Help!!! June 20, 2020 Bride

My wedding is supposed to be June 22, and I’m not ready to give up yet. I’m going to proceed as if it is still happening, and if no one comes, I’ll still get married.

Hey girl . I’m July 26.2020 here .I don’t know what to do as well . We are 90 days away and things not looking good ! We have about 175/180 people we inviting but hoping for 150. I’m scared that people will be scared coming to the wedding and we would loose out on money because we already put so much money in ! My fiancé thinks it’s Better to try to reschedule to another year which sucks and annoying but then I also don’t want to risk the health of other people . A lot of his family is from NYC . Many people also need to get on their feet after loosing jobs due to lockdowns around here. I feel like social distancing will be here for a while too . It seems like we might have to reschedule but As every girl on planet I don’t want to reschedule but I feel like I have too . I think you should reschedule because you don’t want to miss out on deposits and you planned this for so long . I’m sure your fiancé can figure something out in June or July next year with his job maybe he could tell them in advance and tell them the situation . I’m sure they will understand.
I also don’t want to wait a year to get married so if we have to reschedule we going to get married privately in the court and have the big ceremony and wedding the following year !

My wedding date is June 27th 2020, and with living so close to NY I’m just not sure if they will be allowing gatherings of over 100 by then. I’m absolutely heartbroken but also don’t want to put any of my loved ones at risk. This has been an emotional month, I was so against the idea of postponing and I’m still struggling with it.
We still want to get legally married on our original date and are working with our vendors to postpone the formal wedding/reception to 2021.

With some of our vendors their policies changed as things do day by day, keep an open line of conversation with your vendors and check in with them about your options.

View Quoted Comment Hi Kristi ! I completely understand you and we are in same exact situation. I live in NJ literally neighbor to NYC . I’m so nervous I feel like I have no choice. This is so crazy .

I hear ya! I had to postpone my July 2020 wedding to next July 2021. Before we made the official call I was going back and for with myself trying to decide what to do. Initially I was really upset and didn’t feel like a wedding next year would feel special like it was starting to now. After giving myself a few days though, I decided another year won’t make a difference. We’ve been together long enough- another year for us won’t make a difference. I decided I’d regret not being able to look back and remember the actual wedding I’m envisioning. My fiancé and I may be moving as well next year related to job changes he’ll be going through but we’re going to make it work! The right decision will come to you, just give yourself a couple days to process.

I postponed from April 18th to June 20th... We are going to push it back to June 2021. I would say reschedule it. Even if the wedding takes place, most states will still be Phase 1 of reopening and you will have all kinds of crazy restrictions. Until a vaccine becomes available early next Spring, it seems like that is the only option.

Hi Justise,

I'm so sorry you are going through this. I do agree with some of the suggestions above!

Would you consider doing a small ceremony on your wedding date and postponing your reception until next year? I think this is a great option!

It seems like a lot of June brides are waiting a few more weeks before making postponement decisions, but everyone's situation is different and it never hurts to be proactive about plan b!

You also aren't alone right now!

There are a ton of June brides also talking about their Covid-19 concerns in these discussions:

June 2020 brides: freaking out?

June and July Brides do not stress Covid-19!!!

Sending lots of love your way!

We’re getting married on our original date of June 6, 2020, with parents present and hopefully wedding party as well. Then we’ll have our big celebration/vow renewal in June 2021. We already rescheduled with our vendors and it has worked out well! Would something like this be an option for you and/or something you’d want to do?