Close friends getting married around the same time as you?

Wow. That's kind of weird. I couldn't imagine having to be in weddings right before mine, let alone all the other events surrounding them.

I am in a wedding two weeks after my own. The bride is one of my bridesmaids--I feel bad that she has to travel two weeks before her wedding! But she set her date after I had mine, so she knew what she was getting into.

I think it'll be a bit stressful, but so far it's been fun planning alongside my friend. She's waaaay ahead of me on a lot of things, which freaks me out, but she's just super on top of everything.

@Lori - I guess it will be nice to have someone to "plan with". My friend has nothing except a date right now. FH's friend just has a date and a photographer. But, there are alot of details we can share, or good etsy shops we can talk about.

Yikes. You would think they would have it after at least. I hope they will be understanding if you can't attend some of their events. That will be a lot the week before your wedding.

Wow, that's close. And I thought FSIL wedding being a month apart from ours was close.

My good friend from high school got engaged a week ago and decided her wedding date would be 2 weeks before mine. She texted me last night and said, "Not trying to outrun you but mark your calendar, August 29th!". I'm getting married on Sept 19th. We both live out of state but are getting married in the Chicago area.

I'm annoyed and sad because she likely won't attend my wedding and I likely will not be able to attend hers because of her choice of timing--- and we are close friends despite the distance. I realize the world doesn't revolve around my wedding but it irks me a bit. Luckily, we do not have any other mutual friends so guest lists are entirely different.

I think FH and his friend might be having a combo bachelor weekend so that should help some. But, yea.... Its going to be hard figuring things out. I should also add that FH's friend is getting married out of state. My friend is 2 hours away, so at least for that there isn't as much traveling involved.

Maybe if I just tell myself enough that it will be relaxing to be at someone else's wedding it won't be that bad.

My friend was worried I wouldn't be back from my honeymoon by the time of her wedding. Um, your wedding is an 8 hour drive away in a $250/night resort. Your wedding IS my honeymoon!

OMG! That is an expensive place to have a wedding! GEESH, the room block for my wedding is downtown at a marriott for $129/night and people were freaking out and that included airport transport, breakfast, and parking... I can't imagine paying that much right after my wedding/HM.

You must be a really really good friend.

For me, I guess that depends on how close we are talking. When this year began, my FH and I were the only people we knew that were getting married this year. I had a friend get married in March (it was very casual and I was a bridesmaid. I helped my friend get everything together). Another friend married in May (it was a much more formal wedding, I was a bridesmaid in that and I helped plan the entire wedding in 7 weeks) and one of FH's friends got married in July. One of FH's groomsmen is getting married in February of 2015 but they are not having a wedding party so there's nothing that needs to be done by me except to go and celebrate with the bride and groom.

My first cousin is getting married 3 weeks after me and a good friend of FH is getting married the week after (and he will be a groomsmen). Personally, I don't mind as much because they are after we will be back from our honeymoon so it'll be our turn to attend other people's weddings and relax.

My FH and I introduced my gf and her bf... We've been together 6.5 years and then 5 years. They got engaged the same day as us, same TIME of the day as us without it being planned. Her wedding is exactly 4 weeks before ours and we're all in each others wedding parties. If anyone other friend of fh's and I shared this same situation I would be like what the hell?! But we've all been such good friends for so long that we're all YAY we're getting married instead. But with that said... It's def stressful!!!! For the obvious reasons.

One of my BMs is getting married 4 months after me, almost to the day. It's not very close, but close enough that we are both able to have fun doing wedding planning stuff together.

One of my bm just got engaged last month and is getting married 2 months after me. I have enjoyed planning with her and being able to share advice.

I can see that being hard though being in weddings right before yours.

I can completely relate my FH best friend just got engaged and they chose to get married three weeks before our wedding, then my brother and his girlfriend decided to get married in Las Vegas 3 weeks after us and then my FH has an older daughter and she decided to get married like 2 weeks after my brothers wedding so we have 3 weddings around ours. I'm a little annoyed because of the money we want to attend al the weddings but my brothers we have to travel for and I would have like to pay for the wedding dress for my future step daughters wedding but because they are doing it so close to our wedding I can't afford to. I think it is a little weird too but I'm happy for all of them so I can completely understand what you are feeling.

It's not weird to me at all, especially since August is the last chance for guests with kids to be able to come (on summer vacation). There are so many factors that go into picking a date-- when Really Important Guests (such as in-laws) are free, when the couple's anniversary is, avoiding birthdates of people really close to the couple (cause who wants to spend her anniversary every celebrating MIL's birthday), when your favorite venue is available..... I doubt it really has anything to do with the OP, although I can certainly see how, since your wedding looms so large in your life, it would feel that way-- it's really only natural.

That would definitely be stressful to me too! My friend is getting married in mid-October and I'm a MOH, she's in my bridal party, and our friend Lisa is also a BM in my wedding and her 2nd MOH. we're already trying to coordinate dates for the bridal showers and bachelorette parties so that it's not overwhelming for anyone!

We are sort of experiencing this. It is awesome in some ways. When we were the only engaged couple I felt like I didn't really have anyone to talk about the wedding with. It is so nice to be able to bounce ideas off of someone and know they are going through it too. We got engaged in October 2013, and our wedding is May 2015.

We are hopefully attending a wedding in March that will cost us about $2000. Then we are in a wedding in April that will cost us a least $1000. After our wedding there will be another one in June. The biggest issue for us is the added expenses.

FH wishes that the two family members getting married would have picked later dates, but it isn't really fair for us to dictate when they can start moving forward in their relationships. It is going to be a busy time, but it will be so full of happiness!

This happened to some of my friends last summer. My fiance was in both weddings and it turned into one of the most expensive summers ever and he was just one of the groomsmen. I couldn't imagine that stress on you or your wallet.

Wow. I hope they don't expect you to be super involved in their weddings. I feel like that is pretty inconsiderate to plan their weddings RIGHT before yours. If is was a month before or two months before that would be different.

People don't realize the crunch time at the end of wedding planning. The last 30 days of my planning was the most hectic and I can't imagine being involved in 3 at the same time. Please make it clear to them the only time they will be getting from you is time not spent on your own wedding - which could end up being none at all.