Connecticut Nesties
So get this... (family vent)
DH has 2 brothers (J & S)
"J" got engaged to "L" in November & is getting married this June. "L's" bridal shower is coming up in a couple weeks.
"S" got engaged to "R" two weeks ago. "R" & her mother planned an engagement party for the same night as "L's" bridal shower. Their wedding is not until sometime next year...
Bridal shower starts at 1:00. E-party starts at 5:00 (45 mins. away from shower)
DH & I feel very strongly that this is really unfair to "L" & "J" & don't really want to go to the e-party. It's caused all this family drama & no one's speaking to one another. This should be a happy occassion, but somehow it's turned into this big ordeal.
Uggghhhh.
Re: So get this... (family vent)
how rude! They couldn't put the engagement party off for a week?
The only way this would make any sense would be if there were a lot of OOT relatives or guests coming for the shower...then I could see booking the engagement party for the same night to save people a trip.
yeah.. that's not really the case. all the shower guests are local.
J&L live in NY and S&R live in MA. So only the couples are out of OOS.
That's really rude, not to mention poor planning...
If I were in your shoes, I'd probably go to both. Just to keep the peace.
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"S" says that it's the only weekend that "R" has free.
ummm.... for the entire year?!?!! there's no rule that says e-parties have to happen in the same month as the actual engagement!
I'm glad to know that I'm not just over-reacting by thinking this is really rude.
"J" was sweet enough to double check with my DH that it wouldn't be stealing our thunder when he got engaged 2 months after our wedding. Of course we were more than thrilled for them & really touched that he had considered our feelings.
"S" checked with "J" that it'd be ok that they got engaged 2 months before his & "L's" wedding, but never bothered to mention an e-party the night of "L's" shower....
I love both of my FSIL's dearly. They're both sweethearts. But this is going to seriously going to leave a mark.
Yeah, that's completey rude. Why can't they wait until the summer or something??? We recently had an engagement party to attend for a couple who got engaged like LAST SUMMER. (Their wedding is in October.)