Wedding Wedding Date Significance???

[Rock Your Socks]

So Ladies i''m getting married in June next year and I''ve been engaged for nearly twelve months now! We set our date to the 28th June next year because purely coincidently my fiance''s grand parents on both his mother and fathers sides got married on this date! So it took some thought before actually deciding on picking that date but now i love the ''tradition'' it will have in the future. You know telling our children that their great grand parents got married on that date etc etc...and i like it''s not some random date picked out....

So what i really want to know from all the Engaged Ladies out there...is when are you getting married and what is the significance behind you choosing to tie the knot on that particular date....???

 

[DMBFiredancer]

for us, it is our anniversary of when we started dating back in 2002
july 25...luckily it falls on a saturday in ''09!

 

[kittybean]

Our date is June 20, 2009. It''s close to when we first started dating (June 10) and when we got engaged (June 14). It is the birthday of one of my bridesmaids, and it is also my half-birthday!

 

[Rock Your Socks]

Date: 9/22/2008 12:51:44 AM
Author: kittybean
Our date is June 20, 2009. It''s close to when we first started dating (June 10) and when we got engaged (June 14). It is the birthday of one of my bridesmaids, and it is also my half-birthday!

Thats sweet...i forgot to mention that one of my bridesmaids is my oldest friend whom i''ve known since pre-school and when i set the date it completely slipped my memory that it falls on her birthday too but luckily she had her 21st this year so she wont be missing a huge milestone!

 

[Sparkalicious]

Fi and I will have been dating for 15 years next year. Our wedding date is September 6, 2009 - 09.06.09

9 + 6 = 15

We thought that that worked perfectly, time of year wise, and gave our date some significance. We were having trouble, initially deciding on a date and when we came up with this one, we knew it was perfect for us.

 

[Babyblue033]

Aww I think it would be wonderful to have such meaningful significance associated with the wedding date.

We''re getting married on 12/1/08. No particular reason, I wanted to get married before the end of the year and FI wanted a date he can easily remember

 

[tenfour]

he was a trucker when we met. we''re getting married on 10-4.

 

[marchswallowbird]

My wedding date has no significance. It is simply the date that worked best for us.

 

[bee*]

We went to our venue and wanted a summer date in 09 and the only date they had free that summer was 18th of June so that was our date. We were so lucky as someone else had cancelled for that date. We would have had to try and find another venue otherwise.

 

[Mediterranean]

My wedding date is my parents'' wedding anniversary.

It would have been their 36th wedding anniversary, except my dad passed away when I was 12. My Mom never re-married, and she was very touched when we chose their anniversary.

I wouldn''t have it any other way, even f it means we''re getting married Friday nght as opposed to Saturday night. I can live with that.

 

[Pandora II]

Mine was my great-grandmother''s 131st birthday - coincidence rather than choice though!

 

[SuLi]

We''re getting married on our tenth anniversary together -- October 2, 2008

 

[Octavia]

We tried to get married as close as possible to our dating anniversary (would have been the day before). Unfortunately, some scheduling issues prevented it. However, it''s still in the back of my mind to have a friend of ours officiate (which probably wouldn''t be recognized as legal in our state) and then go to the courthouse on "our" date to do the legal stuff, so we''d technically be married on the date we wanted. Incidentally, the aforesaid friend and her husband did the same type of thing, so it was nice to hear that it worked well for them. We probably won''t go this route, but we might if sentimentality gets the better of us.

 

[Shoopy]

We haven''t placed any importance on dates. Our wedding date was choosen based on two factors: not during hurricane season and fairly cool weather as it will be outside.

At first we went for December 2009 but all of our venues were more expensive in 2009. So we decided to go with October.

Then again, this is coming from a couple that picked their anniversary date out of a hat

 

[Nocturnius]

We got married July 9. It's significance? It's his birthday. He picked his birthday as our wedding date before he even PROPOSED to me!

 

[palomablancabride]

I''m a full time teacher and a part time grad student so it was either December 08 or August 09. I didn''t want to wait until August. We''re getting married December 20 which just happens to be exactly 2.5 years after the day we met.

 

[Blair138]

It was a date that was available in summer of 09...Just happens to be 7-11

I HOPE FI doesn''t forget our anniversary!

 

[brooklyngirl]

Our date is 1/11/09. We had a couple of days to pick from in January, and we decided on this one because FI likes the number 3. This date has a lot of 3''s associated with it. Also, it''s 3 days away from our 5 year anniversary.

 

[Laila619]

We picked our date of 11-08-2008 because 8 symbolizes eternity (no beginning and no end) and it's one day shy of our 21 month anniversary! (We met 2-9-2007)

We wanted a fall wedding also, so that played a part in it.

 

[ilovethiswebsite]

We are getting married June 28th too!!!! Not much significance... we just wanted to get married in June and it was the weekend before Canada day (long weekend) so it was convenient for all of our extended family coming in from out of town...

 

[stereogirl]

getting married on may 16th. i knew i did NOT want to get married in june and due to our busy schedules it was either December or May. Decided December was toooo busy and that we wanted to have time for a decent honeymoon so we went with May. The 16th is the "prettiest" sounding saturday in May and so we chose it (and also just a few days after our 2 year anniversary) Can''t wait!

 

[Haven]

We were married on the Fourth of July. We watched the Navy Pier fireworks on our first official date, so we loved that we''d be able to watch fireworks together on our first date as a married couple, too. It was amazing.

 

[DMBFiredancer]

Date: 9/22/2008 10:54:09 AM
Author: tenfour
he was a trucker when we met. we''re getting married on 10-4.

did you just luck out with that day being a saturday or did you guys have your heart set on that date no matter the day of the week? that worked out perfectly - what a great story!

 

[Rock Your Socks]

wow guys its great to hear all your sweet romantic stories behind picking the day you choose to get married...i wish you all happiness and love that your special day will bring you all long and happy marriages...

 

[seahorsegurl]

My maternal grand parents were married on oct 26th, my parents were married on oct 27th and we''re getting married on oct 28th. It actually worked out on accident this way for us, but I love the tradition as well.

 

[tenfour]

Date: 9/22/2008 11:24:36 PM
Author: DMBFiredancer

Date: 9/22/2008 10:54:09 AM

Author: tenfour

he was a trucker when we met. we''re getting married on 10-4.

did you just luck out with that day being a saturday or did you guys have your heart set on that date no matter the day of the week? that worked out perfectly - what a great story!

we kind of lucked out. long story short, we met in 2002 and were friends for almost five years before we started dating. very early in the relationship we knew we''d be getting married (talked about marriage after a month or so, were engaged after 5 months). when marriage talk first started we thought of the date october 3, 2009. we often incorporate "10-4" in conversations ("can you get me a drink please?", "10-4"), so one day i said ''why don''t we change the date to "10-4". we checked a calendar and learned that the next 10-4 saturday was this year. works out well because we really want to be married. bonus that it makes for a good story!!

 

[MoonWater]

Our wedding date is exactly 6 months from our first date. I thought it would be cool to have something to celebrate bi-annually.

 

[iwannaprettyone]

no significance...it will be our day.

 

[musey]

We ended up being forced into our wedding date (October 4, it was the last Oct. '08 saturday left when we went to book the venue), but I very quickly liked it better than the one we'd originally chosen, October 18. I couldn't figure out why until it occurred to me that both of our birthdays are at the beginning of a month (the 1st and 2nd of our respective birth months), and the proposal was as well (Feb. 5). A single-digit date felt more natural, I guess!

It's also the day before my maternal grandpa's birthday (total coincidence, but he's also my only grandparent that will be in attendance).
Oh, and it's ALSO World Animal Day.

 

[musey]

Date: 9/23/2008 9:25:14 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
no significance...it will be our day.

September 27:

1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader, is born (are you serving Sam Adams at your wedding, IWPO?)
1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.
1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
1928 - The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
1947 - Meat Loaf, American singer, is born
1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, is born
1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinderspace probe.
2008 - IWPO marries the man of her dreams