wedding date

[andysgirl07]

Hey guys,
My fiance and I were just engaged last Wednesday and we are trying to decide on a date for our wedding. We both want to get married on a day that is special to both of us. May 9 is the day we met and we want to be married then.
Our problem is that May 9 is during the week. His sister gave us the idea to sign our marriage license on the 9th and then have the wedding on the saturday after. This sounded like a pretty good idea to both of us, but our parents are hesitant. They think it would be too confusing for our guests "when they try to remember our anniversary date."
It sounded like a sensible solution to me, but I'm not so sure now.What do ya'll think?

[Rev_Hansen]

Legally you CAN NOT SIGN IT EARLY!

It has to reflect the actual day of the ceremony

What you can do tho, is do a civil ceremony at the court house, and then follow it with the family wedding on the weekend.

[nle5]

Originally Posted by Rev_Hansen

Legally you CAN NOT SIGN IT EARLY!

It has to reflect the actual day of the ceremony

What you can do tho, is do a civil ceremony at the court house, and then follow it with the family wedding on the weekend.

I agree. See if you can do a small civil wedding at the ceremony which the judge can do. Then you can do the family wedding that weekend. Just let people know what your doing so they know that the real anniversary is May 9th.

[sandstar]

That is tough. Are your friends and family mostly local? Getting married during the week is not unheard of, especially if it is during the summer or in the evening. Its not the most desirable but it happens. I'm getting married on a Friday. Good luck

[andysgirl07]

Thanks guys. Most of our family is local, but the 9th falls on a Wednesday and we want a church wedding. But with church services on Wednesday, we couldn't get around that.

[steve47807]

*Before reading this, please remember that I am a guy so I am approaching from a totally different angle than everyone else here probably is*

Is it really all that important for your family to know your "correct" anniversary? At least in my family no one knows anyone's anniversary date other than their own. I wouldn't stress over something like this....but then like I said maybe I'm not seeing something on this. Just my humble opinion.....

[andysgirl07]

That's the same thing I was thinking actually. But I think we've decided to just have it the following Saturday. My fiance says it doesn't matter to him what the date is because we'll always remember it no matter what.

[nadia]

The boy and I kind of had the same issue.

We also wanted it to be a day that is important to us. June 15th, the day he ***e to see me or December 26th, the day I moved here to be with him. Well the day after Christmas wouldn't be too great and there are just way too many June weddings to work around. So we decided as long as it was "in the month" it would be cool.

It sounds like you have it figured out though. You will remember that day and can always have your own little private celebrations on that day

[SOM Z28]

There is nothing wrong with a weekday wedding. Think of it this way... you'll save a lot of moeny because most vendors charge more for thier services on the weekends.

[MauiGirl]

Originally Posted by SOM Z28

There is nothing wrong with a weekday wedding. Think of it this way... you'll save a lot of moeny because most vendors charge more for thier services on the weekends.

I agree with you on this one. Vendors almost double the prices for weekends it's ridiculous! I'm getting married on a Monday but I guess I really don't count b/c I'm having a destination wedding. My FH & I wanted ours on the day we got together as well but we got together in Nov. so we thought that it was way to close to the holidays & his b-day, so we tried for March; No luck again (no avail. timeshare) the first available timeshare was April 30th so we took it! I choose the date from there. It will be special no matter what the day is that you pick b/c it's the day you said I DO to person that you love and it's the day you both start your new life together. Good luck