Wedding Date, 9/10?

lizziebeez · July 2010

Hi,

I've been trying to talk to my fiance a bit about wedding dates, as we don't have a venue yet, and can only decide September 2011. Personally, I like September 10th, as it is after Labor day weekend, and it makes for a cool 9/10/11 for the invites.

However... He doesn't want to get married on the 10th. His feelings are that it's too close to 9/11, and he doesn't feel we should celebrate anything happy on Patriot Day.

I think it would be acceptable as the 10th and 11th are in fact, seperate days, and if anything, the "terrorists shouldn't get us down" by affecting a wedding/anniversary date of all things. But, he does come from a military family... So I don't know what to do! I can't figure out how to determine how big a deal it is to him. All he says is "fine. That's fine".

Help! Is 9/10 too close to 9/11? Is it THAT big a deal?

Srbageldog · July 2010

If your FI is absolutely dead set against that day, how about 11/11/11?
I agree that life shouldn't be put on hold over 9/11, although since it will be the 10 year anniversary of it, maybe that has something to do with your FI not wanting to get married the day before.

JenO24 · July 2010

I'm getting married on 9/12/10.
It's the day after 9/11 becuase I chose not to have it on 9/11...my opinon and I know not everyone agrees w/ it...but i didnt want to get married on 9/11 so i chose 9/12 since it was still on the weekend.
A lot of our vendors are able to give us a better deal b/c we're not doing the standard saturday wedding.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · July 2010

Personally I wouldn't do 9/11, but 9/10 is a totally separate day.

However, if your FI is adament about it, I'd do 9/17 or something.

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