re: Weddings during college football season

We’re getting married in Puerto Rico on October 18th, a FRIDAY. Then we’re all going out for the LSU game the next night. The night of the 19th was out of the question, and she understood.

Get married Friday night before a LSU vs. NW ST for the Poor game.

I'm just thankful I'm old enough now that I don't have friends getting married and inviting me. In my mid 20s to early 30s, there were so many weddings. I never minded them during football season that much. I skipped a few that my wife went to if it was a big game that day. Or we went and everyone watched games during the reception.

The only one I actually remember, poor girl wasn't from Alabama but her groom was, and they were getting married in his hometown. She wanted to get married the Saturday after Thanksgiving, around 3:00. She just didn't understand why he and his family didn't want to do it on that date. Iron Bowl weekend, right as it usually kicks off. Of course the church was available, no one in the middle of a small town in Alabama is scheduling a wedding the afternoon of the Iron Bowl. They ended up doing it closer to Christmas.

Got married on a June 22th near the Summer Solstice / Most Daylight.
For us that was the Best Time of the Year!

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Picking a date is within your discretion and knowingly asking people to abandon the thing they're ultra passionate about and only get a handful of Saturdays a year to enjoy it is being selfish

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This topic has devolved into the people making the decisions to attend or not instead of the people who schedule them. The point above is spot on to me. I would go to my buddy's wedding, but I would never let him forget about scheduling it during football season.

The last time this happened you could canvas the congregation and see about 1/3 of the men had a headphone popped in connected to their phone/pocket radio. The QB threw an INT during the vows and you could hear everyone trying to stifle a groan. Thankfully the bride had a sense of humor.

What used to happen with these fall weddings is that the groomsmen - sometimes including the groom - are huddled around a tv at the reception.

The bride is pissed because it's her special day and all attention should be on her.

The mother of the bride comes over to the groomsmen, and in a huff asks "Is this football game more important than my daughter's wedding?"

Nowadays I suppose they all just watch the game on their phones.

I went to two family weddings and missed multiple fall weddings including two family weddings of very close relatives.

#fallweddingssuck

Almost all (and in almost all its everyone I remember ) getting married on a Saturday during football season meant there was a television somewhere with a bunch of guys watching the game.

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Almost all (and in almost all its everyone I remember ) getting married on a Saturday during football season meant there was a television somewhere with a bunch of guys watching the game

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In both cases where I missed weddings I was attending games that weekend. In one case details were booked before the wedding date was announced.

Without thinking this part out fully, I proposed in October of 2021. Between Alabama heat and football season, we pulled off a wedding in 6 months to avoid both of those things. Worth it but man it was nuts.