All my friends are getting engaged!!

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Registered: 02-25-2004
All my friends are getting engaged!!
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Mon, 10-03-2005 - 3:47pm

This weekend I received two phone calls... one from my best friend telling me she got engaged & another from a close friend who also got engaged. I also found out that my longterm college boyfriend is engaged. I am very very happy for my friends, but I can't help but wonder when will my time come?? I don't understand... I always thought that I would be the first of my friends to get married, but it looks like I am going to be the last, if ever! Three in one weekend! I can't handle any more!

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone else feel this way?

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Registered: 09-01-2005
Mon, 10-03-2005 - 4:16pm
You are definitely not alone! It seems like this happens quite a bit and it definitely happened to me. I was in or attended 8 weddings in 2 years and my ex got married on my birthday one year! And around the holidays always seemed like a hard time because people like to get engaged at Christmas and New Years- go figure ;-)
You just have to hang in there and try to enjoy the love that's in the air (and not throw up- haha)!
Good luck.
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Registered: 12-27-2004
Mon, 10-03-2005 - 5:29pm
You are definitely not alone.
I just got a call from a male friend who happens to be what? Eight years younger than I and he told me he was getting married next year.
He even emailed me a picture of the wedding ring he gave to his fiance.
Then had the nerve to ask me what was taking me so long. LOL.
I thought I'd be married too, but it's a slap into reality when you discover it may not happen for everyone.
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Registered: 04-13-2004
Mon, 10-03-2005 - 10:38pm
I am guessing that you're just starting to begin the long road of engagements and weddings, while you're still waiting, right? I have been there and my advice is to take it one day at a time. Don't compare yourself, otherwise, you'll get make yourself unhappy. And there is nothing more miserable than trying to be happy for your friends, when all you can wonder is if it will happen for you. Go out and try to meet guys.... One thing I have learned, is there is nothing wrong with being the last one married. You're the great catch that has yet to be caught. It took me a couple of years to think this way, but it really does help. You will find your guy one day and wonder why you worried about being the last one single :)
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Registered: 04-03-2005
Mon, 10-03-2005 - 10:49pm
I always thought I'd be the first one of my friends to get married too. My friend Tanya was though-this past spring. I also thought I'd move out of my parents house before my brother bc he has no ambition, but hes getting married and moving out next september. It seems like life is never how you expect it.
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Registered: 03-21-2005
Tue, 10-04-2005 - 4:47pm
I am in the same boat as you are and have been asking myself the exact same question
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Tue, 10-04-2005 - 6:39pm

My best friend is getting married, too.