How are you all feeling with Covid-19

View Quoted Comment Thank you! This too shall pass. My old boss used to say that all the time.

I get married this Saturday (the 11th) and I'm in a range of emotions. We decided against postponing our north Florida wedding since things were looking up but in the past week things have gone way down... we have a lot of safety precautions we have put in place like spacing seats/rows, masks for those who need them, and hand sanitizer stations.
My family thinks we are overreacting and I am so ready to marry my love but too am feeling anxious of somebody getting ill from coming to our wedding...
I couldn't get myself to postpone with less than a 2 week notice but I completely agree with all the emotions in place.

We are continuing with our wedding for August 8th, it’s been a complete struggle. Since March there are only a few people who have been actively supportive, the other people are making me feel crazy for wanting to be married on our original date. Luckily my state is not terrible but sadly we have multiple guest invited from other states who will not be attending. My family friend who was our photographer from Arizona just cancelled on us yesterday and we’ve lost a few groomsman and bridesmaids. I feel as though I am selfish for continuing to plan but I also feel as if this close to my date I would be considered selfish to postpone since people who plan to attend have already bought tickets, rented cars, and reserved hotel rooms. At this point we went from a guest list of 140 to maybe 50 people. I was feeling extremely optimistic when things started to improve but this second wave is becoming scary and I feel super guilty. We are also looking into different honeymoon options since we had a resort booked in Florida but with recent news I’m not sure if that is an option. This weeks consisted on a lot of breakdowns but still trying to remain positive.

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Hahaha I think you might like my wedding reception shoes #lemonade

View Quoted Comment Haha! That’s awesome!

View Quoted Comment I hope the same for you too and thank you!

I recently got engaged and I don't know where to start planning this with all covid spikes going on!

View Quoted Comment I feel you! We had to cancel everything... groom’s mother is dying from cancer. Covid cancelled our international destination wedding and we lost thousands. It’s such a terrible situation My friends are trying to rebook my bachelorette party, but I don’t even want to have one now!

View Quoted Comment I can relate... we had an international destination wedding with 50 guests booked... it was terrible; we had guests dropping out during the pandemic and we had to cancel since it was in May. We have contacted all 50 guests and about half are willing to travel within the next year.

Feeling stressed, sad, overwhelmed, and anxious. I live in Los Angeles County in CA which is like an “epicenter” of the state. Numbers keep spiking. It’s just a roller coaster of emotions. My fiance and I have lost hope our Oct 2020 wedding will happen. Venue hasnt allowed us to reschedule yet. Feeling angry that this has put our life on hold. I was looking forward to starting a family next year and this is really pushing us way back on our plans. We are now getting ready to reschedule and move forward. We thought about eloping this year and renewals next year but my fiance wants to have our dream wedding. We want that moment. He keeps telling me this will all be worth it in the end. You are all not alone. Dont feel guilty or embarrassed. This is out of our control so dont let it consume you. Sending my love and positivity to my pandemic brides. This is a year for the books!

I will be glad when all this covid19 is over with. It’s crazy how it got us canceling things and we can’t do nothing. Had to cancel my wedding and schedule it for next year. Hopefully, all this clear up by next year.

Covid has taken my father and my original wedding date of 5/31/20. We moved it to 12/6/2020. Now idk if everything will still go as scheduled for December. I just want to hope but everytime it goes the opposite direction.

I actually have/had COVID and that has taken me out of the mood to get married or do anything. I tested positive for about 2 months since exposure. Haven’t had a test since May so idk if I’m still positive or finally negative. My health has caused me to lose my job and I can’t do much without feeling like I’m going to pass out. I wanted to get married anyway this year even though we postponed out big wedding. I decided I didn’t want to anymore because of my health. I’m now afraid that I may have lingering health issues for a while and idk how to deal with it. I can tell my FH wants to be married already but I’m not feeling it right now. It has nothing to do with him. I just want to be the best wife I can possibly be and I feel like I can’t offer that to him right now.

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My wedding day is supposed to be on 10/24/2020, but we're looking at postponing the reception and having a small, intimate ceremony. We're having such a hard time deciding what to do and the deadline when we need to make that decision.

I feel the same- hard to get excited about planning anything. And I know it’s affecting my fiancé’s brain on top of it all! :-(

We have ours scheduled for December 12th 2020. It already was receiving comments about weather due to a winter wedding way before the virus even started. But now it’s corona and winter, part of me really hoped that December will be better.. part of me is worried about another wave. But I’m still going through with wedding planning, as I told my venue even if it doesn’t happen when we want it to. It will still happen. They are also very understanding and said that if need be, we can just postpone everything for a later date and wouldn’t have to pay extra or anything. We are also (sadly) going to elope day of, if we are unable to have a wedding. I say sadly because I didn’t really dream of eloping when I was a little girl. But if Corona, the quarantine, and even losing my job has taught me anything it’s.. I want to be married more than anything. He truly is my best friend and I want to spend the rest of my life holding his hand. ❤️
As for corona in general, I am very worried. The second it sounds like it’s a little better. Cases spike, I also have asthma so I literally never go outside the apartment except if I have to. I know none of us ever thought of this when we picked a 2020 date. I feel for all of you ladies.

It's a crap shoot for sure.My FH and I decided right at the start that we still want to be married Sept 26th, 2020 come hell or high water. We have a wedding planned for about 200 people in a barn that fits 500. In Minnesota that is currently in the clear at 50% capacity but who the hell knows what can happen between now and then. Our venue has been great and if the State makes it so we can't have our wedding in September they will give us a full refund.....which has me so thankful! So we have a friend ready to marry us and our immediate family and bridal party at this point are good with coming for a back yard wedding should we need a contingency plan. My biggest regret is one of my sisters probably not being able to come because she lives in Canada and would have to quarantine for 2 weeks upon return which is difficult in these financially strained times. I don't begrudge her or anyone else that we invited for not coming for any reason because at the end of the day its not their fault. My opinion on wedding guests are they don't need to come if they can't travel or don't feel comfortable attending and wearing a mask. Even sisters. Because at the end of the day it's about marrying the person you love.

View Quoted Comment Jennifer,
That is our wedding date too and we are thinking of doing the same thing! What state do you live in?

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I live in Texas. The cases here are rising everyday! We had 10,000 new cases on Tuesday. We were considering waiting until August to make a final decision, but my FH thinks we need to make the decision ASAP. What state do you live in?

View Quoted Comment We are in North Carolina, our new cases aren’t as high but the numbers are still increasing every day here too! We also have tons of out of town guests. We were hoping to wait until beginning of August as well, but have started to look at options for a small ceremony so we can still get married in October. I am the one pushing for a quicker decision, since I work in medicine I have a less positive outlook than my fiancé does😖