Thursday wedding

[sh10]

I thought Friday weddings were bad, we just got an invite for a Thursday wedding. Is this the new thing? I'm annoyed. We aren't going regardless due to flight costs, but really, a Thursday?!

[drloretta]

I can only assume they got a good deal and most guests are local

[belovedbride07]

My brother got married on a Thursday. It was their dating anniversary!!!squee!!! I was so annoyed!

Other than my mom and stepdad, all family was out of state; none of her family came, and very few of ours did.

And they got divorced less than a year later. (Obviously not because of the Thursday wedding...it just adds to the story.)

[Deleted]

Is there any chance there is a religious or cultural reason? Thursday weddings are very popular with the Amish and Mennonites.

[Deleted]

Unless it is for religious reasons, that sounds truly dreadful.

[Awkward]

 I made the mistake about complaining about a Friday afternoon (4pm?!) wedding invite in front of a coworker, not knowing she was in the middle of planning her own wedding for a Friday. Sorry chicky, Sunday weddings are completely acceptable for a good deal, but weekdays are not cool.

[pumpkin]

I had a friend who got married on a Wednesday around lunch, which my friend and I attended. This girl then complained to me that she couldn't make my wedding because it was a Friday evening and she might have to leave an hour early due to the commute.

[cajunmom]

We got married on a Tuesday.

[mbcdefg]

Is it on a holiday weekend?

I'd rather go to a Friday wedding than a Sunday wedding.

[msmerymac]

I don't mind Friday or Sunday weddings at all, but Thursday is jacked up.

Ask me how happy I am to go to my brother's Thursday rehearsal dinner. His actual wedding is on a Sunday, FYI. Also, the RD is THIS Thursday and I still don't know where it is.

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Sept 19, 2014 15:29:04 GMT -5 milsaroo said:

Sept 19, 2014 15:27:57 GMT -5 @ruralrabbit1 said:

Is there any chance there is a religious or cultural reason? Thursday weddings are very popular with the Amish and Mennonites.

I had no idea! Thanks for bringing this up. What's the reasoning behind this?

The family does all the prep and clean up themselves and they'll be cooking for hundreds of people.  The wedding on Thursday allows for plenty of prep and clean up time without it spilling over onto Sunday.  Saturdays are usually reserved for getting ready for church, there is usually a meal to prep for church as well as cleaning up the church house if they have one, or the home of the person who is hosting church that week. 

[cheezer]

That's ridiculous. Even if it was local people have jobs.

I don't think I'd even go to a Friday wedding. I have limited vacation days and don't want to spend them doing that.

[Deleted]

Thankfully my friend who got married on Wed (dating anniversary) invited like 10 people to her wedding (not me) and had a normal reception that Saturday.

[sh10]

Sept 19, 2014 15:27:57 GMT -5 @ruralrabbit1 said:

Is there any chance there is a religious or cultural reason? Thursday weddings are very popular with the Amish and Mennonites.

Not is this case. It's not a holiday weekend either, just a random Thursday.

[flatlan]

So strange.

[audette]

Our wedding was on a Wednesday. The only Saturday options we had between DH's graduation and the earliest date the army could have him sent off to training were Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. We realized both the day of the week and the proximity to Christmas were going to make it impossible for some folks to attend, though, and were not offended when people told us they couldn't attend.


For us, it was choose a weekday or deal with planning a wedding with a month's notice, based on the whims of the Army. Neither choice was great...

[orval]

I work in the wedding industry, the only day of the week I have not had a wedding is Wednesday. Tues and Thurs are very rare. Mondays are usually a holiday - like I just had one on Labor Day. Friday wedding suck because of rush hour traffic.

[sh10]

Sept 20, 2014 1:42:34 GMT -5 audette said:

Our wedding was on a Wednesday. The only Saturday options we had between DH's graduation and the earliest date the army could have him sent off to training were Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. We realized both the day of the week and the proximity to Christmas were going to make it impossible for some folks to attend, though, and were not offended when people told us they couldn't attend.


For us, it was choose a weekday or deal with planning a wedding with a month's notice, based on the whims of the Army. Neither choice was great...

This makes sense to me and I wouldn't complain if I were invited to such a wedding.

In this case, I'm sure they just wanted to bring down the cost, the place they are having it is pretty fancy.

It's frustrating for us because our family does so many Friday weddings and we live so far away.

[L]

Meh. There were only a handful of people that I really truly wanted at my wedding. Everyone else I was happy to celebrate with, but their absence would not have affected my day in the least. I assume that this is the case for everyone else too, so as long as the date works for those most important to the happy couple, they can get married whenever they want with no judgement from me.

[Deleted]

Maybe the date holds a special significance to them. That is the only reason I can think of. Or they got a super deal on the hall.