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No one wants to share their special day, even the leading-up-to-the-special day events like trying on gowns and wearing the bachelorette crown at the parties. Best to get over it quick, though, because no one else cares.
It’s a toughie, for sure. From the moment you tell people (vendors, namely), that you’re the bride, the wise business decision is to treat you like a queen, like you’re the first person in the history of the world to get married. If they don’t, no one would want to get married and get their turn at being bridezilla, after all. Some (a little? a lot?) bride pandering is to be expected. But some goes beyond the pale; behold this hilarity from Passive Aggressive Notes (click on over to read the whole thing!).
Morals of the story:
As a May bridesmaid and an August bride, there is plenty of room for everyone. Unless you go Bride Wars on us, which, I hope, never happens in real life.
Are you and your friends all getting married within close range of each other? How have you managed to share the spotlight?
I am a January 2011 bride and my MOH is August 2010. So it has been fun but at times I think we both feel like keeping ideas to ourselves!
This is the year of ‘weddings’ for us. 3 other weddings this summer besides ours. I’m in one other wedding and was invited to be a BM for another wedding but had to refuse. Crazy!
Yup!
MOH got married in Sept ‘09, one BM got married in February and one will be getting married next June ‘11. So 4 out of 5 of us will be getting married within a 2 year period!
My FI’s cousin is getting married in July and we’re getting married in September. Sometimes I accidentally share too much and realize she’ll take the idea, but sometimes, it’s okay because we help each other out in saving money!
Me and May Bride S have pretty different aesthetics and colors, so all’s calm on that front. It can be overwhelming, though, at worst; 2010 is totally the year of the wedding, with bm and bride duties and all the ancillary events going on! At least it’s all in good fun, though.
I have a good friend getting married a month after me. We can share ideas all the time because our weddings are going to be totally different, which is a relief.
hilarity indeed! One of my BMs is getting married 2 months before us, then another is getting married a mere 2 weeks before us. There’s room, I’m not worried.
one of my good friends and BM’s is getting married three weeks before we are… and i’m a BM in her wedding. talk about craziness!! it’s fun though, getting to share tips and ideas with her. i figure i’m not the first person to ever get married and i’m certainly not the last, so why should i get any more special treatment than she does. we both realize that we’re both GETTING MARRIED and that’s super exciting and we’re doing all we can to help each other out. it’s much easier, nicer, less stressful and overall more fun that way! 
This sign cracks me up! I am sure there is a hilarious story behind it though.
That’s a great sign!
My labmate is getting married a month after me but our wedding styles are slightly different and sadly her parents are controlling all aspects of her wedding. All things wedding related change at their every whim despite her obligations. =(
Yes, I have 6 weddings between June - July one of which I am a BM in and the other which is MINE!
5 weddings this year…
May - no cross over.
July - my BM is getting married, I am a BM.
August - my wedding - 3 of my BM’s getting married this year, 1 next year.
September - my MOH getting married, I am a BM.
December - my BM is getting married.
And, another of my BMs is getting married in 2011, of which I will be a BM!
It’s a busy wedding year!
I think everyone tries to give and get ideas from each other… no wedding so far is exactly like another. It is sort of fun.. but it will be interesting to see how things go when summer gets closer!
My maid of honor is September 2010 and I’m october 2010, We are complete bride wars lol. Our rings are from the same designer as well as our dresses we are using the same dj and photographers…But i love her to death and wouldnt change our dates for the world!!!!
@Kate: Holy cow! You have me beat, I thought I was busy with two sets of bachelorette/bridal/weddingy things!
This post is awesome.
I’m an August bride and an October bridesmaid, but it almost didn’t happen. Certain people got a little upset about us wanting to have our wedding in such close proximity to R’s brother’s wedding (and a cousin will also be married in July). Luckily, we ignored it and hoped everyone would get over it and they did. There IS plenty of room for everyone! Phew!
Luckily my best friend got married a year ago and I was engaged 2 weeks later. The only other person I know getting married isn’t doing so until a year from now, so I’d say we’re all spacing it out pretty well!
A good friend of mine is getting married in Seattle August 2010 (I’m June 2010) was engaged 2 months before me. When we started talking about our weddings,etc, we decided that when I’m in Seattle for work we would go out for a fun evening and that we would not go to each others wedding (hers Seattle, mine central NY). It has actually been nice sharing frustrations and victories.
This has unfortunately played out for me in a bad way. I invited my bridesmaid to a bridal show on January 31 and 20 days later she decided to get married…in July of this year (FYI she wasn’t even in a relationship when I invited her to the show)! Its sad to me that she couldn’t just be happy for me and wait for her turn to come…she needed her turn to come immediately. She keeps stealing all of my ideas for her wedding and doesn’t even comprehend the idea of sharing the spotlight…she just took mine. Friends….
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Mrs. Taco, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 29, writer/editor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 37, editor Engagement Date: May 13, 2009 Wedding Date: August 2010 Venue: The Green Room at the War Memorial Veterans Building About Me: I like laughing and talking with good friends over good food and good drink, be it wine, cocktail, or brew. I write and edit things for fun and profit, but I rarely "write" these days without a keyboard and high-speed internets. Favorites include Mr. Taco, my Boston terrier, San Francisco, getting out of town, and the Roaring ’20s. I was kind-of planning a wedding since roughly 2006, when I discovered "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?" on the WE channel. I ran and didn't look back with a theme I called "urban vintage," and it culminated in the most magical day a taco could ask for.
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