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Jennifer
Super March 2020

Cancelled the whole day- a major pity party

Jennifer, on March 16, 2020 at 6:32 PM Posted in Planning 0 5
My fiance is an Active Duty Marine and cannot go within 50 miles of his home during the newer DOD lockdown. The CDC continues to lower the number of people who can be within close contact as well. We have an intimate wedding planned but at this point...even 19 people is probably too much. While it pains me to cancel a day that I have poured my blood, sweat and REAL tears into, we cancelled out of fear our venue would go under during this health nightmare. We also feel incredibly forced into this decision based on the regulations being handed down by the hour. Furthermore, This could last months so finances for ourselves and businesses are a worry. My family is distraught and they want us to get married at home but I am not too interested at this point. My new but super upsetting plan is to have my dad become an officiant, and it just be my parents and I. At this point i am almost afraid to put effort into this again, and plan an entire new wedding. How do you just throw your original vision out the window and try again somewhere else. I'd rather just not have a wedding all together than put half the effort into something else just because I feel obligated. We also see the issue of children. We want kids so bad but are worried that pushing out the wedding will only significantly reduce our chances of getting pregnant, after all he is set to deploy in November which doesnt leave us much time to try. Of course we could get pregnant now and still have a wedding but again, I didnt really want to go through dress shopping again or be pregnant on my wedding day to the point where it shows. Maybe this is a poor way to look at things but it is ridiculously hard to wrap my brain around how hard this is making every detail of our lives. It isn't just a wedding, it is having family alive to see it, the ability to start having kids, and more. It kills me to see how many lives are being disrupted because of this because I know it isn't just me who is being affected in one way or another. How is everyone else combatting this? Are you canceling? Postponing? Drinking a case of wine and crying (me)?

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Latest activity by Jennifer, on March 17, 2020 at 10:22 AM
  • Tonilynn
    Dedicated September 2020
    Tonilynn ·
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    When was your wedding planned for?
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  • Jennifer
    Super March 2020
    Jennifer ·
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    April 23rd. The DOD said no troop movement until May 11th. We live in Indiana and the wedding was planned in Sedona, Arizona. So we can't attend. I just saw that resorts are stopping reservations and even cancelled food service. It feels like we have no option but to pull out now.
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  • Danica
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    My date is 3/29...I am crushed because I now have to cut those who are local and still planned on coming. We are doing a small wedding anyways, but it was for 17.

    We also need to find out if the gathering of 10 includes the photographer and officiant...because that makes a difference as well.....

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  • C
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    What is the possibility of postponing (anytime within the next three months? ) that would still align with your goals(trying for a baby etc.)
    Alternatively, you can choose to go the old school route and have a court wedding, then plan a real ceremony when he gets back from deployment should you get pregnant.
    I think right now is a BAD time to make the decision to cancel something you’ve planned for a while. I say postpone first then possibly cancel. What do you think? Xx
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  • Jennifer
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    I agree, postponing was our first option but the venue was pushing us out to August through November due to new construction. We also don't know how soon he will get cut new orders for a duty station and upcoming deployment with this crisis we are facing. It is hard to postpone when we are faced with no information and no timeline for more that just the coronavirus. We currently plan on having my dad officiate a backyard wedding and calling it good. I am torn on having a ceremony/reception down the road. The cost of this wedding was sickening to begin with, and we already have vendors saying no to refunds as if this was my fault the a DOD order came down and shut down troop movement. The idea of going through the planning process again is sickening. The fact my dress may not fit after having a child is also sickening. I can't afford to continously make these changes. This has caused so much more than just the loss of a wedding, but I feel like we are losing a happy start to our future. I hate feeling resentment and this anger over something we cannot control. I don't feel there is any right way to process this due to it being so fresh.
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