Hi all! I was supposed to get married on 10/31 this year but my fiance and I decided to cancel due to covid. Unfortunately, we had sent out our save the dates about two weeks before all of this started to go down.
We've now decided to have a small, socially distanced backyard wedding in August. Our (rough) plan is to have our immediate family and close friends come in shifts, ending the night with a friends-only camp out.
Here's the issue: what is the best way to communicate this change in plans to the guests we can no longer accommodate? It feels insincere to say we canceled, since we are still having a wedding of sorts; but the original event is canceled. I would ordinarily never dream of un-inviting someone but this is definitely uncharted territory. Does anyone have any thoughts?