It has happened - I have been proposed. And it doesn't matter how it was - on the seashore, in the sea itself, above it or in the film during a commercial break. Everyone's romance is different, and as Bridget Jones said: "Perhaps romance is precisely that they not at all.” It's already there, to each his own. Recently, a video with a proposal here, in our Old Riga, also wandered in the depths of the Internet at Blackheads house , in royal robes and white horses. Latvians can and do, and do. You see, we are so grown up that even a Catholic priest can "get in our meadows" to go outside so that the ceremony is right as we have imagined it.

But not for that this time. This time about the fact that the great work is just beginning with the proposal. Between the new feeling in the chest and looking at the engagement ring for the hundred thousand million times every day, you have to start acting, planning, imagining and to dream, to dream. With a huge desire to dress this dream in a real dress, real guests, real cake and real invitations. Let's get married. It has been decided. But when? All that remains is for both of them to put together their thoughts, desires, moments of the most sincere feelings, so that decide on a date.

SETTING THE WEDDING DATE

• Favorite season - often this is the first decisive stepping stone to understand about further planning;
• Significant number –  dating date . It is not uncommon for couples to choose to celebrate their wedding directly in their courtship on the date, perceiving it as being told by fate;
• Date of parents' marriage - if the parents' marriage has been an example, it is long and successful, family relations are close and family traditions in general are of great importance, then you can also choose this option;
• The birthday dates of both added together - when thinking about the wedding day, the couple chooses to add their dates of birth. Numerologists calculate as follows, for example, if one was born on the 25th and the other on the 13th, then the formula is: 25+13=38=3+8=11, simpler, of course, for those who were born on the 3rd and 1st.

PROPOSAL DATE

• Just a lucky number that has passed the test of time - but everyone has one, the lucky one, the one we read the cars driving in front, we look at the clock, we just met, and we would also place our bets in the lottery on ours lucky number;
• Auspicious date suggested by astrologer  –both western astrology and vedic astrology looking at both cards, both favorable and unfavorable dates for performing an action can be suggested.

Chocolate events owner Cindy Vilde: "Often the special date of the couple is taken as the date of the wedding day. When first met, when they kissed for the first time, or when something special happened to them for the first time. There have been cases where couples also use numerologist consultation. Now it is no longer relevant, but in the past it was observed as well the so-called magic dates 7.07.07. or 11.11.11.”

How the couple gets to the happy date is and remains solely up to them. It is said that it is better to get married on Friday and under no circumstances on Saturday, not least because its celebration will be a day longer. People, especially women tend to be superstitious. We are driving in the car, talking about a specific date, and suddenly a black cat runs across the road or a crow flies by - so the date doesn't work, but Christians say - a believer is not a superstition.

But there are situations when we have to take the date that the weekend offers us. And that, most often, also happens. We are, however forced to adapt to the registry office, the available dates of guesthouses or the church calendar.

Looking back in history, we see that autumn is the season when most people got married. Why? The answer is quite simple - for ancient Latvians, or our ancestors, the harvest time was a very decisive argument for the wedding to take place in autumn. Piggy it happened exactly at this time of the year and, of course, autumn rich man . Both Virzas Straumēnos and Blaumaņa in the works we read about the wedding season - autumn. Folk songs also tell about autumn as a time for weddings...jam, jam. So the wedding feast  participated in wedding date selection. But nowadays it is no longer the case and summer triumphs.

In a conversation with make-up and style specialists Kristini Papšu, we learned that summer is the season when experience the ultimate “bride rush”. Kristīne: "It is the warm weather that is the determining factor. Brides do want it such dresses so that the neck, shoulder and décolleté lines stand out beautifully, short sleeves or no sleeves at all. Shoes that does not sink in the snow. Nature, light, photographs. The warm weather is the ally to make it work."

When the date is finally decided in favor of a warm summer or a colorful autumn, to the delight, surprise of friends, disappointment and disappointment to the former, then you want to report about it.  Love is in the air just keeps shooting revolutions, so quieter or louder, but we report. Reporting also needs to be planned.

WEDDING DATE ANNOUNCEMENT

• You can organize a special evening at your home - invite family and close friends, telling them about the big the approach of the event. The table or aperitif can be prepared in such a way that the guests themselves guess why they are invited;
• Dinner at a restaurant - probably guessed by the invited guests, but it will be nice anyway a gesture to inform your loved ones about your plans;
• Of course, you can do without such a powerful announcement of the wedding date. Save the will probably suffice date card . It is created by the young - the happy ones. It can look like a pre-invitation , which is essentially what it is, both as a simple message, perhaps in an email or text message.

SAVE THE DATE

Is the Save the date card mandatory? Definitely not, only if the new couple wants it themselves. This one is in Latvia the trend is gaining momentum. Especially if the celebration is planned in the summer, which for many is vacation and travel time. This will help the desired guests to plan their vacation as well.

Save the date means to warn family, friends, acquaintances, everyone whom the new couple wants see on your big day, so that you plan your chosen date in time.

If the official invitation is sent out a month or two before the wedding, then a Save the date card is sent, the earliest, half a year, the latest, three months in advance. It is permissible to mention here less specific details than will follow later in the invitation. The design and style of the future invitation and Save the date card can be planned together. And, the end at the end, also card is just a name in this case. You can also write Save the date, when completing it various.

SAVE THE DATE MESSAGE FORMAT

• Message in a bottle - This would be a unique way to creatively announce the wedding. Buying small glass bottles, filling them with beach sand and putting them in them, maybe even on a slightly burnt leaf a rolled-up message about the wedding, thus creating the illusion that it has really been in the open sea for some time;
• Refrigerator magnet - no invitee will miss such a reminder every day for half a year and will definitely remember your chosen date;
• Calendar page of the selected month - decoration for the period leading up to your wedding, which can be made in both card format and analog calendar page with one month – yours, where the specific date is clearly marked;
• Also a simple Save the date card has its own secret code. Create your own and yours personally take it to the guest's door, giving yourself several opportunities to mingle with each one over a glass of champagne and to receive congratulations in person even before the big appearance.

Photo: MIKS SCHEL

Author of the article: LIENE PÄLĆA

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