Is it default / required to have bach/ette parties on the same weekend?
My friend is getting married, and I was roped into being a bridesmaid (ugh!). Happy for her, were just not really close; she just doesnt have a lot of friends, so im somehow near the top.
Anyway, i helped her plan the bachelorette party. She kept on insisting she needed to do her Bachelorette party the same weekend as her fiancé did his bachelor party. And I insisted you dont have to. She kept insisting she had to. Is this a requirement/ default / weird rule she made up?
For context, why i was insistent it doesnt have to be the same - he did a guy's weekend to Miami in april. We live in the Midwest. A good time to escape the cold and see Miami when its hot but not too hot (their weekend was 80s and sunny). However, my friend wanted to do Mississippi River (iowa/ Wisconsin/ Minnesota area) lake house. In april, its like 40, rainy, and miserable. I tried to push, dont you want it to be summer, warm, and fun? Many of the other girls there seemed (or told me) it was such a meh time of year to do this and that it couldve been more fun if we waited a few months to do Mississippi River, hiking, hot tub, brewery weekend.
Wedding isnt until fall, so plenty of summer to early fall months that could've been used.
Am I crazy or is she? Lol.