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Just Said Yes June 2020

Small ceremony?

Lizeth, on April 10, 2020 at 4:33 PM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 10

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Hello fellow COVID brides. Like many of you I am facing the choice of postponing my wedding (May 29th) or having a small ceremony/reception with just immediate family. My fiancé wants nothing to do with the idea of postponing since we are a long-distance couple and he just wants us to be together (totally understandable). But I also want to have a real wedding with all of my close friends and family. One of the ideas we’ve had is having a small ceremony on May 29th and getting officially married that day, but having our wedding with everyone involved at a later date.. perhaps August. On that date in August we’d have a ceremony and reception just as if it’s our first time. I know this is not really traditional but I feel like it’s the best of both worlds for our situation right now.. not postponing but also having the 150+ wedding I wanted. Any thoughts on this? I could really use help on how to bring this little idea to life.

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Latest activity by Jordan, on April 12, 2020 at 3:44 PM

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Caytlyn · on April 10, 2020 at 4:41 PM
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I think that’s completely fine as long as you’re open and honest with your guests about the fact that you’re already married.
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Melle · on April 10, 2020 at 5:12 PM
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I think that's a great idea! that way you can have your intimate ceremony and then another celebration later with your loved ones
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Kelsey · on April 10, 2020 at 6:09 PM
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Yes, that is our plan if we have to postpone our June 20th wedding! We will have a very small ceremony at a park, then do the bigger ceremony + reception with all our guests later, likely in August.
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Taylor · on April 10, 2020 at 9:03 PM
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Hey girl I’m in the same boat but have found peace I decided if I couldn’t have a my full guest list but could have 50 I will go ahead with the ceremony and reception and then have a huge reception later and if this covid is still bad me and my FH have a small ceremony just our parents at our ceremony site and fb live to everyone and then huge reception later! For me what was important was for my groom to see me in my wedding dress and my dad to walk me down the aisle and for it to still be at my site once I figured out the rest was just extra it all fell into place ! So I would say just male a list of what u absolutely want on the day and what can wait hope this helps !
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Lizeth · on April 10, 2020 at 9:06 PM
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That’s great advice! Would you have a ceremony later too? Or just the reception?
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Lizeth · on April 10, 2020 at 9:08 PM
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If you were to go through with that, would both ceremonies be the same? Or would you make the first one simpler? I’m just wondering because I have no idea what I’ll do for both of mine now 😅
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Savvy June 2020
Taylor · on April 10, 2020 at 9:23 PM
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For me just the reception we talked about a re do ceremony but I just wonder how it will feel if we are already married like my thing I want is all the butterflies 🦋 and happy tears and I’ll have that no matter how many ppl plus the reception is when you interact with ppl the most with dancing and fun ! Also I’m super set on having my big day at my ceremony site weather big or small and if I did a second ceremony I’d have to sacrifice that or pay a lot of money to have 2 there lol it was hard for me to figure all this out though lol bc you don’t want it to be any different then your mental picture but I promise there is a plan b out there to make you happy!
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Kelsey · on April 10, 2020 at 9:43 PM
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Not sure yet! I just started picking out readings for our ceremony. I was thinking about keeping the ceremonies pretty much the same as only 15 or so people would be at the first, but maybe just writing our own vows for the first ceremony. I am also thinking about having a (non ordained) family member officiate the second ceremony since we’d already be married/and to save money.
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Mrs.a · on April 12, 2020 at 1:21 AM
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It's really about what you and your FH want.
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Jordan · on April 12, 2020 at 3:44 PM
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This is exactly what we are doing! We were supposed to have a wedding of 250 people on May 29th but we just don't feel like we will be able to have all those people next month and that would be hard to tell people they can't come and not having what we originally wanted. So we are still getting married May 29th but just close family and friends and then moved our big ceremony/reception to August 21st!
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