2007-02-14 08:01:24 · 25 answers · asked by Bu Tran 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Engagments & Weddings are two of the biggest moments of your adult life (until you have kids), you want these to have their own "special date" - not to be shared with another holiday or celebration. It is your day afterall - so when you select a date that has no special meaning to others, it truly is your "DAY"...
also, there's so much going on during the holidays, that people don't have time to really concentrate and get involved with engagements & weddings. ....the holidays are so busy anyways without adding a new dimension....
Hope that helps.
2007-02-14 08:13:18 · answer #1 · answered by rjsluvbug 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is necessarily a bad idea. Many men don't like to propose on a holiday because it takes the surprise away and many men & women find it "cheesy". However if that is how a couple prefers to do it there is nothing wrong w it.
As far as gerring married on a Holiday I think it depends on the holiday. A halloween/st patricks day wedding could be fun but for Christmas or Thanksgiving many guests may have plans that they cannot skip out on, patricularly those w young famalies.
Of course its true if you break up it will mar the day for awhile but you will get over that in time.
On the up side many churches are decorated around Christmas/New Years and Easter and getting married around those holidays could save you money on decorations.
It just depends what you want.
2007-02-14 16:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by jillmarie2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proposing....if anything happens before the wedding, she gets to keep the ring. It is considered a "gift" for the holiday. Also, any day you propose/get proposed to is a special day. Why share it with everybody else?
Marriage...not as many people will be able to attend the wedding (possibly). AND consider this....it's 10 years down the line, you have 2 kids and you want to go out for dinner on V-day. You call your babysitter, who is a teenage girl. She can't babysit because she (and the rest of the world) is going on a date tonight. Hard to get a sitter on holidays.
2007-02-14 16:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by Just tryin' to help 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it's a bad idea at all. My husband proposed on Sweetest Day (a regional holiday similiar to Valentine day but in October). For various reasons, we called of the wedding. After working things out, we became engaged again on Valentine's Day and eventually married on Sweetest Day. We still celebrate Valentine Day and Sweetest Day. In fact both holidays have a more special meaning to us now than it did before. We celebrate Valentine Day, Sweetest Day, and our anniversary in a special way. As for as gifts are concerned, we still give seperate gifts or do seperate things for our anniversary and Sweetest Day (especially since the date for Sweetest Day is not always on our anniversary similiar to Thanksgiving). And we didn't have any problems with guests not attending since we had a morning wedding and brunch reception.
2007-02-14 16:13:43 · answer #4 · answered by Veronica W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply because then that holiday loses its meaning or takes away from the specialness of your anniversary or wedding, plus a lot of people won't go to a wedding on a certain holiday because of religious beliefs or family traditions. Overall you want your wedding to be the day you got married, not the day you got married on Valentines day, get my drift?
2007-02-14 16:04:16 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not necessarily a bad idea to get engaged or married on a holiday, but many people think that the day should be especially "yours," so as its not celebrated or remembered on a day it has to share. Such as Valentine's Day is the day of "love" and everyone is celebrating their love on that same day. If you don't mine "sharing your day" with the rest of the world on a holiday, then go for it :-)
2007-02-14 16:05:41 · answer #6 · answered by littlekitty1985 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a firm believer that one that proposes on a holiday is uncreative. I think the recipient has been jipped of their holiday. You've stolen the thunder if you will for the holiday. It should be on a non-holiday day. Do something romantic and unforgettable.
2007-02-14 16:50:28 · answer #7 · answered by Brown Eyed Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if things do not work out you will forever associate a negative event with that holiday. Every momentous occasion such as a proposal or a wedding deserves it's own day......
Also: from a material perspective you won't get dual function/occasion gifts. (one gift for two events)
2007-02-14 17:02:25 · answer #8 · answered by Rosebudd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't get married on a holiday because then you risk a bunch of people not coming. Many people are not going to want to give up there holiday that they spend with family to go to wedding expecially if you are not the closest to them.
2007-02-14 16:33:45 · answer #9 · answered by BabyDolll128 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all... however if you are getting married on a holiday, expect things to be busy and some places jack the price up.. especially on v-day
2007-02-14 16:04:43 · answer #10 · answered by Angel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋