I really need some help...
My second cousin announced her engagement in August and today in the mail I received her "save the date" card. She is getting married in June.
Well, my boyfriend and I had begun discussing marriage in July and we were planning on shopping for and purchasing an engagement ring by Christmas of this year. We were then going to make our engagement official by January.
My question is, is this in bad taste/rude/poor etiquette to announce our engagement? My cousins wedding would involve some of the same people but not all (my uncles/aunts, probably my grandmother if she could make the trip). There is no way whatsoever I would ever dream of taking anything away from her and her future husband. To clarify, this is my second cousin and we are not close. We spent time together when we were little but that's it. Again, a few of the same relatives are involved.
The other thing is that he and I were thinking of setting a wedding date sometime between July and October but a lot depends on both his and my work schedules and when we can get the time off (we are both teachers and the schools would frown upon us being out too much consecutively during academic time). Is this all wrong to be getting engaged and begin planning a wedding when out date could possibly be as early as July? I'm really worried about this because I would think her parents want it to be all about them and no one else. Thanks for the advice!