Random Question #2

[Cachoo]

Another random question while we wait for the season to begin: For marriages three years and over: Could your partner pick your wedding dress out of a wedding dress line-up? This was a question on another site and I found it interesting that so many guys don't remember what the wives will never forget.

 

[MacMadame]

I found it interesting that so many guys don't remember what the wives will never forget.

Honestly, I only have vague memories of my own dress. I could probably pick it out of a lineup but I couldn't tell you what the sleeves looked like or much beyond the color and that it had a way for the train to be tacked up as a bustle for dancing at the receptions.

 

[once_upon]

Frankly, I have a vague memory of it. Even looking at photos.
My mom had kept mine and when I went to downsize before moving, I found it. I'd forgotten about the bow on back and the shape of the sleeves.

My random question is why did you choose your wedding date?

 

[once_upon]

We chose our date with the following criteria:

1. College courses started first week of September
2. Wanted August so we could work as much of the summer, yet take a week of vacation
3. What was the church calendar for weekends in August
4. What number of pre-martial counseling sessions pastor required (a 30 minute talk )

But mostly school and church schedules

 

[MacMadame]

Frankly, I have a vague memory of it. Even looking at photos.
My mom had kept mine and when I went to downsize before moving, I found it. I'd forgotten about the bow on back and the shape of the sleeves.

My random question is why did you choose your wedding date?

We picked it because we didn't want to wait years to get married and figured about a year was enough time to plan a wedding. 1 year would have put us in June which is prime wedding month and since I didn't care about that, I figured I'd leave the June brides to battle it out for resources. So we picked May and the second to last week because the last week was Memorial Day. (I figured July would be too hot and in the middle of summer when people go away for vacations.)

Then Mr. Mac's Best (Worst) Man said he couldn't make it that weekend because it was his college graduation and he didn't want to miss it. So we went with Memorial Day weekend anyway even though we thought that might cause problems and I didn't want my anniversary to be mixed up with another holiday.

And then Worst Man completely backed out because he "couldn't afford it". So then we went with Mr. Mac's brother which made his mom (and the brother) happy. Worst Man was unhappy. He wanted to still be Best Man on paper and brother would stand in for him at the ceremony. Mr. Mac said, "Um, no."

And, just as I predicted, about a month before the wedding, surprise!, Worst Man said he could make it after all and could he be Best Man again. Mr. Mac said "Um, what? No." I said he could be an usher. We could rustle up another bridesmaid for him or he could be solo and have uneven numbers. He said "Best Man or nothing!" We said "Nothing!"

Keep in mind that this is the guy who tried to get Mr. Mac to break up with me and run off with him a few months after we started dating and the week we moved in together. He apologized to Mr. Mac for that eventually but never to me. They don't speak anymore either but that took a while. I think it's hard to let go of childhood friendships but I have to say that annoyed me that Mr. Mac was still on semi-friendly terms with him for as long as he was.

Btw, having a wedding anniversary on Memorial Day weekend turned out not to be a big deal after all. The bigger deal is that a lot of people were out-of-town for the weekend. And out-of-towners had to pay more for travel.

 

[quartz]

As to the first question - absolutely not. And I wore silver metallic. He doesn’t even notice what I’m wearing when I’m standing right in front of him.

 

[once_upon]

@MacMadame we were engaged for maybe 6 months. Of course we had dated since I was 15

 

[made_in_canada]

Another random question while we wait for the season to begin: For marriages three years and over: Could your partner pick your wedding dress out of a wedding dress line-up? This was a question on another site and I found it interesting that so many guys don't remember what the wives will never forget.

We’ve only been married 7 years. I have multiple pictures of me in my wedding dress on display in our home, and my husband has a picture of me on our wedding day in his work locker. I asked him and he said it was white

Our wedding date was picked because it was a date that worked for the family we wanted there and that was available at the venue I wanted.

 

[Jenny]

1. Yes he could, if not for the (off) white skirt suit, for the electric blue silk tank I was wearing with it (it was my "something blue").
2. Our wedding date was the 7th anniversary of our first date. We only wanted to celebrate one anniversary, so we went with the one we were already celebrating every year, which is why we got married on a Thursday

 

[flyingsit]

First question, absolutely not.
Second question, we got engaged in January and married in October. I wanted either spring or fall (not summer) and didn’t want to wait more than a year, especially since we wanted a wedding on the simpler side.

 

[MacMadame]

2. Our wedding date was the 7th anniversary of our first date. We only wanted to celebrate one anniversary, so we went with the one we were already celebrating every year, which is why we got married on a Thursday

I have no idea what the date of our first date is. We went to Disneyland around the 4thof July so it was a bit before that.

 

[once_upon]

I have no idea what the date of our first date is.

Ours either. I know we first talked - sat on the band bus together going to march in the Pella tulip parade in May. I know our first movie date was to Hello Dolly at the Cooper Theater - back when you needed to have dressy attire to go to the movies. But I think we might have had a "chance encounter" at the swimming pool (ie planned but didn't tell my parents it was a date)

But actual dates of any of those things - no idea. May for band, June for pool, July for movie as I was 15 in July and my parents would let me date.

 

[MacMadame]

Ours either. I know we first talked - sat on the band bus together going to march in the Pella tulip parade in May. I know our first movie date was to Hello Dolly at the Cooper Theater - back when you needed to have dressy attire to go to the movies. But I think we might have had a "chance encounter" at the swimming pool (ie planned but didn't tell my parents it was a date)

But actual dates of any of those things - no idea. May for band, June for pool, July for movie as I was 15 in July and my parents would let me date.

I do know the day we met. It was April 19th. Okay, I think. It was a Sat. in April, either the 12th or 19th. But we didn't start dating until July.

 

[PRlady]

The only reason DH would remember the white jeans and pretty peasant blouse I got married in is that there are two photos of our wedding hanging outside our bedroom door, meaning he sees them several times a day. Otherwise, not a chance.

We got married on the tenth anniversary of the day we met in 2007, again that would be the only reason he would remember. To make it even easier, it’s July 4.

 

[taf2002]

I vividly remember both of my wedding dresses, including necklines & sleeve types. I'm positive that neither husband would remember anything other than it was white/cream. Even though our wedding photo hangs in our bedroom. Actually I doubt 2nd husband is even aware that our photo is in there.