Paging Jeana

Goldlie11

I know you're getting married on a Friday, what time are you starting the ceremony?

Thanks!

loopy82

I'm not Jeana, but I am getting married on a Friday (8/27) and we are starting the ceremony at 5:30.

KD+BC

I am also not Jenna but I am also getting married on a Friday (10/22) and we are starting the ceremony at 4:30.

desertsun

Also not jeana, but having a Friday wedding. We'll be starting a little later in the evening b/c it will be July in AZ, and it's cooler later (temps can drop as much as 30 degrees at night in the desert!). So probably around 6:30.

Goldlie11

Thanks, all.  

babybchbum

i'm having a friday wedding (10/22... yes same as KD) I'm starting my Ceremony at 6:30. Daylight savings time shouldn't be over yet so I can get away with having a ler ceremony outside.

jeanacorina

O hai!

We're getting married at 7:30pm. June in Louisiana is hot. Plus sunset will be just after 8:00pm, so I figure that will be nice.... married at sunset.

jeanacorina

Oh, yeah, and it rarely keeps raining in the evenings, so even if I do have a rainy wedding day, it's likely to have let up by then. Louisiana summer rainstorms are primarily in the afternoon.

noelle24

One thing to keep in mind is how many in-town guests you have that might not want (or be able) to take a day off work.  A 4:30 (or even 5:30) Friday wedding means that your in-town guests will either have to take a day off work or miss the ceremony. 

jeanacorina

Pfft, in my case that doesn't bother me because most of the "in-town" people are people I've only met twice who FI doesn't care about anyway (his cousins). Maybe I should consider moving the time up to 5:30. That would keep my guest number under control.



Don't listen to me. I am a mean, terrible, bitter person and you should all feel sorry for my FI.

noelle24

ha. I just said it's something to keep in mind, I didn't say whether it would be a pro or a con

**Mutley**

Hiya Goldie, hope all is well with you and you are in a good place right now.

That's all because I have nothing important to contribute to this topic. 

loopy82

I did think about people with work. I looked at it a couple ways.

1) 5:30 is late enough where most people could put in their full day of work and still be ok with getting to the wedding.

2) Who doesn't like an excuse to cut out of work early/ take a day off?

Goldlie11

Thanks, Jeana, Noelle  and everyone else.  

FI has really been on board with the whole planning.  We both agree that we'd like to get the venue booked pretty soon so we can have the date that we want.  In NYC things book up so fast it's crazy!  I have coworkers who are also getting married in summer of 2011 with their venues booked.  We definitely want to get married on a Friday, so we were wondering when we should start.  

Mutley, I'm doing great.  I've been adjusting to living with FI and I've lurked a little (but  I've mostly been Knot free).  I did see that crazy post calling you out.  I was pissed.  I did write a response to it days later than it was started (I didn't see it when it first went up), but pretty sure not many people saw it.  I tried 

hetshup

Goldie are you still doing the city hall thing? How has adjusting to FI going?

Goldlie11

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noelle24

loopy: it's not just about wanting to take a day off work, per se.

One couple I know has 4 weddings to attend this summer, 3 OOT.  They are pretty much out of vacation days between all of that and holidays, etc.  They'd have to skip a 5:30 Friday ceremony and only show up for the reception, even though they'd normally love to take off early on a Friday.  Also, I know a couple people whose schedules have gotten crazy at work after a bunch of people got laid off at their companies.  Their bosses wouldn't let them take off early on a Friday.

Also, 5:30 isn't too early if someone gets off work at 4, but for someone who works 9-5, it can be tight.  For weddings, most people want to dress nicely in clothes that aren't work clothes (i.e., I usually wear dresses to weddings and would almost never wear a dress to work).  Ideally, that means I would want to be able to go home, take a shower, get dressed, and get to the venue.  That's impossible if I work a full day to 5pm for a 5:30 wedding.

Like I said, if you have mostly OOT guests and the in-town guests are close family who'd probably take a day off work for the wedding anyway (i.e., siblings, parents), it might not be such a big deal.