"You've got ages to go..." Arrggghhhhh

AAAHHHH yes! I told one of OH's uncles that if i hear that again i am going to SCREAM! not my finest moment i will admit but genuinely it was the kindest thing i could come up with at the time.

I am so irritated by it so rant away because it's fast becoming my biggest bug bear!

I KNOW it's a long way off and i know no one else cares as much as me (except possibly my bridesmaid haha!) but just don't comment if it's that far away all you can think of to do is comment on the time frame.

Grr turned into my own mini rant there didn't it!

Completely understand my mum organized by brothers in 12 weeks so me with 9 months to go doesn't seem close to her but it does to be we will have being planning this for 2 years. All I hope is soon it will be top of the conversation. It maybe the same for you chick xx

Yeah I hated it too - on the day itself or the day after, they'll be the same ones coming up to you saying, 'gosh, that flew, didn't it - it's all over' blah blah - take no notice - better off to airily reply, 'oh yeah, its ages n ages away, i'm well sorted' - they'll shut up then!

Yes know that feeling too! My Mum is the worst...grr! I'm not wishing it away and I am enjoying the planning, but it really will be here before we know it especially once Christmas is out of the way.

Haha yes - people say this all the time, yet when we originally booked October this year it was "too soon" apparently
People love to moan about something haha, just nod and smile and let the wafts of drivel wash over you lol x

Yes!! We got engaged in November 2012 and when we told people we were planning on getting married in June 2014 we were met with a lot of disappointed looks that it was so far away. There last 9 months have flown and yet we are still getting lots of "aren't your organised, you've got ages left!"

I have been planning my wedding in my head for years so I'm really enjoying actually experiencing it!!

I only booked in April and since then time just seems to be flying by!! The next person who says it may just earn themself a smack in the mouth.

my mum has been great funnily enough... She's thee act opposite and on my case to get things done in her words "before you know it, it'll be June" lol go to love her!

My 2 BMs are like that. My MOH and mum have both been amazing but a lot of people still tell me it's ages away! But really it's not. Soon enough everyone will be thinking about Xmas and NY then suddenly it's March and the wedding has arrived.

I don't get why people feel the need to criticise for being organised! Grrrrrrr!

People are still saying that to me and I've only go just over a month to go haha.

Truly fed up of this, we booked with less than a year to go and a lot of the suppliers first response was 'ooh thats not long' yet the nearer it get the more people i have telling me that there is ages to go! People think I am really organised but most things need booking over 6 months and we only have just over 7 left, the only things which could have been left longer were the suts and BM dresses but I have a pregnant bridesmaid who needed measuring asap and we got an discount by putting a deposit on the suits so early. One of my bridesmaids finds it hilarious how organised we are so it will be her i pick to help me at the stressful end lol

I have almost 3 years to go - not heard anything except comments like that so far!

I'm actually getting the opposite and it just makes me stress and worry even more! ?

People are saying it to me with 31 days to go...

Yep hate it!! worse when it comes from the groom!!!!!!

9months to go...

Hana I've got the opposite now I'm constantly getting 'oooooh not long now.' And everyone expects me to be in some frantic panic. We were super organised, booked everything early on and finished all the diy bits in advance. Now we are reaping the rewards with no wedding stress and everything done with ten days to spare.

I will have been engaged for nearly 3 years, it does fly by and the best trick for the 'oh its ages away people is to smile an d say yes but there is no harm in being organised and avoiding me turning into bridezilla later on. Things have changed since most of our parents got married and people who have never planned a wedding have no idea of the time it takes.

Yep!

I get it all the time and someone I work with says it to me regularly whenever she asks me about my wedding. I feel like saying, 'well you brought it up, not me, I'm aware I still have months to go!'.

I actually am at a bit of a planning standstill as there's nothing I need to do at this point. All the big things are booked and now it's just the smaller things nearer the time I need to organise. I'll get cracking again at the 6 month stage I think.

We had this when we got engaged 18 months ago. However I am so pleased now that we got everything organised at an early stage. With only 11 days to go everyone keeps saying "You must be really busy with loads to do" I answer No - everything is done and now I can just enjoy the excitement of the next few days!

Our wedding is 16 month away yet but like any B2B i am excited about it and as we live 200 mile away from where we are getting married, we have most things in place (booking wise) already.

Yet when people say when is your wedding and i say November 2014 i'm instantly met with 'dismay' and 'oh thats ages yet'

So much so the other week, after hearing the same comment 4 times in 3 days, i took to facebook (where the perps were) and used my status to issue a *very* tongue in cheek apology.

I can't remember exactly waht i said but it was something along the lines of:

I would just like to apologise to all thos people who feel let down by our wedding being next year. I am sorry you feel this is too far away and are bored of my updates on the latest booking and arrangements but i am excited about my wedding. However, should you wish to pay the remaining £8K that we are currenlty saving up to complete our budget, then we would happily bring the wedding forward just for you.

i got quite a few thumbs up and likes and it made me feel a hell of a lot better lol!

We booked over 2 years in advance so I'm used to this - but in our situation a lot of people have realised it just wouldn't have been possible to be any sooner.

We got engaged in my first year of uni and then booked the venue in my second year. We wouldn't have had enough time to save if we had gone for this year, so 2014 it was ?

We are now getting the opposite and everyone getting excited for us and saying they need to start planning their outfits etc.

I've tried to remember that to me and OH this means everything, but to everyone else really it means nothing.

Not really, when in May 2012 we booked for March 2014 everyone kept saying time would fly, and be here before you know it... they were right too, 8 months left and I'm starting to feel like I'm running out of time!

Once Christmas and my Dad's birthday (Dec 23), OH's birthday (Jan 7) and FFiL's birthday (Feb 2) and St Patrick's day (Mar 17, Irish In-Laws) then we're on the home straight. I think it will fly by, it only seems like it was Spring Bank 2012 last week!