would try again with your fiancé and just tell him how his prioritization of her friend’s wedding over yours makes him feel—and maybe there’s something deeper here and he doesn’t actually want to elope and have a super long honeymoon?
    But it’s not fun to have these doubts—I’m sorry and I hope you and your fiancé can come to an agreement you’re both happy with and this other couple comes to their senses!


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  • Julie
    Just Said Yes September 2022
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    So for sure I don't mind him at all going the full week. The issue is we don't know when that week is, his friend is very last minute and last year they hold on to a week and changed their mind last minute. So unfortunately I cannot wait until they make up their mind if I have to summit my vacations on January especially when you take 3 to 4 weeks you need a replacement well in advance.


    I also won't be cutting my time off on my side because ive never been outside of the continent and we are planning to have kids after. We know we won't have another go at traveling in Europe for a long time after. I'm totally okay if he needs to leave a week earlier or whenever to go at his friends party. The big issue is we don't know when.
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  • Julie
    Just Said Yes September 2022
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    You are right maybe he doesn't want something that long and on my side I do. Or maybe he wanted to and changed his mind. We could reorganise the time accordingly!
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