August Bride- Riding it out...

Mine is aug 22 as well and going to make a final decision in by mid June. We luckily can still have our ceremony at the church and maybe just have a backyard reception if our venue cancels but all our vendors think we will be good for August. Anybody else still holding out for August?

View Quoted Comment Those are some great suggestions

View Quoted Comment I am August 22nd too!! My wedding is in Michigan and we are also going to make a final decision by mid June. If it comes down to our venue only be allowed to have 25% capacity or something like that at that time then we will definitely postpone.

We’re 9/26 and riding it out too! The wedding is in Virginia but the county the wedding venue is in only has 8 cases...

I wish all you ladies the best of luck with the waiting it out part, hopefully you'll all be able to live out the wedding of your dreams soon.

View Quoted Comment Thanks Jelmi! ❤️

View Quoted Comment I am august 22 and we are holding out!

Girl I am with you. We were originally scheduled for May 30 (in the Hudson Valley in NY) and postponed to Aug 22 back in March. I am going to ride it out and pray for the best. If we have to downsize then so be it. We want to start trying for kids this year, and I’m almost 33. Also we will have been engaged for two years at this point so that on top of not knowing how next year will look has led us to decide we are having some sort of shindig in August no matter what! If it’s a tiny ceremony then it will be upsetting but it’s really out of our hands. Good luck!! Hopefully August will be brighter - so far it’s looking much more hopeful.

View Quoted Comment Yes it is! I completely understand. I am 30 and he is 31 so we are ready to buy a house and move on with our marriage. Good luck!

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We are 8/15/2020, and we are still holding out! I am thinking mid June would be a good time to make a decision as well.

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Same!! Good luck

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Go to foxs news cleveland they interviewed him (the transcript is there) I wanna say it was Wed. or Thurs. of this week, and asked if he was going to allow wedding receptions. Of course he danced around the entire question and never answered it. So we are still at know nothing.

View Quoted Comment That doesn’t surprise me! Lol

View Quoted Comment We are now considering doing a backyard wedding if we have to cancel our venue. We are fortunate enough to live on a large plot of land. I think we can make it work by cutting the list a bit, and spreading out tables 6 feet apart... will need more tables but oh well. Might call in a food truck to serve food since that’s allowed over a buffet. I think we can make it work while keeping people safe ❤️

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This is all insane, like you said he has to open casino's in some type of a capacity he has to allow receptions. I am still going to get married on 10/31/20, but if we can't have somewhat of a decent reception. I think I will just cancel the entire reception. I don't think it will feel right next year. In Ohio the weather is too ify, and we have already spent a ton. I stand to lose about 5,000 if I cancel. But in the end it will still save me money not doing the reception. Things have to get better we have to just keep checking daily. Also, we are still over 160 days a way. Look how far we have come in 2 months. I hope we can keep in touch and see how things go for each of us

View Quoted Comment I hope we keep in touch too! We are down to about 96 days so I’m like 😬😬. I think he’s just afraid to say anything and give people false hope. I will keep my fingers crossed 🤞

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Thats awesome! We are thinking the same.

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We are probably just heading to the courthouse even if we have to postpone the ceremony/reception. That can always happen... the married first. Although my dress is so magnificent.... ARGHHHHHHHH!

I’m scheduled for 8/15. My engagement has been very short (feb 2020) so all planning is basically being done now, which is awkward during pandemic times. I feel gross spending money when I am not sure it will even happen. So far have dropped over $20k and I’m not even that excited anymore. I am just worried about everything and have a bit of COVID depression. My fiancé has an autoimmune disease and family members have a lot of existing conditions, so i'm concerned about their travel. It’s just hard to feel hope right now. I have the perfect fiancé, perfect dress and venue/flowers/blah blah... and yet I feel sad. And a bit angry/annoyed. I hate expressing these feelings to others because I sound spoiled and inconsiderate to those who have lost people to the disease. Yet, I can’t deny my feelings-i just need something to do with them. I would love to hear from other future brides who are perhaps experiencing the same thing- and/or brides who have had their weddings postponed because of the virus. What are your thoughts and emotions?

View Quoted Comment They are totally normal and this really sucks!