Ceremony this year...reception later

If it was me I’d just wait. As someone who did it twice the first time when you have the big wedding after you elope it doesn’t feel quite as exciting or special- at least it didn’t for me

Definitely not too much! Several of us are doing the same thing! We’re having a ceremony this gear, and a celebration of marriage/vow renewal in 2023. Still figuring out the bridal shower and bachelorette

We’re eloping this year and having a big wedding next August! I think with covid, guests will be understanding.
We could wait until next year to get legally married but we’re trying for another baby so hoping to get the paperwork out of the way asap 😊

My husband and I had our minimony October 2020 with 35guests. We originally had our coed bachelor/bachelorette weekend scheduled for June 2020 but everything was shut down because of covid so that was cancelled. Our "big wedding" was scheduled for March 2021 which has been postponed again to October 2021. My sister still wants to throw me a Bridal shower but we are definitely doing the ceremony over because I didn't wear my big dress to the minimony,

Definitely not too much! I did a similar thing- got married in June with 10 people and we'll have our vow renewal and reception this year- we still want to do the vows since my husband's family was absent and everything, but it'll be short. Plus I'd love to walk down the aisle with an audience, lol. For the bridal shower, we picked a date and did it over zoom- my bridal party planned the activities, invited people and gave them the address for gifts, and I showed up to my sister's house. For the bachelorette I didn't plan anything but my bridal party planned a surprise zoom party with the lingerie presents and games and all, my maid of honor ordered my favorite food and, and my sister again decorated- it was a good surprise and it turned out nice. If you go through with it, have your bridal party/close family agree to the vision you have, because it sure is a process of ups and downs and disappointments with the events being not as dreamed- but it's okay!

Not too much at all, that's what we're doing! My husband and I had our church ceremony in October with immediate family, my MOH and his Best Man -- about 23 people total. I even had a separate dress so that I could wear my actual wedding dress for the bigger celebration (honestly I got it at Macys and had SO many people think it was my actual wedding dress!). We found a restaurant with a completely isolated room that even opened up to its own patio and fire pit so we could have a "reception dinner". It was amazing. My future SIL (also going through postponing her wedding) said she felt so much better about postponing theirs and doing a small ceremony after being to mine because it felt like a real wedding. We're doing our big reception this October, which will be our one year anniversary weekend. I plan on having a short ceremony and then partying like it's 2019! My bachelorette has been planned for August and I know my mom is planning on doing a bridal shower in September. But most importantly, whatever makes you and your FH happy is what you should do, but know that this is starting to become a common trend so it's definitely not unheard of!

View Quoted Comment ❤❤ thanks for much for replying. I feel so much comfort in knowing we're not alone!

View Quoted Comment Samee I want to walk down the aisle with an audience 😂 I'm considering some zoom events too. I'm trying so hard to make peace with the challenges we are facing while trying to plan everything. Thanks for replying ❤

Do not ditch your reception. Have your ceremony when you are and have a reception later. I did the same thing. Yes the reception will be interesting to plan but many people are doing this. Congrats! So excited for you, angel!