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How long did you wait before setting a wedding date?

AngelicBride15, on August 24, 2016 at 7:08 PM

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How long did you wait before setting a wedding date with your fiance? Just curious

How long did you wait before setting a wedding date with your fiance? Just curious

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  • Natasha
    VIP January 2017
    Natasha ·
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    We picked our date maybe like 2 weeks after we got engaged. We knew what day worked best for us and we both only wanted a year engagement. I definitely knew that I DID NOT want to get married in the summer time in this Houston heat.

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  • OG_MrsC
    VIP September 2016
    OG_MrsC ·
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    We had a month and year the next day. We officially booked our date after about 4 months of being engaged.

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  • Anvenette
    Super August 2018
    Anvenette ·
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    We decided about 2 weeks after our engagement

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  • FutureFuji
    Devoted October 2017
    FutureFuji ·
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    Got engaged in February and booked our venue/date early April. I knew I wanted an October wedding and he was just down for whatever I wanted. It's whatever works for you two

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  • Joellemarie5
    Expert August 2017
    Joellemarie5 ·
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    I already knew the venue I wanted to we picked a date that was open and far enough away for thorough planning. Found an open date that we agreed on within 4 days of being engaged and booked the venue the next week

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  • Meridith
    Expert April 2017
    Meridith ·
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    We knew we wanted to get married in the spring when we got engaged. We didn't care about any specific date, just mainly wanted April. Once we found the venue we liked (2 months after getting engaged) we picked out date.

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  • Catlady11317
    VIP January 2017
    Catlady11317 ·
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    ...that night?

    I always wanted a 1/12 wedding, but Thursday wouldn't work and for some personal reasons we wanted to be married by August 2017. So we went with 1/13/17. I love that it's Friday the 13th, it's silly but that's us!

    ETA: we obviously didn't book for another 1.5 weeks, still pretty quick!

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  • Sandy
    Expert May 2017
    Sandy ·
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    We had pretty much chosen before actually getting engaged. I love the date May 20th and 2017 is the next time it's on a saturday, so before he even proposed he knew that was the date I would love to be married on (the date didn't really matter much to him). Once he did propose, we hardly actually discussed it.

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  • Meant to be Busby
    Super October 2016
    Meant to be Busby ·
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    We decided on our date about 3 1/2 months after we got engaged.

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  • Ashley
    Dedicated March 2018
    Ashley ·
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    We got engaged in July. FH wanted to get married in a year. I told him that was impossible unless we did a December 30th wedding. I really wanted a September wedding because that is the month we met. However, one of his groomsmen got engaged three weeks before us, and his wedding is set for August 2017. It was a little to close for me. FH also did not want to wait until September 2018, so we decided on March 2018.

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  • I_CRE8
    Super November 2016
    I_CRE8 ·
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    We started looking at venues within weeks of getting engaged (August of last year) and after realizing the limited availability, we booked right away. So our date was determined by the soonest available...

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  • MrsMarsh
    Super August 2016
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    We choose our date basis on his vacation schedule that we were planning his year..

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  • Kristina
    VIP August 2017
    Kristina ·
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    We got engaged in Nov 2015... picked a date we liked in June 2016... and just put a deposit on the venue a week ago.

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    Just Said Yes November 2017
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    Having the right venue was more important to us so we visited those we liked with some dates in mind but with flexibility in mind.

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    Savvy June 2018
    Sasha ·
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    We got engaged this past April 30th (our dating anniversary) and originally planned on getting married the same day in 2018. Until he remembered/reminded me that April 30th is a HUGE tax deadline and his dad is an accountant with his mom working for him. So now it's 4 months later, and we have to find a new date, except he refuses to talk about anything wedding related.

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  • Soon2BMrsB
    VIP October 2016
    Soon2BMrsB ·
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    Well we had an idea of when immediately based on our desired month and work schedule. We didn't officially have our venue booked until about 1 month after getting engaged, but we looked at a lot of places in the first month and did a lot of research online.

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  • Katherine
    VIP June 2017
    Katherine ·
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    We had a date several months before we were officially engaged. It was "official" when we booked the church and reception venue about 10 days after we got engaged.

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  • LuvBeingMarried2Him!
    VIP July 2016
    LuvBeingMarried2Him! ·
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    We decided one night while sitting on the couch.. contacted vendors... booked the date for 5 months later.. Went dress shopping.. and we had everything booked before getting formally engaged a month after we decided to get married. We had our destination wedding 3 weeks ago.. It was great.

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  • Crescent 1894
    VIP March 2016
    Crescent 1894 ·
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    We got engaged over thanksgiving and sat down with my mom and his mom and looked at our calendars and penciled in a date on Christmas Eve and told our families on Christmas Day!

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  • Hollie S.
    Devoted October 2016
    Hollie S. ·
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    We picked a date that night. We both knew we wanted the Saturday before halloween Smiley smile

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