Will you be wed on St Valentine's Day - February 14, 2010?

Maybe next valentine’s day..

bd84 said :

Mordd said :

Sure, getting married on Valentines day sounds like a good idea right, its arguably the most romantic day of the year, and the symbolism will be special right?

WRONG! Think about it a little more, do you really want your wedding anniversary to be on Valentines day every year, for the rest of your married life? Sure it will be romantic for the first 5 to maybe even 10 years of the marriage, but think of the hidden costs and frustrations you are setting yourself up for.

1. The pressure of Valentines day to be ultra-romantic will certainly wear off 20, 30, 40 years plusn into the marriage, are you still going to feel so sweet about it down the track, with the pressure year after year to live up the ultimate romance fairytale every time?

2. Good luck getting a restaurant booking on your anniversary for the rest of your lives unless you always book 6 months plus in advance.

3. Flowers, chocolates, etc.. will always be more expensive to buy if your anniversary is on Valentines day, and these you can’t buy in advance.

4. Thinking of a romantic trip away for your anniversary instead? Expect to pay double to triple prices for those romantic getaway locations during Valentines day every year.

Trying to impress on Valentines day is hard enough as it is, do you really want the added pressure of having your wedding anniversary on the same day every year? Play it smart, and pick a different date. Why compete with all that extra hassle year after year, do the right thing, don’t get married on Valentines Day!

This message brought to you as a Public Service announcement with tongue held firmly in cheek. 😛

Thanks for scaring her off! haha

HAHAHAHAHAH!

Mordd said :

Sure, getting married on Valentines day sounds like a good idea right, its arguably the most romantic day of the year, and the symbolism will be special right?

WRONG! Think about it a little more, do you really want your wedding anniversary to be on Valentines day every year, for the rest of your married life? Sure it will be romantic for the first 5 to maybe even 10 years of the marriage, but think of the hidden costs and frustrations you are setting yourself up for.

1. The pressure of Valentines day to be ultra-romantic will certainly wear off 20, 30, 40 years plusn into the marriage, are you still going to feel so sweet about it down the track, with the pressure year after year to live up the ultimate romance fairytale every time?

2. Good luck getting a restaurant booking on your anniversary for the rest of your lives unless you always book 6 months plus in advance.

3. Flowers, chocolates, etc.. will always be more expensive to buy if your anniversary is on Valentines day, and these you can’t buy in advance.

4. Thinking of a romantic trip away for your anniversary instead? Expect to pay double to triple prices for those romantic getaway locations during Valentines day every year.

Trying to impress on Valentines day is hard enough as it is, do you really want the added pressure of having your wedding anniversary on the same day every year? Play it smart, and pick a different date. Why compete with all that extra hassle year after year, do the right thing, don’t get married on Valentines Day!

This message brought to you as a Public Service announcement with tongue held firmly in cheek. 😛

Thanks for scaring her off! haha

Sure, getting married on Valentines day sounds like a good idea right, its arguably the most romantic day of the year, and the symbolism will be special right?

WRONG! Think about it a little more, do you really want your wedding anniversary to be on Valentines day every year, for the rest of your married life? Sure it will be romantic for the first 5 to maybe even 10 years of the marriage, but think of the hidden costs and frustrations you are setting yourself up for.

1. The pressure of Valentines day to be ultra-romantic will certainly wear off 20, 30, 40 years plusn into the marriage, are you still going to feel so sweet about it down the track, with the pressure year after year to live up the ultimate romance fairytale every time?

2. Good luck getting a restaurant booking on your anniversary for the rest of your lives unless you always book 6 months plus in advance.

3. Flowers, chocolates, etc.. will always be more expensive to buy if your anniversary is on Valentines day, and these you can’t buy in advance.

4. Thinking of a romantic trip away for your anniversary instead? Expect to pay double to triple prices for those romantic getaway locations during Valentines day every year.

Trying to impress on Valentines day is hard enough as it is, do you really want the added pressure of having your wedding anniversary on the same day every year? Play it smart, and pick a different date. Why compete with all that extra hassle year after year, do the right thing, don’t get married on Valentines Day!

This message brought to you as a Public Service announcement with tongue held firmly in cheek. 😛

motleychick said :

bd84 said :

Grail said :

Coming to an Australian town near you: Arranged Marriages, courtesy of the Internet 😛

At least go out on a date, just so the rest of us can live our misspent youths vicariously through the two of you.

Knowing each other’s real name isn’t a condition of marriage is it?? lol

LOL! I much prefer my online name to my real name. Although if my mother had named me motleychick I’d be slightly worried. Haha.

haha maybe not motleychick.. but I’m sure someone in the world has named their child motley, I’d think it would be a boys name though. Your real name is better 😉

bd84 said :

Grail said :

Coming to an Australian town near you: Arranged Marriages, courtesy of the Internet 😛

At least go out on a date, just so the rest of us can live our misspent youths vicariously through the two of you.

Knowing each other’s real name isn’t a condition of marriage is it?? lol

LOL! I much prefer my online name to my real name. Although if my mother had named me motleychick I’d be slightly worried. Haha.

That’s great, Skid, and thanks for the history lesson, but it’s still a crappy hallmark holiday to most people.

sloppery said :

Why would you get married Valentines’s Day? How about having your own day instead of a crappy hallmark holiday?

Appreciate your Ancient History, not the current cultural spin.
Its far older than you think.

Lupercalia (February 13 or 14, the Ides of February, where naked priests and politicians ran through the streets whipping young girls and women with blooded goatskins, apparently giving them a divine blessing of fertility) and the Februa (The ritual purification occuring on that day, where February derives its name).
Both were of the “Traditions so old nobody remembers quite why we do it” variety even in the days Roman Republic (way up there with celebrating Quirinalia), but was in decline throughout the Roman Empire, when Pope Gelasius I re-spun it into a Christian church feast day, noting both that it was previously about purity and female fertility, while at the same time naming it as a feast day “in honour of those whose names men remember, but nobody can say exactly what they did that was memorable”.

Grail said :

Coming to an Australian town near you: Arranged Marriages, courtesy of the Internet 😛

At least go out on a date, just so the rest of us can live our misspent youths vicariously through the two of you.

Knowing each other’s real name isn’t a condition of marriage is it?? lol

Snarky said :

sloppery said :

Why would you get married Valentines’s Day? How about having your own day instead of a crappy hallmark holiday?

Mrs Snarky and I got married on Valentine’s Day. Her idea, not mine – any date was fine with me.

It does have one tremendous advantage – you’ll never forget your anniversary’s coming up with every media outlet in the country honking it at you months in advance! Plenty of advance warning to get a decent gift and/or evening out. Pays for itself in no time!

🙂

Only problem is that the flowers you buy her will cost 4 times more than it would on most other days of the year.