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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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  • Mrs. Britt
    VIP August 2016
    Mrs. Britt ·
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    Decided when we got engaged (FH originally proposed without a ring).

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  • Jessica
    Super October 2017
    Jessica ·
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    A month or so. We had a rough idea of 'late sept, early Oct 2017' but it wasn't official until we picked a venue

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  • Leanne
    VIP April 2017
    Leanne ·
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    We knew when we didn't want to be married. So we looked at venues, found one and spoke to the church to see if they had a corresponding date and bam we had a wedding date.

    We had been engaged for not even a month.

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  • A. L.
    Master July 2017
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    We were engaged about six weeks when we signed our venue contract.

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  • FutureMrsMcCall
    Devoted September 2017
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    Probably a week or so! The venue we are using, I've loved for years so I wanted to make sure it didn't book up

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  • VC
    Master May 2017
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    We chose a date once we found the venue and looked at the options.

    We found out venue 1 month after searching. We were engaged at that time about 1.5 months.

    To use the venue was more important than the date. Luckily we got both Smiley smile

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  • Melanie
    Expert November 2016
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    We knew the date we wanted before we were engaged. When we found our venue though, we had to change it to the day before since our date wasn't available.

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  • ChocolatierKT
    VIP September 2016
    ChocolatierKT ·
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    The night we got engaged, we figured out a general time. Once we booked venue, we had actual date

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  • Bee
    Master April 2017
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    2 months only because the venue had to determine the date for us based on their availability. When we first got engaged we had an entirely different wedding in mind (city hall within 30 days) and then changed it to Fall, 2016 dates because we love the fall. Finally settled on an official date a month later based on my venues availability.

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  • Laine
    VIP September 2017
    Laine ·
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    You don't have a date until you have a venue booked. We booked our venue about two weeks after being engaged so the venue availability determined our date.

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  • FutureHennigan
    Super September 2018
    FutureHennigan ·
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    FH couldn't care less about the date. I had it picked before we we're even engaged because I knew I wanted a late September date. I had already discussed it with him before he popped the question and he was fine with it, so that was that!

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  • Kelli
    Super October 2017
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    We waited approx 4 weeks to decide our budget, approx guess list and we officially settled on a date and put the deposit down at 5 weeks after being engaged for close to two months Smiley smile happy planning

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  • OG Sarah
    Master September 2017
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    I think 2 months. We got engaged in November and took the holidays to enjoy celebrating our engagement with our families and then go into wedding planning after New Years.

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  • Steagles
    Devoted August 2017
    Steagles ·
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    I've been engaged a month and a half and haven't set a date yet. We have a season in mind but it's going to come down to the venue we end up choosing and when they're available. We're thinking of having it in the city where our parents grew up so that it's easier for family to get there, so it will have to wait until we're there next month to scope out venues!

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  • OGSue
    Master August 2016
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    Probably around two months in we knew which date we were aiming for, but we didn't make it official (i.e., booked venue) until four months after.

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  • StokedToBeASaucier
    Master September 2017
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    We had an idea of what we wanted but didn't officially pick a date until 3 months after our enaggement.

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  • Mrs. Spring
    Master April 2021
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    We waited three years before setting a date.
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  • Milada
    Super October 2021
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    3-4 days. We chose the month and went from there.

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