Too many weddings...
sweetmelissa222
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My last single girl friend is engaged. I'm really happy for her and I love the guy and she deserves everything in life that makes her happy. I now have five weddings to attend next year, and I am standing in two of those. Five weddings... zero dates. Trying to take a Barney approach to it, everyone I know is getting married or pregnant. I'm just getting more awesome. But honestly I'm starting to feel pretty freaking awful. Anyone in the same boat?
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In my mid 20's I felt like this when many of my friends from college got married. Lately there has been another rash of weddings with frineds form my hometown. Except this time I think alot of the matches are doomed to fail, so myself and another single friend openly bet on their marriages. Always for the gentlemanly sum of $1.0
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You're going to five weddings for friends. Ask them to seat you next to eligible bachelors, HOLLA!0
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You're going to five weddings for friends. Ask them to seat you next to eligible bachelors, HOLLA!
Yep, it's worth shot. My friend met his fiance through his roomates wedding. He was a groomsman, she was a bridesmaid. Now they're getting married next year.0 -
Oh, all of my friends got married like 10 years ago. But I don't feel awful at all, their whole lives revolve around their kids and going to kids birthday parties. In the past few months I've been to Belize, Chicago, New York, a few other places, I've been snowboarding, I'm going to take a few kiteboarding lessons, I got a raise at work because I'm willing to put in long hours, I get to watch Tigers or play video games whenever I want, I've been meeting tons of cool people, and I'm probably going to go to Europe this fall. I love having no responsibilities except for my house, my job, and my dog.
The last serious relationship I was in I spent most of my time picking out curtains, fighting, doing a bunch of other things I didn't really want to, and fighting some more. Being single really isn't so bad.0 -
Oh, all of my friends got married like 10 years ago. But I don't feel awful at all, their whole lives revolve around their kids and going to kids birthday parties. In the past few months I've been to Belize, Chicago, New York, a few other places, I've been snowboarding, I'm going to take a few kiteboarding lessons, I got a raise at work because I'm willing to put in long hours, I get to watch Tigers or play video games whenever I want, I've been meeting tons of cool people, and I'm probably going to go to Europe this fall. I love having no responsibilities except for my house, my job, and my dog.
The last serious relationship I was in I spent most of my time picking out curtains, fighting, doing a bunch of other things I didn't really want to, and fighting some more. Being single really isn't so bad.
This. :happy:
But seriously.. just enjoy yourself, be glad it's not you, and keep your eye open for the single drunk fellas!0 -
A friend of mine met her husband at the bachelorette party when we went out to the bars. For another wedding I am in this summer, I asked if I could have a guest since it was not on the envelope and she said yes, that she forgot to add it since I'm her only single friend :grumble:0
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I'm probably the odd duck but I wish I had a wedding to go to... I love dressing up, the romance of it, the party, hanging out with friends, the food, everything.
I love weddings!0 -
My friend was supposed to get married last week but they broke up. Anyways she pretty much made me feel like crap a few months ago. She asked if I would have a date to her wedding because she needed a count of everyone coming and when I told her no she acted like she wished she hadn't asked me to be a bridesmaid. Needless to say I haven't talked to her since they called off the wedding.0
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I've only got one wedding. My bff is going w/ me. Not exactly who I want to go w/ me, but it just can't work out otherwise.0
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Oh, all of my friends got married like 10 years ago. But I don't feel awful at all, their whole lives revolve around their kids and going to kids birthday parties. In the past few months I've been to Belize, Chicago, New York, a few other places, I've been snowboarding, I'm going to take a few kiteboarding lessons, I got a raise at work because I'm willing to put in long hours, I get to watch Tigers or play video games whenever I want, I've been meeting tons of cool people, and I'm probably going to go to Europe this fall. I love having no responsibilities except for my house, my job, and my dog.
The last serious relationship I was in I spent most of my time picking out curtains, fighting, doing a bunch of other things I didn't really want to, and fighting some more. Being single really isn't so bad.
Same here. A buddy is getting married in August and has been bugging me to send the invitation back (though the RSVP date is mid-June sometime). I keep telling him I don't know yet. I didn't know the dates of a trip to Greenland and refused to take a day off and ruin my chance of going.
But yeah I spent a good deal of time last year in Germany, have had extended stays North Dakota, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and New Mexico in the past year. Michigan and Greenland this summer and Italy or Portugal this fall. I'm quite enjoying my life when I log on facebook and everyone is complaining little Suzy doesn't want to go to bed again tonight.0 -
Not a problem here.
Summer is typically wedding season. And yet yours truly has been invited to a total of zero weddings for 2012. No one in my social circle is getting married this year. In fact, I don't foresee anyone in my social circle as of right now getting married before the end of 2013.
I'm 28. Most of my friends locally are 25 and under. I also have a few local friends who are 35+, none of whom are married or are close to getting married. Of my 25 and under friends, there's a 23 year old friend who has been with his gf for 2 years. Not sure where that is going. And that's the longest relationship by a long shot amongst my 25 and under friends.
As for my long distance friends, that's a mishmash of scenarios. Some were married when I met them and still are. Some are unmarried and not close to marriage. My 3 closest long distance friends from past phases of my life are all single guys about my age right now.
I have been invited to 2 weddings since the beginning of 2010. One was a grad school classmate (female) who got married in Fall 2010. The wedding was in Seattle, and that was not local to me. So I skipped that one. Late last year, my cousin in Maine got married. I didn't go to that one either. Who really wants to go to Maine in November?0 -
Oh, all of my friends got married like 10 years ago. But I don't feel awful at all, their whole lives revolve around their kids and going to kids birthday parties. In the past few months I've been to Belize, Chicago, New York, a few other places, I've been snowboarding, I'm going to take a few kiteboarding lessons, I got a raise at work because I'm willing to put in long hours, I get to watch Tigers or play video games whenever I want, I've been meeting tons of cool people, and I'm probably going to go to Europe this fall. I love having no responsibilities except for my house, my job, and my dog.
The last serious relationship I was in I spent most of my time picking out curtains, fighting, doing a bunch of other things I didn't really want to, and fighting some more. Being single really isn't so bad.
Same here. A buddy is getting married in August and has been bugging me to send the invitation back (though the RSVP date is mid-June sometime). I keep telling him I don't know yet. I didn't know the dates of a trip to Greenland and refused to take a day off and ruin my chance of going.
But yeah I spent a good deal of time last year in Germany, have had extended stays North Dakota, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and New Mexico in the past year. Michigan and Greenland this summer and Italy or Portugal this fall. I'm quite enjoying my life when I log on facebook and everyone is complaining little Suzy doesn't want to go to bed again tonight.
Send it, as going. If you don't go, no big deal. Better than at the last minute being able to go.0 -
Not a problem here.
Summer is typically wedding season. And yet yours truly has been invited to a total of zero weddings for 2012. No one in my social circle is getting married this year. In fact, I don't foresee anyone in my social circle as of right now getting married before the end of 2013.
I'm 28. Most of my friends locally are 25 and under. I also have a few local friends who are 35+, none of whom are married or are close to getting married. Of my 25 and under friends, there's a 23 year old friend who has been with his gf for 2 years. Not sure where that is going. And that's the longest relationship by a long shot amongst my 25 and under friends.
As for my long distance friends, that's a mishmash of scenarios. Some were married when I met them and still are. Some are unmarried and not close to marriage. My 3 closest long distance friends from past phases of my life are all single guys about my age right now.
I have been invited to 2 weddings since the beginning of 2010. One was a grad school classmate (female) who got married in Fall 2010. The wedding was in Seattle, and that was not local to me. So I skipped that one. Late last year, my cousin in Maine got married. I didn't go to that one either. Who really wants to go to Maine in November?
Maine is beautiful anytime of the year.0 -
Not a problem here.
Summer is typically wedding season. And yet yours truly has been invited to a total of zero weddings for 2012. No one in my social circle is getting married this year. In fact, I don't foresee anyone in my social circle as of right now getting married before the end of 2013.
I'm 28. Most of my friends locally are 25 and under. I also have a few local friends who are 35+, none of whom are married or are close to getting married. Of my 25 and under friends, there's a 23 year old friend who has been with his gf for 2 years. Not sure where that is going. And that's the longest relationship by a long shot amongst my 25 and under friends.
As for my long distance friends, that's a mishmash of scenarios. Some were married when I met them and still are. Some are unmarried and not close to marriage. My 3 closest long distance friends from past phases of my life are all single guys about my age right now.
I have been invited to 2 weddings since the beginning of 2010. One was a grad school classmate (female) who got married in Fall 2010. The wedding was in Seattle, and that was not local to me. So I skipped that one. Late last year, my cousin in Maine got married. I didn't go to that one either. Who really wants to go to Maine in November?
Maine is beautiful anytime of the year.
Completely agree. I love Maine. The entire seacoast area from Kittery to Portland is awesome. And Mt. Desert Island. And it's not really cold yet in November either.0 -
Oh, all of my friends got married like 10 years ago. But I don't feel awful at all, their whole lives revolve around their kids and going to kids birthday parties. In the past few months I've been to Belize, Chicago, New York, a few other places, I've been snowboarding, I'm going to take a few kiteboarding lessons, I got a raise at work because I'm willing to put in long hours, I get to watch Tigers or play video games whenever I want, I've been meeting tons of cool people, and I'm probably going to go to Europe this fall. I love having no responsibilities except for my house, my job, and my dog.
The last serious relationship I was in I spent most of my time picking out curtains, fighting, doing a bunch of other things I didn't really want to, and fighting some more. Being single really isn't so bad.
Same here. A buddy is getting married in August and has been bugging me to send the invitation back (though the RSVP date is mid-June sometime). I keep telling him I don't know yet. I didn't know the dates of a trip to Greenland and refused to take a day off and ruin my chance of going.
But yeah I spent a good deal of time last year in Germany, have had extended stays North Dakota, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and New Mexico in the past year. Michigan and Greenland this summer and Italy or Portugal this fall. I'm quite enjoying my life when I log on facebook and everyone is complaining little Suzy doesn't want to go to bed again tonight.
Send it, as going. If you don't go, no big deal. Better than at the last minute being able to go.
As it is, my schedule got finalized (well as finalized as it ever gets) for the summer yesterday and I'll be able to go. Now just a matter of finding it in the pile of mail.0 -
Not a problem here.
Summer is typically wedding season. And yet yours truly has been invited to a total of zero weddings for 2012. No one in my social circle is getting married this year. In fact, I don't foresee anyone in my social circle as of right now getting married before the end of 2013.
I'm 28. Most of my friends locally are 25 and under. I also have a few local friends who are 35+, none of whom are married or are close to getting married. Of my 25 and under friends, there's a 23 year old friend who has been with his gf for 2 years. Not sure where that is going. And that's the longest relationship by a long shot amongst my 25 and under friends.
As for my long distance friends, that's a mishmash of scenarios. Some were married when I met them and still are. Some are unmarried and not close to marriage. My 3 closest long distance friends from past phases of my life are all single guys about my age right now.
I have been invited to 2 weddings since the beginning of 2010. One was a grad school classmate (female) who got married in Fall 2010. The wedding was in Seattle, and that was not local to me. So I skipped that one. Late last year, my cousin in Maine got married. I didn't go to that one either. Who really wants to go to Maine in November?
Maine is beautiful anytime of the year.
Maine can be a little cold in November. I didn't go to that wedding for a number of reasons, but the weather in Maine was lower on the list of factors. I was just being my charming self in the original post. :laugh:0 -
I thought I had one wedding but I don't think I got invited, even though I went all the way to Chicago for his bachelor party. I really don't care though, I don't really like weddings.0
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I thought I had one wedding but I don't think I got invited, even though I went all the way to Chicago for his bachelor party. I really don't care though, I don't really like weddings.
That's a little messed up. The friend I have getting married in August was engaged once before and he spent the entire engagement warning me how small the wedding was and such, basically telling me I wasn't going to be invited. We've been friends since the 3rd grade and hung out weekly. This time around, I'm invited and he is practically demanding 3 bachelor parties from his best friend and his brother becase noone hangs out anymore when the reality is he never comes out anymore because he's in full on relationship mode.0 -
Not a problem here.
Summer is typically wedding season. And yet yours truly has been invited to a total of zero weddings for 2012. No one in my social circle is getting married this year. In fact, I don't foresee anyone in my social circle as of right now getting married before the end of 2013.
I'm 28. Most of my friends locally are 25 and under. I also have a few local friends who are 35+, none of whom are married or are close to getting married. Of my 25 and under friends, there's a 23 year old friend who has been with his gf for 2 years. Not sure where that is going. And that's the longest relationship by a long shot amongst my 25 and under friends.
As for my long distance friends, that's a mishmash of scenarios. Some were married when I met them and still are. Some are unmarried and not close to marriage. My 3 closest long distance friends from past phases of my life are all single guys about my age right now.
I have been invited to 2 weddings since the beginning of 2010. One was a grad school classmate (female) who got married in Fall 2010. The wedding was in Seattle, and that was not local to me. So I skipped that one. Late last year, my cousin in Maine got married. I didn't go to that one either. Who really wants to go to Maine in November?
Maine is beautiful anytime of the year.
Maine can be a little cold in November. I didn't go to that wedding for a number of reasons, but the weather in Maine was lower on the list of factors. I was just being my charming self in the original post. :laugh:
Cold? Eh. Maine is awesome. In November I'd snowmobile until I ran out of gas. Cold doesn't bother me. I went to Vermont in February for a wedding, it was one of the best weekends of my life.
It is what you make it.0 -
Not a problem here.
Summer is typically wedding season. And yet yours truly has been invited to a total of zero weddings for 2012. No one in my social circle is getting married this year. In fact, I don't foresee anyone in my social circle as of right now getting married before the end of 2013.
I'm 28. Most of my friends locally are 25 and under. I also have a few local friends who are 35+, none of whom are married or are close to getting married. Of my 25 and under friends, there's a 23 year old friend who has been with his gf for 2 years. Not sure where that is going. And that's the longest relationship by a long shot amongst my 25 and under friends.
As for my long distance friends, that's a mishmash of scenarios. Some were married when I met them and still are. Some are unmarried and not close to marriage. My 3 closest long distance friends from past phases of my life are all single guys about my age right now.
I have been invited to 2 weddings since the beginning of 2010. One was a grad school classmate (female) who got married in Fall 2010. The wedding was in Seattle, and that was not local to me. So I skipped that one. Late last year, my cousin in Maine got married. I didn't go to that one either. Who really wants to go to Maine in November?
Maine is beautiful anytime of the year.
Completely agree. I love Maine. The entire seacoast area from Kittery to Portland is awesome. And Mt. Desert Island. And it's not really cold yet in November either.
Those Texans, if the mercury dips below 70 they're cold. lol0 -
Not a problem here.
Summer is typically wedding season. And yet yours truly has been invited to a total of zero weddings for 2012. No one in my social circle is getting married this year. In fact, I don't foresee anyone in my social circle as of right now getting married before the end of 2013.
I'm 28. Most of my friends locally are 25 and under. I also have a few local friends who are 35+, none of whom are married or are close to getting married. Of my 25 and under friends, there's a 23 year old friend who has been with his gf for 2 years. Not sure where that is going. And that's the longest relationship by a long shot amongst my 25 and under friends.
As for my long distance friends, that's a mishmash of scenarios. Some were married when I met them and still are. Some are unmarried and not close to marriage. My 3 closest long distance friends from past phases of my life are all single guys about my age right now.
I have been invited to 2 weddings since the beginning of 2010. One was a grad school classmate (female) who got married in Fall 2010. The wedding was in Seattle, and that was not local to me. So I skipped that one. Late last year, my cousin in Maine got married. I didn't go to that one either. Who really wants to go to Maine in November?
Maine is beautiful anytime of the year.
Completely agree. I love Maine. The entire seacoast area from Kittery to Portland is awesome. And Mt. Desert Island. And it's not really cold yet in November either.
Those Texans, if the mercury dips below 70 they're cold. lol
I don't know about 70, but definitely if it gets below 60, it's "chilly outside." If it gets below 50, the winter coats come out.0 -
Maine is beautiful anytime of the year.
Completely agree. I love Maine. The entire seacoast area from Kittery to Portland is awesome. And Mt. Desert Island. And it's not really cold yet in November either.
Those Texans, if the mercury dips below 70 they're cold. lol
I don't know about 70, but definitely if it gets below 60, it's "chilly outside." If it gets below 50, the winter coats come out.
If it gets above 50 in January or February I am dancing in the streets naked. When I used to survey, I would be in a t-shirt until it dropped below 20.0 -
I thought I had one wedding but I don't think I got invited, even though I went all the way to Chicago for his bachelor party. I really don't care though, I don't really like weddings.
I had a friend do this to me too, even though I determined I wasn't invited to the wedding before the bachelorette party happened and I was not going to waste a ton of money in Chicago for all her bachelorette plans if I wasn't even invited to the wedding. I was pretty pissed about it actually, but I just thankfully declined(didn't want to cause any fuss over it).0 -
Most of my friends who will ever get married already have. I don't look at it as poor me everyone else found someone. I look at it more as great there's another friend who will eventually stop hanging out with the single guys from his past life. There's about a 30% chance he'll get divorced in the future and then will want me to help him pik up the pieces after ignoring me for most of the next XX years.0
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Most of my friends who will ever get married already have. I don't look at it as poor me everyone else found someone. I look at it more as great there's another friend who will eventually stop hanging out with the single guys from his past life. There's about a 30% chance he'll get divorced in the future and then will want me to help him pik up the pieces after ignoring me for most of the next XX years.
If I didn't know better I'd say you were on a fly on the wall of my truck last weekend, as another friend and I lamented the fact we are the only two willing to go out and do anything anymore and foreshadowed just how many of our friends are in troubled relationships.0 -
Most of my friends who will ever get married already have. I don't look at it as poor me everyone else found someone. I look at it more as great there's another friend who will eventually stop hanging out with the single guys from his past life. There's about a 30% chance he'll get divorced in the future and then will want me to help him pik up the pieces after ignoring me for most of the next XX years.
Very true. A guy who I was friends with in college is in that position. He's forsaken all of his old college buddies for the sake of his marriage, which isn't even a good marriage. In fact, last Fall, he stopped talking to a number of his old friends from college, so it is no reflection of me, or any of his old friends. Just very sad. In the event that the marriage ends, he's in for a rude awakening.0 -
I am not a fan of weddings. Luckily, my close girlfriends who are single (ish) aren't getting married any time in the near future. If I ever get married, I am eloping. And wearing red. lol
What gets me is babies. I have a few pregnant friends and I have baby fever like crazy now.0 -
I only have 1 wedding this year. My cousins which only 10 people from each side are going to the actual wedding and they are having a barn party for a reception and don't care if you come in jeans or shorts.
We were talking at softball and a couple of us decided that we would have a "shotgun wedding". We would have the bride put on a fake belly and her dad walk the groom down the path to the trailer chapel with a shotgun. The cake would be made of twinkies, ho-hos, and snowballs. At every table everyone would have a oatmeal pie wrapped up like those almond things people get. Instead of throwing rice they would throw rice crispys. It would look like those pictures of redneck weddings that get sent around.
BTW I have been in 4 weddings and been to I don't know how many and I have never brought a date but always had fun.0 -
But seriously.. just enjoy yourself, be glad it's not you, and keep your eye open for the single drunk fellas!
Hahahahah!! I love that, since every single man that goes to a wedding instinctively knows to keep an eye out for the drunken single bridesmaids!!0
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