Sad Covid bride

Former Oct 2020 bride here. Now Sept 2021. We're in holding pattern now because almost everything was already planned and taken care of. It is disappointing to say the least but I do feel relieved not having to deal with all the restrictions and limitations. Next year we'll at least have a better handle on things and hopefully can really enjoy our celebrations. Hopefully when you try on your dress you'll start to feel the excitement again.

View Quoted Comment I am so sorry you had to also postpone, it’s such a horrible position to be in. But yess, I do hope you’re right about next year. Best of luck to you, your day will be beautiful 🙂

I'm sorry you had to postpone! My fiance and I postponed our July 2020 wedding to July 2022, and now with 90% of our wedding already planned, we're just waiting it out until time gets closer again. I recommend planning something fun for your original date! We planned a weekend trip with a few friends for our original date, and really made the weekend something we looked forward to! I also put together a gift basket for my fiance with a bunch of COVID-wedding-themed items. You could plan a weekend trip (either with friends or just you two), a date night out, a movie night in, etc. I'm hopeful that 2021 will be significantly better than 2020, and that your wedding will be the one you planned for. I agree with the previous comment, trying on your dress might help give some excitement back as well. Best wishes!

View Quoted Comment Thank you! Best of luck to you also. Your day will be beautiful and even more special because of all of this

Also an October 2020 bride, pushed to October 2021. We thought about it a lot when we were going through the process of postponing, and given it was such a crappy year, we decided to get married on our original date anyway. It will be a small ceremony with loved ones, and then dinner at FILs, as we are not trying to spent a lot more money since we will still have the big wedding next year. But even if you guys choose to not get married this year, do try to find something fun to celebrate your original date. I know some who still got together with loved ones or did mini local vacations. We can't let COVID take all the things away from us, we still have to have some fun

Yep, we went from 10/10/20 to 10/30/21. But I’m one of the odd brides who’s both relieved AND still excited. The initial day we decided to postpone, the reality of it sucked. But, I didn’t stay bummed for long because the pandemic is out of my control and I knew postponing was the best decision for us. So the next day I hopped into making plans with our vendors for a new date. I didn’t think it was possible for is to choose a better date than 10/10/20. But I was wrong! I love our new date because it’s near Halloween but not actually on Halloween. Although we’re not “Halloween People”, we’re the ones always throwing parties. So now we plan to make our anniversary celebrations an annual themed party followed by a getaway. I could easy be pissed off about turning an already long 21-month engagement into 33 months. But FH and I are worth the wait and our wedding will be too 🥳🤩😄. But this year we’re going away on the weekend of our “would be” wedding. I’m looking forward to it!!!


If October 2021 comes and much hasn’t changed, we won’t postpone again. We’ll just have to use masks and take whatever precautions are necessary.

Hopefully you can gradually see the bright side and be able to find your excitement again. Best wishes!!!

I'm so sorry you had to postpone. It's a hard decision and I feel for all the brides that have had to make it. Please don't let this decision take away from the joy of being engaged. Take the next couple of months and "forget" wedding planning. Let things die down in the US and I promise and I'm confident things WILL GET BETTER. Use the next couple of months and enjoy your engagement. I'm sending you virtual hugs !

I feel ya, I’m also a former October 2020 bride who is now an October 2021 bride. I’m hopeful that by October next year, we’ll be in a better spot than we’re in now. It’s depressing, relieving, and anxiety producing all at the same time. The more time that has passed since we made the decision to postpone, the more at peace I feel. I started to have my dress altered before we thought to postpone and I’ve had to go to alterations appointments following our decision to postpone. I thought it was going to be depressing to have it on too, but it’s actually been a ray of light in all of this. I’m bummed that FH won’t see it on me sooner, but it’s been really nice to see myself in it and be excited about when the time finally comes when I can show it off!

My original date was May 2020 postponed to May 2021. It was sad to have to postpone but I'm relieved since our destination wedding is pretty much planned and paid for. Because we have more time to save, we were able to do more than we originally planned like book a DJ and choose a different dinner package for the reception. I was in the middle of alterations when COVID shut everything down so my dress is ready now but I can only hope it fits well 10 months from now. I'm still a little too far out to be excited but once our day is closer, I'm sure that will happen. I'm trying not to think about all the what ifs for next year to stay positive. Hang in there. Your day will be so much more special when it comes!

We postponed, and on our original wedding date we went out for a nice dinner and drinks. I felt sad for most of the day but the dinner really lifted my spirits.