Day before father's day

That's a tricky one. If you are inviting a lot of out of town guests, expect declines. Are your inviting children to your wedding? That is another factor to consider. We wanted to have our wedding on Fathers day weekend this year because it is the anniversary of our first date. We got resounding no's from family and friends when we asked their opinions. We pushed it back a weekend.

View Quoted Comment We are inviting a lot of out of town guests and children

My wedding is the day before fathers day this year. I honestly didn't know because I don't have a day. But my FFIL was very excited to have all his kids together for father's day.

I don't think you should change it if it's a special day to you. Father's day is great , but it's not a major holiday and could be celebrated a few days before or after the actual day.

I'm getting married the weekend of Father's Day and I chose it because 16 is my favorite number and I'd remember. My dad doesn't mind when the wedding is so it wasn't really an issue. We will be celebrating the next day for all the dad's out there for brunch.

I'm not seeing a whole lot of declines from our invite list. I've only had 3 declines out 29 households so far. We told people after we booked it and not a single person complained.

We are getting married on fathers day, i only had one decline because the guests father passed away last month and she thought she would be too emotional to go.

I wouldn't decline a wedding just because it was Father's day; however, you know your guests better than us.

For what it's worth, my good friends had their wedding on mother's day a few years ago and they didn't not get a lot of declines at all (but also I don't know how many were out of towners).

We’re getting married on Father’s Day this year and I don’t feel like we’ve gotten any declines because of it. A lot of my family and guests on my side are from out of state and they’re still coming.

We're getting married mother's day weekend next year. I don't see it as a big deal. It's not ON mother's day....and honestly it's just not that big of a holiday, at least in my family. We'll typically make plans to hang out together but if one of the siblings has other plans it's no biggie. I wouldn't decline an invite for that reason.

I really don't think it's a big deal. Father's/Mother's Days are nice, but not major or religious holidays. Plus, people can still celebrate the day after your wedding. Maybe you could even host a day after/FD brunch. My masters graduation was the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend last year and no one cared. My friend and I did decide to host a joint graduation/MD brunch the next day though and it was lovely.

I personally would move it. We 100% wanted a wedding in June and I considered the 15th, but thought that for the rest of our lives our anniversary would be close to Father's Day and I'd just rather it be further away if the option is available.

If you're tied to a venue/caterer/photographer where it must be held the 15th, that's one thing, but if you can move the date at this point, I would!

Thank you everyone for your opinions. We have decided to move it to the next week