My mother has a big circle of friends which includes one big, rude, lush of a woman who I personally can't stand. Still, she's a friend of my mother's so I'm polite to her. Her daughter, who is my age and actually pretty sweet, just got engaged to her equally sweet boyfriend and when I saw my mother's friend at a holiday party last week, I congratulated her on her daughter's engagement.
Nose in the air and smirk on her face, she responded with "we already booked the venue and the date. And guess what? She's getting married before you!"
For a bit of background, I've been engaged for well over a year and still not getting married until later next year. My FI and I chose a long engagement because we are mostly paying for the wedding ourselves. Knowing this friend of my mother's, she and her husband are probably paying for everything and she will have her hands dipped in every aspect of the wedding planning. I don't understand why people think it's a competition. Next it will be that her daughter is pregnant before me.
I hope she buys a hideous MOB dress and spills wine on herself like she usually does at parties.