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[werdxela]

Pick you wedding date?

Is it a date that before deciding to get married on it already held a special meaning for your relationship?

Was just a random date that worked?

Or is there some other reason?


We can not seem to come up with a date. I really wanted to get married on what will be our 6th anniversary but it is also my SIL's birthday and DF thinks it would upset her and the rest of his family if we use that date.

[bigglet]

Mine was selected by the availability of the reception place I wanted :D

[flick82]

Pick you wedding date?

Is it a date that before deciding to get married on it already held a special meaning for your relationship?

Was just a random date that worked?

Or is there some other reason?


We can not seem to come up with a date. I really wanted to get married on what will be our 6th anniversary but it is also my SIL's birthday and DF thinks it would upset her and the rest of his family if we use that date.

Ive been wondering about this to. We keep changing our minds.

[MothersMilk]

We knew what time of year we wanted to marry but were lazy planning it so as motivation we booked the honeymoon first then planned the wedding date to be right before we left o the honeymoon.
Turned out to be Sep 1st and ever since people always say "Oh the first day of Spring how nice". I didn't even realise.

[subaruforestermum]

We have picked the month and not the date, our previous date 21st March 2009, was picked as the weather would be cooler, yet not raining full on etc... (which is now the due date of our baby which is why we have a new date..lol)

So for us season was the main reason... Same reason we've picked November.

Friends of my sisters got married (living in QLD) in Melbourne on Mothers Day last year which was also apparently her mums birthday, so everyone up here had to travel down to the wedding on Mothers Day, people were a bit annoyed, but they still travelled down for it...

I guess you could always talk to your SIL about it.... Maybe.....If she's fine with it, then I dont see why others would have a problem.

[Bron]

We wanted a summer wedding, and we wanted to take advantage of interstate/overseas friends and family being in town for Christmas. 2nd January was a Sunday, and the next day was a public holiday. Worked out nicely.

[tahnee11]

We are getting married in September this year and we based our date on the weather. For the past couple of years, it has been a good month, not too hot, not too cold.

[babygizaiah]

set our wedding date for the 24th April 2010 which is a Saturday. The following day is our 8yr anniversary and its also anzac day, so no doubt everything would be alot more expensive so hense the reason why we chose this date.

[TripleTime]

Mine was selected by the availability of the reception place I wanted :D

Sames but then that place cancelled on me. So where starting again. :no:

[missmilliesmum]

We picked the Month we wanted to get married in - March - Not too hot and not too cold.

Then we just picked the date we liked best that was available at our reception venue.

It was March 24th 2007. Awesome weather - I can highly reccomend late March!

By any chance...did your DF post on here about how to propose to you? There was a lovely man that posted on BH in November 08 I think and said that he wanted to ask the mother of his children to be his wife on Christmas day and involve the children! I thought it was just lovely and I am now wondering if you were the lucky lady???

[floodprincess]

From memory (gosh that sounds really bad huh? oh well, it's been nearly 10 years :eek:) but it was more or less a random date (May 8th).

Worked really well because every few years, our wedding anniversary falls on Mothers Day...

[kimbo]

We picked 02 Nov 2002 (got engaged September 2001) because Daylight savings kicked in the weekend before (living in Sydney when we were married) and it meant an extra hour of daylight - our reception was on the water so wanted that extra hour to enjoy the venue.

Another thing to consider is where you may want to go for your honeymoon and what the weather will be like there when you get married e.g Tropical North QLD or Pacific Island holiday in the peak of summer is the rainy season etc etc. Just something to consider.

Good luck on all your plans and congratulations on your engagement :)

[petalbum]

We were having a few drinks one night and I said DH pick a number between 1-12 then asked him to pick a number between 1-31 and just picked the closet Saturday to the number he chose...the I told him he had just picked our wedding date.. so if the weather was crappy etc etc it was all his fault:laughing::laughing:

Have to admit he did well - we got married November 18th 2006 beach wedding it was beautiful...:thumbsup:

Good luck with choosing a date:yes:

[Seekrit]

I work at a school so I needed a date which was a nice fit with the holidays so I wouldn't have to take time off unpaid... I also wanted it in winter so my grandad could fly over from NZ (Australian summers didn't go well, so he wouldn't be able to come over if that were the case)
So first week of the winter holidays it was! :p

[3blue&1pink]

I picked the 16th of November because my birthday is the 16th of April! And November is a special month for us.. our first born was born in November.

I wanted to keep it simple for the man that forgets everything.. 16 is all he needs to remember plus the month!


But seriously it came down to the date they had available as well!

It was actually rather funny.. DH proposed nearly 3 years ago.. he has made no attempt in setting a date or doing anything about getting married (not because he never wanted to get married but because he is a lazy sod).. So I called him at work and said 'We are getting married in 6 weeks better start planning' he just 'Oh ok cool.. about time' and it went from there!

We had just had our third baby and all our family gave us wedding books as presents :rolleyes:

[Queen]

I picked several dates before the end of the year, rang celebrants to see which days were available.

[babygizaiah]

our 1st date was the 13yr anniversary of my fathers passing. we decided to change the wedding date, because I found out I was pregnant 5mths prior.

but the date is finalized. we're getting married on our 8yr anniversary 24/04/2010

cant wait

[SuperGranny]

hi, my birthday is anzac day, and we chose the 24th april for our wedding because my hubby would have some chance of remembering that day. Glad im a aussie, Anzac Day is only special for us and Kiwis, no big deal for anyone else. And Congrats, best wishes, Marie.

[tomtom]

Ours is the 13th Feb. This is the day we started going out and the day we got engaged. All on the same date so hubby can remember. It happened to be a Wednasday we got married, made the reception a lot cheaper!

[Beckybug]

We picked our date based on weather mainly. I wanted the 14th of March because it would be 18 months exactly since we had gotten together. :valentine: DH said NO WAY as he married his silly ex on that date.

We picked the 21st of March in the end. Didn't realise it was my Aunt's birthday until later, but she didn't mind! I had always loved the idea of an autumn wedding, the leaves changing colour and it's not as hot.

I was sooo glad in the end that we didn't have th 14th of March, it rained, it blew, hailed and a thunderstorm to top it all off. :rain: Would have wrecked our garden wedding! The following saturday, the BIG day was perfect. Turned out to be the hottest March day on record! :smiliedance: