Who schedules a wedding during football season in the South?

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » February 13, 2008 9:59 pm

jbirdbuc wrote:You have obviously never tried to schedule a church in June

I have to admit if I had a fiance who considered a football game of more importance that our marriage...and I had to postpone the wedding because of football season, I'd be seriously thinkin I need a new fiance.

(I was married in September--that's when Tom's lease ran out and my parents were still in Michigan before leaving for Florida for the winter) Autumn in Michigan can be quite nice for a wedding....

Maybe not June, but May I scheduled. Also, just a reminder. I never once mentioned the football/fall dates. My wife said no way to a fall date because of football. She was thinking of her passion for football but also thinking of all the guests that were attending our wedding.

It was never a issue of fiance choice just to clarify....[/quote]

Ahhh! I see..the two of your are football compatible.

And Santa brings up another point. Deer, duck, turkey, rabbit, quail, bear, bow, firearms, muzzleloader seasons...not to mention trout, Walleye, elk, ice fishing......

Sigh...guess no weddings can be scheduled at all....it's ALWAYS something season.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » February 13, 2008 10:07 pm

nutmeg wrote:
jbirdbuc wrote:You have obviously never tried to schedule a church in June

I have to admit if I had a fiance who considered a football game of more importance that our marriage...and I had to postpone the wedding because of football season, I'd be seriously thinkin I need a new fiance.

(I was married in September--that's when Tom's lease ran out and my parents were still in Michigan before leaving for Florida for the winter) Autumn in Michigan can be quite nice for a wedding....
Maybe not June, but May I scheduled. Also, just a reminder. I never once mentioned the football/fall dates. My wife said no way to a fall date because of football. She was thinking of her passion for football but also thinking of all the guests that were attending our wedding.

It was never a issue of fiance choice just to clarify....

Ahhh! I see..the two of your are football compatible.

And Santa brings up another point. Deer, duck, turkey, rabbit, quail, bear, bow, firearms, muzzleloader seasons...not to mention trout, Walleye, elk, ice fishing......

Sigh...guess no weddings can be scheduled at all....it's ALWAYS something season.[/quote]

Well to be fair.. She was advised when she picked the Date..
She just said.. they don't need to go.. they need to see me get married..

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » February 13, 2008 11:20 pm

I'm just glad I only had to contend with concert season!

blackjacks wife · Post by **blackjacks wife** » February 14, 2008 9:53 am

We were Married at the end of April.

The Steelers were all playing Golf. The Pirates were probably off to a good start - just waiting to hit their annual season long slump. (I don't know that for a fact, just guessing)

Who knew when we set the date a year and a half before that The Penguins would be in the playoffs and they would schedule the tie breaking game against the Flyers the same night.

(We are Pittsburgh fans who live outside of Philly)

Well, I must be a good and understanding wife because my new husband asked the maitre d' to keep him informed of the score throughout the night. The DJ would announce the score between songs.

It went something like this.....

2:10 left in the 2nd period and the Pens and ahead 2:1. Our next song goes out to.....

Well, only half of the room was happy with the outcome of the game and it wasn't the Penguins side.

But that is just one of the things that made our wedding day the best day EVER!!!

Carolinadreamin' · Post by **Carolinadreamin'** » February 14, 2008 10:16 am

It's the FSU/VA Tech game?????

And you're thinking FSU is gonna win????

You might want to go to that wedding!

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 14, 2008 10:29 am

Don't know about football, but we planned our wedding around a drag racing weekend

We got married on Aug 24, a Friday, so we could drive to Tulsa, OK after the wedding to be at the PRO race Sat and Sun and Larry could be back to work on Mon.

It was a wonderful honeymoon

OystersandBeer · Post by **OystersandBeer** » February 14, 2008 10:48 am

I could never understand the obsession with professional sports. I'll watch a game if there is nothing else on TV, but I ultimately think to myself who really gives a .... It is a game where people make way too much money. And I can't even afford to go to one of these games and see it live if I choose to. I do, however, enjoy highschool football and highschool baseball. To me that is where the fun is. A game with kids playing.

Nole Pirate · Post by **Nole Pirate** » February 14, 2008 2:47 pm

Here in the south it is a religon and any true southern bell should know that you don't do fall weddings. I made that clear to my fiance from day one and told my friends that if we have a fall wedding they are to go to Doak S. Campbell Stadium and miss my wedding. Hence no groomsmen. She likes teasing me that Thanksgiving weekend was ideal (same weekend as Florida-Florida State) but she knows.

By the way thank you for the website, I have already signed the guestbook.

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » February 14, 2008 2:53 pm

I love fall weddings. Do the letters T-I-V-O mean anything to you.

Allen B. · Post by **Allen B.** » February 14, 2008 4:09 pm

Holy Smokes! I guess I’m about to be very unpopular. I like sports, too, but how's about some perspective? How many games will there be? How many times do you want to get married? Record the game. You’re supposed to be in seclusion for a while after the wedding anyway. How hard is that?

On a related note, today is Valentine’s Day. I make sure that my wife knows how much I love and appreciate her every day in little ways, because I grew up in a family that impressed upon me that it’s the every day little things that make our lives good or bad. When I was seventeen my Dad sat me down on the porch, gave me my first beer and told me the secret to a happy life - be an honest man and never, ever cause your wife to feel unloved by you.
Every Christmas, my wife gives me new p.j.s, and every Valentine’s Day, I tie a ribbon around the old ones (clean and folded, naturally) and give them to her. She loves them and I think they look great on her.
Last night I disabled her alarm clock. I took care of the kids and her sister chauffeured them to school. I left a plate of croissants and jams on her nightstand, and I left the p.j.s on my side of the bed. On my way to the office, I stopped by my sister-in-law’s house and left her an appreciative note, a pink rose, a bottle of wine, and a book by her favorite author on her doorstep.
Tonight I’m going to grill steaks for the family, I’m going to take complete charge of clean up, then we’re all going to hit the family room for popcorn and a movie.
She’ll think I’m done, but on Friday I’m coming home at lunch. Her sister is going to pick-up the kids from school and stay over night with them. I’m taking my wife to a hotel suite in Hot Springs for the night, and I’ve arranged for a carriage to take us to dinner, and for flowers and champagne to be in our room when we get back.
I love my wife. I’m in awe that she picked me to share her time on Earth. She is the most wonderful person I know, and she’s the main reason I love my life. I wish the same for everyone else. Happy Valentine’s Day!!

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » February 14, 2008 4:19 pm

Allen B. wrote:Holy Smokes! I guess I’m about to be very unpopular. I like sports, too, but how's about some perspective? How many games will there be? How many times do you want to get married? Record the game. You’re supposed to be in seclusion for a while after the wedding anyway. How hard is that?

On a related note, today is Valentine’s Day. I make sure that my wife knows how much I love and appreciate her every day in little ways, because I grew up in a family that impressed upon me that it’s the every day little things that make our lives good or bad. When I was seventeen my Dad sat me down on the porch, gave me my first beer and told me the secret to a happy life - be an honest man and never, ever cause your wife to feel unloved by you.
Every Christmas, my wife gives me new p.j.s, and every Valentine’s Day, I tie a ribbon around the old ones (clean and folded, naturally) and give them to her. She loves them and I think they look great on her.
Last night I disabled her alarm clock. I took care of the kids and her sister chauffeured them to school. I left a plate of croissants and jams on her nightstand, and I left the p.j.s on my side of the bed. On my way to the office, I stopped by my sister-in-law’s house and left her an appreciative note, a pink rose, a bottle of wine, and a book by her favorite author on her doorstep.
Tonight I’m going to grill steaks for the family, I’m going to take complete charge of clean up, then we’re all going to hit the family room for popcorn and a movie.
She’ll think I’m done, but on Friday I’m coming home at lunch. Her sister is going to pick-up the kids from school and stay over night with them. I’m taking my wife to a hotel suite in Hot Springs for the night, and I’ve arranged for a carriage to take us to dinner, and for flowers and champagne to be in our room when we get back.
I love my wife. I’m in awe that she picked me to share her time on Earth. She is the most wonderful person I know, and she’s the main reason I love my life. I wish the same for everyone else. Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Your wife is one lucky lady! And thanks for the perspective!

AND!!!!!!! Ann is getting married. NOVEMBER 8th! See her engagemennt thread!

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » February 14, 2008 11:16 pm

springparrot wrote:Don't know about football, but we planned our wedding around a drag racing weekend
We got married on Aug 24, a Friday, so we could drive to Tulsa, OK after the wedding to be at the PRO race Sat and Sun and Larry could be back to work on Mon.

It was a wonderful honeymoon

Gotta love it! I have seen people at the track get married!

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » February 14, 2008 11:27 pm

A friend told me the story about a girl she worked with in NC. Well the girl plans her wedding for the weekend before Labor Day in Bristol TN. She could not figure out why her guests comming from out of town could not fing a room closer the 85 miles away. The fact that 160,000 people were attending the NASACR race in Bristol and had booked their rooms 10 to 12 months ago did not help. Not sure how she made out or if she moved it to Charlotte.

OystersandBeer · Post by **OystersandBeer** » February 15, 2008 10:59 am

I'm from the South. And I could care less about professional or college sports.

Allen B. · Post by **Allen B.** » February 15, 2008 11:47 am

Noles says: Here in the south it is a religon and any true southern bell should know that you don't do fall weddings.
RagtopW says: Deer, duck, turkey, rabbit, quail, bear, bow, firearms, muzzleloader seasons...not to mention trout, Walleye, elk, ice fishing......
Sigh...guess no weddings can be scheduled at all....it's ALWAYS something season.

I’m a native southerner, my wife is as well. I’ve got to say, elevating sports to the status of religion is something the obsessed do to justify their obsession. Look, if both parties are fans, this probably wouldn’t even be an issue. If you are close to the bride or groom or both, you attend to show support for that “team” reaching their “goal”.
In my book, a true Southern Gentleman doesn’t send a lady the message that what he wants precedes consideration of her, or that he expects her to be the more considerate of the two of them. I sure wouldn’t want to send that message to her Momma and Daddy!
It’s true that a lot of today’s southern men believe their interests come first and that’s sacrosanct, but that doesn’t make it right. It’s a wonder they aren’t stuck by lightning when they recite their vows, assuming there’s an acceptable date in their schedule to formalize pledging a “commitment.”

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 15, 2008 11:50 am

jimsig wrote:
springparrot wrote:Don't know about football, but we planned our wedding around a drag racing weekend
We got married on Aug 24, a Friday, so we could drive to Tulsa, OK after the wedding to be at the PRO race Sat and Sun and Larry could be back to work on Mon.

It was a wonderful honeymoon
Gotta love it! I have seen people at the track get married!

Yes--a couple got married at the LV track in Oct while we were there

JustDucky · Post by **JustDucky** » February 15, 2008 12:16 pm

Umm...it's just college football. I don't get what the big deal is. One game and it's the end of the world? Goddamn, grow up.

STL PARROTHEAD · Post by **STL PARROTHEAD** » February 15, 2008 12:31 pm

JustDucky wrote:Umm...it's just college football. I don't get what the big deal is. One game and it's the end of the world? Goddamn, grow up.

wow.................

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » February 15, 2008 12:33 pm

Allen B. wrote:Holy Smokes! I guess I’m about to be very unpopular. I like sports, too, but how's about some perspective? How many games will there be? How many times do you want to get married? Record the game. You’re supposed to be in seclusion for a while after the wedding anyway. How hard is that?

On a related note, today is Valentine’s Day. I make sure that my wife knows how much I love and appreciate her every day in little ways, because I grew up in a family that impressed upon me that it’s the every day little things that make our lives good or bad. When I was seventeen my Dad sat me down on the porch, gave me my first beer and told me the secret to a happy life - be an honest man and never, ever cause your wife to feel unloved by you.
Every Christmas, my wife gives me new p.j.s, and every Valentine’s Day, I tie a ribbon around the old ones (clean and folded, naturally) and give them to her. She loves them and I think they look great on her.
Last night I disabled her alarm clock. I took care of the kids and her sister chauffeured them to school. I left a plate of croissants and jams on her nightstand, and I left the p.j.s on my side of the bed. On my way to the office, I stopped by my sister-in-law’s house and left her an appreciative note, a pink rose, a bottle of wine, and a book by her favorite author on her doorstep.
Tonight I’m going to grill steaks for the family, I’m going to take complete charge of clean up, then we’re all going to hit the family room for popcorn and a movie.
She’ll think I’m done, but on Friday I’m coming home at lunch. Her sister is going to pick-up the kids from school and stay over night with them. I’m taking my wife to a hotel suite in Hot Springs for the night, and I’ve arranged for a carriage to take us to dinner, and for flowers and champagne to be in our room when we get back.
I love my wife. I’m in awe that she picked me to share her time on Earth. She is the most wonderful person I know, and she’s the main reason I love my life. I wish the same for everyone else. Happy Valentine’s Day!!

it's sweet you and your wife wear the same size negligee...

Allen B. · Post by **Allen B.** » February 15, 2008 12:41 pm

...it's sweet you and your wife wear the same size negligee...

It IS!!

And we don't argue about who looks better because we both agree it looks best on the floor!

Twenty minutes more and I'll be well on my way to throwing p.j.s on the floor! Have a great weekend, ya'll!