We knew our wedding would be in 2014 because I still have one more year of nursing school and knew it would be too much for me to plan a wedding during school. We also liked 2014 since we are paying for 75% of the wedding ourselves and want to start saving for a house at the same time so it gives us over 2 years to do all that. We started looking at Saturday nights in October and when we realized it was just as expensive as September, we changed our month and randomly just chose the date. So that's the story of how we picked September 27, 2014.
What's your story? How did you and your FI pick your wedding date??
Chaz
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I like this thread!
We're both European and very supersticious - 13 is both of our 'bad luck' numbers, we refused to get married in 2013. Nothing against it for other people, just a personal thing.
FH does construction and is off all winter. I hate Summer, heat, sweating, etc. I LOVE snow. Winter is magical to me, so I knew we'd get married in January.
When we looked at the calender for Saturdays in January 2014, I saw that January 4th would read 1.4.14 and thought it was cute! :)
Edit: Oh & I just finished grad school for my Masters and we're saving for a house and wanted the extra time to save more money too!
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I like this thread also! Kaw2be I have some similar reasons to yours...
1) I wanted 2014 because I'll be finished with my doctorate in May of that year. I didn't want to write a dissertation and plan a wedding at the same time. I didn't think I'd survive lol
2) FH's family is Jewish, so we couldn't have a Friday or Saturday wedding due to religious reasons. We could have done Saturday night, but we didn't want anyone to feel rushed or start too late, so Sunday it was!
3) We have a lot of out of town guests, so we needed a weekend that had a holiday on Monday so everyone would be off and be able to travel. We were originally aiming for the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend since Fall is my favorite season, but I was really surprised to hear that October was actually a little more expensive than May! So the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend it is
It's amazing how many factors go into choosing a date!
We went with 2014 because we didn't want to feel rushed through planning everything, plus with my brother getting married in May 2013, we didn't want to have our wedding right on top of his.
We decided on July 3rd, which is a Thursday, mainly because of the prices. Plus, all of our guests will still have a 3-day weekend afterwards, and we'll always have the next day off after our anniversary too! :)
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We chose 2014 so we would have plenty of time to plan and save.
I've always wanted to get married in either May or June. We liked the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend because it's like a saturday wedding.....for sunday prices! score!
The date is May 25th, which happens to be my birthday I never thought I would be getting married on my birthday! Oh, and I have a twin brother. His response was '365 days in a year and you chose to get married on our birthday?'
I want to do something special for him! Maybe a brother-sister dance or a small cake. Any ideas?
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It's definitely amazing how many factors do come into play when planning and how your ideas can change so quickly.
Stine Bean, I like the cake idea, how sweet would that be?
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Fh and I knew 2014 cause we are paying for the wedding and wanted to have time to save without eating ramen the next 2 years lol. We chose cause it was the day we met.
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My FH and I chose 2014 for two reasons.
The main reason we chose to wait is that we were in a horrible car accident last year and my FH is very self conscious about his scars (had a skull fracture and broke his eye socket and cheek bone). So he is waiting for his scars to heal and his second eye surgery so that he will look and feel back to normal. We were originally looking to do 2013 but things happen.
2nd reason, and a happier one is that in May of that year I will be finished with my masters.
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the year: We chose 2014 because we both wanted to obtain our masters degrees and jobs (in order to fund a wedding) before we were married. Three years seemed long enough, but not too long.
the date: I always thought I would get married in May, and I figured out that May 17 fell on a Saturday in 2014 so I figured that would be our date for a very long time. One day, FH and I went for a walk and I said 'I know I can get crazy about the wedding, is there anything you really want? Do you like having it in May?' and out of the blue, FH says he would prefer July! I was embarrassed that I didnt consider his ideas in this decision, so I immediately switched our plans. I looked at Saturdays in July 2014 and my options were 7/4, 7/12, and 7/19. I could never impose the cost of traveling for all of my OOT guests on fourth of July weekend, and we liked the sound of the 12!
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3 reasons
1. FH brother booked their wedding for October 19, 2013 (A week before our original date of Oct 25, 2013 my grandparents and Godparents anniversary) So we needed to have time between ours and theirs. FMIL told me it had to be at least 3 months, so we had to do 3 months after because before would be July and FH did not want Summer wedding. Plus it gave us less time to save.
2. We needed the extra time to save for it since we are paying for 90% of it and I am still in school and don't make much $$
3. Like the girls that picked Memorial Day weekend, We got the Sunday before Martin Luther King weekend. Its like a Saturday since most ppl have off the next day and we're paying Sunday pricing. I liked the idea of Memorial day weekend too, but I wasn't willing to wait that long to get married when I thought I was getting married in Oct 2013 lol
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I like this thread!
We're both European and very supersticious - 13 is both of our 'bad luck' numbers, we refused to get married in 2013. Nothing against it for other people, just a personal thing.
I am italian and THIS was the only reason why I was not as upset about moving to 2014!! haha
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We haven't set a date yet, but we're leaning towards June of 2014. I'll finally be done with school this May and I want some time to relax since I haven't had a break the past three years!
Since none of the dates with any meaning to us will be on a Saturday, I decided not to make myself crazy over picking a date and to do it around the time where I would be off of work anyway so only one of us had to take time off of work for the honeymoon.
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I like this thread!
We're both European and very supersticious - 13 is both of our 'bad luck' numbers, we refused to get married in 2013. Nothing against it for other people, just a personal thing.
I am italian and THIS was the only reason why I was not as upset about moving to 2014!! haha
I'm Italian too...isn't 13 supposed to be good luck for Italians? lol
Stinebean - I think the idea of a cake is really sweet!
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we chose our date because we wanted to give ourseleves 2 years to save money for the wedding and a house. also, we got engaged april 1 (my bday) and started talking on october 25 '07 so 4/25/14 just seemed perfect!and ive always wanted a spring time wedding!
Chaz
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Posted by Chaz
I like this thread!
We're both European and very supersticious - 13 is both of our 'bad luck' numbers, we refused to get married in 2013. Nothing against it for other people, just a personal thing.
I am italian and THIS was the only reason why I was not as upset about moving to 2014!! haha
I'm Italian too...isn't 13 supposed to be good luck for Italians? lol
Stinebean - I think the idea of a cake is really sweet!
FH is Portuguese, and I'm Italian. I don't know if the number 13 is good or bad to Italians specifically, I just meant Europeans are generally very supersticious. FH and I have our own individual beliefs and 13 is a bad omen for us.
I think each family has their own superstitions. My family specifically sees lillies as a bad omen, a sign of bad fortune or death. I'm so mad because I love lillies & wish I could use them in my bouquet but my family is stuck on that belief!
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I graduate with my B.A. this May 2013 and we need time to save up :/
We chose March because we wanted not on jan nor feb (i feel is the coldest months) and the 1 b/c we want to get married right away ;) CANT WAIT!!!03.01.2014
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I think each family has their own superstitions. My family specifically sees lillies as a bad omen, a sign of bad fortune or death. I'm so mad because I love lillies & wish I could use them in my bouquet but my family is stuck on that belief!
That stinks! But I've seen so many beautiful flower arrangements that didn't have lillies, so at least you have some great options left!
btw - ITA about family supersitions! I orignally wanted black bridesmaids dresses with the bouquets giving them a pop of color. I thought it would look elegant, but my grandmother is supersitious and thought it would be bad luck. So purple bridesmaids dresses it is haha
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I prefer even numbers so we knew it would definitely be in 2014 and we both LOVE winter so we knew we would do winter. February becomes expensive so we knew January would work great. My brothers birthday and my cousins had gotten married in January a few years ago so we picked the weekend that didn't conflict with those dates which happened to be the 18th!. It worked out wonderfully because it falls on Martin Luther King weekend so for all of our out of town guests they don't have to feel rushed, they can stay and hang a while. I can't wait 1/18/14 :)
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I looove winter and so much had gone on in 2012 that we decided to wait and save some money! I had just gotten my masters and licensed, we bought a condo and my fiance finally got divorced after a drawn out 3.5 year divorce process! We picked January bc we wanted winter but didnt want it to be too close to Christmas!
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We picked 9/26/14 due to sentimental reasons... 26 is our lucky number... we started dating on 3/26/02, got engaged on 6/26/12 and 9/26 seems to go with the 26 theme... plus its a perfect time of year and a Friday night. Can't beat it
