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Anyone hear of someone having their wedding on their Birthday?

Fairyjen1Fairyjen1 member
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    Just curious, I figured I'd get an honest opinion here that I might not get in real life. 

    We have (finally!) decided on a small, immediate family only wedding at Disneyland in CA. No AHR's, showers or large parties to celebrate after, just the small wedding and calling it good! I realize that probably sounds awful to some people, but Disneyland is something both our families grew up with so it works for us and our siblings are excited about Disneyland, probably even more than about our wedding.

    The date that works best for everyone is my Birthday (Oct. 6th). I don't have a problem with this and my Fi is good with it. Since I won't be breaking etiquette we'll probably go with it. I'm just trying to get a feel for what kind of reaction I'll get from the general population when I mention my anniversary and Birthday are on the same date. That and it's a slow day at work :)

   At least I'll never forget my anniversary!

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Re: Anyone hear of someone having their wedding on their Birthday?

  • Ven&RadioVen&Radio member
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    If you and your FI are ok with it, go for it.  I personally wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't judge someone for making that choice.

    BTW, I think small/intimate weddings are the best.  You don't need all the hoopla to have an awesome wedding.
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  • hellohkbhellohkb mod
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    One of my closest friends did this. They wound up getting divorced and now he gets pretty bummed on his birthday. 

    Not that I think you would get a divorce, but I personally wouldn't do it. My birthday is MY day, the wedding is OUR day. If you personally have no problems with it, go for it! Best of luck to you :-) 


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  • ArtemischiefArtemischief member
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    I agree with hellokellybean. I want to spend the rest of my life with FI, but heaven forbid we did get divorced, I would not want to remember that every birthday. On one hand I think it would make for a super awesome birthday. But on the other hand, I'm a birthday snob and don't want to share my day. But if you are both fine with it and your main VIPs can make it...go for it! And congrats!
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  • bethsmilesbethsmiles member
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    My parents were originally going to get married on my mom's birthday. My mom always says they decided to move it because my dad said he'd only have to get her one present instead of two, but I'm pretty sure they moved it for other reasons :)

    If you and your FI are good with it then I don't see a problem with it. But I'm also not huge into celebrating my own birthday so I wouldn't mind sharing a different celebration with it.


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  • kahaywakahaywa member
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     We're doing ours the day before mine.  I've never felt that celebrating my birthday was that big of a deal.  Plus, it was virtually the only weekend that my sister (who lives 400 some mile away) could get off work.
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  • climbingsingleclimbingsingle member
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    I'm getting married on my birthday - 9/27. Fi's birthday is the day before. We both wanted to get married in September and that date worked the best.
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  • natswildnatswild member
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    we'll be getting married 2 days after my birthday next year! :)
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  • FiancBFiancB member
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    We're getting married like 4 days before FI's birthday. I wanted to have it later in the summer to allow more time for planning, he wanted to get married before turning 30 lol. If you guys are good with it, that's all that matters.
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  • wajohnson09wajohnson09 member
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    My aunt and uncle got married on my aunt's birthday, worked for them- married 30+ years :)
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  • WinstonsGirlWinstonsGirl member
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    If it works for you, go for it. Personally, I like the excuse for cake on 2 different days rather than 1, so I wouldn't do it ETA - Spelling

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  • pinkshorts27pinkshorts27 member
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    My grandma did hers the week after her birthday and the day before my grandpa's birthday, They didn't seem to mind. When we had summer family reunions we usually celebrated all three! 

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  • CMGragainCMGragain member
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    The sad part of this idea:  My mother married her second husband on his birthday.  They thought it was a great idea.  Not so great when they divorced four years later.  He hated his birthday for the rest of his life.
    I sincerely hope you have better luck.
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  • Liatris2010Liatris2010 mod
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    My cousin got married on her birthday. The only family concern was that she'd get cheated out of a birthday date-night because it would turn into an anniversary date instead, but she was happy about it, so who cares? Your birthday, your wedding.

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  • cruffinocruffino member
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    i don't care too much about my birthday so it would be fine for me. 
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  • arrippaarrippa member
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    Honestly, I can't think of a better birthday present than marrying my FI. My birthday date was briefly discussed but we wanted a later date in the fall.
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  • chkmeowtchkmeowt member
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    We're getting married the day before my birthday - because it was the one night that was available for the venue that month. Worked out best! Doesn't really matter much to me, plus, since our wedding is on a Friday night, Saturday night we're going to host a BBQ and bonfire at our house for our out of town friends + friends so it works out perfect.

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  • rajahmdrajahmd member
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    We got married 5 days after my birthday. Worked out fine so far.
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  • erinlin25erinlin25 member
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    if it works for you, perfect-- I almost got married on my birthday because we either wanted a June or September wedding. Saturday's in June were booked, so it was either a Friday wedding or my birthday in September, but since no one rejected the Friday so we went for June since that was my first choice.  Would not have cared if it was my b-day though.
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