August weddings 2020. Stupid virus

If I️ were a 2020 bride I️ would Most likely post pone to 2021.

Yes i feel at this stage 2020 brides possibly may have to cancel

Oh no, I hope it doesn't last that long because we just postponed our June wedding to end of August! I would suggest check with your venue and see what they're thinking. Wishing you all the best!

I sure hope it doesn’t last that long either

2020 is 50/50 —- literally just a waiting game. It’s scary and unknown so we need to try to stay positive and pray hope wish Cross fingers for everyone’s health, safety wellbeing oh and weddings lol

The virus will continue but the peak will be over. We will go back to somewhat normal life but people will continue to get sick. In concept, the virus will start to weaken and not as many people will be sick, the hospitals and medical staff won’t be over burden. But the longer some states continue to not do a stay at home order, the longer it will last. Our borders can’t screen out viruses. I personally think you will be able to have a wedding celebration in August.

I think saying all 2020 brides should cancel/postpone is a bit much. There is no need to induce that kind of fear. August is far enough away that I wouldn’t be panicking. July would be the time to make a decision. Our new date is September 13th and I’m personally not too worried about it.

View Quoted Comment I agree with you. Saying to cancel and or postpone this early is a bit much and is just easy to say.
I am still 50/50 well ok maybe more like 60/40 (60% not stressed) that we will be fine. Will just have to wait till end of may to really know more

Deep breaths! Honestly, I think it depends on the size of your wedding. We moved our small wedding to August from tomorrow, so we still feel good going forward. If the world can't handle relatively small amount of travel, then we'll have bigger problems. If you feel anxious at all, I would discuss the options with your venue, but don't pull the trigger yet. Unless you're having over 100 people, wherein you might have to cut guests so everyone is comfortable. But it'll be ok. We'll all still be married, one way or another. And we will get through this.

View Quoted Comment Definitely not a large wedding at all on my end!! 65 people.
I already have guests. Well two guests telling me they won’t go because of this. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Still think that’s to soon but ok. Less money I have to pay for food. 🤷🏻‍♀️
I want people there so don’t take my statement wrong but if I have guests already making that choice when I don’t even know what my choice is yet then ok don’t come.

View Quoted Comment I went through being angry people weren't coming. Now I wish I hadn't wasted that energy because I'll be happy to just be married with whoever comes. Expect more people to drop but don't take it personally. It's not worth the emotional drain. Just focus on having your day with your so! And eat a lot of cake.

For sure postpone. Mine is October and I’m probably postpone to June 2021 at this point. This virus will be here a while and things won’t fully be normal until like December. My guess

We are keeping our August wedding for now. No need to make any decisions yet - we have no idea what will happen in months time!

View Quoted Comment Amen. Thank you.

We've decided that regardless of the state of affairs, we are still getting married on August 22. Whether it is just us and our officiant and witnesses or the full party. Worst case scenario we will post pone the reception. To us that is not the important part. That is just a party. The important part for us is the marriage. But we are remaining hopeful that things will be easing up by our date.

I don't think you need to postpone. I think you should wait it out. A lot of concerts and music fests are being rescheduled to August/ September that were supposed to take place in June. I think to me that indicates that most of those planning those events believe we should at least be somewhat in the clear by then. I think saying to postpone all weddings in 2020 is a bit of a reach. This virus is going to stay but the peak will pass, I think it will be more like the flu by the time we reach the peak.

Our original date was August 22nd 2020 and we just decided to postpone to July 2021. We didn't want to risk putting anyone in an uncomfortable position, especially with some family traveling in. Too many unknowns at this point.