I've been to 2 outdoor weddings in back to back weekends now. These types of weddings suck in the summer because of the heat and bugs. We just missed the rain yesterday too. Do your friends and family a favor and get married indoors, or just sign the papers at the courthouse and have a party. Being a guy and having to dress at least simi-formal in the summer sucks when you have to go to an outdoor event. Winter weddings are better. Guys don't have to fry in their suits then.

6/19/2011 11:51:31 PM

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6/19/2011 11:52:36 PM

ELOPE no one wants to wear a monkey suit and see you kiss

6/19/2011 11:53:35 PM

if outside was good enough for Jesus to get married in, then it's good enough for me

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:00 AM. Reason : .]

6/19/2011 11:55:41 PM

why have we decided that weddings are for summers? spring or late fall is much better for wearing a tux or suit.

6/19/2011 11:57:25 PM

6/19/2011 11:58:19 PM

I'm getting married outside in the evening towards the end of May


we are having an open bar, yummy food, a great DJ, and a candy bar as a favor



so I think people can suck it up if it's a little warm.

6/19/2011 11:59:12 PM

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"ELOPE no one wants to wear a monkey suit and see you kiss"

I don't mind the ceremony, but the heat and bugs suck in the summer, if you are a guy. Girls can dress in a short skirt anytime of the year and it is no big deal. Even the groom was complaining about the heat yesterday. His wife planned the wedding while he was in grad school at Kentucky.

6/19/2011 11:59:33 PM

Personally, if I am going to make the effort to go to a wedding, I am going to like the people involved enough to suck it up and wear a fucking suit, even if it is blazingly hot outside.

6/20/2011 12:02:10 AM

^2 I don't understand that last bit. Just because she planned it while he was in Kentucky doesn't mean he had no say in the matter. If he really disagreed with getting married in the summer I'm sure they would have planned it for another time. He's partly to blame, too.


[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:03 AM. Reason : ^ gets it]

6/20/2011 12:02:36 AM

Problem solved.

6/20/2011 12:04:41 AM

we did ours at the beach April 29th

70 degrees and sunny

with that being said, my cousin is getting married in Jacksonville, FL in the beginning of August

I feel your pain

6/20/2011 12:04:50 AM

ill tell you why people get married in the summer

Mst flowers are in full bloom
Rain during an outdoor wedding is good luck

Know your shit

6/20/2011 12:05:08 AM

^^

Planned a wedding that happened this past Friday. It was outside and like 90 degrees out. Everyone got over the heat when they got to the cocktail hour at the reception!

6/20/2011 12:05:20 AM

i want to get married under water

6/20/2011 12:05:36 AM

Do it inside with A/C

Problem solved. Also never let a woman plan it all. They tend to not think about the little things

6/20/2011 12:05:40 AM

I think people forget that the ones having the outdoor ceremony are also probablyyyy going to consider how their guests feel being outdoors... i.e., make program fans, have the ceremony short and sweet, etc.

Ours will be 15 minutes tops, and then everyone can go get their drink/dance/eat on underneath a pavilion

6/20/2011 12:07:00 AM

simi-formal

6/20/2011 12:07:05 AM

My old roommates wedding was like 15 minutes. It was awesome, especially since I stood in the wedding party as his best man

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:10 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 12:09:31 AM

I do find it funny when people get married on the beach...I mean not the beach in general but they get married at public accesses...where it's super crowded...do you want your wedding pictures to have some bitch wearing a too small bikini walking around, or some dude bending over with his ass crack sticking out?

Anytime I see a wedding on the beach down at the sheraton or the circle I always think of that one pictures where some fat bitch is walking behind the wedding topless.


Best way to have a beach wedding. Rent a house that is a good distance away from from any public access. Have your ceremony. Then throw a huge party at the house you rented out for the reception. Your wedding party gets to crash in the house, and there will be plenty of hotels around for all your guests.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:14 AM. Reason : ]

6/20/2011 12:10:34 AM

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"^2 I don't understand that last bit. Just because she planned it while he was in Kentucky doesn't mean he had no say in the matter. If he really disagreed with getting married in the summer I'm sure they would have planned it for another time. He's partly to blame, too."

Well the groom leaves for grad school again in August. It was actually a double wedding. The bride I am friends with chose to get married on Saturday since her aunt was getting married that same day. Both couples stood on the steps of an old house at the same time even though my friends wanted to get married in front of the grape vines instead. The groom who I am friends with had his dad pay for the reception I think. I guess it was a small compromise for everyone to help cut costs and the timing was right, but that still doesn't change the fact that winter weddings are better.

6/20/2011 12:19:08 AM

i'd love a fall wedding. outside. integrating classy pumpkins and hay and yummy whiskey drinks (fine line doing that shit though. reeeeallll fine. and i'm pretty sure whiskey won't be involved since i won't be allowed to have open bar...well open liquor bar. i'd be allowed wine and beers).

the problem i foresee is football

and then i'm like, well i wouldn't do it on a game day (for ncsu). but there is always A game on on saturdays in the fall. and i'm like i wouldn't MIND a tv so people could see the score of whatever game(s), but i wouldn't want people to be crowded around a TV the entire time. but if you bring a TV into the mix you can't get mad if people crowd around it the entire time. but i know i'd be kinda angry if i had to go to a wedding during a big game and couldn't see the score. i guess enough people have smartphones now that maybe it doesn't matter.

i really want outdoors and i love fall and october and november so IF i ever get married, football could be an issue.

on topic: i went to a wedding at the beg of june during that heatwave and it was kinda miserable outside until the sun went down. the wedding was pimp though and i liked the venue a lot - angus barn pavillions. i think that place would rule for a fall wedding. they have a fire pit for a s'more station! though everyone at this wedding was like, FUCK YOUUUU fire pit. and standing in front of the giant fans. i mean it was hot. one of the nights it was still like 85 when the sun went down. oh and i got bitten by mosquitoes

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:21 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 12:20:13 AM

..... wat

6/20/2011 12:21:00 AM

i don't know about winter weddings

i really dig being outside

fall seems like the best weather wise for me. though i realize it can still be hot in the fall.

i've been to december weddings with christmas themes (vom) and feb weddings with valentines themes (vom again)

and in jan everything is just cold and dead

the only way i'd do winter is a destination wedding to a ski resort. OR alaska (though i guess you do that shit in the spring or summer and it is still cold) like Misha's friend who wore all this cool white fur and looked like a badass ice queen.

6/20/2011 12:24:23 AM

Do you have a boyfriend? Because you're thinking way to much about that shit.

6/20/2011 12:25:47 AM

i've gone to a lot of weddings recently/known a lot of people who have gotten married what can i say

plus most females think about these things even if they don't admit it. its not like i know what kind of flower arrangements i want, SHEESH

6/20/2011 12:29:12 AM

kadwackle... I think people love you enough to give up football for a day




I will admit, we really wanted an early to mid spring wedding. But there is NO WAY IN HELL I would get married during the semester in school - I would want to shoot myself from all the stress



so... I'm really hoping we get lucky and it's not toooooo hot on the day of. Otherwise people will see me sweating.

6/20/2011 12:29:31 AM

say wedding and all the women show up ITT

6/20/2011 12:30:14 AM

You're going to meet the man of your dreams who has totally opposite preferences in weddings. And I'm going to lol

6/20/2011 12:31:21 AM

^^^ haha i hope they'd love me enough to give up football. BUT I AM A PEOPLE PLEASER!

and at this last wedding i went to the bride and bridesmaids used that spray on make up

i was skeptical at first too

BUT it actually looked natural and did really well with the sweat (as advertised - it is supposed to stay on and run free, etc). i filed that tidbit of info away in case i ever need to look awesome while i am wet and/or sweaty

^ like what. sweating during the summer in a tux and not drinking whiskey? i don't picture myself marrying someone that wants to get married in a tux. and who doesn't drink whiskey. i think i'm good thaaaank youu!

in my other dream wedding scenario we get married at the court house and join the peace corps together. and save starving children in africa. but i have a dog and 2 cats and he has a cat so...there is pet drama.



[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:36 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 12:31:46 AM

Quote :

"i'd love a fall wedding. outside. integrating classy pumpkins and hay and yummy whiskey drinks (fine line doing that shit though. reeeeallll fine. and i'm pretty sure whiskey won't be involved since i won't be allowed to have open bar...well open liquor bar. i'd be allowed wine and beers). the problem i foresee is football and then i'm like, well i wouldn't do it on a game day (for ncsu). but there is always A game on on saturdays in the fall. and i'm like i wouldn't MIND a tv so people could see the score of whatever game(s), but i wouldn't want people to be crowded around a TV the entire time. but if you bring a TV into the mix you can't get mad if people crowd around it the entire time. but i know i'd be kinda angry if i had to go to a wedding during a big game and couldn't see the score. i guess enough people have smartphones now that maybe it doesn't matter. i really want outdoors and i love fall and october and november so IF i ever get married, football could be an issue. on topic: i went to a wedding at the beg of june during that heatwave and it was kinda miserable outside until the sun went down. the wedding was pimp though and i liked the venue a lot - angus barn pavillions. i think that place would rule for a fall wedding. they have a fire pit for a s'more station! though everyone at this wedding was like, FUCK YOUUUU fire pit. and standing in front of the giant fans. i mean it was hot. one of the nights it was still like 85 when the sun went down. oh and i got bitten by mosquitoes"

You bring up a lot of good points about fall weddings. They release the football schedule many months in advance. I had a friend who got married during an off week for NC State because him, his wife, and their friends all had season tickets. They knew better than to get married when all of us wanted to be at a home game. You can plan around football, if you do it correctly.

6/20/2011 12:32:02 AM

Wow.

I can understand loving football, but if you would seriously be upset over missing a football game because you're at a loved one's wedding... you should probably check your priorities.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:37 AM. Reason : it's called ESPN mobile, y'all]

6/20/2011 12:37:25 AM

^my bestfriend had a wedding on the same day of the UNC football game. I groaned about their poor choice of date, but there was no question I was going

6/20/2011 12:41:37 AM

that is definitely true. i (personally) would still not do it on an ncsu home game day though. mostly cause i'd prob wish i was at the game too.

6/20/2011 12:43:16 AM

Especially when the team in question is NC State.

You don't need to watch the game to know there's gonna be some NC STATE SHIT RIGHT THERE.

6/20/2011 12:43:51 AM

i wouldn't schedule a wedding during State's football season (or college in general) because I, PERSONALLY, would be pissed about missing a game. Not for the sake of other people

6/20/2011 12:45:40 AM

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"Wow. I can understand loving football, but if you would seriously be upset over missing a football game because you're at a loved one's wedding... you should probably check your priorities."

If you are referring to my last post, no one would have skipped the wedding. The bride and groom just chose to get married on a weekend when their wasn't a home game, so they wouldn't be wasting money on buying tickets. It is no different than how you are choosing to get married when school is out, so it doesn't interupt the classes you paid to take.

I skipped home football games for both of my sisters weddings. The one was the night we lost to ECU in 2006 to end the year when it was 20 degrees outside. The other was when we lost to BC. No one I know would ever skip a weddings to watch sports. It worked out pretty good in the end.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 12:50 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 12:48:31 AM

NC State shit would be planing a January wedding, a year in advance, and us playing for the national title on that date.

6/20/2011 12:48:34 AM

My aunt (who also went to State) scheduled her fall wedding for our off weekend that year...that was super nice.

It was a small wedding (family only) so she knew she'd have to take that into account.

6/20/2011 12:49:22 AM

Quote :

"NC State shit would be planing a January wedding, a year in advance, and us playing for the national title on that date."

LOLOLOL

6/20/2011 12:51:02 AM

Quote :

"NC State shit would be planing a January wedding, a year in advance, and us playing for the national title on that date."

They play those games in the middle of the week. What I could see happening to an NC State fan though would be having to miss the simi-finals of the NCAA tournament since those are always held on a Saturday.

6/20/2011 12:53:12 AM

We're simi-concerned.

6/20/2011 12:57:01 AM

I can definitely understand it being scheduled that way if the bride and groom are huge football fans (maybe that's why Eric didn't want a fall wedding ), but it would make me all -.o if someone was pissed about missing a game over someone else's wedding being scheduled that day

know what I mean?

6/20/2011 12:59:25 AM

My bf's best friend is getting married this fall in Vegas the day before the Central Michigan game.

I am PISSED I am going to have to miss it for this wedding. (Although technically I could fly back before the game.)

I am hoping there is some way I will get out of this wedding...also factor in that I'm not a huge fan of the groom...he pisses me off every time we hang out.

6/20/2011 1:02:35 AM

^^Yeah I know what you mean. I think most people try to avoid inturupting everyday life as much as possible though. That is why my parents got married in February since all of their relatives on all sides of the family were pretty much all Iowa farmers. No one has to deal with farming in the winter.



[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 1:03 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 1:02:37 AM

^5 dude, the schedule change makes it even more nc state shitty

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 1:04 AM. Reason : simi. lol]

6/20/2011 1:04:01 AM

I feel like a bitch for saying this, but we didn't pick our date that way it honestly fell on May 19th because May 12th would have been the soonest date following the end of my grad school, but graduation is that day and that just wasn't going to work

/selfish I guess

6/20/2011 1:04:39 AM

don't wear a fall/winter suit to a summer wedding. learn how to dress.

problem solved.

6/20/2011 1:08:54 AM

I havent read any of this, but...

1. dont get married before 30 at least, if its "meant to be" then you will last just fine without a piece of paper for a few years.
2. dont plan your wedding in the fall, thats just stupid, you are just doing it to MAKE people choose between you and football, dont be a dick.
3. beach weddings are corny
4. have a low key wedding and use the money instead on a kick ass honeymoon, everyone goes to weddings, they wont remember yours after a few months, no matter how "special" it is, hell, you wont remember much about it, because you will be nervous as shit the whole time, but a month long trip to Europe, you will remember that shit forever.

6/20/2011 1:12:04 AM

i went to an outside wedding in the mountains on saturday...was promptly greeted by a thunderstorm and 50-60mph straight line winds and then miserable rain afterwards...it was great

i will say the venue was amazing, sans thunderstorm

6/20/2011 1:23:57 AM