let us know when you get your marriage license!!!!

bluesashbride Posted: Apr 12, 2005 02:38 PM

let us know when you get your marriage license!!!!

may is so close you guys!!! i'd love to know if you got your license! any funny stories? lessons learned?

lilacwine Posted: Apr 12, 2005 02:50 PM

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no licence for us yet. I was going to start the same thread!

May05Bride Posted: Apr 12, 2005 03:17 PM

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no license... great thread!

goingtobemrs Posted: Apr 12, 2005 03:49 PM

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We went about 2 weeks ago. It was really easy (during the day around noon), nobody was there (Town Hall in Hempstead) and we were in and out. Funny stories....FH pretended to run out of the room and said 'I can't do this' when we walked in.

SomethingBlu Posted: Apr 13, 2005 02:37 PM

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We're going May 6, 2005 - because that's the date I had my heart set on for the wedding but it wasn't available...I can't wait to post!

Great thread indeed!

Nautical bride Posted: Apr 13, 2005 03:40 PM

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We're going April 22 because we'll be in NY for my shower. I can't believe we are at this stage already!

melissaandsean Posted: Apr 13, 2005 04:52 PM

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I don't know when we're going. I'd like to maybe go next tuesday 4/19...but we'll see what our schedules are like. It's tough having to do it durning the day and FH works every single day.

bluesashbride Posted: Apr 13, 2005 06:45 PM

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we're planning on May 9th since we'll be up for mother's day...hoping all goes a-ok!

2bmrsem Posted: Apr 13, 2005 07:47 PM

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I just got mine yesterday..no funny stories. It took us all of five minutes, we went to Oyster Bay. Oh, boy, the clock is really ticking away fast!

chris&julie Posted: Apr 14, 2005 02:06 AM

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We got ours today! So exciting now it feels sooo real!

lilacwine Posted: Apr 15, 2005 02:03 PM

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We're going on Tuesday.

lilacwine Posted: Apr 19, 2005 10:41 AM

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We went this morning and got it. Lots of cute couples all around.

They wouldn't let me make my name like Hillary Rodham Clinton's, though.
'Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get married in New York,' was what the clerk said.

At least my middle name has the same first letter as my current last name, so maybe the 'M' can have new meaning.

debfrisone Posted: Apr 19, 2005 11:41 PM

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I am in a mini panic about this. Does anyone know if they let you do this on a WEEKEND!?? What are out of town brides supposed to do!!?

ETA: Can you believe I have not panicked about this until now!?? We are not going to be able to get our marriage licesnse until the next weekday we are down on LI, which won't be until the Thursday before our Saturday wedding!!! ACCCCCKKK!!

lilacwine Posted: Apr 20, 2005 07:01 AM

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Posted by debfrisone

I am in a mini panic about this. Does anyone know if they let you do this on a WEEKEND!?? What are out of town brides supposed to do!!?

ETA: Can you believe I have not panicked about this until now!?? We are not going to be able to get our marriage licesnse until the next weekday we are down on LI, which won't be until the Thursday before our Saturday wedding!!! ACCCCCKKK!!

No weekend hours in the 5 boroughs, and they close at something ike 3:45 pm on weekdays.

There's also a 24 hour waiting period from when the license is issued to you, so don't go too late on Friday. Also, you may need to pay with a money order -- be sure to check with the office you're going to.

as1inmay Posted: Apr 20, 2005 08:03 AM

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I got my marriage license yesterday it was exciting.

Nautical bride Posted: Apr 20, 2005 01:39 PM

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Posted by debfrisone

I am in a mini panic about this. Does anyone know if they let you do this on a WEEKEND!?? What are out of town brides supposed to do!!?

ETA: Can you believe I have not panicked about this until now!?? We are not going to be able to get our marriage licesnse until the next weekday we are down on LI, which won't be until the Thursday before our Saturday wedding!!! ACCCCCKKK!!

I think Huntington Town Hall's clerk's office is open in the evening on Fridays, which is sort of like the weekend. You might give them a call.

DMcK Posted: Apr 23, 2005 03:12 PM

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FH & I got our marriage license yesterday, made our wedding feel so official

Funny story, I went to high school with the clerk who processed our license. She was sweet and excited for us!

One more thing off the check list! Yesterday was 3 weeks till our big day

buckles Posted: Apr 25, 2005 04:40 PM

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I got mine at lunch about 2 weeks ago in Manhattan. It was so easy and fast. It made everything feel so much more official and I was so excited seeing all the brides that were getting married at city hall that day all dressed up with flowers and family around. It also made me nervous looking around and realizing that everyone in that room is going to get married within 60 days including me!

Nautical bride Posted: Apr 25, 2005 09:18 PM

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We got ours on Friday!! When the clerk saw FH's birth certificate, she said 'Uh oh' and my heart nearly dropped. She said his certificate wasn't the legal copy! His certifcate was issued by the hospital he was born in and she said that hospital certificates don't count as the official copy.

We had driven up from Maryland and that is the only copy FH said he ever had. I was so worried we weren't getting our license, but FH had a military ID on him and she took that plus his license and gave us our license. PHEW!

That's us posing outside Town Hall after we got it.

Some advice: bring extra photo IDs like passports and such just in case you run into any problems!