August Bride- Riding it out...

View Quoted Comment I kinda decided just to go with it. One of my best friends got married on a You Tube live stream yesterday and it was still really sweet. I think we will have to find masks for everyone if it comes to that.

View Quoted Comment Oh girl. I’m so with you. I’ve dropped over 8k and I’m so over it. Lol I was over it before Covid hit. Should have eloped but now everything is planned

Girl, I don't blame you. If my wedding wasn't planned oversees, I would do the same thing as you.

View Quoted Comment Same boat here girl!! I have good days and bad, very bad days. My hubby to be is a sensitive soul, sentimental guy. Some days he is taking it harder than me. Yesterday was a bad day for him (cried/nauseated) over the amount of money spent, not knowing if our rescheduled date for Aug 14th will be our original dream. We spent thousands planning for 265 guests. For me, I’m trying to make lemonade from the lemons - we can use those funds for better linings, chargers, and other upgrades we wouldn’t otherwise could have afforded with full guest list, however, fiancé would trade it all to have everyone there. He is in the bargaining stage I think. Hurts to see him so hurt. You are not alone ❤️❤️

We postponed our October 2020 wedding until October 2021. We are still getting married on our original date in a small immediate family ceremony. We were also 100% planned and paid because we wanted to get everything done early and enjoy our last few months engaged without wedding stress. Once we considered the health of some our most at risk guests, postponing was a no brainer. We feel less stressed now then we did before postponing.

Aug 16th bride here and same thing! Everything is already planned and we have a smaller gathering of about 50 people do we are hoping small crowds will be aloud by then. Staying positive!

For my fellow Ohio summer brides (I am 8/1/2020), I would suggest we all email Mike DeWine until he addresses it. I watch the press conference daily and there are many people commenting during the live stream wondering the same question. We are completely stuck until he addresses it. I decided to email daily and address the importance of him addressing it as we all need advance notice as weddings require extensive planning.
https://governor.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/governor/contact


We need to know how many people we can have before we send invites. If we need to cut our list, it would be nice to have some advance notice. I think the more people who email in, hopefully it will be addressed sooner rather than later. Maybe it’s not doing anything, but it makes me feel like I am at least trying 🤷🏼‍♀️🤞🏼Good luck to all the brides in the same boat right now!!

View Quoted Comment What a great idea! I am getting married 8/22/2020 and would really like to know to put me at ease

Well it finally happened, our venue has suggested we postpone our 8/8/2020 wedding due to social distancing requirements that are likely to remain for the rest of the summer or year. We still plan on having a small ceremony with 30-40 people that day, but we have rescheduled the big day and reception to next summer. I guess this is the best of both worlds in these chaotic times, I get to be married on the day we originally planned with the people closest to us, but we will also get to party the night away a year later with 150 people. Not what we planned at all, but as I always wanted a small wedding and he always wanted a larger wedding, we are going to get both! At least that is the positive outlook I am taking on the final result of a very stressful past few months.

Happy to discuss our thought process and plans going forward for those still weighing their options!

View Quoted Comment I’m sorry to hear that. Though, I’m glad to hear you are focusing on the positives! I have a feeling we won’t be far behind you. All weddings through the end of July were postponed at our venue. We are now focusing on our Plan B, which will be a backyard wedding with a reduced guest list. We have an acre of land here so we will be okay to spread tables out, etc. We have been talking through the logistics of that and getting ready for the call. Good luck to you ❤️

Did you see DeWine changed his order to advisory only. Mass gatherings to 10 so what does that mean? We can have more but only advises 10? UGH I am so confused lol. Also travel ban is lifted!

View Quoted Comment I am watching right now!
A reporter asked DeWine about weddings. He said weddings have always been exempt from the order. It’s receptions that have the 10 person limit. He said he is working on coming out with more info but he doesn’t see why receptions can’t be done with similar regulations as restaurants. So basically he didn’t really answer the question but at least it is on his radar. I agree that the wording is very confusing! I think the main issue is that venues won’t reopen until he announces specifics on receptions. So I guess we have to sit and wait some more 😑

My wedding is 10/3/20 in Ohio as well, I'm feeling really hopeful with things starting to open up now in May! We are holding off on invitations and they might be a little last minute, but we are staying positive that we will get to have the wedding we've been dreaming of! Our plan B if things turn bad again in the fall we are planning to have a small family-only ceremony at my family's lake house and will move the reception to next year, but right now we don't think we'll have to do that!

View Quoted Comment Yes I saw!! I think what this means will depend on our venues. Some may allow gatherings with guidelines and others may choose not to do so. I will still be monitoring updates ❤️

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Right, he seems to be a master at question avoidance, but I don't see how he can keep the receptions at 10 for the next 5 months, no way. Especially, if the curve trends down. We have to do our part and help with that I am much more hopeful. I know some people won't feel comfortable coming to a reception but that is okay too. Also looks hopeful for a vaccine by the end of the year too.

View Quoted Comment Yes I am very hopeful!! I don’t see why we can’t do receptions if we are smart about it. Maybe I should freshen up on the restaurant guidelines lol I keep checking my venues website for an update but haven’t seen anything. Even with my guest list, my venue will only be at 50% capacity. We can dooooo this! Lol

View Quoted Comment Hey! I’m right in Plymouth meeting ! But my wedding is in Stroudsburg

View Quoted Comment You too Caitlin! All we can do is just hope for the best at this point !!

View Quoted Comment I’m in PA too ! I’m just trying to stay as hopeful as I can that we will be in the green stage at that point .. but then I just get worried about what the green state truly means when it comes to large gatherings. Just a waiting game now !

August 1st is ours. Kept our wedding date I am a front line worker and am over it. And we are going through with it all. In Washington state. People with either come or not come is what it is but will be one hell of a party.