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How Long Did You/Will You Wear the "Newlywed Crown"

posted 1 year ago in Newlyweds
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  • poll: How long will it be until the next wedding (after yours) in your circle of friends?
    0-3 Months : (30 votes)
    24 %
    4-6 Months : (12 votes)
    10 %
    7-9 Months : (7 votes)
    6 %
    10-12 Months : (36 votes)
    29 %
    Over 1 year : (41 votes)
    33 %
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    ccflowers    10/9/10   Maryland

    One of my friends is getting married in April and she's the first in our circle of friends to get married after me, so I will be passing mine onto her. At that point I will have worn it for a little over 6 months. Well, if you count from my civil ceremony that was in May of last year, then I will have worn it for 11 months! Wow. Never thought of it like that before. I wonder if I'll feel more married when my friend gets married since I won't be the latest newlywed. This first year of marriage has been really fun and ticklish and it still feels really new :-) We're coming up on our 6-year dating anniversary in March :-P

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    We haven't had a wedding since ours, and won't until over a year and a half after. We're having our first anniversary soon though so I don't feel like a newlywed anymore anyway.

     
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    ccflowers    10/9/10   Maryland

    @artbee: Early Happy Anniversary :-)

     
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    bonsai_spork    October 1, 2011   Wisconsin

    Nobody after us is even engaged... so UMM over a year...? Though, I'm hoping our best man will gather up some courage and propose to his girlfriend :}

     
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    ccflowers    10/9/10   Maryland

    Pretty interesting results. I'm a little older (knockin on 30's door!) so a lot of my friends are getting married. This past holiday season, I know at least 15 people who got engaged.

    Bonsai, crossing my fingers that your best man will propose soon!

     
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    Mrs Grape    December 10, 2010  

    Five months...if we'd kept our original date, we would have worn the crown indefinitely!

     
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    NDBee    March 10, 2012  

    In my class, there are about 4 or 5 weddings within 4 months of ours. Within my close circle of friends it'll be a while since 4 of my 6 bridesmaids are married already and the other two are not engaged. Mr.ND may have a friend getting engaged in the next 6 months, I'm so excited! My crown varies by location, hehe.

     
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    texasmeredith      

    DH's BM got married 2 months after us.  We were at another wedding 4 months after we got married. 

    Its SO nice to just be a guest and not have to plan anything.

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    my MOH is getting married 2.5 mo after us :) 

     
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    cardigan    January 7, 2011   Austin, TX

    You know, we don't actually have ANY weddings coming up in our circle of friends right now! Looks like we'll be the newlyweds for a while!

     
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    Moose1209       Nashville, TN

    Hubs was in a wedding 3 months after ours.  I was in a wedding 4 months after ours.  One of my BM's got married 5 months after ours.  So that got us to August of last year.  And then this year we have 5 weddings between May 21st and Aug 28th.  It's exhausting having so many friends get married!!

     
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    PitBulLover    August 21, 2010  

    Our first wedding after ours is at the end of May - so we will have been newlyweds for 9 months. THen after theirs we are going to 4 other weddings this year!! Even though we might not be newlyweds to others, I dont see why we have to retire the "crown" - cant there be more than one set!? Im not ready to give it up!

     
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    kperry3    January 1, 1991  

    I honestly can't think of any of my friends who are dating right now. So I'm guessing it will be at least 6 months until someone gets married. One of my fiance's groomsmen will be getting married but not for another year or so. Good question! :)

     
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    MaybeeBecca    August 22, 2009   Kansas City, MO

    15 months for us. But now a ton of our friends are getting married so I guess we kicked off the trend :-)

     
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    yrret107    November 28, 2009   Seattle, WA; Married in West Chester, PA

    8 months for us. My wedding was in November and my friends wedding was in July. I still consider myself a newlywed now being married for a year and 3 months.

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    I don't have any good friends with wedding currently on the horizon, but DH's sister is getting married in September 2011.

     
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    panterapeach    April 2011  

    we dont have any friends getting married or who are getting married. I think after a year we will be an old married couple. :)

     
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    Mrs Sarah McK    October 10, 2010   Harrisburg, PA

    The next person I *know* is getting married is my sister, and that won't be until January 2012...so, unless someone else steps up between now and then, it'll be 15 months almost to the day.

     
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    SoontobeMrsA    June 2012   MA/NH line

    I’m gonna wear the crown as long as possible! We have so many weddings coming up I doubt any of us will get it for more than a few months.

     
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    Future Mrs. Martin    August 21, 2010   London Ontario Canada

    1 whole week for me!

    We had a wedding the saturday after our wedding and delayed our HM to go to their wedding!

     
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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    We had cousins get married about 14 months after our wedding, so that's when we passed the torch along. :)

     
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    kaitlinandjason      

    i wish i had around a year but unfortunately i only have 2 months. there are a ton of weddings in our families/friends right before our wedding and then a couple after. 

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Well I get to wear the crown quite a bit longer!  We were a tad older when we got married and almost all of our friends are already married, so we are the longest reigning "newlyweds" thus far.

    Six months and holding, but I wouldn't be suprised if I hold the crown for another year or so!  lol! :)

     
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    ccflowers    10/9/10   Maryland

    Thanks for your responses, bees! Just thought it would be a fun poll :-)

     
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    BirdofaFeather    April 10, 2010   San Diego, CA

    well, we went to a wedding 2 weeks after ours, but one of my BMs got married 6 weeks after us and i was in her wedding as well. no one wears the crown for too long in our group!

     
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    cyndistar3    September 3, 2011   Post Falls ID

    One of my bridesmaids is getting married sometime next year I think they are talking about maybe June but there is no set date yet =)

     
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    Lindsay12.31.2010    December 31, 2010   Missouri

    2 of my bridesmaids got engaged before my wedding - their weddings are two weeks apart - one in September, one in October.  So I guess about 7 more months! :-)

     
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    starry    December 18, 2010  

    I was the last of my friends to get married:) I'm 30.

     
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    star    October 11, 2009   New York, NY!

    We haven't had any since ours, which was a year and a half ago now! Although we don't really feel like newlyweds anymore, Mr. Star's younger brother just proposed to his girlfriend this week, and it did make me a little sad to feel like we were "passing the crown," so to speak. Although I'm also really happy for them and excited to have another wedding in the family to get excited about!

     
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    Loribeth    December 1, 2010   Michigan (Married in Savannah, GA)

    I think we'll always consider ourselves newlyweds, because all our friends are married or never planning on getting married. 

     
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    sceeder    June 23, 2012  

    My friend is getting married almost a month after me. So I guess we are going to have to really party it up!

     
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    MissTatas    August 6, 2011   Minneapolis, MN

    At my work, one coworker is getting married the month before me and one coworker is getting married the week after me. I am much closer to the one getting married a month after me.

    In my group of close friends, neither are engaged. I bet it will be soon for one or both of them though. I can't wait :):):)

     
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    kingytobe    June 26, 2011  

    None of my girlfriends even have serious boyfriends and most of FI's friends are still in med/law school so I think we'll be the ones for over year, possibly 2-3

     
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    Blueshoes2    June 2010   PA

    No weddings in our group of friends since our wedding in June.  Nobody else is engaged right now, either!  So, it'll be awhile :)

     
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    bells    June 26, 2011  

    Theres a wedding a month after mine.. but I dont think that affects our newlywed status though

     
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    cincity75    July 23, 2011   michigan

    I'm going to milk it for a year!!  People will ask you if you got married for ever because they don't pay any attention.

     
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    ccflowers    10/9/10   Maryland

    I'm kind of glad we won't be the reigning newlyweds for much longer (we will have been for almost a year). To me, I kinda feel like it's a right of passage. Silly? Maybe. But I think it's fun!

     
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    camrie    September 5, 2010   Louisville

    My husband's cousin got married a month after us...so not very long. But we found out that same day that we were pregnant with the first male great-grandbaby - so we "win". ;)

     
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    kitzy    June 2011  

    less than one month.

     
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    snake    September 18, 2010   richmond va

    My brother in law will be getting married in June, just less than 9 months after my Husband and I. 

     

    The next of our friends is getting married a year to the weekend from us.

     

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