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Originally we wanted August 2, 2009 because we needed it to be a Sunday and that is the day after our dating anniversary (August 1). I loved the idea of having our dating anniversary be August 1 and wedding anniversary August 2. But then all that changed when we decided to move the wedding up by 6 months because we didn''t want to wait so long to get married!

So then we picked the month of February because it needed to be at the very beginning of the semester so I wouldn''t have a ton of schoolwork, and it needed to be a time when DH could easily take off from work. We also wanted it to be at a time when we didn''t have any birthdays or anything else going on. I wanted February 1 - 4 and a half years since we started dating. But then we found out that was Super Bowl Sunday. Clearly a big no-no for DH because he said his friends wouldn''t come
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We considered President''s weekend but a lot of people like going away so we didn''t want to have it then. So that left February 8. Which is also good because it was 4 and a half years since we both told each other we were falling in love. (I know a lot of people don''t think of those half year anniversaries, but we celebrate almost everything, so it was special for us!)
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My MOH and one BM are school teachers, MOH lives in SC and also teaches summer school; and I am in MN so it had to be a time she could travel. That gave us a window in June or August. After choosing 6/13/2010 I figured out it is a new moon which is an auspicious day to have a wedding in the Jewish tradition. So it all turned out pretty awesome. I originally had always hoped it would be the same as our original anniversary, but since the two of us kinda disagree when that is anyway, it doesn''t matter.
 
We were married July 4, 2008.

I''m a teacher, so we definitely wanted to marry during my summer vacation.
I wanted a daytime wedding.
We''re Jewish, so we thought we had to have a Sunday morning wedding because we can''t marry before sundown on Saturday, but then we saw that the 4th of July fell on a Friday, and thought "PERFECT!"

We also happened to have our first kiss while watching Navy Pier fireworks, so it felt very special to have fireworks on our wedding night.
 
Both of us wanted summer because it''s slower for DH''s work/I was graduating in mid-May. We knew we wanted after graduation, an outdoor ceremony, and a Saturday, so we went with June. My favorite number is 6, so I asked for 6/16, and DH thought it sounded good. It was pretty easy/not very calculated :)
 
I''ve got 2 dates in mind for us. They are both special dates. The hard part is choosing which one. I can''t see us picking some random date so hopefully when the time comes it will all work out for us!
 
It was all practical for us. I had 2 weeks of vacation in May, and I wanted to schedule it for the middle of that. So I started looking at venues and found one I really liked, but they only had the Sunday before my vacation started available (nothing at all during my actual vacation time). I booked it and switched a bunch of my shifts around and was able to make it work, plus I got a bit of an extended vacation that way!
 
Well, we picked ours because we work at a university and that is the good time (July) to get off. The church was actually really booked, so we didn''t have many options. I picked the 3-day weekend in August, but my aunt had a bowling tourney (do not ask) so we picked the last date available. It was the day after my birthday (July 24th).
 
We''re picking our dates (ceremony and reception will be 2 months apart and in different countries) based on school breaks since I''m a teacher and when people can travel to attend our various events.
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We should be formally securing our US reception today, so that should be May 30th, but the wedding itself will be around Easter....I kind of like the idea of getting married on April Fools Day, but it really doesn''t matter.
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My FI and I automatically excluded the summer months because humidity is a b***h in NYC and I knew I''d be cranky in a big wedding dress
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. So we picked September. We originally wanted 9/5, but the venue was booked. I felt awkward about booking 9/12, so we went for 9/19.
 
When we booked our Venue last August we knew we wanted a September wedding. Besides the humidity as was mentioned we knew we wanted a mountain wedding which would mean our guests would be traveling for the most part up a busy 2 lane hwy making what would normally be a 2 hour trip most likely a 4 hour trip anywhere between Memorial day to labor day. We then looked at the weather history in the area in previous years and Sept. 19th seemed to be the best day. Besides we wanted it to be sort of warm but we didn''t want to have our rehersal on 9/11 either so it seemed the obvious choice.
 
Well we wanted to get married ASAP- and by ASAP I mean ASAP after the 2 years we spent in Germany. We didn''t want to elope prior or have a renewal or anything like that. So we are due to get back Sept 2010 and also due to being Jewish we couldn''t really do a Saturday night wedding so Sunday it was. Then we wanted to see if we could find a holiday weekend of some sort, but I hate when people do things over Christmas or Thanksgiving plus it is very expensive. What we decided on is MLK weekend in January 2011. It worked because its a Sunday, it is in January when the wedding industry is a little slow so it is cheaper and school districts are closed the following Monday as well as wall street. Those two industries make up a large percentage of our guests so it really works out well.
 
No reason for picking summer except that it gave us enough time to plan (we were engaged in Dec 05, married in Aug 06) but not too much as neither of us wanted to get bogged down in it. We then figured out when we could get a good deal on our honeymoon, we wanted to stay at a specific hotel, and planned from there based on venue availabilty. The date means nothing. It falls exactly one week after my birthday though.
 
Our date was the only date the venue had left in Summer 09 so that''s how we got it. There had been a cancellation that morning for the date and luckily we got it.
 
January 9, 2010

I didn''t want to get married before I graduated (that''ll happen mid December).
FI works for the university, so it was summer, winter or spring break.
I was wanting to get married anywhere from September-February, because I dig the fall and winter.
That left after Christmas (no way would I get married right before), until end of January.
December 31st/January 1st is all kinds of chaos in Las Vegas, not to mention expensive.

So that left January 2nd (which wouldn''t work because of the New Years stuff the night before), January 9th and January 16th. FI didn''t like the 16th because it was getting too close to school starting, and he liked the 9th because: 1+9=10.

So yeah. I guess it was really just a process of elimination.

Luckily our venue had everything available. I highly suggest getting married in Vegas in January, minus all of the Adult Entertainment Expo stuff.
 
Freke... you''re gettin hitched on my DH''s B''day!

Well, I work every 3rd weekend, and I wanted to invite a lot of my co-workers who share ''my'' weekend. We chose April because it''s the off season and less expensive. No special date... our 10 year anniversary is actually today, 7/19. We both don''t deal too well in the heat, anyway. 4/11 was out because 4/12 was Easter, and 4/4 & 4/25 were my weekends... so 4/18 it was! And it couldn''t have been a more beautiful day... 78 degrees and sunny! (outdoor wedding)
 
-I''m a teacher, so it had to be during summer vacation so we had adequate time for a honeymoon afterwards.

-My DH''s best friend got engaged one month before we did, and we knew the dates would be relatively close together because we both wanted summer ''08 weddings. We wanted to be sure that one of us was back from our respective honeymoons so they could stand up for each other at our weddings. They originally looked at the beginning of August (which is what I originally wanted, but due to their getting engaged first, I gave them first choice). We looked at the beginning of July as a result, but then they booked an amazing venue for a July 5th wedding, and we booked a great place for July 27th. So our weddings were three weeks apart.
 
We wanted ours to be in mid July and the 10th was the only Saturday the venue had left (all summer, as a matter of fact!) It worked out great.
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it was the beginning of a new life for us, so naturally we chose september 1st...

the first day of spring :)
 
we picked november 14 originally just because it found good but then we found out that fi''s great grandparents were married on that day which makes it extra special :) they are 98 and 99 and still together!
 
We''d planned on getting married in June ''01, but my cousin was getting married around the same time. We then decided October, since fall is our favorite season, and October is my birth month, but every place was booked, so then we ended up w/November 10, 01.
 
Our dating anniversary is January 25th, and we''ve always wanted a September wedding - so setting the date for September 25th was meaningful to us. My FI''s parents chose their wedding date the same way too :)
 
Valentine''s Day fell on Saturday, right after we got engaged, so we went for it!

Lori
 
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