Married Sept 28 1968. Away game vs Princeton. Listened on radio with best man in church vestibule. First words when met at alter “Rutgers WON”. Amazing we’re still together 54 years later. But watch fall nuptials: Some anniversaries can be a bitch.
OT: Are fall Saturday weddings acceptable?
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We are going to have request that you turn in your man card. We will come take it if forcefully if we have too!
If anyone on this board believes a Rutgeres football game is more fun than a wedding...A. You're doing weddings wrong. B. You're a better fan than I am.
06-09 was a good time
If Football becomes consistently good where the games became events and you’re competiting with and beating top tier B1G teams in front of sellout crowds, then yes, I’d unequivally say games would be more fun then weddings
Just go to the damn wedding. Missing one game is not the end of the world.
Some of us have principles.
And long-standing rules among family and friends that nobody gets married on game day.
I hope we can get to that level again one day. The potential is certainly there. Whether or not it happens in our lifetimes remains to be seen
I know a guy who was a landscape architect (35 years) who did exclusive design/plantings etc for celebs. He always said September is the most reliable month. Temps go down, skies are blue - like 9-11. Hurricanes can happen but not too often, October can be pretty erratic on the weather change border. I've found Sept an underrated month - its a very pleasant month overall
I've always said that September is the best month of the year in this part of the country.
October is super erratic. Just can't rely on October.
The Spring Game is always after April 16.
The weather for the Spring Game usually sucks.
My only request when getting married was nothing in the fall
That extended out until Dec - Jan as fsu was elite back then and I wasn’t missing championship games for anything
I Let my wife pick venue, photographer, song list, date, attire, seating chart, invites, wedding party, etc - but getting married in the fall simply wasn’t an option
We ended up doing it in mid August, same w honeymoon as to not interfere w college fb season
It’s worked out well as 11 years later we’re still married and she knows the deal with college football
I’ve missed weddings for games - don’t begrudge people for having them in the fall, but unless we’re super tight, or it’s during a bye week, it’s a non starter
That extended out until Dec - Jan as fsu was elite back then and I wasn’t missing championship games for anything
I Let my wife pick venue, photographer, song list, date, attire, seating chart, invites, wedding party, etc - but getting married in the fall simply wasn’t an option
We ended up doing it in mid August, same w honeymoon as to not interfere w college fb season
It’s worked out well as 11 years later we’re still married and she knows the deal with college football
I’ve missed weddings for games - don’t begrudge people for having them in the fall, but unless we’re super tight, or it’s during a bye week, it’s a non starter
We were invited to a wedding on Monday April 8th 2024 at 2 pm because of the eclipse.
Can it get any worse than that?
BTW we got married last year during the Wagner game. Not a bye week but close enough
If you can't suck it up and miss a game for a family member or someone you consider a friend, it says more about you than it does about them.
That doesn't mean you can't give that person some friendly ribbing for doing so. But be f'ing happy for the couple ffs.
Also...Streaming the game on your phone has never been easier.
That doesn't mean you can't give that person some friendly ribbing for doing so. But be f'ing happy for the couple ffs.
Also...Streaming the game on your phone has never been easier.
HAHA. Well my wife's cousin and her soon to be husband think there is something significant about the eclipse and the ceremony will be right at the time of the eclipse. So everyone apparently is expected to call off work for it. I'm not sure exactly what it is they think is so great about it?? but my thought is, if you want to do that, do it privately and have a big celebration that is at a more traditional time.
I agree with your take about doing something small then having a bigger celebration. However, it will be memorable, that's for sure!
From simply a practical standpoint, getting a hotel in the eclipse zone is not easy. But yeah that's bad. The eclipse happens really slowly, and that is what people will be paying attention to.
Yeah, but your gift or party favor is all set. Eclipse glasses with the couple's names and wedding date.
Or just skip the big celebration.
I guess if your folks, bridal party and critical guests agree, it's fine. Just don't expect too many others.
Of course these weddings are acceptable, I was married on a Sat on 10/16. … some 30 years ago. Anyone that would put a football game above something like that needs a serious re-examining of priorities. In my case, I was very fortunate to marry a woman who likes watching some sports and football and allows me to watch football games without many conditions.
Really depends how close you are. There's definitely a cutoff as to whose wedding is worth giving up game day.
Oh the traffic. We to the west coast in 2017 and saw the total eclipse from Salem Oregon. Imagine nearly every FBS football game taking place at noon in NJ on the same day - that’s the traffic situation to expect. They advised people to bring extra water and food. Hours to the zone, and many hours to get out of the area. It was nuts, but very cool and worth it.
Our wedding was on 9/1/91, so every once in awhile, I have to miss a football game. Somehow, I don't think and weddings of friends (or now, their kids) has interfered with a game in 30+ years, possibly because many of our good friends happen to be RU football fans and know better, lol. Close call this year, as my wife's sister's wedding was on 9/1, same as our anniversary, and I thought it was safe on a Friday night, but then there were rumors of the game being moved to that Friday night on LD weekend, but luckily that didn't happen. While I might be able to talk my way out of a wedding of a not-that-close friend, there would've been no way to get out of a sister-in-law's wedding...
Got married Sept 10th 2006. Got some serious shit from all the Giants fans lol. Opening Day
1st time Peyton playing Eli. Still hear about it to this day. Though everyone said that was the best wedding they've been to. Got read the riot act before wedding DO NOT DO SHOTS. I'm like do shots I dont do shots i stay in my beer lane....well not that day my friends & family hit me the the flaming Zambuca shots. Like a dozen of them to go with my dozen+ beers probably closer to 24 beers was drinking b4 the wedding long long day. Think I had like a 3 or 4 day hangover
1st time Peyton playing Eli. Still hear about it to this day. Though everyone said that was the best wedding they've been to. Got read the riot act before wedding DO NOT DO SHOTS. I'm like do shots I dont do shots i stay in my beer lane....well not that day my friends & family hit me the the flaming Zambuca shots. Like a dozen of them to go with my dozen+ beers probably closer to 24 beers was drinking b4 the wedding long long day. Think I had like a 3 or 4 day hangover
it’s all about what matters to people
Like I said, zero chance I was getting married in the fall
DGAF about many things, but football is very important, and there’s 8 - 9 other months to do it
I don’t begrudge people for doing it, but I don’t wana hear a peep if I don’t attend
You’ll get your money, and a hearty congratulations. But unless we’re super close, it’s an absolute non starter
College fb means that much to me
Like I said, zero chance I was getting married in the fall
DGAF about many things, but football is very important, and there’s 8 - 9 other months to do it
I don’t begrudge people for doing it, but I don’t wana hear a peep if I don’t attend
You’ll get your money, and a hearty congratulations. But unless we’re super close, it’s an absolute non starter
College fb means that much to me
Preach.
As some know, on homecoming I chose to not attend the wedding of my stepbrother's oldest daughter. I'm not terribly close to either one and the entire family - stepbrother, wife, both kids - are RU grads. My position was that they all should have known better and I wasn't going to indulge their lack of consideration.
Smart move. Let’s be honest, they didn’t care wether you went or not. I love when I don’t get invited to stuff. Keeps me paying for something I wouldn’t have gone to otherwise.
I didn’t want to post until after the game but my last fall wedding was during the Cincinnati game in 2006. Didn’t want to bring back that karma. Life is what it is and fall is a great season to enjoy things besides football. I enjoy time shifting away games and getting out to enjoy it.
