MagsyMay
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I''m so excited!! We''ve been engaged over 3 months, but due to an out-of-state move and other things, just got around to picking a date and venue!! We are getting married at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and I am soooo excited. I love the space, very modern and clean, which is very much our style.
Now for the date... September 11, 2010.
I remember the "would you get married on 9/11" poll/thread a while back" and it seems as most people were somewhat against getting married on that date. So a little bit of background. My FI is in the military and has been deployed to both Afghanistan and Iraq for 1 year each in years since 9/11/01. The date and its events have had such a significant impact on his life, and by extension, my and "our" lives together. So while we don''t know anyone who was personally affected by the actual attacks on the towers in the sense that they lost someone or were there that day, the aftermath has had a very important role in my FIs life and our life together. We''ll have quite a few military people at the wedding and want to incorporate the patriotism element in a subtle way. We''ll probably bring it up in a toast and sort of explain our rationale for picking the date, just for anyone who might this it is odd!
It is also my parents'' anniversary and will be their 34th next year, so we liked it for that reason too. And, it is my late grandfather''s birthday as well. So those are two ancillary reasons it is important to us and we thought it might be nice to sort of "honor" them too.
I guess when it comes down to it, it is our wedding day and we chose the date for our own personal reasons, so hopefully people will not have a problem with it or think negatively about the date or our wedding!
Anyways, just wanted to share my excitement and now that this part is finally out of the way, I can get to planning some of the real details! Thanks for letting me share, and I guess now I can officially be added to the BIW list since I have a date, yay!
Now for the date... September 11, 2010.
It is also my parents'' anniversary and will be their 34th next year, so we liked it for that reason too. And, it is my late grandfather''s birthday as well. So those are two ancillary reasons it is important to us and we thought it might be nice to sort of "honor" them too.
I guess when it comes down to it, it is our wedding day and we chose the date for our own personal reasons, so hopefully people will not have a problem with it or think negatively about the date or our wedding!
Anyways, just wanted to share my excitement and now that this part is finally out of the way, I can get to planning some of the real details! Thanks for letting me share, and I guess now I can officially be added to the BIW list since I have a date, yay!