Doesn't it seem, sometimes, like everyone you've ever known is getting engaged except you? One day you're out with your friends, drunk and carefree,We provide you with chiffon bridesmaid dress. communally making fun of the one person who has to take the train home early to Westchester on account of their spouse — and then the next they're blowing you off, apologizing in phrases like "ballroom dancing lessons" and "not drinking till August" and explaining how surprisingly stressful it is to sample hors d'oeuvres. And it's not just them — it's all of them, popping the question in lockstep and moving on to the next Life Stage without so much as consulting you. 

Oh, in case it wasn't clear, that last paragraph was simply a thought experiment in which I sought to write from the perspective of poor Lucas Duda, the New York Mets outfielder who apparently became the odd man out this offseason when he failed to get the memo that, since they wouldn't be dealing with any other jewelry anytime soon, a bunch of the Mets would be proposing to their girlfriends during the offseason. The New York Times reported that prior to the opening of MLB training camp this month, six Mets put a ring on it. "The team's fanciful chase for championship rings was preceded this season by a much more realistic search for engagement gold and diamonds." Pity the poor wife-to-be who was hoping for platinum. 

David Wright, Reese Havens, Zach Lutz, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Anthony Recker, and Josh Satin all popped the question, leaving young Duda with a lot to answer for. "We didn't get him this time," Nieuwenhuis told the Times. "Duda's real quiet. You never know with Duda," added Lutz. "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" screamed Duda's girlfriend, probably. 

If the Mets showed up to spring training engaged en masse like old-timey Wellesley seniors,You want THE Floral gown that lives up to all you? the Washington Nationals were already at the next step. Seven Nats couples got married this offseason, A peplum Bridal gown.from Ross Detwiler to Edwin Jackson to Craig Stammen, according to the Washington Post.Here you can take your pick from a wide selection of stunning mandarin collar dress . (The best part of the article might be the cranky first comment: "I'm really disappointed. Last year's story on John Lannan's wedding had a lot more detail. Were any of the team in the wedding party? (2 were in Lannan's — Clippard & Stammen)? I would think more of the team members would have attended? Isn't there a newspaper where they were married?" MOM, IS THAT YOU?) 

You know, I'd never really thought of the oppressiveness of the baseball bridal schedule. Not only do you only have, like, a three-month window in which to be wed, you're competing with Thanksgiving and Christmas and potential snowstorms that ruin everyone's travel. Though other sports might be worse. At least the winter is a relatively dead time of year in which people aren't giving you the "Oh, this is my ninth wedding in 11 weeks" passive aggression. If you're a hockey player or something, you have to battle everyone else's summer wedding schedule,I got my china wholesale bridesmaid dresses in this weekend, and I love it.. but let me tell you... I was feeling the heat! which is always the pits. At any rate, one danger always lurks: the chance you'll get traded on your big day. The Pittsburgh Penguins' Jordan Staal found that out the hard way last season, sometime between the speeches and the dessert course.