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I wouldn't be able to go, it's a cultural thing (Chinese) If someone also has a big event (ie wedding or soon to give birth) within 1 month of your wedding, they don't attend yours and you don't attend theirs.
But if not for that, I love attending weddings and wouldn't feel competative or anything.
we have a wedding to go to the weekend after we get back from ours 9we're also missing ne being on our honeymoon). It's completely different so I know there won't be a competition there (she's the daughter of a close friend).
I think you should totally go. It might actually make you more excited about your wedding!
I am IN a wedding the week before ours! On top of that, we live in NYC, their wedding is in Virginia, ours is in upstate NY. Luckily we're in the middle, but whatever way you break it down, we're traveling at least 4.5 to each wedding.
It is two mutual very close of FI and mine. We had our date picked, then they came back and picked the date before ours. Both of ours fell on the specifi date due to it being the only available date in 2009. consequently, they are in ours as well. It will be a bit hectic and stressful, but might take some of your stress off your hands for a night. go for it :)
Weddings aren't competitions. This wedding will be a chance to celebrate with these friends, so go and do so.
Yes, weddings aren't competitions, but then again it's hard to completely turn off that tinge of girl hate- Bride Wars anyone? lol.
I would go! My best friend's wedding was 2 weeks before mine and my old roommate's wedding was 3 weeks after mine. So, we had a lot going on in those 2 months! It was great, and all of our weddings were completely different from each other, so we weren't competitive at all. Just very happy for each other. I think it would be fun for you. A little bit of time to hopefully relax before yours!
I would totally go! The only reason I would NOT go is if I were swamped with my own wedding and needed more time to prepare for it. Everyone's wedding will be different and it's not a competition, and since you were invited, that shows they want you to be there to celebrate with them! I'd be sad if someone wouldn't attend mine just because they have their own wedding the following week.
the only reason not to go would be because of legit time constraints, money issues or the like. I don't know if its fair to say JUST because it is the week before. if I CAN go, I will.
Personally, it wouldn't bother me at all, but I'm not a competitive person really. I actually think it would make me more excited for my wedding to be at a wedding close before. As you're watching everything happen (the bride walking down the aisle, First Dance, etc), you can be thinking about how excited you are for your big day!
i totally agree that you should go. i think it will just get you even more excited for your own wedding. When I went to my friends wedding in May it was a blast because i knew in my head that the next outdoor wedding I'd be going to would be my own... that will probably change because we already have 8 other weddings next year before ours, but i love going to other weddings because it just gets me even more excited for my own.
If it wasn't far from our house, I'd go. I don't know if I'd stay for the duration since I know I'd be stressed out a week before the wedding, but I'd definitley stay for the ceremony and dinner.
I'd go. Sounds like a good time and a break from your own last-minute details. If it involved travel, I might reconisder.
Knowing how busy we'll be the weekend before our wedding, I would decline the invitation and send a small gift. But we're having a destination wedding, in which we leave the Wednesday before, so for us, it would only be a few days before we left for our wedding.
wow I didnt realize weddings were a competition, where is the love?
if it were up to me I would totally go, I love a good party, grander parties are even better
My friend just now set their wedding date to be the weekend after ours. They didn't want to pick the week before ours because they thought it was rude since we had our date first. I thought that was nice of them but totally not necessary. The only bad part is we might still be on our honeymoon. We plan to go overseas and you hate to make the long flights for just a few days. We'll see if we are here we'll go.
Unless you had something planned that weekend, I don't understand why you wouldn't go.
I don't understand seeing weddings as competition. I can see wishing you could afford some things if you are on a budget, and they aren't, but really it's a CELEBRATION and there is nothing to compete about. I say go, but if you see it as a wedding and not as a celebration of their marriage, and can't be happy for them- then DO not attend, as taht would be unfair to the couple.
I am going to a wedding the week before mine...and they are coming to ours. I'm excited about it and think it will make us even more excited while we are there. I am worried about being stressed out about all the things we should/could be doing for our own wedding while we are there. But I also think we will need a nice evening out.
It wouldn't bother me - I'd be excited about going, assuming I had time to go. My good friend is getting married a month before me and I think it will make me even more excited for my own wedding!
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FI's co-worker's wedding is the weekend before ours. He doesn't see a problem in going, but I'm torn. I kind of feel like it would cheapen my excitement for my wedding... just a little bit. But then again, I've only met his co-worker and his fiancee twice, and judging from her invites, wedding location (country club) and the fact that their wedding website is on TheKnot.com, their wedding will most likely be traditional, run-of-the-mill. Which isn't a bad thing, it's just VERY different from what our wedding will be like. So maybe it won't feel so... competative.
Anyone else out there attend a wedding that was close to yours? What was your relationship to the couple (family, friend or more casual acquaintance)?