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Brittany
Devoted December 2022 Yucatán

Changing the Dates

Brittany, on May 27, 2021 at 10:16 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 9

When I first got engaged in March of this year, I knew I wanted to do it in spring. So instantly we were able to decide on May 20, 2023, enough time for us to save and go through things slowly but surely.

I was extremely happy with this date and then my fiancé left for 6 weeks (he is in the military and goes away every few months for training), I was starting to plan and looking at vendors, sending them to him and we were both happy.


QUEUE work issues. When he came home we found out that we can not book time off during training periods - which so happens to be every year in April - May and the beginning of June and mid September to mid October.

So it went from May 20, 2023 to March 18, 2023 - I am going to be honest, I hate that date. Something about late winter/early spring in Alberta that is just such an ugly month that I can not come to terms of getting married then. Its so grey and dark in Edmonton - it is not appealing at all. Even though the wedding is indoors, I know I still want to go outside to take photos but I would not be able to take photos because I don't like the way it looks.


Now we have decided December 10, 2022 as our date and not gonna lie, I am super happy. But I have to go through everything I have previously saved to delete it ALL.

I guess this is more of a rant, I am just not having a good time and I feel like picking a date is probably one of the easiest thing to do. BUT BOY WAS I WRONG!


Anyone else have or have had these issues?

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Latest activity by Brittany, on May 28, 2021 at 00:02
  • Brittany
    Devoted December 2022 Yucatán
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    Yeah I never realized how much outside factors can affect the decision of just what seems the most simple thing. It depends on location, season, weather. Like I was saying earlier, if Alberta was actually nice in March I would definitely keep it there, but it’s not. It’s dark, muddy, snowy and wet. It is not fun to be in. It’s not a nice early spring here. Summer it’s been starting to get too warm so we don’t want to be uncomfortable, and can’t do the good months of fall or spring! But ultimately we decided and I can’t be more excited, I love the new date we have set
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  • Brittany
    Devoted December 2022 Yucatán
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    We did learn real quick, and although I would love to have him more and there not be such strict rules, i would never trade him for anything. I love him so much so to make it work we decided on a early christmas/winter wedding knowing he will be off on leave. Just gotta make it work and really think!
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  • Jamie
    Newbie September 2022 Ontario
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    My fiancé is also in the military and cannot leave town because of covid. He can’t come with me to look at venues or anything. We’ve picked a date but of course nothing is ever guaranteed in the military. It’s hard being with a military member but one thing for sure is that we learn real quick how to be adaptable and resilient!! Trust that everything will line up the way it’s meant to be 💕
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    I really wanted mine on the Easter weekend but my fiancé’s family are really catholic so that idea got shot down and I had to accept it. So we decided on a long weekend with fireworks so it was between Victoria Day and Canada’s Day and we decided Canada’s day weekend worked out the best and I’m really happy with our date. It took a good chunk of heated arguments lol it was definitely a hard decision.
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  • Brittany
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    I think it depends on what time of year you do it. For Alberta, November - January the weather is actually really decent, barely gets below -10. And I’m willing to take that chance because it is going to be indoors anyways with the exception of some photos of myself and the groom outside the castle we are having our ceremony at.


    Have to be more careful for planning in mid January to The end of February because that’s when we have been having the cold snap lately. But I’m actually really excited for this date, more so than before! So yeah Smiley smile
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  • Hank
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    I originally wanted a winter wedding but now we're late summer early fall due to covid, since it's not reasonable to be outside during the winter.
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  • Stacey Tc
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    I get what your feeling. I had my heart set on a May wedding once we discovered my grandmother got married in May. We had to change to accommodate my mother and her medical needs and compromised on August. The hassle of changing and cancelling things has sucked but I'm starting to get excited about things again.

    I think a winter wedding would be beautiful and thought about it when SO and I first moved in together (almost 6 years ago!) but once my mother's health changed a few years ago I knew that couldn't be an option for her to get around.

    Virtual hugs!

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  • Brittany
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    I understand that and that is why we compromised with December 10th, he actually came up with it which I then looked up some things to see how it would look in the winter time and I was sold. Yes it sucks that work puts a dapper on things, but we were able to come up with a date we both like.

    Working from there now Smiley smile

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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Changing dates for what you don't like doesn't seem right though you do have to consider your FHs black out dates. I know its a hard thing to take away from what you desire of the day. The positive side is its still indoors and you can get your pictures taken while getting ready and first look if the evening time doesn't work.
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