Siblings Wedding Too Close?
If my brother is getting married in October and I want to get married 3 months later in January. Is there some known etiquette of proper timing to wait in between families weddings?
Posted by Lisa; updated 01/10/05
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Nope! But, some out-of-town guests might not be able to attend both weddings.
Posted by goodygirl; updated 01/11/05
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I`ve been told that the only etiquette as far as sibling wedding timing is that it is improper to get married within the same year. So, since yours is in January, you`re technically doing it the next year so you should be good. But I agree that people might not be able to attend both.
Posted by Lynn; updated 01/11/05
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I have the same issue...only our wedding is w/in the same year and only about 2months after. I stressed out about it a lot...and was upset that it had to be that way...but my fiancee and I have been dating for a long time and I didn`t want to wait for another year. I`m try not to let it bother and not to worry about who will or will not attend. It`s a day to enjoy and most importantly , it`s about you and your future husband.
(my brother doesn`t seem to mind really..I guess since his wedding his 1st. Oh well)
Posted by Sam; updated 02/02/05
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My brother and I had the same problem. He planned his wedding and I planned mine and when we got together we stated our dates and realized it was almost a month apart. We came to an agreement that we would have a double wedding. I was having 200 people and he was having about the same. We would take from the list everyone from our family that were duplicates, go half on that price and then pay for our own extras (my friends and his friends) but most of our friends are the same as well since we are twins. We really only had to pay for our spouses family and friends so we thought out the wedding, planned it (my sister-in-law and myself mostly with our moms) and split the cost of everything down the middle. It saved use a lot of money and our families and friends really loved it. I am not saying that you have to do that, but it was the only way for us not to have our out of town aunts, uncles, cousins and even our older brother who lives in Germany, to only have to fly in once and not have to choose whose wedding to attend.
Posted by Leanna; updated 02/02/05