have you picked your date?

jasonswife2be · March 2012

just got engaged tring to decide on the date. How did you decide?

SK33105 · March 2012

Congrats! I know most people seem to pick a random date but if you can pick one that has special meaning to you guys. We are getting married on the same day we started dating. So it is like it is coming full circle from when it all began.

HobokensFury · March 2012

Simple- I wanted St. Patrick's Day.

petebergsh · March 2012

We knew we wanted October and a long engagement (we're currently long distance and saving money). October 2014 has two dates we are looking at, the 4th and the 11th, both of which are significant numbers for us. It's going to be hard to wait 2.5 years, but I think it'll be worth it in the end!

firsttimersluck · March 2012

H wanted it to be on the anniversary of the day we met and I wanted a fal wedding. It fell on a Sunday in September so we were sold!

achiduck · March 2012

We knew we wanted fall of 2012 and to get married at my church. We called my church first and they said they were 100% open for September - November 2012 and to pick our venue and let them know what the day was. My top choice venue was only available for a few dates in Ocotober. I originally wanted the 6th, not realizing that that was Canadian Thanksgiving weekend so we decided to go with the 20th to give our guests a weekend in between to recover from family/food/travel.

phoenix870509 · March 2012

I have always wanted an April wedding. I don't get the whole June bride thing, and I also wanted to do something to honor my grandparents. They were married in April and were married for over 50 years! We also realized, due to our religions, we could not get married over the weekend. That is why we decided April 12, 2013.

snuff9861 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_just-engaged-proposals_have-you-picked-your-date?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:683Discussion:578890ca-7b78-4bc7-9065-eaa9c16c68daPost:9294145c-5e64-4aaa-b4e8-6823f8495e12">Re: have you picked your date?</a>:
[QUOTE]We knew we wanted fall of 2012 and to get married at my church. We called my church first and they said they were 100% open for September - November 2012 and to pick our venue and let them know what the day was. My top choice venue was only available for a few dates in Ocotober<strong>. I originally wanted the 6th, not realizing that that was Canadian Thanksgiving weekend</strong> so we decided to go with the 20th to give our guests a weekend in between to recover from family/food/travel.
Posted by achiduck[/QUOTE]

This is exactly why I chose my date. Gather the famjam together and everyone gets to eat a big ol turkey dinner.

Danny&Mel2003 · March 2012

Fi wanted May he did some research on it was cute we chose May 18 that's the day he proposed two yrs later it lands on a Saturday just felt right

my6641 · March 2012

Congrats! We picked Oct. 12th, 2013 because we wanted a long engagement, we wanted a fall wedding, the 12th of every month is always a little bit special to us because that's the day we started dating, and it lands on a Saturday!

superduckie · March 2012

Congrats! I picked (my FI didn't care) June 16 2013 for a few reasons -

1. The 2013 was because I wanted a spring wedding, and spring 2012 was too soon (I got engaged in January)

2. I would have preferred May, but both my sisters are graduating college that month

3. July and August are way too hot in North Carolina, plus my FI's parents' anniversary is in July as well as my birthday and my parents' anniversary is in August, so I wanted something different

4. I originally wanted June 8 because 8 is my lucky number, but that's a Saturday and I can't get married on a Saturday until after sundown, which I didn't want

5. So 16 is 8x2, so I figured that was acceptable

L&J2012 · March 2012

At first we were thinking April, so we could try to have it at the curling club. But, the more I thought about it the more I disliked the idea (it'd involve being cold and asking the guests to be cold for the ceremony, and the warm room is too small for a reception). So then we started looking at other venues, an I started thinking an outdoor wedding would be nice. So, it was either May or June. FI did NOT want it to be during Stanley Cup playoffs time, just in case the Sabres made it (hah!) and threatened no groomsmen and a miserable groom if the wedding was on a game night, so late June it was. Originally it was supposed to be the 23rd (Sunday), but we managed to snatch the 30th (Saturday) from someone who hadn't put a deposit down. It's a pretty easy day to remember! Plus it's Canada Day weekend so my Canadian relatives have an extra day to get back home

cwaggoner07 · March 2012

My parents were married on my dad's 25th birthday, and FI's 30th birthday fell on a Saturday in July, so it was kind of perfect. Birthday anniversaries run in the family... plus my parents always throw a HUGE party at every 5 year increment. The biggest one way dad's 50th birthday/ 25th wedding anniversary.
Granted this only gave us a 7 month engagement, but we have dated over 4 years we just want to get married already.

hmacsine · March 2012

I originally decided on our dating anniversary(may 5) but i changed it because my sister was being deployed. I decided to push the date back to July 28. (she was supposed to return july1) After booking all of my vendors, she returned home in December before Christmas.

Beads921 · March 2012

I had trouble with this when we first got engaged too. As a result, it took 4 months for me to book our venue and date.

We wanted late-spring or fall, but this fall didn't work and next fall was too long to wait, so spring 2013 it was! FI didn't want to get married in June, so that left May. But then we decided to have an outdoor wedding, so we decided on July. Our original venue only had the 6th available, so that was that. Then I decided on a different venue, and they happened to have the 6th available as well so I stuck with it. I like it because 6(day)+7(month)=13(year).

snuff9861 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_just-engaged-proposals_have-you-picked-your-date?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:683Discussion:578890ca-7b78-4bc7-9065-eaa9c16c68daPost:f285d067-24ed-429a-b31c-2df789cffb5a">Re: have you picked your date?</a>:
[QUOTE]I had trouble with this when we first got engaged too. As a result, it took 4 months for me to book our venue and date. We wanted late-spring or fall, but this fall didn't work and next fall was too long to wait, so spring 2013 it was! FI didn't want to get married in June, so that left May. But then we decided to have an outdoor wedding, so we decided on July. Our original venue only had the 6th available, so that was that. Then I decided on a different venue, and they happened to have the 6th available as well so I stuck with it<strong>. I like it because 6(day)+7(month)=13(year).
</strong>Posted by Beads921[/QUOTE]

That's cool!

lulu4150 · March 2012

The date we picked was my grandparents anniversary(10/14). They were married 60 years so I see it as a good luck charm and a way to honor them since one has passed away and the other is too old to travel.

vineyard12 · March 2012

We got engaged in August (2011) and wanted a short engagement and we liked a spring wedding, so we picked May. We saw a few venues and the one we picked had a few dates left for that month, so that's how we got May 12th, 2012! We orginally chose Sunday the 13th (mother's day) because Sunday's are cheaper, but then they offered us that Saturday for the same price.

superduckie · March 2012

@hmacsine You're getting married on my birthday!

kevsay0710 · March 2012

We just got engaged but we have talked about it before. Our date is July 10, 2014. July 10 is my Nana's birthday. She passed away back in June 2006 and I was wicked close to her. I figured its a great way to honor her. 2014 because we will be close to done with school and it's a long engagement. 2014 is also the year my Nana would have been 80. My sister is also currently planning her wedding for January 2013 and I don't what our planning to interfer. After her wedding we still have a year and a half to plan ours.

BrooklynGurl17 · March 2012

I wanted a spring wedding and we just figured that April 15th worked the best.

Poppy101212 · March 2012

Origionally we wanted a June wedding, but getting engaged in very late summer made it feel too rushed. We did not want a long engagement either. Then we took the climate into consideration. Neither of us like to be cold (no winter) I get sick when I'm too hot (no summer) and neither of us wanted the 'rainy season' (so long spring. Fall came nauturally. We also had a friend getting married in September, so we went for October. As for the actual date I wanted the 11th 10-11-12, but did not want to get married on a Thursday, so we moved it over one day. Tada! the 12th of October.

mandi921vh · March 2012

We wanted a May wedding and didn't want it to be on a holiday weekend or too close to FI's birthday which is May 29, so we went with May5.

britthitched · March 2012

We knew we wanted to get married next summer since this summer was too soon to plan everything (we just got engaged about a month ago) but had to also work around two other weddings in our extended families. This left us June-July to consider, and we knew a wonderful venue we fell in love with would be in full bloom by late June. We decided on the last Saturday of the month (29th) and it also happened to be my fiance's mother's birthday. She thought it was a wonderful way to spend her birthday as well!

...So, long story short, sometimes things just fall into place for you. I was overwhelmed by picking a date, and the date kind of ended up picking itself. Good luck!!

random4180 · March 2012

We got engaged August 8, 2011 (our four year wedding anniversary) and are getting married on August 8, 2012 (our fifth anniversary.) It just kind of happened to work out that way- we didn't want a really long engagement, we didn't want to get married during football season, and we couldn't afford a weekend wedding in NYC (we're getting married on a Wednesday.) There's a lot of teachers in our families and a lot of students as well among our guests so summer was easier for most schedules. Then my mom and brother are both in 24/7 jobs (nurse and EMT) so it didn't matter what day we picked because they'd have to request it off- and weekdays are easier than weekends. We're hoping the unusual day helps keep our event intimate and low-key.

librababy · March 2012

I have always wanted to get married on our anniversary (which is Nov 25). Well, this year it falls on a Sunday and will be our 14 year anniversary. But the other day, FI told me he did not want a Sunday wedding, so I moved the date to Saturday. I figure our wedding will be our new special anniversay date and it'll be just one day before our initial anniversary date... plus at midnight, we can start celebrating being together for 14 years.

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