I was thinking today about the fact that my wedding is only a little over 9 months away. Now, FI has two best friends from high school. Both of them have been in long term steady relationships for 3 years or more. One of his friends, we'll call him T, proposed to his gf about 6 months before FI proposed to me. His other friend A made the comment after FI proposed to me that he had always expected that he would be the first to get engaged/married. And now he will be the last.
Now the funny thing to me is that T and his FI, still do not have a set date as far as we know. They are not registered anywhere I can find and the only things I know about their wedding plans are what her dress looks like and that my FI will be in the wedding party.
Granted, I'm not just overly close to T or his FI, but it makes me giggle that not only did my FI and I get engaged 6 months after T, but we have a date, have registered somewhere, will be sending out STDs in the next few months, and just seem insanely more prepared for our wedding than T and his FI.
Not a bad thing, and I'm sure there is a ton of stuff going on that I am just no privvy to, but it just is interesting to see how differently people react and deal with weddings.