non-clicky wedding pohweulle

[interro]

Did you take any time off from work before your wedding - the day before maybe? Did you take a honeymoon right away or go right back to work?

The beebee I work with is getting married tomorrow. She is working today.

Two of my other coworkers are married to each other. They got married at home on a Sunday and were back at work the next day.

And the operations mgr. got married after work one random weekday and was late to her own wedding because she was here so late.

I get not being able to afford a big honeymoon right away. But not even a day or two off from this shithole to celebrate? (We have paid vacation. Not much, but we have it.) Does not compute.

[Muddled]

Interro, don't you have almost no time off? I think I would be saving it all up to take my big trip.

Oh yeah. Answer the question.
Our reception was in my parents' town, so I went down a few days early to get things ready. No time off after until we went to Japan a couple weeks later.
For the wedding, we took the day that we actually got married off. And I forced Brad to miss some sort of schmoozy work event the night before because we had invited parents over for dinner and I thought it was rude.

[sparkles17]

I took off the day before (a Friday), was married on a Saturday and left for my honeymoon on Sunday. I returned from my honeymoon the following Saturday, took that Sunday to relax and then was back at work that Monday.

That said, if I ever get remarried, I do not anticipate doing the same. It will most likely be a small family affair with a long weekend away as a honeymoon at most. And I probably wouldn't take any time off before either.

[Deleted]

I'll probably take the Friday before off (Sunday wedding), but we aren't sure about a honeymoon right now. Buying a house will probably put us in a position to go on a very cheap trip right after we get married (a week or so?) to the mountains and then we've discussed taking a really big trip on our first anniversary.

BUT yes - I will be taking some time off. Mainly to visit with family when they come in to town, get things ready and to take a break from work.

[beebeeeater]

I took a total of two weeks off - we had to travel home to CT (from OH) for the wedding so we gave ourselves a day to get there, a day free, the day of the rehearsal dinner (so weds-fri), got married Sat, honeymooned Mon-the following Tuesday, took weds off at home to chill, then back to work on Thursday.

[interro]

Muddled, we have 2 weeks vacation - which I think is pretty standard (to start)? But it never increases no matter how long you work here, and getting it approved is the issue because there are 2 weeks per month we can't take unless it's an emergency or major family life event, and we can't take vacations at the same time. So most of us just don't use it, and we lose it. Blergh.

[partiallysunny]

I took the day before off and took a honeymoon right after.

Edit: honey moon was a week (5 days off).

[Muddled]

Well, that is a problem all on its own. That sucks, but girl, you have got to be taking your vacation time. I am guessing you don't get paid out for days not taken? Which means you are handing them part of your paycheck for every day that you don't take. It ain't right. Take those days. All of them.

[tacokick]

We were both teachers at the time and got married on spring break since it is really difficult to take off time during the school year.

[imoan]

I took the week off before my wedding. My wedding was Saturday. We left for our honeymoon the following Wed... and then I returned to work 2 Mondays from them. So I took off about 2.5 weeks.

[aliciar6]

i will have the day before off (friday, it's my scheduled day off anyway since i work a compressed schedule) and then we will leave on that coming monday for a 13 day honeymoon.

[Deleted]

We were married on a Sunday. I can't remember what I worked tbh. I'm pretty sure I was still working when we got married but I honestly have no recollection of taking time off or going back to work or when.

H however, worked that Friday and then went back on the Tuesday immediately after.

But we were married in a small b&b 45 minutes away that handled all the details and planning. We just showed up in our duds, flowers in hand and were married. Then we went out to eat at a fancy restaurant and were home by 11.

[ECB]

I had a Sunday wedding and took the Friday before off. I then took the next 2 weeks off for my honeymoon.

I can't imagine not taking at least a couple days off right after, even if you don't go anywhere!

[fussbucket]

We were both in grad school, and we got married at the end of the summer. I think my last day at my research "job" was Wednesday or Thursday before. We took a weeklong honeymoon and then school started right back up when we got back.

I think I would have liked to have two weeks off before school started, but our venue wasn't available the week before, so that's how it worked out.

[statlerwaldorf]

I worked the day before our wedding. We were married on Saturday and I was back to work on Monday. DH worked Friday and took the next week off. It sucked because DH worked at a factory and got a specific two weeks off for vacation one in July and the other for Christmas when the plant shut down. My request for vacation was denied because it was too close to a holiday. The whole thing is bullshit because I wanted the week after July 4th off.

[kaneen]

I got married on a Saturday. Took off the Friday before and the whole week after. I was back at work the following Monday.

[gault]

I took off the Friday before (Saturday wedding) and then the week after for the honeymoon.

Don't get me started on the fucking honeymoon disaster. Hint: never let your in-laws and douche H PLAN your plan tickets and honeymoon for you.

[malibu]

I think I took Weds-Fri off before my Saturday wedding, because I could. Then I was off galavanting in Hawaii for two weeks afterwards. :-)

[maucat]

I was unemployed at the time, so that was easy. I went to a professional school that has a one-class-per-month schedule, so I took the month of our wedding off from school which wasn't too bad.

DH took the day before our wedding off (Friday) because of out-of town guests/wedding party. Then he took the week after off for our honeymoon.

One of the guys I work with got married one weekday morning and came in with a wedding ring on that afternoon, which is how we all found out. We were all a little weirded out that he didn't take that day off.

[roselis]

I took two weeks off total. Two days before my wedding for last minute running around, a week off for the honeymoon, and two days after to recover

[So_Fetch]

I took almost a week off before so that I had two days to finalized all the DIY/seating/etc and the Wed & Thurs to hang out with my nieces and sister in law. I think I took off a day or two after....our honeymoon was the following month.

[dev22]

Lurker chiming in:

If I remember correctly, I took Thurs and Fri off work, got married on Sunday, we left for our Honeymoon on Monday afternoon, came back the following Monday, then took Tues off to recover. So about 2 weeks total.

[kmw325i]

I ended up not having to take any unpaid time off for our wedding. It worked out that our normal rotating 4 on, 4 off schedule had my first day off Friday before the wedding, saturday of the wedding, Sunday and Monday on our honeymoon, then I had 4 days PTO, then my next regularly schedule 4 days off, then back to work as normal. I was elated.

[Deleted]

yes, but some of it was totally unplanned. We were getting married on a Saturday and I was gonna take Friday off....but on Monday my step-sons mother had a baby that had serious medical problems. It ended up that I took the week off to care for him while his mom went to a hospital out of state with the baby.

[Waffles]

We had a DW & spent a week there before the wedding so I actually took about 10 days before and we then stayed for our honeymoon another 2 weeks.

[BettyBookWorm]

I just started the job that I had when I got married. My boss was a zillion shades of awesome & allowed me 2 weeks after my wedding (including the week of my wedding) to prepare & go on our honeymoon to Europe. That job was so awesome! I am sad it was only temporary.

[interro]

May 23, 2012 6:57:09 GMT -5 Waffles said:

We had a DW & spent a week there before the wedding so I actually took about 10 days before and we then stayed for our honeymoon another 2 weeks.

This is SO what I want to do! Awesome!

[margarita]

I took the Thursday and Friday off (Saturday wedding.)

[lizo11]

Another lurker chiming in.

I worked the Friday before (Saturday wedding), but then around noon my boss told me to go home because I wasn't doing anything anyway. I took the Monday after off, then worked T-F and then took the following week off for our honeymoon.

[exploding people]

I took Thursday, Friday, and Monday off for our Saturday wedding. We got married about three hours out of town so Thursday was a prep day for me while H worked, then Friday we had a funeral, last minute errands, driving up there, and setup. It was a little hectic, but DH had only been at his job for two months so he didn't have vacation days.

Our "honeymoon" was two months later.