How did you pick your wedding date?

keb270 · June 2010

Was it the anniversary of when you first met? Was it a lucky day for you? Did you want to share the date with another couple? Was it the only date at your venue available? Was it completely random?

keb270 · June 2010

Ours was random. I wanted it soon after I graudated with my masters but before I started a new job. I originally wanted Memorial Day but couldn't do it, so we picked the first weekend in June instead.

Leigha12 · June 2010

It's the date in the exact middle of my birthday and DH's birthday. This way we have something to celebrate every 3 months. Dec=Christmas, March=DH's birthday, June =anniversary, Sept=my birthday.

It happened to land on a Saturday in 2009, so we went with it!

mamie329 · June 2010

I wanted late May/June, but the venue was booked late May and June 6, but I had all other Saturdays in June to chose from, but I have a thing against odd numbers, so 6/20 it was.

kaleyandjason · June 2010

I originally wanted sometime in May, but nothing worked with our schedules so I went with June 6th.

kaylynne · June 2010

It was the only day the venue was available during the window of time when DH's sister would be in the country (she works abroad). Also had to work around various family events.

ChooGirl · June 2010

We really wanted to get married on our dating anniversary (August 28th), thus making our 1st wedding anniversary also our 10th anniversary. Right before we booked, Alex's cousin "claimed" that date. Family drama ensued, so we changed our date. The kicker? They didn't even attend our wedding, though we offered to pay for their entire trip (they live in Paris). We attended their wedding in the middle of nowhere France. I regret changing our date.

Then we wanted to get married July 4th weekend. I thought celebrating the end of our independence on Independence Day was hilarious. Plus, free fireworks. Some guests freaked. Once again, we changed our date.

June 28th it was. No family from Paris and we had to pay for the fireworks. Not that I'm bitter...

Junebug060609 · June 2010

It was the date the venue had open. Plus its D-day and my H is a history buff.

luckycooky · June 2010

We originally picked July 4th because DH was in the military and I love fireworks. MIL through a hissy fit (one of many) because she didn't think she could get off of work that day with a year and a half notice. So we looked at the calendar and I realized that 3 weeks before was the 100th anniversary of when my grandpa was born. He passed away in 2003 but we were very close and when I saw it was a possibility, it became the perfect day.

megs1383 · June 2010

It was kind of random. I originally wanted late May early June, but 2 of the people in our bridal party were teachers, so decided to wait until school was out to make it easier on them. And the 26th was the earliest that the venue had open after that. I was hoping for the 14th of the month since we started dating on the 14th of January and got engaged on the 14th of December. So it would have been easy to get married on another 14th, but it didn't work out.

hawkilady · June 2010

Ours was pretty random. I wanted to get married in either the fall or early summer. DH didnt want to do it in the fall because our anniversary would always interfere with football games and I refused to put a TV at my wedding reception should there be a game on and his family is a little crazy about things like that. So we decided on spring/summer and I wanted to wait until after Derby (because Louisville gets a little crazy for a few weeks in April/May and didnt want to do it on Memorial Day weekend. So we talked to the few venues we liked and found a Saturday that worked and June 6th it was.

gmk1784 · June 2010

hawkilady:
Ours was pretty random. I wanted to get married in either the fall or early summer. DH didnt want to do it in the fall because our anniversary would always interfere with football games and I refused to put a TV at my wedding reception should there be a game on and his family is a little crazy about things like that.

Our husbands must be related. I would have loved an October 3, 2009 wedding since that was 6 years after we started dating and it was a Saturday, but DH loves college football so I knew anytime in the fall wasn't an option. I originally wanted a May wedding but the venue was booked so we decided on June 13th since it was open

mbd62709 · June 2010

I always wanted a May wedding, but it was a random day that worked for us. I work at a shcool but my position is year round with 5 weeks off in the summer. We picked the Saturday after my first week off (June 27th) so I had a week to "relax." Little did I kow that was the craziest week ever. When I told my mom our date, she said that's your aunt and uncle's anniversary. I had no idea. We did the annversary dance and they were the longest married couple at 56 years on our wedding day.

mofe · June 2010

We knew we wanted a June wedding. Originally we were going to get married 06/06 but changed the date for our photographer to 06/13. It was worked b/c our dating anniversary is nov 13.

penaltyshot · July 2010

We just had to go with something convenient. I wanted to get married in March/April, but the venue had a TENT out during those months. I didn't want to get married in a tent, so had to wait until they took it down for Mother's Day. So we tried Memorial weekend, no go. Some family friend had that weekend. June 28 was available and mostly worked, so we went with that. Then, the rabbi told us he had another wedding that day booked. Well, he made it work and did both weddings in one day! It turned out to be a great time to book it, since my husband's family has lots of teachers in it, and they were all off school at that time. The only problem was that June 28 was the hottest day that month and we were so sweaty outside. LOL

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