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minionlover · February 2012

Why did you and FI pick your date to get married?

ktelizabeth86 · February 2012

I knew I wanted a Fall/October wedding b/c it's my fav season. We didn't want to wait too long since we wanted an outdoor wedding and the weather can be cold here in October. My fiance didn't want to get married on the 13th because of superstition. I told him that was only if it was Friday the 13th but whatever lol. So that left us with the 6th.

achiduck · February 2012

We were originally going for January 5, 2013 since practally everyone gets married, is born, etc on the 5th. But after some discussions with our families January wasn't a popular month. FI really loves the fall so we picked October since both of our birthdays fall in November.

We called the church and the reception venue an reception venue said they were already booked the 20th and 27th so we pretty much decided on the 6th. Then we found out that it's Thanksgiving weekend (we're Canadian) and didn't want to do that to our guests so it would have had to be the 13th.

When we get to the meeting with the venue the bride who booked the 20th changed her date since she's a teacher and couldn't get time off in October. We were going to go with the 13th but FI mentioned that a lot of people will be doing a second Thanksgiving with families on the 13th (we've had to do this in the past to accomodate my family and his) or just might not want to travel two weekends in a row. So the 20th made the most sense to us.

aimeek420 · February 2012

We always discussed having a fall wedding, and October is one of our favorite months--not too cold, but perfectly fall-ish. FI had his heart set on Saturday, Oct 13, but every venue we looked at was booked that day, and most Saturdays in general (cue groomzilla moment

). We couldn't have it Columbus Day weekend, as most of my OOT family is Canadian and it is their Thanksgiving. Our top choice of venue had the 12th open, which was FI's ideal weekend, so the choice was easy! Plus, 10-12-12 is fun to say.

aimee58 · February 2012

I've always wanted a fall wedding. I love the time of year and I didn't want a summer, sweaty wedding.

After we got engaged we called the church and venue. The venue had the 6th and 27th open and the first weekend in November. The 6th is one BM's birthday and the first weekend in Nov is another BM's birthday, so the 27th it is!

brainybrunette · February 2012

Fi and I knew that we wanted some very specific vendors, so we worked around their availability. We knew that we wanted a Fri wedding from the very start (our venue is too $$$ for Sat weddings)

Also, our venue is located in a state park adjacent to a performing arts amphitheater. The summer months were ruled out because there's concerts next door and you don't know what the concert schedule is until just a few months before your wedding. The day FI and I toured our venue, they had a wedding that night with Motley Crue playing next door LOL! Concert goers line up right in front of our venue, so there's no way we were taking the risk of there being some crazy concert the night of our wedding!

August is horse racing season in Saratoga Springs, NY (where our wedding is). Hotel prices go through the roof and the small city becomes absolutely packed with tourists. August was definitely out of the question!

FI's cousin is getting married in Sept, so we didn't want a date too close to hers.

All of the vendors that we wanted were free on Fri, October 12. So the date found us instead of us finding the date : )

pockysquirrel · February 2012

FI didn't want a summer wedding and I didn't want a winter wedding, so that left us with fall 2012 or spring 2013, with a preference for fall because we wanted a shorter engagement. We left the actual date up to venue availability, and actually, if we had gone with our original venue choice, I'd be hanging out at the November board instead of here! But we unexpectedly found a place we liked WAY better, and they had only one date left in October - 10/6 - and we took it! As a bonus, my mom had been pushing Columbus Day weekend for the wedding because that's when she and my stepdad got married and she believes it's the absolute best weekend to get married. 10/6 happens to be Columbus Day weekend and it was really just a coincidence, but it sure made her happy! It's also my FFIL's birthday, which FI sees as a plus because it means he'll never forget our anniversary. *facepalm* We intend to get candles for his wedding cake and sing to him at the reception.

trawas01 · February 2012

We got engaged Christmas of 2010.

We knew we needed at least a year to plan, save, etc.

Then we decided to buy a house first.

We couldn't get married in the summer of 2012 as I'm a field biologist and busy then.

I hate winter. Spring 2013 seemed too far away. November/December would be too busy and my best friend had already snagged September.

And thus it became Oct 2012.

The 13th came about due to venue availablity.

mpjf1001 · February 2012

FI and I have always loved the fall, everything about it, and wanted a fall wedding, plus our anniversary is in October
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We got engaged in December of 2010 and I wanted to get married Oct 1, 2011 which would have been our 6th anniversary but since FI wasnt going to be done with school (he didnt want to be studying for his engineering exam and doing HW) and we just bought a house we pushed it a year to 2012.
Our two options at our venue which we fell in love with were the 6th or the 13th. If we wanted the 6th we would have to fight for it bc another couple was already penciled in, so if we wanted it they would have to either put down the $ right then and there or it was ours (and i would never want anyone to do that to me) so....

My birthday is on the 13th, FI's grandparents were married on the 13th and in Italy 13 is a lucky # where 17 is an unlucky #...
Therefore we went with the 13th=)

Edit- Also we had to have ours on a saturday, my church only does weddings on saturdays

lv2011 · February 2012

We love everything about fall: the colors, the smells, the temperature outside, the football season, the comfort food, etc. We started dating in the fall. We moved in with eachother the next fall. And he proposed this past fall. It has a lot of significance for us. Our song, Moondance by Van Morrison, lyrics are "Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance with the stars up above in your eyes. A fantabulous night to make romance 'neath the cover of October skies...". There was just no question that it would be an October wedding. Because some friends have an early October anniversary, and my sister/bil have a mid October anniversary, and we didn't want it too close to Halloween, we decided on the 20th. Neither of us had any clue it was "Sweetest Day" until his cousin mentioned it to us two months ago

It's a crappy Hallmark holiday, but I suppose it is kind of appropriate

RockyNFrankie · February 2012

It will be our 10 year anniversary.

CFM102012 · February 2012

I've always wanted a fall wedding. We got engaged New Year's 2011. I had originally wanted to get married last oct but his mom was strongly against it. So we decided to wait and get married this Oct. We orginally booked the venue for the 13th. It's FI's favorite number and we thought it would be fun to occasionally have an anniversary on Friday the 13th. Plus we will be together for 13 years (yes you read that right) by the time we get married.

I week after my mom and I were there and booked the venue, FI and I were in town and I took him out to show him. That's when we found out that the night before I booked it, another girl had put down a deposit for the same date. They gave me the deposit check back. I was in such shock and not knowing what I wanted to do. We went back to my parents' place and FI and I talked it over. He made me realize that I really loved the venue and that the date was just that, a date. So I called the venue and told them that we would move to the 20th.

Now I'm really glad we did, the colors should be just right for my fall themed wedding.

mpjf1001 · February 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2012-weddings_qotd-21?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:56b9bcef-1e34-456e-81f5-cfaa107456b2Discussion:8d03da77-e031-481f-9853-cd39957bb0d8Post:b075c59a-4101-4587-a332-e5a4f920b56d">Re: QOTD (2/1)</a>:
[QUOTE]We love everything about fall: the colors, the smells, the temperature outside, the football season, the comfort food, etc. We started dating in the fall. We moved in with eachother the next fall. And he proposed this past fall. It has a lot of significance for us. <strong>Our song, Moondance by Van Morrison, lyrics are "Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance with the stars up above in your eyes. A fantabulous night to make romance 'neath the cover of October skies..."</strong>. There was just no question that it would be an October wedding. Because some friends have an early October anniversary, and my sister/bil have a mid October anniversary, and we didn't want it too close to Halloween, we decided on the 20th. Neither of us had any clue it was "Sweetest Day" until his cousin mentioned it to us two months ago ;) It's a crappy Hallmark holiday, but I suppose it is kind of appropriate
Posted by lv2011[/QUOTE]

This is our song too=) what a coincidence, we will dance our first dance to it!

mrshall1027 · February 2012

We knew we wanted October because it is considered the best month to get married in our area because of the weather. Since the venue we picked is downtown, we knew we didin't want an at home game night for our wedding, so that ruled out the 6th. So then we picked the 20th and a week or two after that, we found out that one of FI friends is getting married on the 20th, so then we changed it to the 13th. Then our venue called and said it was going to be ACL weekend (which is usually at the end of September, but they decided to change it this year for cooler weather) so that left us with the 27th. I'm not too happy with that date because it is so late in October and it's also Halloween weekend and people go kind of crazy downtown, but we figured it would make for a fun after party for our OOT guests.

minionlover · February 2012

We originally wanted to get married in July but decided that we would be better off getting married in October. We were able to get 2 weeks off so we could spend 1 week in FL and 1 week on our honeymoon. We picked the 11th partly because it was fun to say but also because of family birthdays on the other days.

reagane02 · February 2012

We didnt' make a conscious decision to pick it. We've been engaged for 3 of the 4 years we've been together, and the 1st year or so we didnt' mention anything wedding related. We had just moved out on our own, and it was a tough year. Then when people started asking when we were finally get married (honestly a handful of years isnt' that long) we would tell them 2 days after the apocalypse. That didnt' go over so well. This last summer my FI got a GREAT job that he LOVES, so we were finally in a position to start planning. We knew that we would be paying most if not all of the wedding ourselves, and needed time to save up and make payments. We started throwing out dates that were at the end of 2012. At first we thought about our dating anniversary 11/14 but it's the day after my birthday, and I didn't want that. Just as a joke I threw out 10/11/12. He loved the idea, and I did too. So we just went with it. We've almost changed it once, due to some of the older members of our family saying no one will come since it's a Thursday. However, when we started pricing venues a weekday was WAY cheeper than the weekend. We decided its okay if people can't make it, we will miss them and understand completely if they cannot, but its our day and if we want a silly date, we will have a silly date.

abricadabra · February 2012

10-11-12 ... it's quirky, and my FI is the one who suggested it. After 6 years together, I was just happy we were picking a date! We knew we wanted a cooler fall wedding, and October is pretty nice here in Florida.

ivedonethisb4 · February 2012

Our original date was Oct 8 2011 and I would have kept the 8th but its a monday & columbus day this year so I picked 10/20 thinking it'd be easy for him to remember..he checked his on call schedule and we were good to go with that date!

scarlettc27 · February 2012

I love how Nic12184 said that the date found them - that's how it was for us too!

We got engaged in April 2011, but my sister was getting married in Sept. 2011 and I didn't want to start planning until we were done planning and celebrating her big day.

FI's family is from up north, and we didn't want them to die of heatstroke here in Texas, so we knew it wouldn't be between late spring to early fall. We found the venue we loved, and the only date available in October was the 6th. So that was it!

I thought I wanted 10/27, but it wasn't available. I figure any day I marry my bff is going to become a special day for me!

PetalPockets2012 · February 2012

I wanted to either get married in May or October and May was too soon. We knew it needed to be on a Saturday and later in the month will hopefully not be 90 degrees. I also didn't want it too close to Halloween. It was available at all the venues we looked at so October 20th it was.

kimm260 · February 2012

FI loves the fall . My mom gave us the idea to do it on the 7th since it is a holiday weekend and most people will have monday off. So we pay Sunday prices and most of our guests won't miss it because of work the next day.

BMBrinson · February 2012

We picked Oct. 13 because we started dating in October almost 6 years ago ( we dont have certain day ) and we liked that it was in fall, and in a close enough range not to be too long to wait, but far enough to save and plan.

pengy16 · February 2012

Originally we decided on May 12, 2012 but a few things happend: 1. we procrastinated, we were engaged in 2010 but only started planning in January 2012, and the venue I first thought I wanted wasnt available,we went with another once we changed the date. 2. my MOH is having a baby three days from that date, so I would be stressing on if I would even have an MOH. 3. i always wanted a fall wedding, but it seemed more meaningful to have it on our current anniversary.
So then we decided either Oct 28 or 27, 28 because the venue I wanted but wasnt avail in May was only avail on Oct 28. Once we started determining what was better for guests, we decided Oct 27 would be better, and decided to find another venue. Found it, and it was avail either day so we checked with FMIL to make sure it worked for her, and then set the date.

kallen1002 · February 2012

We decided on 10/20 because we knew we wanted a fall wedding. Everyone on both our families has a "2" in their birthday so I have this weird thing with the number "2". We looked up the dates and the 20th was a Saturday. Also his mother and I came up with the same date on the same day. I went up stairs to tell them and we were in agreeance (doesn't happen very often) so I knew it was the right date.

FloandMark · February 2012

It will be my parents 33 year anniversary 10-20-2012

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