Wedding postponed... still getting married.

I'm sorry to hear about your venue. i think your idea for your anniversary is great!

my friends that eloped and then had a celebration later on told me it didn't take away from that day later because they still got to have the intimate ceremony they wanted while being able to celebrate and party with friends and family after

I think that is a wonderful idea it won't take away from the big day...and if you want to, you can even get to wear your dress more than once

We are leaning towards just have a small wedding with our immediate family and then doing the big celebration when this is all over. For me though, it was important for the small wedding to feel like a wedding. We will be doing nearly everything you would with a large wedding: getting hair and make-up done, limos to the restaurant (we are doing the whole thing in a private room at a nice steakhouse), photos, the originally officiant and photographer, a big dinner, first dances, a cake, and my beautiful dress! I want my wedding day to feel special, even if it's not what I originally pictures/planned.

Hi! My fiancé and I are planning on getting married next week before we leave for the military and still having a wedding next year. I definitely understand your worry about taking away from the excitement but I think everything will be fine! Congratulations again 💗

Aww this sounds great! So many people are doing this and it seems to work out well. I did and it was cheaper & more intimate.

I’m doing exactly that! My fiancé and I really didn’t want to give up our date.. so we’re getting married privately that day with just us, the officiant and the photographer and then doing the traditional ceremony and reception with everyone else later on so that it’s still special for everyone!

We are! We decided we would just have a super intimate ceremony with our parents and siblings only. Both of us have large families so any extended family beyond siblings and parents would be hard to be selective on who to invite and not invite

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I have to ask... How'd it go?? & congrats!!

View Quoted Comment Honestly.. it went amazing! I really enjoyed the intimacy we were able to have by keeping our original date and doing things with just us. The photos we got were phenomenal since they were so personal and centered around him and I.

Now, I’m even more excited to have a 2nd ceremony and celebration in August with all of our family and guests! I thought I would feel guilty about excluding people from our intimate ceremony, but I didn’t feel guilty at all! I loved how it was all about us and we took our original date to celebrate each other. I’m anxious for all the traditional things that will come with our 2nd celebration!

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That's amazing, I'm so happy to hear it went great and you're still looking forward to the "big day"! Our original date is Aug 16th. And we'd most likely have to postpone for next year... I've seen a lot of people say it's stupid to get married and then have a wedding with everybody doing the ceremony all over again - like the "why can't you just wait" people. But I can't help but want to, since all of our plans are ruined and we were so excited to get married.