Our Facebook fans from all around the Maryland, Virginia and the Washington DC area have submitted their romantic wedding date stories. View a few of them below!
Feb14th! Just because. Maybe a little bit ’cause I thought my hubbywould remember it better! – Pamela
Myhusband, Doug and I were married on June 27 and we will have beenmarried 30 years in just 3 more weeks. Time has flown and it has beena great ride. Marriage is work, but it definitely pays off. Doug andI are best friends and have a great relationship. – Brenda (FAMILYMagazine Publisher and CEO)
March31, 1990, a rainy day in Charleston, SC, but it was meant to be,because when we got engaged the prior July and decided on a Springwedding, this was the only Saturday that worked for the church,reception site, florist, band, and photographer. Must have been fate,it was over 21 years ago! – Susan
Doug andI got married August 31, 1991 (20 years ago this August!), and wechose that day because it was the day we officially started datingback when we were just 16 years old. Yep, highschool sweethearts!Hard to believe we’ve been together 25 years (including the datingyears). Time flies. – Alisa
We weremarried September 17, 2004. We chose the 17th because it seemed to bea significant number in our relationship so we wanted to continue thestreak. We planned the whole wedding from the other side of the worldso September was when we’d be back in the country so the month choseitself! – Rebecca
We weremarried on Nov 5, 2005. We choose that date because it is my birthdaybackwards (5/11) so there would be no excuse for forgetting abirthday or anniversary LOL! – Maria
Adam andI got married on May 21, 2011 (yes – just 11 days ago). I have twodaughters – 10 and 7, which took part in our wedding by reading poemsthey composed themselves about what it means to be part of a combinedfamily. With over 30 kids under 14 invited, the whole wedding was afamily-friendly affair with ceremony activity packs for the kids,placemats & crayons at the reception, and kids meals as a foodchoice. It is hard as parents to take anytime for yourselves, evenwhen it is your own wedding. – Ashley
We got married on Friday,November 19th, 2004. I chose the year because it was 10 years afterwe first met and I was giving him an ultimatum 🙂 We chose the daybecause it was a Friday and one of the only days we could find timeon our work calendars that fit with the Courthouse’s schedule LOLSeriously, we were both that busy at work, 2 kids later and neitherof us have slowed down yet. – Kendra
Feb 19th 2005, exactly ayear after we were engaged 🙂 6 years later and we have a 4 1/2 yearold and 17 month old twins and never have date nights LOL! – Anita
My husband and I metwhile touring with Sesame Street Live. We were off for 2 months everysummer so we had a summer wedding. June 26th 2004. Traveling andliving in hotels was our life before marriage. Now its house work andchanging diapers lol. Wouldn’t change it for anything but would lovea weekend getaway with my babe, remembering how it all began … in ahotel 🙂 – Jenelle
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We got married. Sept 3,1994 We decided to get married that weekend because both of myhusband’s sisters would be in town for the holiday. He is the onlyboy and really wanted his whole family to be present on our specialday. Now 16 1/…2 years later, we have three healthy boys that keepus on the go. A weekend getaway would be awesome! A weekend away,just the two of us without soccer games, art class, spanish class,football, etc. We could certainly use some “mommie & daddytime” – Crystal
We got married on St.Patrick’s Day, 2001 — six months and one day after we got engaged(the Catholic Church’s minimum requirement). St. Patrick’s Dayhappened to fall on a Saturday that year — the perfect day to mergeour two Irish families! We now have three kids — 7, 5, and 1 — agetaway would be an amazing way to mark our 10th anniversary!- Maureen
We were married May 5. Wewere getting married in New Mexico, so we thought what better day todo it than Cinco de Mayo. AND, my husband wanted a really easy day toremember, so those 2 reasons are why we picked May 5. 🙂 – Shasta
We were married 10/27/01- we got engaged 7/27 and were supposed to be married the following7/27/02 but then 9/11 happened and my husband was getting deployed.He was on a training mission (USMC) and 10/27 happened to be aSaturday in betw…een trainings – ha! But it was a beautiful fallwedding surrounded by close friends and family, and here we arealmost 10 yrs later with 2 little boys. It would be great to have a 2night getaway since we didn’t have a proper honeymoon – thanks!!- Heather
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My hubby and I weremarried on May 4th, 2001. We chose this day on a whim, we had spentmost of the day enjoying San Antonio, Tx. (we were both stationedthere with the Army at the time) and he just asked me if I wanted togo get married……right now! We were already engaged, so I saidYES! And we headed to the Bexar Co. Courthouse and were married! Nobig reception, no guests, no honeymoon…just the 2 of us, very muchin love! We just celebrated 10 happy years together! We still havenever taken a honeymoon or trip just the 2 of us…so winning thisprize would be amazing! – Elizabeth
We got married on 9/7/96- It was labor day weekend and gave us all an extra day to visit withfamily and friends. Even the pouring rain didn’t stop us fromenjoying every minute of it! – Trisha
We were married November25, 1995. It was Thanksgiving week and it gave our out-of-town guestsa chance to attend without having to take time off. It was also theweek that the hotel put up it’s holiday decorations – saved us a lotof money. We didn’t need to order floral arrangements – they wereeverywhere! Our anniversary falls on Thanksgiving from time to timeand it’s a nice double celebration. – Tanya
We got married onSaturday, August 3, 2002… we knew that was the year we weresupposed to get married, and we waited until the end of the summer tohave a full two months to plan beforehand and almost a month afterbefore our last year of college started. – Carolyn
October 19, 1996 Ourfirst date was November 19, 1995. We love Autumn and wanted to enjoythat time of year in a special way, but while it was still warmenough to enjoy. The previous Saturday was part of Columbus Dayweekend and we want…ed so many people at our wedding, as we bothcome from large families, so we tried to make it an easy weekend forthem. And if we had waiting until Nov. 19, 96, it was aroundThanksgiving and was potentially too chilly and the leaves wouldn’tbe as pretty. My favorite part about our whole wedding is that weused my grandparents’ little country church in Ashburn. My parentswere married there and I used to do VBS there when I was a kid, so itheld many special memories. The music was amazing, as we were gracedwith an EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument) Ensemble. They madeclassical pieces sound as if an entire orchestra was present for ourspecial day. It was such a wonderful day, even with the rain! – Kim
