Getting Married on an OSU football Saturday

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Mar 10, 2010 11:43 AM
That wasn't a date that was final or anything. Just a date she threw out there. We haven't eliminated a July or August wedding yet. But I just thought it would bring up interesting conversation.

That date has already been eliminated, but I just wondered how some fellow sports fans would feel about it.
Mar 10, 2010 11:43am
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Mar 10, 2010 11:43 AM
I don't get why the woman gets to pick the date exclusively? My ex wife and I were able to choose a date, even though that worked out well LOL, we had a spring wedding. I am currently engaged and will possibly get married next year as well but it won't be during college football season that is for sure and she agrees!
Mar 10, 2010 11:43am
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Nate

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Mar 10, 2010 11:45 AM
Honestly, your reception will end up boring because people will be more worried about the game than having fun. Tell her that. If she doesn't believe you, she's dumb.

I know for a fact if I was going to a wedding for a good friend and there was a Buckeye game on during the wedding/reception, I would be more worried about it than the wedding. I'd probably be in the same mindset if it was my own wedding but I will NEVER get married during football season. Baseball season is when it will happen.
Mar 10, 2010 11:45am
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Mar 10, 2010 11:57 AM
It's a football game. Getting married is kind of a bigger event than one measly football game. I find the original post and some of these responses ridiculous.

And I'm a die-hard football fan (for the record).

If you want to start out your life together on the wrong foot, then change the date for something as trivial as a football game. If you want to show the woman you love that your feelings towards her trump anything else, let her pick the date she wants.

I could MAYBE understand this a little more if it were during the Super Bowl, or the BCS National Championship or something....but mercy....
Mar 10, 2010 11:57am
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Mar 10, 2010 12:03 PM
I'd prefer a fall wedding but I will keep football in mind when I plan. If it happens to be on a game day I'd be one of the people gathered around the tv watching...but hopefully that won't happen
Mar 10, 2010 12:03pm
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Mar 10, 2010 12:08 PM
Again, let me say, that that date was just thrown out there. I work home football games running a parking lot and get a nice cash pay day each home game, which is one reason why we are trying to rule out a home game. I'm not opposed to any date that is eventually decided, and one of the deciding factors will be when the reception hall that we pick is available.

OSU is way down on the list as factors, but I wanted to get the feelings of others to get an idea of what others consider.
Mar 10, 2010 12:08pm
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Mar 10, 2010 12:09 PM
Let's say kick off is at 3:00, schedule your ceremony for 12:30 (11:30 if you are having a Catholic ceremony). The wedding ends, the pictures are taken, yada, yada, yada. Then for your reception have a tailgate theme. Dogs, Brats, Ribs, all the tailgating food. That will save pops some cash over serving the London Broil. Have the reception hall add some big screen televisions in the bar area so your guests can catch up on the game while hitting the bar, and then move onto the business of the reception.

If she is insistent on that date, make the best of it, incorporate the game into your reception. Trust me if you pull it off people will talk about your reception for years to come.

If she isn't down with that, then I guess you'll learn early in your marriage the power of compromise. Just remember: Happy Wife = Happy Life.

Sincerely,

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Mar 10, 2010 12:09pm
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Mar 10, 2010 12:10 PM
some of these posts are rediculous? Well unless the bride has a very good reason that the date HAS to be on a big game, or the UM game...she would be just as "rediculous" for being selfish and wanting that day when clearly its a bad day for husbands and many guests. there are plenty of other saturdays in the fall when osu plays scrubs. Goes both ways
Mar 10, 2010 12:10pm
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Mar 10, 2010 12:37 PM
SnotBubbles wrote: It's a football game. Getting married is kind of a bigger event than one measly football game. I find the original post and some of these responses ridiculous.

And I'm a die-hard football fan (for the record).

If you want to start out your life together on the wrong foot, then change the date for something as trivial as a football game. If you want to show the woman you love that your feelings towards her trump anything else, let her pick the date she wants.

I could MAYBE understand this a little more if it were during the Super Bowl, or the BCS National Championship or something....but mercy....
I do agree with you. If that was THE day my fiance wanted to get married, then I would be there. But i wouldn't expect anyone else to show up. And when you plan that far in advance it's not that hard to schedule around.
Mar 10, 2010 12:37pm
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Mar 10, 2010 12:47 PM
Ok, so you discussed the fact that you'd rather not have your wedding on a gameday.....and your fiance still throws out Sept. 17th as a potential date.

Sept 24th is an OFF DAY.....exactly 7 days later.

I would look at this one of two ways EITHER....

1).....she can't stand to wait 7 more days to be your wife (unlikely since she's already waiting a year and a half)....

.....or.....

2)....she's testing you to see if you really would put a game before your wedding....

I'd mention Sept.24th as being an off day....though somehow I think she already knows that.....:P
Mar 10, 2010 12:47pm
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Mar 10, 2010 12:53 PM
My sister got married on the day of an OSU-Iowa game about 10 years ago, at the reception my Dad announced the score because a ton of people were wanting to know. I was an usher and was wearing earbuds at the back of the church during the ceremony, so yes, it does matter what date the wedding is on, and I don't think it's bad practice to schedule a wedding around a game. Fact is it's OSU and people care about it, regardless of whatever else is going on that day.
Mar 10, 2010 12:53pm
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Mar 10, 2010 12:53 PM
There are 365 days on a calendar year to get married. Major sports events (OSU football and the Super Bowl) only occupy about 17 of those days. I.e. Pick another f*@#!^% day to get married woman.
Mar 10, 2010 12:53pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:25 PM
I'd just compromise and let her get married on the day she wants to get married. Is it worth that fight? I mean, yeah, Ohio State football may be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but its just 1 game. You can always DVR it.

My only worry would be, the people attending your wedding are going to care more about the game then the actual wedding, which could be annoying as hell for her.
Mar 10, 2010 1:25pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:26 PM
My best friend got married the night of OSU-USC in 2009 and I was the best man. Talk about agonizing! He's a big sports guy too but isn't an OSU fan and couldn't believe some people were so worried about the game. He said his wife actually started to hate OSU because so many people were concerned about the game. People who just don't understand have no idea how big an Ohio State game is to OSU fans. If I ever get married there is ZERO percent chance it interrupts anything with Ohio State. I've got to go to an old high school friends wedding next Saturday and I'm very nervous Ohio State will be playing during it, not to mention the fact I'll have to miss some of the NCAA tournament anyway. Might just have to get that March Madness on Demand for the Iphone after all. :)

Regardless, I do think the husband should have just as much input on the wife, so if a date is a major problem for him she should respect that and try to work around it, not just make it an "us vs. Ohio State" argument.
Mar 10, 2010 1:26pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:29 PM
se-alum wrote: I had a friend get married on OSU-Michigan day.
Your friend either didn't care about football or his wife was a complete and total, well, you know.

There are 12 OSU football saturdays a year, count em' 12. 52 -12=40 other saturdays from which she could pick to get married. Tell her to choose another date. Around here, OSU football is a religion. Watching the Bucks is like going to the Church of Woody and Earle for people. I know it is for me
Mar 10, 2010 1:29pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:30 PM
If someone can't miss one freaking weekend of OSU football to marry the supposed love of their life, then they shouldn't be getting married in the first place. The arguments about the guests don't mean a thing, it's not their wedding. No one has ever heard of DVR or Sportscenter apparently. God forbid they aren't in a chair in front of a TV.

What would some of you people who can't live without football do if your child was due to be born on the OSU-Michigan game day? Would you leave your wife just to find out the scores?
Mar 10, 2010 1:30pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:36 PM
thedynasty1998 wrote: I'm recently engaged, and the fiance and I are throwing around dates for a wedding (not until 2011).

I told her right away that we couldn't do an OSU home Saturday game because it's common sense here in Columbus that you don't do that. She's not a football fan, so doesn't really understand why she should have to plan a wedding around a college football game.

So, she tells me yesterday that she really likes 9/17, which is an away game against Miami. I told her that was a bad day, and she got upset and said, "Well if your friends would rather watch an OSU game than be at our wedding, then they aren't true friends."

I understand her argument, but at the same time, there are just certain things you don't do, and getting married on a home OSU football game is one.

What do you think? Is it okay to have a wedding on the day that OSU would play against Miami, or should the OSU schedule be taken into consideration?

BTW, I'm an OSU fan, but don't care if I miss a game.
tell her I told her that I'm a true friend and she's wrong for wanting it on that day...seriously brah...I wanted to go on a road trip!
Mar 10, 2010 1:36pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:38 PM
Who fucking cares if it's a football game Saturday

It's your wedding. If your friends are upset...tell them to go fuck themselves
Mar 10, 2010 1:38pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:53 PM
In 01' one of my wifes friends got married the afternoon odf the OSU vs Northwetern night game. Before we left I talked my wife into taking a change of clothes with the possibility of ditching the reception, grapping some tickets, to go to the game. Wedding happens... we drive down Olantangy rd about 4pm to the recption. I said how bout it? Wanna go?.. "No I'd really like to talk to my friend" I said "you are only going to get to talk to her for no more than 15 min" she said "I still want to go" Fine no problem



Three grooms man, the Grooms father and I (never met any of them until that night) sat in the lobby of the Hotel watching the game. One of us would go back in for another round and more food and to shoe our face, every so often.


Night ends and on the way home an hour in to the 2 hour drive home, my wife hasn't said 2 words to me... I finally said u mad at me for watching the game or what? She said..." No I'm mad that we (I) didn't ditch it to GO to the game, I only talked to her for 10 minutes." :)



No game day weddings!!!!
Mar 10, 2010 1:53pm
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Mar 10, 2010 1:58 PM
What kind of person would seriously think/consider not getting married on the day of a football game?
Mar 10, 2010 1:58pm
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Mar 10, 2010 2:00 PM
^^^ huh?
Mar 10, 2010 2:00pm
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Mar 10, 2010 2:21 PM
I'm getting married in the fall, but on a Sunday, so the OSU thing isn't really an issue. But if I did get married on a football day, I'd be upset if people weren't paying attention at the ceremony. I think it's rude, as I think it is if people skip it all together. But that's a whole other story.
Mar 10, 2010 2:21pm
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Mar 10, 2010 3:02 PM
I have been to several weddings on the same day that the Buckeyes were on. Here is what is going to happen: 1) Some people will not come. 2) Some people will attend but will have an ear piece on. (I did during the OSU vs Michigan, 1 vs 2 game) 3) If the game is on during the reception, people will watch it there or leave to go to the closest place. 4) Some people will not care.

If the bride to be insists on getting married during football season that is the price she will pay so she needs to know it up front.
Mar 10, 2010 3:02pm
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Mar 10, 2010 3:03 PM
tk421 wrote: What would some of you people who can't live without football do if your child was due to be born on the OSU-Michigan game day? Would you leave your wife just to find out the scores?
Anyone?
Mar 10, 2010 3:03pm
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Mar 10, 2010 3:07 PM
tk421 wrote:
tk421 wrote: What would some of you people who can't live without football do if your child was due to be born on the OSU-Michigan game day? Would you leave your wife just to find out the scores?
Anyone?
I am a better planner than that. None of my six kids were born during football season.
Mar 10, 2010 3:07pm