We are getting married on October 10th this year. We had a 170ish-person wedding planned, and this is no longer feasible with Covid. We decided that we still want to get married and have a small ceremony and celebration on our original date, rather than postpone the whole thing.
For this small celebration, we decided it will be immediate family (12 total people). I had very much wanted the wedding party to be there as well, as they were people who we decided early on we "can't get married without." However, my FH's best man lives out of the country and just informed us that he will not be able to attend. His flight was cancelled, and his job said if he does any leisurely traveling to a Covid hotspot (aka the United States), that this is grounds for firing. My FH does not want to get married without him, which I completely understand. But I do not want to get married without my wedding party. FH is taking the "everyone in the wedding party or no one in the wedding party" approach, while I feel a bit like we need to make do with whatever the new circumstances are. Any suggestions on how we should go about making this decision? This is a toughie.
I know that the answer is "it should be whatever is right for the two of you," but we are having a hard time figuring out what this is. I think it is important that we both have what we want, but this is made challenging with a complete overhaul of plans! Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
