covid cancel and other weddings

I'm so sorry that your wedding was affected by COVID! Did you postpone to a new date? It's upsetting to have to change plans and deal with so many unknowns. My fiance and I postponed our July 2020 wedding to July 2022, and it was tough for a while, though we've both now accepted our new plan and are looking ahead to our new date.

We postponed from 10/10/20 to 10/30/21. But we chose to postpone everything because I didn’t want to have a ceremony now and then wait months (after already being married) to celebrate at a reception. That just didn’t sound exciting to me For me that was too choppy and didn’t seem exciting. Plus I didn’t want guests coming to two different events. I want all of the fun, excitement and all of those feelings to be experienced all in one special day. Sure, we have to wait a little longer but it’s worth it and I’m actually really excited about our new date!

We postponed from July to November, but as of yesterday, we’re now eloping next month with a reception next year. It was definitely hard when we had to postpone the first time, but now that I’ve had time to process (we started outlining Plan C when we postponed to November), I’m actually really excited. We’ll be getting married on our 3 year dating anniversary in Yosemite. Your feelings are absolutely valid; it’s hard to watch others continue to move forward when you’ve had to push yours back. Feel those feelings and try to process them. Hopefully that will help you feel better about both your and your friends’ weddings!

I feel like a crappy COVID bride. I postponed my May wedding to early October. And I am moving forward no matter what. But it’s different in each state and I feel we take precautions.

Our original date was may 9th with 92 guests at a venue. We eloped with 7 guests on may 16th in an outdoor garden and had a mini reception at our apartment. We aren't doing a vow renewal or post reception next year

Yes we postponed our April wedding to this September. We haven’t attended any weddings or been invited to any, but postponing in general has been very hard on my mental health. It’s so many details, so many unknowns, and so many changing guidelines to keep up with. Best of luck to you I hope the next couple months go by fast!

We are holding out hope that we won't have to cancel. We live in Texas which is a hotspot, and our governor isn't taking this seriously, but we are taking as many precautions as we can. Our wedding is in three months so I'm really hoping we will be able to do it!

Our original date was 10/3, we postponed to next October. But we are still getting married on our original date and are just having our immediate family there. It still sucks because I wanted the big celebration with all of our family and friends, but we will have to wait another year. Most other people I know who were going to get married this year had to postpone as well, but there are still a few people in my area who are still pushing forward and I'm kind of jealous this didn't affect them lol but it is what it is and we have made our peace with our decisions.

I'm so sorry you're going through this - my heart truly goes out to every couple that had a wedding planned for earlier in the year and were basically forced to cancel with little to no warning. I can't even imagine.

Our original date is 10/10 this year and we're moving forward with a much smaller event. We scaled down our guest list from 130 to 30-40, and will not be having dancing (just cocktail hour and a formal dinner).

Even though we're still having a wedding, I'm devastated. It's really difficult for me to even look at other wedding pictures from previous years when things were "normal" because we feel like we've been robbed of a traditional wedding.

It's very easy for some people to be like "well, just wait until you can get the vision you want!" Waiting is still compromising, and that decision is not as simple as it seems. Even if that's something you are able to choose, that doesn't make it easy.

If we were to postpone, next year wouldn't be an option for us, it would have to be 2022. My vendors have been understanding, but if we were to move everything another two years out, many of our security deposits would be void and the vendor prices would increase; we'd be priced out of the wedding we planned anyway. My grandmothers are in their 80s and 90s. We want to start trying for children next year.

Your sadness is entirely valid, and I hope everything goes beautifully on your day.

Our date was/is 8/16/20. Our ceremony venue and reception venue had been shut down or had extremely ridiculous rules, so we originally decided to postpone but weren't able to choose a new date until mid-September. After some thought, and realizing the new date we choose could have the same outcome in regards to having to postpone again, we decided to cancel our plans entirely. We will elope on 8/16 and re-plan a ceremony/reception once it's safe to do so. Our family will not be there, so we'll have an intimate ceremony with just us, and all the traditional things for our "big wedding" hopefully sometime next year. It is truly horrible thinking of all the people who already had their perfect & normal weddings, and how all of us have had a pretty traumatic and draining experience. Had we just planned our wedding a year sooner, or even just a few months... none of this would've ruined it! Trying to look at it on the brighter side of being able to celebrate twice, but it really does suck.

We eloped on Friday 13 of December, 2019, rather than wait until our Originally set wedding date in April. Once March (and Covid) really hit, we rescheduled to this September, then cancelled a couple of weeks ago, due to military (DoD) travel ban rules that wouldn't even allow us to attend our own wedding at the venue two hours away.
I am SO GLAD we eloped when we did! I can't imagine having to go through all of this without him. We'll go ahead with all our original plans, once it's safe (and legal) enough that we can do what we want with all our guests there to celebrate with us.

We postponed our wedding to next August, almost a year after our original date. We didn't choose to do a small intimate wedding because we weren't really attached to our date in any way, but it is still difficult to see and hear other people going through with their weddings. The good news for us is that our wedding was 95% planned so we're just spending the next year being engaged and trying not to stress about covid anymore. Good luck!