Coping with Corona

Hey girl! We just postponed our July wedding a full year. It was hard and definitely not what we wanted to do, but it was for the best. As soon as we postponed, I felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders. I’ve been sick for weeks struggling with whether things would be okay by then (and they still might be okay!) or whether we should postpone. I feel a lot better now that we’ve made the decision. To cope, we are honestly just relaxing: watching Netflix, cooking every meal, going on long walks, playing board games while drinking lots of wine —stuff we didn’t always make time to do when we were planning our wedding. Things seem really crazy right now, but they will calm down eventually!

We were supposed to get married on March 21 and clearly had to reschedule. At the time I was of course sad, but ultimately we were like, what’s a few more months? Then we realized the positives - more time to plan and save and figure out those last details (we didn’t even have rings picked out yet 5 days before the original date). Now I’m back in that dreamy phase of planning the details. We kept the same venue, same vision, but now we get to perfect it even more! I also have more time to firm up that bum! Haha. Now if we have to postpone again...I might have different feelings 😂

Hi!!! July 17th Bride here! I feel you pain, worry, and anger! This whole situation is just stressful because it is so unknown and seems to change day by day. I am still moving forward as planned for now. I am live in Florida and I am having the wedding here, but 100% of my guests will be coming from out of state (worries me the most), my guest list is already under 50 which is a positive thing at this point, but still has me wondering what can happen before then and will these re-opening phases work and make it worse. My fiance is completely positive we are having our wedding on our date, which makes me feel good, but sometimes the news and everything I read gets me down. I am trying to place all my faith in God and just know he has a plan of how my day should go. Currently my venue along with all my vendors has been a blessing. My venue has a hold date on November 1st as a back up if need be without any extra charges. Only thing is if another bride is looking at that date I will have to make an immediate decision, so it can happen anytime. I am trying to wait and see what May and the beginning of June looks like and how things are progressing before I need to make an ultimate decision for my guest. Everyone seems ok with coming as long as they can travel. I am praying for everyone going through this and my suggestion is to keep the faith and try and see what May brings at least!! I believe with so many states issuing announcements and trial phases, we might be able to see how well the next few months may play out! Sending lots of love!

Hi Pratima! This is definitely a crazy stressful and uncertain time for everyone!!

A lot of July couples are waiting and monitoring the situation for now, and making a final decision about whether or not postpone their plans by the end of May In the meantime I definitely recommend starting the discussion with your venue about what Plan B could look like and see what dates they have available!

We've started gathering resources in our COVID-19 Wedding Support Central, and I've also seen a lot of July brides connecting in these discussions: July Wedding and July and August Brides Who Have not Postponed.

Sending you lots of love!!