Covid-19 = Change of Wedding Plans

Oh wow! I am so sorry to hear. What state are you from? I live in cali, and a lot places are closing. I wouldn't doubt that will happen here soon. My fh and i are waiting until the end of the month to decide. Its a lot to take. But with all that is going on and california being so quickly infected with this virus, it might just happen. Thanks for posting this.

View Quoted Comment We are in California as well. It’s definitely a lot to take it - it’s hard not feeling guilty of being upset ya know?

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Omg!! Can i ask where in california? Now i definitely need to talk to my fiance. I thought you lived in another state lol.

View Quoted Comment Of course! We are in the Bay Area. Our wedding venue cancelled (i don’t blame them - i don’t want them to get in trouble for not following the laws set in place now) so we were going to do my parents house last minute and quickly replanned it all yesterday - we found out today the town won’t allow events of over 25 people until May - so we contacted our church and they are moving forward with our ceremony. We basically are going to just do the ceremony and go home ?? lol

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I live in the central valley, so not far away from you, My fh and i just want to have a bbq with the family. The venue we got is very small, but this week, we are meeting with the venue and talking about what's going to happen if it comes to that. Is it weird that i'm thinking if we cancel the reception, then i wasted 200 dollars on a bustle for nothing? lol.

View Quoted Comment Not weird at all! There’s so many little things I’m like “UGH, why did we get that now”. For instance, cups with our name/date on it for beer. Like why?? lol I read this good post that said to allow yourself as a bride to mourn the changes. It stuck with me because I feel so foolish being upset when there are literally people dying and it’s “just” my wedding??

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OMG! I completely agree. I also don't want to be selfish and only think of myself. Others can get the virus because i wanted my day. Both our parents want us to keep having it, i tell them i'm worried for them. He has a cousin who is coming from chicago, stopping in houston, and landing on LAX. i told him i don't know if i am okay with having her anywhere near me lol. His dad has serious health issues, my sister has had really bad asthma all her life. I fell selfish for even thinking of having this. But i'm glad we have this forum so we all can all vent about how this is all not fair.

View Quoted Comment Yes - exactly!! we are on the same page about all of this. we will get through it - it just adds another layer to our story. my dad tonight said “just remember one day your future children will be learning about this and you’ll have this wild story first hand”. we will persevere - always here to chat with you!! only us brides get these emotions right now.

Yea it's crazy! Sorry to hear that. We're not getting married until next year but naturally we have to make payments leading up so we're stuck cancelling our reception. I got laid off from work until further notice because of this pandemic so no telling what payments we'll be able to make, if any.


We will be sticking with our elopement/micro ceremony and thinking of possibly a nice restaurant afterward or something. It's just really unfortunate and causing such chaos for so many people.

I'm panicking. We haven't made an official call yet but our wedding is April 25th in San Diego, CA. We were expecting 64 guests. We want to be responsible and keep the safety & health of our guests in mind since a good portion are high risk (grandparents, newborns etc). But I'm having an extremely hard time seeing past the fact that I won't have the wedding I've envisioned & planned for two years.


Or initial thought is to continue with eloping on our chosen wedding date & have a symbolic ceremony & reception spring of next year but I'm just completely torn. Like at this point I just want to be married & don't want to lose/waste money!

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We had our wedding scheduled for early May in NYC, and even before the 50+ persons ban, we decided to postpone it to Sept. But there's a chance we will get legally married anyway on our original date and just do the public ceremony/reception again in the fall. You could still hold a reception/renewal of vows ceremony with your original guests after this thing blows over!

Yes, this is so stressful and crazy!! My wedding date was May 9th. We were getting nervous, because we live in Maryland and our state is really cracking down on things. My FH and I were contemplating postponing the wedding. Well, yesterday that decision was made for us. Our Governor required all restaurants, gyms, and bars to shut down. No gatherings of more than 50 people. Our caterer told me yesterday that she had no choice. So we're moving forward with having a very small 10-person ceremony on May 9th. We have moved our big formal wedding ceremony and reception to August 29. The best news for us is that all of our vendors have been able to move to our new date!

Good luck with everything. Hang in there!!!

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It's ok to mourn your original plans. You can STILL care about what others are going through with COVID-19. You can do both! I just realized I got an e-mail yesterday saying that my personalized wedding favor bags with our original wedding date are being shipped soon. Not sure what I'm going to do with them.