Wedding planning can quickly become overwhelming with tight schedules.

The following story is about a woman who recently realized her fiancé’s cousin had scheduled their wedding just one week before hers.

With appointments, preparations, and stress building up, attending another wedding feels like too much for her.

Now, she’s worried that her fiancé’s family might judge her if she decides not to go.

If you were in her shoes, what would you do? Let’s take a closer look!

AITA for not wanting to go to my fiancé’s cousin’s wedding the week before ours?

My fiancé’s cousin is getting married the week before us.

My fiancé and his cousin are not close. They chose their date before we did.

We did not know their date was a week before ours when we chose our date.

We found out at another family function when his grandparents asked us about our date.

This woman’s future mother-in-law asked her if they could move their wedding date.

When we told them, they mentioned that his cousin’s date was the week before ours.

When we realized this, his mom was quick to ask us if there was any way we could move our date.

Take note that she has been completely uninvolved in everything wedding-related, which I am sure is a dream for some.

But from my POV, it just seems like she does not care,

She tried, but it just seemed not possible.

We did reach out to the venue.

They offered us extremely discounted pricing for the date we chose.

They could not honor the same pricing for a different date.

Also, I had kind of settled on that date and felt attached to it, as dumb as that may sound.

She thinks attending the wedding while planning her own will be too overwhelming.

Now, that we are getting closer, I am realizing how many appointments and last-minute craziness is going to be happening in the weeks leading up to our day.

I feel like if I stop what I am doing to go to their wedding, I am going to feel way too overwhelmed.

I will be overcommitted to too many things. Also, I am 95% sure they are not going to come to ours.

They are opting to do their honeymoon right after their wedding, which is fine.

Again, they are not close with one another.

Now, she’s not sure what to do.

My fiancé has expressed worry that if I do not go, his family members will pass judgment on me about that.

They might think I am being rude.

We have about a month until their RSVPs are due, so I have a little bit of time to think on it.

AITA if I do not go?

Yikes, that timing is seriously stressful. Planning your own wedding is already a full-time job.

Knowing that you are being pressured to attend a relative’s wedding doesn’t help either.

Skipping it might actually save OP’s sanity… and I’m sure the relatives from the other side wouldn’t mind.

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Don’t you think so, too? Let’s check out the comments of other people.

This person makes a good point.

Here’s another valid point.

Go and enjoy the night out, advises this user.

Indeed, right?

Finally, people are saying the same thing.

Sometimes, you have to miss a party to plan your own.

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