What date did you pick and why

[Krissy124]

I’ll go first. We’re getting married on the last bank holiday in August next year on the Saturday. I always remember the bank holiday as big family bbq’s having a catch up. Lots of food, chatting and laughter. It’s one of the happiest memories I have of my childhood and growing up. It will be nice to celebrate our wedding anniversary at the same time of year.

I hope you have some happy stories

Our an Anniversary is next Saturday (21/8) it also my birthday

We, or should I say I, chose that date so Dh would remember one or the other.. He very rarely remembered my birthday. Now I generally get a card for one or the other.

We decided on a September wedding but to choose the day threw a dart at the kitchen calendar. I wanted to get married in a Friday so the nearest Friday to the dart was it - 24 September, almost 35 years now.

I'd been married before & DH didnt want a big wedding, would have preferred to elope actually, so this suited us both for a small family only wedding.

We picked a cold month as my husband and his family are constantly too hot and would have struggled in suits in a warm month.

20th Feb.

My “special date” is the 28th which we had booked originally (special stuff in my life always seems to happen on the 28th) but then we had to postpone for Covid. 28th Feb 2022 would have been a Monday and we wouldn’t want to force people to take a day off work.

When we were talking about new dates I was regularly visiting my Nan (I was her support bubble during lockdown) and around Feb she was getting low because her sister’s wedding anniversary was due- they had a double wedding and it should have been her anniversary also except we lost my Grandad several years ago.

The venue emailed across 20th Feb as a new option- it was THAT date- my Nan immediately said it would make it a lovely day for her again so we snapped it up. I LOVE that our wedding will be forever connected to my grandparents.

March 17 as it is St.Patrick's Day and double the celebration.

7th April, as it was Easter weekend and we had lots of family travelling long distances, so the extra days made it easier for them. Also didn’t want to get married in summer as we didn’t want to plan on it being nice weather and end up disappointed - as it turned out, the whole weekend was glorious, which was then a bonus.

@Chasingsquirrels

Sat 15 August, would have been 21 years tomorrow. Looking at Aug, looked at the venue and asked about that date, it was the only Aug Saturday they had left (more than a year in advance). He ended the relationship just shy of our 10 year anniversary.

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Wednesday 1 June, small wedding just close family, wasn't bothered about a Saturday but wanted it in half term so the dc could attend (everyone else was retired apart from us). Registry Office only did weddings on Mon, Wed & Fri - Mon was a BH so they were closed and I liked the 1st. Plus then my dc could go to their dad for the rest of half term and we could have a few days away. Didn't work out like that as DH was diagnosed with cancer just after we'd booked the wedding in early April, was in hospital for 10 days in late May and barely managed the ceremony - which the Resistrars kindly moved to the afternoon for us. He died the following March.

So sorry Chasing Squirrels... Ours was the date we first went on a date so my husband would remember our anniversary which he still doesn't!

Early May because it looks so beautiful at the venue at that time of year and also because I wanted peonies in my bouquet..... then came Covid ! So it ended up being a Halloween wedding instead.

End of May, end of rugby season, allegedly.

20th October 2020. 20th October is DS3's birthday who passed away on the day he was born, and DH thought it would be nice to have 20-10-20 as something to remember

We want it about a year away and since it’s in Edinburgh we didn’t want it on at the same time as the fringe so it’s the first Friday in September.

He wanted a summer wedding. I wanted a Christmas wedding. We’ve split the distance and gone for the 1st October 2022!

@SardineJam

14 December, it was our 10th anniversary of being together, and was a Friday, so was a good day to celebrate

Ours was also our 10th anniversary of being together! 19th Jan, it was a Thursday and a few people moaned about having to take the day off 🙄 was nice to have something to look forward to in January, and before we had kids we used to go on long haul holidays for our anniversary to get some January sun

Met on 30 May 1985, engaged on 30 March 1987, married on 30 Sept 1989.

We wanted to stick with 30th and not too hot or cold.

Can't remember if we divorced on a 30th though!

22nd May 2021. DH received a diagnosis of 6 months to live in Nov last year and it was the first weekend date we could get as restrictions started to be lifted. I am hoping very much that we see 22nd May 22 together

I hope so too @bloodywhitecat

1 February
Wanted a winter wedding and its my late grandmother’s birthday

July for the weather and the Saturday happened to be the same number day he proposed and very near to the number date we met.

We picked our anniversary so we could continue to celebrate it on the same day.

My mum got married on the 18th July, her mum did too.

The year I got married the 18th July was a Saturday and I really wanted to get married then but my fiance said no.

We went with 5th September.

Marriage didn't even last 3 years.