Date change

My original date was July 31, 2020. We had to postpone to July 2022. I totally understand the sadness. I went through a lot of it, but since our original date has now passed, I truly feel like I can fully look ahead to our new date. I think what helped me the most was planning a fun celebration for our original date. I put together a gift basket for my fiance with all kinds of COVID wedding themed items, and did a weekend trip with a few friends. I totally recommend planning something fun - a date night, a trip away for a long weekend, a photoshoot, movie night, etc. Postponing isn't fun, but your new date will come up quick and it will be a beautiful day!

We had to postpone the big wedding, though we are still having a minimony on our original date this year. As sad as it is and how frustrating it is to have to push it back because a pandemic says so, I felt a sense of relief pushing it back on our own terms instead of waiting to see what would happen and then having to postpone at the last minute. I also think having a minimony first will take the pressure off of the big wedding because, even if something goes wrong then, we've already been married for a year!

View Quoted Comment I’ve never heard of having a minimony! I totally agree I feel this sense of relief with it being postponed, I think too it’s helped with our stress levels as well! We were originally going to wait it out and see but something told me that we should just postpone it, either way I’m happy all around to still be able to get married! And I hope your minimony is everything and more for you it sounds so fun!

View Quoted Comment Wow that’s a big leap for me, but I completely agree that it’s given us a sense of relief. Definitely with having to get our own first everything together once we get married pushing it back has helped us put things into perspective. We have been doing a lot more date nights too but I also don’t want to feel like I’m smothering him 😅. I definitely will take your advice and plan more alone time together to make memories because postponing has really given us more time for everything that comes along with planning this wedding! I really love your COVID wedding themed basket idea! I would love to do one for my fiancé!

Yep! Lots of us 2020 brides have changed our dates. We went from 10/10/20 to 10/30/21. The initial day we made this decision was a bit of a bummer. But I didn’t stay sad for long because it was most certainly the best decision for us. By the next day I began contacting vendors and making plans toward a new date. I’ve said this a few times. But I was actually feeling guilty at first because, as much as I loved our original date, I love our new date even more. 🥰

We also changed. July 25th to Feb 6th.


Time will fly by!

We didn't do it because of COVID reasons but for financial reasons and we couldn't decide what kind of wedding we wanted (close vs destination but still within the state just a bit of a drive). We originally settled on November 7th 2020 but pushed it back to March 20th 2021 way before COVID. I'm glad we did now as I feel bad for the this year's couples.