A journey through the mind of the single friend.

Please note that there is no intention of making my friends feel bad, just some things that make me chuckle.

“You’re at that age.”

“It’s that time in your life.”

If I have to hear these phrases one more time when I mention the amount of weddings I have been invited to I am going to scream.

I am not kidding.

Since I started college back in 2005 I have been present at about 32 weddings (I say about because I had to write as many as I could remember down and there’s a pretty good chance I’ve missed some). I say present because I’ve been invited to at least 41 weddings but was unable to attend some.

Now on average that doesn’t seem that bad…it’s about 3 weddings a year, however the last 3 years have accounted for more than half of those weddings.

But for the rest of this post, let’s just focus on one year…this year, 2014.

This summer alone I was invited to 10 weddings, was available to attend 3 before I left for Boston, missed 3 while I was in Boston, never planned on going to two because they were the same day as one that I ended up missing while I was in Boston, and 2 I was invited to in August, 1 I’ve already attended and 1 this weekend.

You still with me.

I don’t know if you know this, but that’s a lot. Also, let me note that none of the weddings I was invited to were in Bozeman. The closest was Butte 75 miles away, the furthest Kalispell about 300 miles. 3 were in Helena (90 miles) 1 in Polson (about 270 miles) 1 Butte, and 5 in Kalispell.

Yes that’s a lot of driving, but more over, that’s a lot of money…just spent driving, I don’t even want to calculate how much it would be total or even factor in gifts.

My fridge looked like a wonderland of save the dates and wedding invites, I had to buy more magnets just to accommodate them all. I’ve never been more excited to get a save the date magnet, so I would have something to hold up all the other save the dates.

This is my reality.

The end is in sight, a wedding this weekend and one in November (which takes the tally up to 11 for the year).

I am holding my breath for with fingers crossed that I won’t have as many weddings next summer.

Seriously I already have one wedding that I’m aware of and my whole summer has been rearranged accordingly, even school in Boston. It’s kind of a big one, my brother is getting married I don’t even want to think about the insanity that accompanies a family wedding.

So I am starting a friendship application process, new friends are always welcome, but if they are currently in a committed relationship and looking to possibly get married within the next two years, they will be put on a waiting list, and friendship will begin post wedding.

All current friends, you have been grandfathered in, so no worries. Please understand that if you get a handmade pot holder as a wedding gift, it’s because I am tapped out and have no money to purchase a gift.

But hey at least it’s handmade.