How did you choose your wedding date?

littleluckypenny · May 2012

Since FI and I live in the north, my family already told me under no circumstances were they coming up when it's cold. So that eliminated half of the year. I also didn't want it to be mega-hot, so we said no to July and August. With FI required to work graduations for his employer in May, May would be a hectic time. When we decided on June, FI suggested we do 6.9.12 because he's a perv ("69"). I liked the numbers because they are multiples of 3 (my favorite number) and the numbers flow to me.

chelseakopperud · May 2012

We wanted it right before a holiday so I wouldn have to take so much time off of work for the honeymoon. We wanted May 26th, but since that didnt work for my mom (she is a teacher), we decided on June 30th instead. Oh how I wish we were getting married tomorrow!

tyleet87 · May 2012

I wanted the wedding to be in March or October. FMIL said "no" (that's funny, since she's not paying for anything, I'mpaying for nearly everything!) bc FBIL has school.

She so generouslytold us we could get married in the summer or during their Christmas break. Unfortunately FI agreed with her so I had to settle for the summer. I did not want to get married around Christmas time and I HATE the heat so the earliest I could come up with was June. I didn't want to do the 2nd which was a week after my birthday so I went to the next Saturday which was 6/9/12. I saw that they were multiples of 3 and thought that was a little unique so I picked it.

ncd5015 · May 2012

June 30th was the only day my church and venue both had available.

kristin183 · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_how-did-you-choose-your-wedding-date?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:02c87512-44bb-4ef4-af86-c9e6c562de90Post:6bfcd0d3-4912-46bd-b464-d9d0c686f7c6">How did you choose your wedding date?</a>:
[QUOTE]Since FI and I live in the north, my family already told me under no circumstances were they coming up when it's cold. So that eliminated half of the year. I also didn't want it to be mega-hot, so we said no to July and August. With FI required to work graduations for his employer in May, May would be a hectic time. When we decided on June, FI suggested we do 6.9.12 because he's a perv ("69"). I liked the numbers because they are multiples of 3 (my favorite number) and the numbers flow to me.
Posted by littleluckypenny[/QUOTE]

LOL.. we had a similar conversation.
Originally we were going to get married in April; but decided to push it back so we could save money and get married outdoors. When looking at the dates I said 6.9.12 and FI thought that sounds cool and the numbers are all divisible by 3. I laughed and said true; and you can't forget our anniversary if it is on 6/9 :)

MoonlightSilver · May 2012

We were aiming for September, but realized it would be too difficult with people going to school and traveling at the end of summer. So we tried August. We were looking at the first weekend in August/last weekend in July, until FI's sister decided those were the only weekends she could get married. Since we didn't want to get married a week apart, I just started asking venues when they were avaible in all of June and July. Then I picked a date that both my venue and my favorite photographer still had availble.

I'm glad with the choice (6.16.12) because, like you OP, I love how the numbers flow. And it's 2 days after my dad's birthday, which is meaningful because I was born around Mother's Day, so I'd like to have a holiday I can celebrate with my dad like I do with my mom.

MMCBRIDE4 · May 2012

Our dating anniversary is in June and I've always imagined getting married in June as the weather is always beautiful; not too hot or too cold. We chose June 15th beacuse we wanted a Friday and it's his moms birthday. Kinda cute since he proposed on his dads birthday.

brittneyh4 · May 2012

FI first wedding was June 17th, so I didn't want the 16th. I wanted late June because our weather in OR (rain during memorial weekend and the next two weeks), but couldn't do the last weekend because that's my pastor and his wifes 25th anniversary (big party).

So the 23rd was it. I had to plan around all kinds of hunting, fishing.. we had one weekend in July available and FI cousin was sure she wanted that date (ending up going with September..). It all worked out, as long as we have no rain!

janeash · May 2012

We were orignally gonna do October or November, but I would have had to take time off school for that, so we chose June because it's a month into our busy season at work so my boss will have a handle on things by then....and we wanted June 21, but the venue was booked so we took 20. It works out well too because FI's 30th bday is the 28th, and it's the first time he will have seen his parents in 2 years and they will get to celebrate his 30th with him!

kelsey+brandon · May 2012

Well, we clearly had to schedule it around ACC/SEC football. Clearly. haha

We had originally planned on December 2011 so we'd have a shorter engagement, but I'd always dreamed of a tented Spring/Summer wedding. FI and I talked it over and he called all the vendors we'd already booked to see what dates they all had available in May and June and we ended up with June 30th!

Cassandra999 · May 2012

We liked 6/9/12 due to the sequence of numbers. And my fav number is 9 since my bday is 9/9. And I wanted a summer wedding. We did not choose it because either of us are pervs.

rasp.berry · May 2012

I'm also averse to extreme heat, so we originally thought about May or September. FI nixed September because it was too "Fall-ish" and he wanted a summer wedding, and we both nixed May because my birthday, our sons birthday, and my mom's birthday all fall during the month so it was too hard to coordinate. We also wanted decent weather for our honeymoon (we're staying in Canada). I've always loved the first days of summer, so we decided on June. The 23rd just jumped out at us because I knew the lupins would be in full bloom in our area that week (sooo pretty) and it would mean our honeymoon would end the weekend of a holiday (Canada Day) so we could spend 7 nights away instead of 6.

I'm happy with our day, but I have moments I wish we had chosen the 9th or 16th instead, just so it would get here sooner

melntaitt · May 2012

To be honest, our initial date was July 13th which is near my birthday and a great time in summer. After looking at how long we would be engaged and the amount of money we would want to spend and save, we moved it back a month.

Our venue was available that date and it was a good space of time after the graduations so we went for it

rasp.berry · May 2012

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[QUOTE]We are very involved in our synagogue and there are a TON of events going on this year, weddings, bar mitzvahs, synagogue retreats, conferences, ect. Plust just being Jewish there are a ton of holidays to work around and we wanted a 6 month engagement. We were going to do July 1st but my sister/matron of honor had a conflict so we moved it up a week. Which I'm happy about, <strong>the date is 6/24/12, which if you devide 3 into that you get 143=I love you!
</strong>Posted by hose85[/QUOTE]

I'm not following the math on this one.. Elaborate?

littleluckypenny · May 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: How did you choose your wedding date? : I'm not following the math on this one.. Elaborate?
Posted by rasp.berry[/QUOTE]

1 = I
4 = love
3 = you

the numbers correspond with the amount of letters

KrisKenny · May 2012

Our anniversary is June 15th so I looked at the calendar to see what day of the week it would be in 2012. It lands on a Friday so we stuck with it. FI is really bad with dates but he knows this one.

ECOlson · May 2012

We were in love with our venue and the only weekend dates they had open for the entire summer were June 29 and July 27. We chose summer because we're both teachers and that would work best for our schedules, and we chose June 29 because there's still plenty of summer left after the wedding to move into a house and enjoy ourselves a bit before starting back up for the next school year in August.

Then just two days ago I was trying to remember exactly when our first date was, and when I looked at a 2009 calendar I realized that it was on June 29! I love how that worked out.

daria24 · May 2012

We wanted it to be warm but not miserable, which left May, June, September, and October. May already had too many family events for us. FI's cousin is getting married in September and his family absolutely BALKED at the thought of us getting married anywhere NEAR her date (don't get me started).

June 8 was the only Friday our venue had avaialble when we booked, so that's where we ended up!

kimiandgary · May 2012

We knew we wanted a summer wedding because travelling was going to be necessary for one of our families. Our dream venue had a few dates in the summer left and June 23rd was the soonest. I'd be going nuts if I weren't getting married until August.. now.

michelletobin · May 2012

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[QUOTE]Since FI and I live in the north, my family already told me under no circumstances were they coming up when it's cold. So that eliminated half of the year. I also didn't want it to be mega-hot, so we said no to July and August. With FI required to work graduations for his employer in May, May would be a hectic time. When we decided on June, FI suggested we do 6.9.12 because he's a perv ("69"). I liked the numbers because they are multiples of 3 (my favorite number) and the numbers flow to me.
Posted by littleluckypenny[/QUOTE]

Oh my gosh, my wedding date is 6-9-12 and I NEVER realized it was "69" Thats crazy

michelletobin · May 2012

I always wanted to get married in June, FI proposed in December on my birthday and I didn't want a really long engagement because we had already been dating for 3 years and frankly I was just ready to be married. Originally wanted June 16th but it fell on Fathers Day weekend so we couldn't do that because my kids have to be with their dad on Fathers Day and there was no way I was getting married without them. so we called and the venue had they previous weekend opened June 9th so we went with it and so far it has turned out to be a great choice.

[Deleted User] · May 2012

I wanted May, but FI felt it would not be enough time to get the car he was restoring ready for the wedding (he wants it at the venue to take pics with it). Then we agreed on 6/2/12, thought it was cute as mentioned above 6 x 2 = 12. Unfortunately the venue was not available on that date & told us they had 6/9/12 available. This was on a Friday - come Monday or Tuesday (whenever our meeting with them was) the 9th was booked already which left us with either June 23rd or May 26 - so we chose June 23.
My client was married on the 22nd & she says that her anniversary weekend is always nice, so I am praying for nice - not too hot weather.
The 23rd is also my father's birthday, so he will be giving me away that day, but earning a son-in-law (the best gift I could give him)...

chelseakopperud · May 2012

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[QUOTE]I wanted May, but FI felt it would not be enough time to get the car he was restoring ready for the wedding (he wants it at the venue to take pics with it). Then we agreed on 6/2/12, thought it was cute as mentioned above 6 x 2 = 12. Unfortunately the venue was not available on that date & told us they had 6/9/12 available. This was on a Friday - come Monday or Tuesday (whenever our meeting with them was) the 9th was booked already which left us with either June 23rd or May 26 - so we chose June 23. <strong>My client was married on the 22nd & she says that her anniversary weekend is always nice, so I am praying for nice - not too hot weather.</strong> The 23rd is also my father's birthday, so he will be giving me away that day, but earning a son-in-law (the best gift I could give him)...
Posted by Qzees[/QUOTE]

My parents anniversary is June 21 and they said they have never had a bad weather anniversary.

kristin183 · May 2012

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[QUOTE]Well, we clearly had to schedule it around ACC/SEC football. Clearly. haha We had originally planned on December 2011 so we'd have a shorter engagement, but I'd always dreamed of a tented Spring/Summer wedding. FI and I talked it over and he called all the vendors we'd already booked to see what dates they all had available in May and June and we ended up with June 30th!
Posted by kelsey+brandon[/QUOTE]

ha ha Kelsey! We had to schedule around football too. (but PAC12 and NFL) Fall was pretty much off limits.

brittneyh4 · May 2012

PAC12 and NFL were definitely in my mind, too. I forgot about that, it always just coincides with hunting season!

kks4471 · May 2012

I love the month of June, it's the beginning of summer and usually perfect weather. We chose the 16th because our anniversary is the 20th, and he proposed on the 18th. The 16th just falls in line with those dates.

G2SoccerTaz · May 2012

When deciding, we knew we wanted to get married in June. We were trying to decide between the 23 or the 30th. Vacation days start over for me July 1st. This will allow us to have longer time off and time off for a honeymoon.

After setting the date, a good friend on my family told us that was her anniversary. Her and her husband had been married for 60+ years before he passed. I am hopping that it is a good sign for us.

MiksChick23 · May 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: How did you choose your wedding date? : I'm not following the math on this one.. Elaborate?
Posted by rasp.berry[/QUOTE]

I'm not either. I understand 1 4 3 is I love you but... 6/24/12 (dividing by 3) would be 2 8 4...not 1 4 3??

Anyway...now that my brain is all confused...we chose June 30th b/c we knew we wanted a May or June wedding outdoors...so we found the perfect venue and picked an open date!

BluIvory82 · May 2012

We chose our date based on the fact that we would have an extra day off work for our honeymoon. Also, we love the summer but we didnt want to get married when it was too hot. So June 30th it is!

SheilaDancer43 · May 2012

I knew I wanted it in the summer it's my favorite season. Fall was out because of football season. We knew we would be graduating in May, so we decided to do it the summer we graduated. He actually picked the date. I don't know why this date, or how he chose, but he said, "How about June 23, 2012". I agreed! My parents' anniversary is June 25, so I thought that was cool, too.

Shelly527IN · May 2012

I've always wanted a June wedding! My parents' anniversary was June 28th. FI and I met on June 21st. and He asked me out on June 29th. I let FI choose between the 23rd and the 30th. The 30th is too close to the 4th of July so he picked June 23rd.

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