Elope? Pandemic

Ok first, Trump is an idiot who doesn't know left from right. If he would have listened to his advisers we wouldn't be in this whole situation. That being said you cannot believe everything that comes out of his mouth because he knows nothing about this. Listen to the doctors, especially Dr. Fauci right now; he seems to know what is going on. Even if Trump is correct and this lasts till July or August, they can't (or at least I hope) keep the restrictions on us forever. If they did eventually there will be rioting. I totally understand having anxiety right now; I have depression and PTSD this is not an easy time for anyone with these problems. I know I had a heck of a time speaking to someone to calm myself down. I finally did over the phone. Try to calm down. If you feel it's best to marry your FH right now and it would help you then by all means go for it. This will get better it just will take some time. Best of luck!!

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This is stressful. This is crazy. This is a lot.

BUT, like everything else, it will pass. I had a conversation with my FH about our May wedding, wondering if he wanted to elope and have a ceremony later, but we both agreed that it wouldn't be the same. That we both really wanted to be married before all of our guests and loved ones, just like before. If we do end up moving our wedding, we would put it in August. I firmly believe you'll be more than okay. Really

If it's going to make you crazy to wait and see how the cards fall, and this is becoming a serious threat to your mental health, then do what's best for you, whether that's take a few days off work to soak in a bubble bath and relax or if it's eloping now so the stress of "what if" isn't hanging over your head. Whatever is best for you two. No judgement here. Just try not to listen to too much news media and know that if the history books have taught us anything, it's that every single time America has been in times like these.... they ended eventually, and life returned to normal

View Quoted Comment Love this! My wedding is scheduled for 5/2. Have you guys rescheduled or are you waiting it out??

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Waiting for now. We'll make the final call in April. Because of our vendor situation, there's no difference in if we cancel more last minute versus now, so that's okay with us. I think we'll wait until the middle or more towards the end of next month and see what's going on. We all gotta do what we all gotta do, but I still feel like there might be time enough for a turnaround by then

View Quoted Comment I agree!! Glad to hear other brides feel the same

Mines 5/22, we're already eloping at an Inn so no guests which is a good thing at this point because we wouldn't have to deal with telling everyone, but it's so incredibly sad. Been waiting so long for this, but at the end of the day I have no control over it (my anxiety hates that part), and I have to be lucky that my family and I are healthy so I'm really trying to stay optimistic. So far the Inn we're having it at had to close their restaurant but the Innkeeper is hopeful we'll be back on track by May. Best wishes for all of you.

Abby, I am in the same exact boat. We have an August wedding and I could have written your post myself! With so much uncertainty being married to the love of my life is so important right now. I’m trying to stay optimistic but everything seems more dire with each passing day. I looked into things but it’s not certain we would even be able to get a marriage license at this point due to municipalities closed. So not sure we could elope even if we decided to.

My wedding is June 6 and I took a leap of faith and ordered the invitations 3 days ago thinking I’d be safe since it’s 2+ months away. It’s a small wedding (40-50 ppl).... and this was before talk of mandatory shut downs. We decided we will still get married on June 6 with immediate family (6 ppl) if we’re unable to get married in our church. However, I didn’t even think about not being able to get a marriage license as the previous poster pointed out!

I am 61 years old and have never been married. I’ve waited my whole life for this day. But, we all have - some have just waited longer than others 😊 I’m praying we can all still have the wedding of our dreams!