May 23rd

My wedding was supposed to be May 22. We postponed, because it is very clear that this virus is not contained and may not be at that time. Also, one of my closest relatives was told by her doctor that she was not allowed to fly until late summer due to the pandemic. I would postpone now & get a new date, because there are other brides at your venue who will need to reschedule too.

I wouldn't wait any longer unfortunately--I'd go ahead and postpone now. I don't see things clearing up by late May. I'm so sorry

Date twin here...in kind of the same boat.

Officiant is on board, caterer is still operating and can't shut down because he's a family owned business.

Find out about half an hour ago that our nature center venue is closed until further notice and issuing refunds for rentals. The problem now is to find a new place to get married or postpone. I don't even know where we could have it instead. I already had a breakdown crying last night over all this and having dress regret.

Oy vey this is exhausting.

I think i would only wait a month prior. i don't think i'd want to wait any closer to the date.

I would work with your vendors for a backup date ASAP. That way you're not committing to the change of date just yet but at least you have something lined up. The thing is, there are so many people postponing, that dates will be very limited already. Get ahead of things and keep your chin up! Having the opportunity to have a life partner is a privilege, and if you can't get married right away, well at the least you have each other regardless.

I postponed my May 30th wedding, even though it was very difficult and my fiancé wanted to wait a few more weeks to see how things were. I was so anxious and worried though, and didn't want to send my invites out and then have to postpone, so we made the tough decision. We have a new date in July but im even worried about that date at this point, but I wanted to get on top of it to make sure that I had a date this year at my venue. I really hope we don't have to postpone AGAIN but honestly this does not seem like its going away any time soon.

Thinking of all the brides that are in this difficult situation!

Hi Emmaline! It's such a tough decision to have to make, and you're definitely not the only one stressed about this!!

We've started gathering helpful resources in our COVID-19 Wedding Support Central, and you can connect with other May brides in these discussions:

May 16 brides---what Next Due to Coronavirus?

May brides and your plan of action?

We're thinking of you!