Tuesday Morning Wedding

This is tough. If you want a good chunk of your guest list to come, having it towards the weekend would be better. I personally would not go to a Tuesday morning wedding unless it was my immediate family or best best friend.

Honestly, I wouldn't go to a Tuesday morning wedding unless I was REALLY close to the couple. If you're inviting 100 people, I highly doubt your count will make it to 50. I agree with the suggestion others have made. If you're really attached to your dating anniversary, have your ceremony on the Tuesday and reception on the weekend.

Honestly, unless it was my best friend or an immediate family member, I wouldn't go to a Tuesday morning wedding, what about later in the evening or choosing a different date?

I really doubt your count will even make it to 25. Seriously, I'd expect pretty much your parents and maybe any siblings would attend.

Do the ceremony that day if you are set on it. Then have a reception over the weekend.

ETA: I really dislike the "those who care about us will be there!" mentality. I care about a lot of my friends, but asking me to take off work on a Tuesday morning just isn't even possible no matter how badly I want to be there. I have a lot of friends who care about FH and I - but they aren't coming because of travel costs or prior commitments or whatever. We probably also have a lot of people who DON'T really care (hi, FH uncles) who will be there for the free booze and food.

If the anniversary date is very important to you, could you consider doing it in 2015? Nov. 1 is on a Sunday this year.

If the most important people to you can come, then go for it, but don't expect many others. Tuesday morning would be impossible for me and even more impossible for FH. Like Laura said, it doesn't matter how much we cared about you, it wouldn't be possible.

Yeah....I wouldn't attend a Tuesday morning wedding unless it was my sister or BFF.

In the end you can do whatever you'd like, but you're knowingly hosting an event at an inconvenient time - during the day, work day in the middle of the week, during the school year. If people don't attend don't take it personally. You're asking people to take a vacation day, which for some do not come easily and are usually being put aside for other reasons.

I wouldn't attend if it was someone close, and I work in a workplace where I can take any days off. Tuesday mornings are just an inconvenience for me. FH works for the school district so it would be an inconvenience for him also. Could you get married on the 1st (just you two) and have the reception on a weekend? I'm getting married on a Friday and it's cheaper. Plus Friday nights ... Everyone wants to party on Friday anyways.

Also you need to think of traffic, I live in the Houston area where traffic is pretty brutal. Traffic on a Tuesday would frustrate me.

My sister had her wedding on a Tuesday night. Not all close family showed up and that is the risk you have to take. The ones that really care enough will be there but don't be surprised some people dont show that you think would.

I would discuss it with some major players of your wedding first. Most important guests, the bridal party. Ultimately you can do what you want to do for your wedding and if it's to have a Tuesday morning wedding than so be it, just keep in mind it probably will lower your guest count dramatically. If you are okay with that and a small intimate wedding, perfect, no worries.

This does not seem to be a good idea. I probably would not attend a Tuesday AM wedding, even for one of my close friends. I don't like taking days off randomly during the week.

If it's really important that you get married on that day, go to the courthouse then have a reception that weekend.

I definitely understand the significance of the date, I always wanted to have it all on one date lol but that didn't happen and I'm glad cuz then it'd be December. If I were you I think I'd get married on the date (bridal party and/or close family could join you), but have the reception on the weekend.

Tuesday morning aside (side eye.....), this is also November you're talking about. People will be thinking about saving days off for holidays at that point. So probably even less will come

I would probably go to a Tuesday evening wedding, but a morning wedding would be really difficult, especially that close to the holidays. On the other hand, depending on what time your reception ends, those with school aged children wouldn't have to worry about a sitter.

Honestly, I'd think you would get a lot of declines. It comes down to what's more important - getting married on your anniversary with limited family and friends or getting married on another day with lots of family and friends.

As others have suggested, you could do a ceremony on Nov 1st and a weekend reception. That seems like a good compromise.

I don't know anyone whose wedding I would attend on a Tuesday (I don't have any siblings lol).

People seem to misunderstand the importance of dates. You don't really pick an important date to get married on. You make that date important by getting married on it.

I'm with Janeen - your wedding anniversary is on an entirely different level. I originally wanted to get married the weekend after we decided on because it would have been our dating anniversary, but that date didn't work for many reasons, so we moved it. The wedding anniversary will be the one that counts from now on. I get wanting to maintain the continuity, but it's something to think about.

I think the ladies here have given you some pretty good advice. I agree that if your dating anniversary is extremely significant, do a civil ceremony with the brunch the following weekend. Or, just pick a new date which will become your new anniversary and even more significant than your dating anniversary!