Why 07 07 07?
October 19th, 2006 @ 9:32 am by Mrs. Lemon
On our fourth date, I took Mr. Lemon for “dim sum and then some” at my faux-Chinese restaurant, Chin Chin. We started sharing stories at dinner and he reminisced about his picky food habits as a kid. To illustrate the story, he started to talk about a trip to Paris with his parents and his insistence upon eating McDonald’s on the Fourth of July. He started to remark about how horrible his request truly was, as it was his parent’s anniversary, when my mouth dropped to the ground in shock.
You see, we’d already shared a ridiculous number of these similarities in our earlier three dates (left knee surgery, former lives as costumed characters, public policy, etc.) and this one was just too silly to believe. MY parents were also married on July 4th… just five years after his parents wed. I’d yet to meet anyone who shared my parent’s anniversary, and most people just figured my family to be ridiculously patriotic because of it. In reality, for both sets of our parents, it was convenience. The church was free that day and everyone could make it to the wedding due to the holiday!
After Mr. Lemon proposed, he immediately said we should get married on July 4th…which happens to fall on a Wednesday. I’m pretty sure that Wednesday is the single most unpopular and inconvenient day for a wedding, so I nixed that idea quite quickly. (In boy logic, it was never that unreasonable…*sigh*) So, I looked at that following Saturday and … 07/07/07?
What could be cooler than that? We get to honor our parents by celebrating their anniversary just days before we get married, and we get our own twist on the fun date! The popularity of the date doesn’t take away from our reasons in choosing it, and so far it’s been fun to be a part of the mass hysteria around the date!
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16 Responses to “Why 07 07 07?”
That’s my wedding date too!! WE LOVE IT!!!
wow~ you two MUST be meant for eachother! 
that’s so cool!
my parents were married on july 4th also. i alwasy thought that was kind cool and weird at the same time. i think they also were not trying to be patriotic, but that it was just a convenient date.
a july 4th wedding would be cool…you can have it in the evening and then celebrate with free and awesome fireworks.
the 07-07-07 phenomena is quite amusing. my best friend got engaged this summer and when we were looking at venues, the coordinator of one couldn’t figure out why that date was so popular…then i realized a “lucky 7″ connection. very cute. but if you think about it, everyone shares a wedding anniversary with someone else anyway.
July 4 weddings are very popular in the Northeast. I worked for a catering company one summer and they had 2 or 3 weddings on July 4 that year.
On a side note, in Victorian times, it was thought that Wednesday was the luckiest day of the week to get married.
Not wedding related but I was born on 7/7/87 and I turn the big 20 on 7/7/07. Which should make it super easy for people to remember :).
About 4 years ago, I told my boyfriend it would be cool to marry on 07.07.07 since we started dating on July 7. I went as far as to check the date and see if it was a Saturday, which it was. BUT, we’re nowhere near ready to get married…but I’m really jealous with all the couples that will be marrying on that date.
Im getting married on 07.07.07 too !!! Congrats date twin !!
My cousin got married on July 4th of this year. That’s so cool that you’re getting married on 07/07/07.
I recognize that signature! wsukarebear, here. :O)
I am a 777 bride as well and it had nothing to do with religious reasons or lucky 7’s. Fiance wanted it because he thought it sounded good and knew he would never forget the date! ;O) I love the Fourth of July and it appeared that was as close as we’d get, so I didn’t argue.
We were engaged on St. Patrick’s Day, too, so I think FI is big on not forgetting dates, ha ha. What has now become the 777 phenom is truly funny to me, but hasn’t kept me from enjoying the planning process at all!
A friend of mine is getting married on 7/7/7! How about 8/8/08?? 8 is a good number for Chinese.
That’s totally awesome, and I wish you the best of luck. Not to be a downer, but I’ve had to scramble to reserve some big things for my July 1st wedding. The photographer I wanted was already booked for all of July when I called in September!
Nice, a guess i’ m part of the club, i’m getting married on 7/7/7 too, so CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 7/7/7 BRIDES!!!!!!!!!
7/7/07 is a very popular date… the hubbs & i are wedding photographer & we get tons of request for that day
I’m getting married on 07/07/07 too! We were looking for a Saturday in July because I’m a teacher and that date happened to fall on a Saturday, so we picked it. It wasn’t really for luck or anything, but I do think it’s a really cool date!!
Mrs. Lemon, Los Angeles/Monterey
Age and Occupation in 06: 26, Graduate Student (Public Policy)
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Environmental Consultant
Engagement Date: April 7, 2006
Wedding Date: July 7, 2007
Venue: Rosary Chapel & Monterey Marriott, Monterey, CA
About Me: My FI and I met online, but we like to tell people that we met at a "cookie shop" which is the technical location of our first encounter. He proposed exactly 1 year, 1 month and 6 days after our first date (it's the only part of his proposal speech that I remember), and we're planning long-distance from Los Angeles for a July wedding in my hometown of Monterey, CA. I have a passion for all things "cool, cute and quirky" and I enjoy video games, reading blogs (WeddingBee, trashy celeb, consumer & political) and crafting in my spare time, if I have any!
i love quirky dates like that!! we got engaged on 04.05.06!!