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Would you get married on your birthday? Yea or nay?

Maggie, on March 15, 2019 at 10:05 AM

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Birthdays happen every year, but weddings come much more rarely! Would you double-up on your celebrations and get married on your birthday? Why or why not? Are any of your guests celebrating their bday on your wedding day? Photo from Ruby Red Shoes Weddings & Events in Tacoma, Washington Keep...

Birthdays happen every year, but weddings come much more rarely! Would you double-up on your celebrations and get married on your birthday? Why or why not?

Are any of your guests celebrating their bday on your wedding day?


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Photo from Ruby Red Shoes Weddings & Events in Tacoma, Washington


Keep sharing your wedding date details in: How did you choose your wedding date?, Over or Under: Average Age on Wedding Day?, and Who is older? You or your fiancé(e)?

52 Comments

  • HayMrsO
    Master October 2018
    HayMrsO ·
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    Absolutely not! My birthday is 4 days after Christmas and my only sibling's birthday is the next day. It's the worst time to have a birthday! I did not want my wedding in November or December because of it.

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  • MD
    Super July 2019
    MD ·
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    No way! I like to have multiple days to celebrate Smiley smile

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  • Angerra
    VIP August 2019
    Angerra ·
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    Nope, I would like to keep my birthday separate. Our wedding day is 3 days after my fiance's birthday!
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  • Kate
    Devoted September 2019
    Kate ·
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    Personally, never! God forbid something doesn't work out...I'd like to keep my wedding date separate from any other significant dates.
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  • Emily
    Devoted December 2021
    Emily ·
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    Definitely not. I don’t celebrate my birthday, and I want to be able to celebrate on the date of my anniversary.
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  • Bre
    Dedicated September 2019
    Bre ·
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    Not a chance. We're getting married 2 days after my birthday and that's bad enough... I'm very particular about not sharing my birthday.
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  • Mrs.
    Super May 2019
    Mrs. ·
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    No, I love our anniversary date and want to keep that date for our wedding. I would hate to have to celebrate two different occasions in one.

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  • Sarah
    Expert September 2019
    Sarah ·
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    Absolutely NOT! I already had to share my birthday with different things growing up to where no joke, just like in the movie 16 candles, my family forgot about it. Also my birthdate is for me to celebrate if I choose, his is for him (he doesn't get a choice Smiley smile and our date is for us to celebrate us. The last reason is I had an ex where we started dating on Valentine's day and broke up on Halloween. Needless to say I didn't like those holidays for a while until FH replaced the bad with the good. I couldn't imagine something happening to where I wasn't with FH anymore (either death or divorce) and having my birthday as a reminder of what was
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  • Laura
    Master October 2019
    Laura ·
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    I've thought about it, but my birthday is on a Sunday this year. I'll be turning 50 and thought it would be neat. Right now we're planning on October 19th, which would have been my late grandmother's 100th birthday. I'm who I am largely because of her so it would be nice to be able to pull that off

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  • Kailyn
    Dedicated August 2019
    Kailyn ·
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    No, I want two separate days to celebrate haha.

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  • Kristen
    VIP June 2020
    Kristen ·
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    No because I wouldn’t want a June wedding since prices are higher
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  • A
    Master June 2020
    Anna ·
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    I sure would, if it wasn't for the fact that I want to be a summer 👰
    That's why I'm waiting until next year. I didn't want to be rushed on my planning and most venues were full!

    My birthday is October 29th.
    If we did get married on my bd, then he would be in big trouble if he forgot our anniversarySmiley smile
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  • Danielle K
    VIP June 2019
    Danielle K ·
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    Yeah that would be a no for me. I am a very independent woman 364 days a year but on my birthday I expect to be spoiled lol we usually do very childish things because it 1 day a year I never work and its all about me. I don't want to get drunk or party, I want to go to the zoo or get an ice cream cake lol to be honest I'm really not spoiled its more so I get to decide what we do with no argument or compromises lol our wedding wont be like that. its all about him and I and our guests and our families. it's all about making everyone else happy.

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  • A
    Dedicated August 2019
    Alyssa ·
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    No... would rather not. I'm not huge on birthdays but I feel like that day should be about us and it being on my birthday might shift the meaning. Nothing wrong with it, I just wouldn't do it personally.
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  • F
    Super April 2019
    Future Mrs. Polar Bear ·
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    What's hilarous about this question is my FH asked me this same question last night, because someone had asked him...I said "No!" super fast.

    I love my birthday (besides getting older) too much to have to share it, ha! It's selfish but I'm a very unselfish person, so I always tell myself I'm allowed 1 day out of the year to think about ME!


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  • Rachel
    Super May 2019
    Rachel ·
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    I wouldn't. If we got married on my birthday, that would make our anniversary more about me than about both of us. I wouldn't want to take away from him on our anniversary.

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  • Jalyn
    Dedicated August 2019
    Jalyn ·
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    I'm getting married the day before my birthday. August 10, 2019. We got engaged on my birthday last year August 11, 2018. Will be engaged for exactly 364 days. My fiance's birthday is a couple days before our METiversary. So it was kind of planned as an inside joke.

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  • Justine
    Super July 2019
    Justine ·
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    Not us! Though one of my bridesmaids got married the day before her birthday! So her husband should never forget either day! 😉
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  • Jalyn
    Dedicated August 2019
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    That's me lol getting married the day before my birthday and got engaged on my birthday last year.

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  • Colleen
    Master September 2019
    Colleen ·
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    No! It just seems showy to me. Making it more about you then the two of you as a couple.
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