Or been witness to one stealing another's thunder?
Like you are at a baby shower and some chick stands up and announces her pregnancy. Or you are at a wedding and someone pops the question during the reception.
I saw a proposal at a wedding. It was all okay-ed by the bride and groom though.
They worked it into the garter and bouquet throw. The ring was tied to her garter so when he put it on his gf's leg, he was already on his knee and had the ring. The DJ played their song and the guy asked her. As soon as she said yes, the lights on the floor changed to "Congrats to Jill and Johnny on their engagement!" It was cute!
I saw a proposal at a wedding. It was all okay-ed by the bride and groom though.
They worked it into the garter and bouquet throw. The ring was tied to her garter so when he put it on his gf's leg, he was already on his knee and had the ring. The DJ played their song and the guy asked her. As soon as she said yes, the lights on the floor changed to "Congrats to Jill and Johnny on their engagement!" It was cute!
I saw a proposal at a wedding too. The B&G were in on it, but it wasn’t in a cute garter toss way. It was really sweet & didn’t steal any thunder at all.
I'm sure my SIL feels like we stole hers since we got engaged a couple months after she announced she was pregnant and got married a few weeks before she was due (she had her son three days after the wedding).
Probably why she was a no show to the ceremony (even though she was supposed to be a bridesmaid). lol.
I don't know if this counts because it wasn't public but it does in my family. My aunt always has to be the center of attention - always. When my brother called to tell her my SIL was pregnant with their first child, my aunt chose that conversation to announce that she'd had two children as a teenager, given both up for adoption, and would like my brother's help in locating them.
My cousin thinks I stole hers. I got engaged three months before her and am getting married eleven months after her. She thinks I need to wait until a year has passed from her wedding.
I don't know if this counts because it wasn't public but it does in my family. My aunt always has to be the center of attention - always. When my brother called to tell her my SIL was pregnant with their first child, my aunt chose that conversation to announce that she'd had two children as a teenager, given both up for adoption, and would like my brother's help in locating them.
Not exactly, though my BIL proposed to my twin about a week before my kid was born. The engagement seemed to be quickly overshadowed by the baby. I kind of wish he had done it a little earlier so they could have had a little more time "in the sun" (it's not like he didn't know when my due date was), but my sister didn't seem too bothered by the timing, so neither was I.
On the last episode of the real houswives of NJ, they were having a beautiful dinner in a vineyard to celebrate Caroline's 50th bday. Teresa's husband takes a call (from his mistress supposedly) and then Teresa basically forces him to have sex with her in the vineyard while people at the table can see them (their legs). I think that was a very extreme case of stealing someone's thunder..haha.
My friend's SIL announced her pregnancy at my friend's rehearsal dinner and then spent the whole wedding holding her stomach and complaining to anyone she could find, that her BM dress was tight and that she couldn't dance now that she was pregnant.
She was only a month a long when she made the announcment.
She likes to be the center of attention and I think she did it to purposely try to put focus back on her rather than the bride.
Post by CallingAllAngels on Aug 22, 2012 11:07:50 GMT -5
H's brother's wife thinks we stole their thunder because we got married on their 13th wedding anniversary. We didn't realize it until deposits were paid and it was too late to change the date.
H's brother's wife thinks we stole their thunder because we got married on their 13th wedding anniversary. We didn't realize it until deposits were paid and it was too late to change the date.
Do other people purposefully plan to avoid stealing of the thunder? Like delaying or speeding an engagement or not ttcing a certain month? We had a big debate about whether to IUI a certain month due to it causing the due date to fall pretty much on SIL's wedding day.
I didn't witness it but SIL announced her second pregnancy right after her SIL (husband's side of family) announced her first pregnancy. She told me the story as if it was the cutest thing ever. I thought it was a dick move.
Thankfully, other SIL didn't steal the first SIL's thunder at her second pregnancy announcement. She had just found out she was pregnant, too, but waited because she's cool.
At a good friend of mine's wedding, her BIL's GF got super drunk and kept telling everyone she wanted BIL to propose to her. During the best man speech she yelled "we're next BIL" and fell into the cake table as she lifted her glass and stumbled. The table and cake went crashing to the floor. My friend laughed it off (though I could tell she was mortified), but her mother was PISSED since she paid for most of the wedding and the cake was $$$.
Post by hopeful2012 on Aug 22, 2012 11:33:14 GMT -5
One of DH's relatives told him he couldn't propose to me until she got engaged. We ended up getting engaged a few months after they did and getting married a few months after they did as well. When we got married she was newly pregnant and apparently was very distraught at the wedding because the attention was on someone else. Luckily, I didn't find out about this whole meltdown until after the wedding.
At a good friend of mine's wedding, her BIL's GF got super drunk and kept telling everyone she wanted BIL to propose to her. During the best man speech she yelled "we're next BIL" and fell into the cake table as she lifted her glass and stumbled. The table and cake went crashing to the floor. My friend laughed it off (though I could tell she was mortified), but her mother was PISSED since she paid for most of the wedding and the cake was $$$.
Post by stingsharkruns on Aug 22, 2012 11:40:59 GMT -5
DH proposed to me @ my neices 5th birthday... He asked my sister & Mom ahead of time to make sure it was okay - it was the end of the party after cake & presents had been done..
We were at DH's Mom's house for some family gathering and one of his cousins announced she was pregnant.. Not 10 seconds later everyone starts asking another cousin, who is the same age as first cousin, when she is going to get pregnant.. I felt bad for both of them. 1st cousin had her thunder stolen, and 2nd cousin was heartbroken bc they had been trying for a while and she started crying when everyone started questioning her.
Post by EloiseWeenie on Aug 22, 2012 11:48:04 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this is stealing my thunder, or just plain shitty, but I spent several hours consoling my MOH the morning of my wedding day. She also cried all day and through the ceremony (for herself, not for me). She was upset her husband never wanted to have sex with her. . . turns out he was gay.
Thankfully I usually never even think about that when I look back at my wedding day, I block that part out, lol.
I saw a proposal at a wedding. It was all okay-ed by the bride and groom though.
They worked it into the garter and bouquet throw. The ring was tied to her garter so when he put it on his gf's leg, he was already on his knee and had the ring. The DJ played their song and the guy asked her. As soon as she said yes, the lights on the floor changed to "Congrats to Jill and Johnny on their engagement!" It was cute!
Even if the B&G are in on something like this I still think it is LAME!!
Not quite stealing thunder, but I somewhat made an ass of myself at my best friend's wedding. BFF's older sister had been seeing this guy for a few years and knew a proposal was coming (and it did that Christmas). I had been with my SO for less than a year at that point. I might have been a little overzealous in catching the bouquet and calling attention to myself, when really it should have gone to BFF's sister, who actually had a chance of being the next one to get married. I apologized a month or so later and her sister told me she had no idea what I was talking about and not to worry about it.
My stepmother thinks I stole her daughter's thunder/spotlight by planning my wedding for three months before her daughter's. She said that because this is my second marriage I should let stepsister have the spotlight since it is her first. Note that we are in different states, different friends, I am not inviting extended family, no bridal party, and it is fiance's first marriage.