How did you pick your wedding date?

My FH picked the date. He said he wanted to be able to remember our anniversary so 10-10-10 was what he picked. It is perfect for us because I googled the day to see if there was anything eventful. I found that 10-10-10 in binary code equals 42. FH and I are super nerds so 42 to us means "the answer to life, the universe, and everything." It's from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. We have both read the book and watched the movie. That book is actually the first Christmas I ever gave him. So I have to figure out how to incorporate the number 42 into our big day.

It was the two year anniversary of when we bought the home. And it just felt right and was convenient and we like mid month because that's when our birthdays are. But really, there was not much thought into it.

Our's isn't set in stone. We are big baseball fans and want to try and get to all the ballparks on the west coast during our honeymoon. I wanted to go right after opening day since most of the teams seem to have home games that week.

42! Rosanna, that's great!

We chose May 6th because it was warm, not too buggy, not too humid, and fit well with FH's show schedule (he's an artist). But then my mom kicked up a fuss about my sisters being in school then. So we changed it to May 30, because its a holiday weekend and will give folks an extra day to travel and because two of my three sisters will be out of school by then. It also works out that I'm in between school year and summer session for my job.

Our current date works for everyone, but my mom... who is still insisting that it will effect my youngest sister's schooling. *eye roll*

Our original date was chosen beacuse I always wanted a June wedding, love the month But our new date was chosen by FH, he got the calender, looked at Feb and picked the 26th, lol, no special reason, that person that gave you the dirty look should have gotten one right back, BRIDES look at it this way, the date you choose WILL become SPECIAL once you get married on it, it becomes your anniversary, it becomes special then, I don't understand why it has to be special right off the bat

Exactly Traci!

Oh good question, I have never been asked this before. Well, first of all I knew I didn't want to be engaged much more than a year and we got engaged on July 3rd. FH suggested July 2nd at first b/c that's his parents anniversary and his brother and SIL anniversary but I told him that I wanted our wedding date to be ours and not have any other meaning behind it so I was trying to avoid the sentiment July 31 was our other choice but the priest and venue were already booked for that day. I'm in grad school and this next summer I have to complete what we call the written preliminary. I pick my start date anytime in June or July and then have 30 days to do it. So it was either getting married right after the semester and do the prelim afterward or prelim before and married afterward. I chose the later so I will start that right away in June then go to MN (from NC) the last few wks before the wedding and then we'll have time for a honeymoon before classes start mid Aug.

Our date was my aunt and uncles date. My aunt passed away June 25th 2009. and i asked my uncle if it would be ok and hes also walking me down :-)

I am a school teacher so during the school year was not an option! (September-June) So we had July & August left. But then my birthday is in August and I didnt want my anniversary & birthday in the same month. SO there leaves July. Then we looked at the dates for July. We came up with July 4th because we can have a hell of a anniversary every year! There will always be fireworks on our day!

Well I live in NE Ohio and my dad lives 900 miles away so obviously he has to travel for my wedding. The weather can be so tricky here so right away Jan-April and Nov-Dec were out of the question. I was leaning towards the Aug-October timeframe but FH decided he didn't want to wait that long so we looked at the calendar. The month of May was out of the question b/c of some annual things at his job. So he told me to call the reception venue and see if the first Saturday of June was available. If not, we'd just take the first available Saturday. Literally. That's it.

We actually picked February 27th first. We randomly picked that - We literally pulled out a calendar and said that looks good. However, when we started looking at venues the place we wanted to have our reception at was only available Feb 20th or March 6th and we didn't want to get married in March (even though March 23rd is special to us) because my sister's anniversary is in March. So therefore we chose February 20th. It really has no special meaning yet ... but it will!

I've always, always wanted to get married around Columbus Day. Plus, my fiance and I both have May birthdays so this way we get to celebrate something else in a different month. We also met in October.

The date will be special when you get married because it will be your wedding day/anniversary. It doesn't need to be more special than that!

Well honestly nothing really significant. We got engaged on June 13, 2009. And we were throwing some dates out there. We wanted it in the summer but I wanted it before it gets super warm not saying it won't be. But we like 6/26 I thought about for a while not doing it that day because one of my ex-boyfriends birthday is that date but then decided I really didn't care. Like everyone else has said that date will BECOME our special day!!!

Our date has no significance what so ever... we knew we wanted to get married in August cuz it's not too hot in CO, and that seemed like a weekend that was convenient for everyone. But it just so happens to be exactly 6 months after our anniversary. And, funny story... In college my friends were getting married and they registered at macy's. The free gift they got was a bag that matches exactly the luggage my parents gave me for my high school graduation. So I took my guy friend to Macy's and we registered just so I could get the free bag!! We had to fill out paperwork and I told the lady that our wedding day was August 15th. Only a day after my real wedding day! the 15th was a Tuesday then and we didn't want to get married on a Sunday this year. Sad thing is, they still give out the same bag!

I originally wanted our date to be 'special' then couldn't find a saturday in july & august 2010 that were 'special' so, I just picked aug 7 because it sounded like a good date. Ignore the party pooper dirty looks for not having a special date, Just tell them that it is special because that's the date we choose to get married

There is a song called Konstantine and the lyrics are "I always catch the clock it's 11:11, and you wanna talk; it's not hard to dream, you'll always be my Konstantine" And FH and I always call each other at 11:11. For the last several years since we've been dating when I look at the clock, it happens to be 11:11. That's how we chose our date.

We got lucky...our date was the 3 year annivesary of the day we met. And my husband loves the number 5 so it worked out...his birthday is on the Dec. 5, we got engaged on Aug. 5, and married on September 5 (not in the same year! 13 months after he proposed). We officially found out we were pregnant from the doctor on October 5! So I am hoping I am a little early and deliver on June 5, lol

We talked to our officiant. He told us the dates that he was available and we chose that made sense for us.

No significance at all.

I had change our dates a few times just because the weather was nice. I wanted on October 1st of 2009 since this is right between our birthdays. My is Sept 1 his Nov 1st but that did not work out. So I had pick March 27 which is our anniversity and it means more too us. It's coming up on our 7th year together. And the funny thing about it is the Pastor that is going to marry us is his Birthday.