picking the date..how'd you do it?

Kristin&eric · May 2010

How did you guys determine your wedding date?
People ask me that all the time. I tell them bc i get hot very easily and I just wanted to stand outside and air out my pits if I had to, well then they all look at me crazy. I was just at a wedding this past weekend and it was outside, in FL, are you freakin kidding me, well everyone is dripping from sweat as soon as I told them my date the guest understood why.

dwebster02 · May 2010

i come from a family of farmers so we have to have winter/very, very late fall weddings.

trix1223 · May 2010

At the time, my DH was a HS football coach. So we picked the weekend between the midget camp that the HS coaches staffed and the start of varsity planning.

AmandalovesAl · May 2010

we knew we wanted a late spring/early summer wedding when FI would be out of school and i love that time of year. Then when we found the place we loved, we took what they had available for that time of year...June 25! We also love the date and love knowing that will be our anniversary...sounds nice!

angelicaG2011 · May 2010

My fiance and I are teachers, and we figured August is a great month!

August is a month where no one really makes plans to do anything. We picked August 6,2011 as our special day!

August is always an ideal weather month also! So, pick a "month" then... Find your venue and see what available dates they have, and then you will have your date!

That is just one way to look at it! Good luck!

sparklingdiamond · May 2010

I really wanted a spring wedding and really wanted April in particular. It's before it gets into the really rainy season and before it gets super hot. I did want a Saturday and since April Fools Day took up one Saturday and Easter took up another, we only had two choices! We liked the 16th so that's what we chose.

SheDiva4 · May 2010

We chose October because Fall is our favorite season in Chicago. July and August is miserable with the heat and Nov-March you can expect snow or bitter cold.

psichick · May 2010

august is the only time i'm off. i don't get to take days off so i have to go by my work schedule.

angela72023 · May 2010

We knew we had to do it in the summer because 2 aunts that are OOS are teachers and we have lots of other OOS family with school age kids, and wanted them there. So then we picked July because one of my brothers in the Navy was supposed to be on shore duty (yeah, they just changed his ship and he is missing it now

)...and I am super OCD about numbers...so...7-23-10...7+23=30-10=20 and I will do all kinds of crazy stuff to get things to come out to a number divisible at least by 5, but if it's by 10 then that's awesome...yes, I am that crazy

JenniferC2010 · May 2010

FI wanted June so we einy-mieny-miny-moe'd the Saturdays.

maggiepatch · May 2010

We knew we wanted Spring or Fall. Summer is just too hot in NYC to risk it. We also knew we wanted to book something soon. Oh, and it HAD to be a Saturday night - we were not compromising on that. Basically in NY thngs book way in advance (especially Sat night) so you are sometimes subject to just what they have available. We searched our venues and happened to find one we love and then just went with what they had. They actually had Sept 4th but that is Labor Day weekend and then they had Sept 11 which in NY is not a date we want to associate our wedding with. The next available was October 2 or 30. The 30th was too close to Halloween so TA-DA - Oct 2 it is!

amwilli5 · May 2010

We wanted August but FI work people were already requesting off and there was only one weekend he could do it. We called the venue and it wasn't available but 2 weekends earlier was. July 31st it is

jeb113 · May 2010

FI works in agriculture so spring and fall were automatically out. I hate winter/cold so summer it is. We got engaged in November so June was too soon for me planning wise. There are already 2 weddings in July so we didn't want to add another one. We agreed on August, and since several people in my family are teachers and/or have school aged kids, early August worked best. The weekend just came down to availability of the church and hall.

botticelliangel6 · May 2010

The one thing my FI wanted was a winter wedding (for the same reason as you! Temp!). I wanted to get married next year, and I am still in school. That meant either this summer or next summer, or next Christmas break. This summer would be too soon, and next summer I will be studying for the bar exam and didn't want it stressing about it on our honeymoon...and I really wanted to honor his winter wedding request. Because of school winter = Christmas break. There aren't many weekends over Christmas break that don't coincide with a holiday, so we didn't have too many options!

Kristin&eric · May 2010

Shasha I love you penguin thing that is toooo cute!!!

Lilou902 · May 2010

I chose my date, September 3, because it is my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary and I wanted to share it with them. They are my inspiration when in comes to marriage and the definition of where I aspire to be someday. I am so proud to say that I have grandparents who have been together almost all of their lives, who have only loved each other faithfully for 50 years. It was a no-brainer!

lisarose7 · May 2010

It's the 8th anniversary of our first date. We've had a 2+ year engagement because it fell on a Saturday this year and we wanted a Saturday wedding. I actually turned down multiple venues just because they weren't available on that date.

quotequeen · May 2010

I didn't care about the date. I wanted a bit more than a year to plan, so I had a general timeframe, and then we picked a venue and chose a date when they were available.

debdebdol · May 2010

We got engaged in 3/09. We wanted a longer engagement so we could save money for the wedding. The summers here are hot and I didn't like the idea of an outdoor wedding in 100 degree temps (we were both set on having an outdoor ceremony and reception).

We figured that September would be a good month. It would give us plenty of time to save up. Plus, my grandparents will celebrate their 55th anniversay on 9/16. So we figured why not have it on 9/18. Then we found out that date was taken at the venue so we settled for 9/19.

[Deleted User] · May 2010

I always knew I wanted a summer wedding. Plus, I knew my sister and FI's sister would be in school. FI's mom has been a great help in all of this and she is also a teacher and I wanted her to be out of school. Plus, June in OH is usually a good month, the weather is good, not too hot or muggy yet. I guess I just wanted a summer wedding so we had about 5 dates and then narrowed down from there depending on other factors in the family and venues availability we were looking at.

Albireo · May 2010

We checked to see when our venue was available. We were originally thinking September but they were booked up, so we looked at October and there was a good weekend then.

C_Grimmer_1906 · May 2010

My FI and I are both really into archery, so we picked 8 dates that we really liked and wrote them on pieces of paper, then attached them to our arrows so we couldn't see which was which. We took turns shooting until one hit the bulls-eye, and that was the date we chose... May 22nd, 2011.

Redneck.. I know, but it was fun!

angiems97 · May 2010

I work in a school and am off in the summer. Fiance's family runs a family farm and July and August are the best months for them to get away from the farm (less busy on the farm.) I wanted a week earlier but all the reception places were booked. So now I get married, go on honeymoon, come back for one night, go on annual family vacation for 4 nights (missing first part of it,) come back on a Sunday and start the school year that Monday! It will be busy but worth it!

merivale87 · May 2010

I had my heart set on September, but when we booked the venue i loved (in April 09) every Saturday in September 2010 was booked. So we took October 2nd 2010, but then they told us since we were having a small wedding of 50 people we can't have a saturday wedding (they reserve saturdays for 100 or more) so we did Sunday October 3rd 2010. Beautiful hall, moronic people running it.

By the way, did you know that bakeries, hair salons, spas and flower shops are closed Sundays? That makes everything annoyingly difficult lol.

JennaV26 · May 2010

Abbreviated Verison: FI proposed in November and we wanted to get married in a certain chapel before his medical school started so we chose July 24th, one of the only dates available at our venue.

Long Version: FI was taking his sweet time proposing and I knew we wanted to get married for the above reason in that certain chapel and since it books 14 months out, I booked it in June for August 14th of this year... long before he proposed. But he knew I was doing it.

Turns out FI doesn't know how to read a calendar so shortly after he proposed we find out he starts school August 3rd. Great. So I worked my butt off for weeks trying to rebook the chapel... we changed the date twice... and then lucky for me (not so lucky for someone else) someone cancled their wedding for July 24th in the time slot I wanted so we jumped on it!

Whew. That was long.

DavidandAmyClark · May 2010

The FI and I both teach and so we are off in the summer. We were going to do June and his god mother and several groomsmen and most of my extended family said that they couldn't come until July. We tried to time, gettting out of school and planning the last minutes without having to work,,, score. and my MOH is getting married in August so I wanted to get married early enough to be availalbe for her before her wedding.
Should be good.

PharmacyBride · May 2010

Considering how you react to heat is very smart!!!! I have a fainting disorder related to my heart condition- so I understand your concern. (Keep in mind weather can be freakish - warm in november- cold day in summer- etc)

FI wanted a fall wedding- I wanted spring or fall, but we would have had either a very short engagement (<6mo) or a very long engagement (1.5 yrs) if we did spring. FI liked fall and the timing worked out perfectly!

We called the priest and told him we wanted a 3pm wedding (choice of 11, 1, or 3) and he gave us a date. We picked our reception venue based on that availability.

I recommend figuring out the length of engagement you want and the time of year you want. Then figure out if you have a venue you love (childhood church, reception hall you love, etc)- and figure out their availability. Then go from there.

mikjh27 · May 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_picking-datehowd?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:d27a21a6-84dd-46fa-af22-a475f0a3322cPost:be0ab21d-9fc9-44b0-a61a-d0feaf3d96c0">Re: picking the date..how'd you do it?</a>:
[QUOTE]I really wanted a spring wedding and really wanted April in particular. It's before it gets into the really rainy season and before it gets super hot. I did want a Saturday and since April Fools Day took up one Saturday and Easter took up another, we only had two choices! We liked the 16th so that's what we chose.
Posted by sparklingdiamond[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>We actually did the same thing. It was definately either going to be March or April...so we went with April...and picked the 16th for the same reason :)</div>

lat1019 · May 2010

FI is in law school which meant we had to get married in the summer and July and August are just WAY to hot so we picked June and I wanted to get married early in June so we could take a honeymoon!

klynette84 · May 2010

We really wanted 5/28/11, since it was the anniversary of when he proposed. A lot of people told us it was a bad weekend since it's Memorial Day weekend (I thought a 3 day weekend would be great.), and that a lot of college/high school graduation parties happen on that weekend. We didn't have any other "special" dates in April-June, so we came up with 3 random dates (one in each month). I took all the dates with me to the reception venue, and whichever date was open we took. It ended up being June 18, 2011.

jayasolo · May 2010

Our date is the day after our 3 year anniversary, the first day of our lives together as husband and wife. Best part? My fiance came up with that and chose the date all on his own. I totally melted when he suggested that date and explained why he wanted to get married that day.

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