Poll: Would you attend a wedding celebration?

Yes! We are doing this! I think this year a lot of the "rules" are out the window.

View Quoted Comment Me too. Plus I wouldn't question why they are having a wedding after eloping. Sometimes people fall on hard times and can't afford the wedding of their dreams. And now with covid all these poor brides having to cancel their plans. Every bride deserves to have their day even if they did elope. I'd be the first one rsvping.

For myself, I would! I love celebrating people and if someone close to me did this I would be there in a heartbeat even if they got married the year or years before!!

I've been to a couple and they were fine. They were a few months after the elopements (for military couples) and some guests who were laidback otherwise were very upset they were calling the vow renewal/reception the actual wedding knowing that the legal wedding had already taken place. Their guest list was due to that. Call it a reception to avoid angering your guests.
Beyond that, they were lovely parties. On the simple/short side due to budget and church restrictions but people enjoyed themselves.

I wouldn't have any issues attending in an ideal world, provided that there was not a pandemic to worry about.

I would absolutely go, especially given the situation that's caused you to postpone.

View Quoted Comment If I got eloped and then later on had a wedding Id still call it a wedding, if people get angry or upset because I used the word wedding instead of vow renewal, well that on them for letting a word control their feelings. Honestly I wouldn't care who I made upset because I chose to have what I want and chose to call it what I want to call it.

It's 100% still your wedding even if you're already legally married. Pre-covid, many couples who did international destination weddings would get legally wed beforehand and no one was arguing with them about whether their wedding was "real" or not.

I would much rather attend a wedding next year to celebrate, regardless of whether a couple got married on their original date or not.

You should make whatever choice feels right for you and your partner, but I don't think a big celebration next year will be any less special regardless of when you sign some paperwork.

Definitely would!! Especially given everything going on right now its pretty common. Truthfully we had a small ceremony last year and were planning a big one for this Oct which we moved to next year. Everyone is still excited for our big one and can't wait to celebrate with us. And we're doing it all, wedding gown, ceremony, reception. Life is too short to not celebrate things as often as you can.

I’ve been to wedding re-do’s / vow renewals, etc. and yes people go! Don’t believe this misconception.

Absolutely! I've done it before, with friends who got married earlier for a variety of reasons (immigration status, family illnesses, etc.).

Especially after this year, I'd be so excited to celebrate again.

21 most likely unless I wasn’t. Lose to them any longer. 22 no.

Sure!!! For my family and friends I’m always down to celebrate 🎉

Yes i would go. I would still go and support my friend who got screwed over by a crappy situation completely 100% out of their control even though they really got married a year before. These are strange times we are going through i think everyone understands that.

Either way, it's STILL A PARTY!! and most people love parties so they'll come. and if they don't - then that shows you what kind of friend you have right there.

We asked our guests if they'd come this year - that's how we made our decision to postpone to next year. We are getting married privately this year. This isn't a new thing happening just because of covid. Plenty of people elope or have a private wedding and then have another wedding. People do it for a great many reasons - family locations/issues in attending, cultural things etc. Just think of it as being able to wear that beautiful dress of yours again when most brides only get to wear their's ONCE!!

If the technicality of the word "wedding" bothers you then just do a 'wedding reception' next year. but i think a lot of people would probably like to see the ceremony - even if its just for show. - the truth is you'll probably be more comfortable doing it in front of everyone when you know you've already done it already.

Also, who says you have to tell anyone that you got married already? My cousin actually did that back in the 90s. She married in 1990 but didn't tell anyone and got married TWO YEARS LATER in a big shebang.

Yes, I would definitely go. To me, I wouldn't care if they were already married, I'd still want to celebrate with them. We are "eloping" on our original date and postponing our actual ceremony & reception for another time when it's safe to do so.