Hey! I'm in need to help my best friend. She's a very anxious person and I feel like she's just not listening to me.
So, she's getting married in April 2026 after a 4 years and couple months engagement.
Now, she started panicking cause someone at work said that her engagement isn't valid because she was supposed to get married a year or max. 2 years after engagement.
She started telling me that they got engaged when they were 19&20 (2 years into their relationship) so naturally they wanted to finish education first (didn't happen cause she'll be on her last year when getting married) and also they aren't from UK, and their whole family is in their home country so it was hard to organise, while working and studying. So they started organising it this year, when they both have more time to spare and they can also just leave UK for 3 weeks for their wedding.
I remember she was making guest lists and showing me wedding ideas/dresses since they got engaged, but they just didn't plan it seriously back then. She was always saying that their engagement is a symbol of commitment and promise to each other that they will get married at some point. She looked like she was content with her life and was always saying that she and her partner do talk about it often and they do want to get married, so I was like okay.
You know those people who say 'Why would you even get engaged when you have no plans on getting married anytime soon? It's not an engagement ring, it's a promise ring.' – I think she just met hundreds of them recently.
Just please, help me to calm her down cause she's just going crazy.