Using sisters wedding as honeymoon?

abbiewebster · May 2010

I know this sounds sooo bad......but hear me outfirst. We are all ready travelling for our wedding so my FI needs atleast a week off work, he probably wont be able to get another week off for a while...and we are travelling to cyprus for my sisters wedding 4months later anyway so i figure we could maybe take two weeks and do one on the greek islands and they fly to cyprus for the wedding, most people i spoke to about it thought it was a great idea but 1 person said that i was stealing my sisters thunder...im just confused how?

mbcdefg · May 2010

The whole "stealing a bride's thunder" thing is such bullshiit. All this stupid phrase does is make self-entitled women feel MORE self-entitled and gives them an excuse to go apeshiit if some other woman dares to have a moment of happiness in the weeks and months preceding her precious wedding.

Unless you're literally standing on a chair at her reception and throwing around photos of your honeymoon, I fail to see how you and your H taking a vacation prior to your sister's wedding would be interfering with her wedding day.

I mean, you can always run it by your sister to see how she feels, but frankly she'd have to be a gigantically selfish biitch to say anything aside from, "Have a great time!"

kaesha · May 2010

I think it's a great idea AS LONG as you don't say something like "We're only doing Cyprus because of you guys/You guys are holding us back from the honeymoon of our dreams."

Some of my husband's friends did that to us, and I just thought they were being ridiculous. My feelings were more hurt by the complaining than they would have been if they hadn't come to the DW and gone on the honeymoon of their dreams.

ExpatPumpkin · May 2010

I can't wrap my head around how taking a European vacation around the time of your sister's wedding would possibly be "stealing her thunder." It makes perfect sense to me that you'd take advantage of the long and expensive flight to do your own HM traveling.

Good luck

abbiewebster · May 2010

thanks ladys , i think my sister would completely understand the fact that we are flying all that way ,just some people are petty i guess i just wanted some more opinions

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Theresa626 · May 2010

It's a fabulous idea and it's not stealing your sister's thunder.

SuMmErKuTiE · May 2010

Ditto pp's I think it's a great idea.. after all you'll be newlyweds in Greece! That sounds so amazing! You definitely won't be stealing anyone's "thunder" and I also find that term ridiculous. You guys will be saving a ton of money on not needing double flights and hotel accommodations. Go enjoy yourselves! :0)

Karen's MOH · May 2010

I think it's a great idea. My wedding isn't a destination, per se, but my family will all have to drive for several hours and a few people are planning on making a vacation out of it-- I'm thrilled! That's one less person I need to feel bad about making them drive 5 hours to come to my wedding. It's honestly one of my favorite things to hear.

Most people I know who are having DWs all say they hope their guests will treat it like a little vacation. So your sister will probably be happy about it.

miah_23_ncb · May 2010

I say go for it. She will still have plenty of attention on her Im not sure how many ppl will talkign about your HM versus her wedding

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