How Do You Pick the Perfect Wedding Date?

This doesn't originally seem like it should be such a big deal, but when you and your fiancé sit down to actually discuss WHEN you should get married, you will soon learn just how complicated this can be. If you are planning to have a big wedding, setting the perfect wedding date is even more difficult, because you have to plan your wedding date around the schedules of the church, the caterer, your family and friends whom you want to attend, and of course, your own busy life and schedule as well as that of your fiancé.

Of course, you could do what I have finally decided would be best for me, and just elope to Las Vegas, and not worry about the date, family or friends, and then come back home and have a party - but chances are you will hurt a lot of feelings by taking this route, and there's no reason to start your relationship off with family and friends already upset with you for excluding them.

So whether you are going to have a big wedding or not, the first thing you will probably decide as a couple after you become engaged is to set your wedding date.

Of course, it is important to decide how long of an engagement you want to have and how long it will take for you to be able to plan the wedding and/or reception for your wedding to help you decide when you will actually set the wedding date. If you become engaged in December and figure it will take you three months to plan the wedding, then that leaves you to schedule the wedding some time around March or early April. If it will take six months to plan the wedding, then you move into a summer wedding dated.

So the first thing to decide is how long it will take to plan the wedding and get a general idea of what month you will be able to schedule the wedding, and that should narrow things down from 365 days to chose from to just a few months time to select your wedding date.

Once you have that narrowed down, you can begin to drill the wedding date down a bit further by taking these things into consideration:

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