history: A friend of mine recently got married. I hadn't even know he was engaged! My friend recently invited me to his wedding. I hadn't even known he was engaged_comma_ but it was a great wedding.
current: That's fun, my friend is getting married next year, how big was the wedding?
next: Not too big, maybe 30 guests. He and his now wife have been together for only a year or so, so they set the whole thing up pretty quickly.