Covid-19 Test Required to Attend Wedding

It’s not offensive to me . I would much rather (or rather maybe more accurately, only even consider) attend an event knowing everyone was recently tested. I know it’s not fool proof and it wouldn’t make me be less cautious but it would certainly make me feel less anxiety about deciding to attend an event.


I’m sure you do run the risk of people not doing it or not coming because of it but still I think it’s a step in the right direction of protecting the masses.
For the life of me I can’t fathom how or why wanting to protect yourself and your loved ones should be offensive , but we all have seen how easily offended some people can be 😳

View Quoted Comment I mean, hasn’t America already proven that they AREN’T mature enough to monitor their own health for the sake of attending events? That’s pretty much why we can’t get this virus under control. People are selfish and cannot be bothered to take the simplest of precautions for the sake of other peoples’ health and safety. I don’t know how on earth anyone could consider it offensive to take precautions in order to protect the health of themselves and their guests at their own event. If anything, it is offensive for people to insinuate that requesting a simple test in order to prevent infecting and possibly killing friends and family members is offensive. That is precisely the attitude that is keeping this virus alive and making it impossible for couples to actually have a normal enjoyable wedding.

I don't think its offensive at all. I'm a NY bride and beginning March 15th its mandatory for weddings with 150 guests. Prior to that, I did consider it. Yes, I do know that some people don't want to take the test and that's fine, its a personal decision but I'm also not going to risk a guest that did get tested who may have a low immune system be potentially exposed to someone that didn't think of other people's safety. A PP did mention including testing information in your invitation (or save the date if you haven't sent them), that is what we're doing and its on our wedding website.

View Quoted Comment Amen, you are so right!!

If that’s true, I guess it says that you have made offensive comments in the past that I felt the need to defend the original poster on 🤷🏼‍♀️

I'm giving guest mask, hand sanitizer and wipes.I wont be making anyone take a test. I will help them be safe while they are attending. I did talk to my venue about doing temperature checks. Cant always count on them tests and not everyone is thrilled with taking one. They actually shouldn't be forced to take it. Just my opinion.

Not offensive at ALL. On the contrary, it's thoughtful and responsible.

I don't see anything offensive in this, it is a concern on your part for the safety of all your guests.

View Quoted Comment I agree with this. You are going to have guests not attend because of this. Theres always going to be those few. Are state is making it a requirement to attend a wedding. I'd say go for it.

I wouldn’t be offended at all and honestly as a guest would feel safer. Though with the understanding it’s a bit of a false sense of security as they may not be 100% accurate, but if you’re still enforcing distancing etc I think it’s completely fine!

I would take a test but warn everyone to do it before they put makeup in because I felt like they were scraping my brain and my eyes watered for a while that day!

If you sent the test to me and asked me to take it, I definitely would. If you required me to take it and report back the results for attendance, I would be a bit put off but would still do it.

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Same here!

I would happily do this test and would feel better attending if the vast majority tested that morning.

I LOVE this idea if you can get your hands on these tests and send them out

I don't think it's offensive to ask everyone to test, but I do think it is to ask them to quarantine after testing, which is basically the only way to guarantee negative results.

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Thank you!!

It is not offensive. It's responsible. You have the safety of everyone you love in your hands to a certain extent. And people can be covid positive and asymptomatic. The effects of the virus varies per person and imagine how someone might feel if they found out a guest became sick after the wedding. At least this way you can know you did all you can. Also, it might be easier on your guest to know the decision is out of their hands. They need to get tested, period. They won't have to debate if they responsibly should. It also would ease the fears of guests knowing the potential strangers beside them checked their status.


A word on the results. Yes, there is room for error, there's that on all tests regardless of their nature. Factors include the time of exposure vs testing time and the proper technique on how the tests are run, but you can not worry about that, something is better than nothing. There are rapid tests, and there are PCR tests that take a few days, which tend to be more accurate. My medical facility runs PCR tests 3-4 days before hospital entry. So your love ones can take their tests in that time window before the event. If someone has had covid and recovered, they can test positive for the virus up to 90 days after exposure, but not have an active infection. If they are asymptomatic after 14 days of exposure/initial positive test, then the odds are they are fine and not infectous. They just have reminaces of the virus still being filtered out their system and that's what the test is detecting.
And finally, it's your wedding, like it will be your marriage. People are guests. The only required persons are the couple. If a guest chooses not to come or to feel insulted, you can't control that. You can, however control how you want YOUR wedding conducted. Hell you're paying for it. I dare anyone to question your wishes, unless they are putting up the thousands you've saved that you could have put toward a house and even then, they don't speak for everyone.
Stay safe everyone. ❤

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much!!