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Devoted September 2021

Well...we postponed. Advice?

Charlotte, on July 31, 2020 at 8:16 AM Posted in Community Conversations 0 8

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We fought the inevitable. Every day we stressed watching the governor do talks and obsessed over case numbers. Yesterday Ohio had it's largest case count to date. Hospitalizations are increasing. Bars are shutting down early. You can tell the governor is avoiding trying to shut down again...

With my dad high risk and the current restrictions, we have decided it's best to cut our losses and elope. We want to still do a reception, but at a later date. Has anyone decided to just postpone the reception? We're hoping we can postpone until May. Our ceremony isn't religious. Is a vow renewal absolutely needed or can you just say screw it and have just the reception later on?
We're thinking that we'll still have our ceremony but with only our parents and the four members of our bridal party. We thought about doing photos with our bridal party during that time. That way, come the reception, they can just wear whatever they choose.
I just am so lost and a mess 😭

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Mrs.a · on July 31, 2020 at 8:24 AM
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We’re doing the same, elopement this fall, and celebration in May. We are doing a vow renewal but it is not necessary. You can just have a reception if you want to.
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Caytlyn · on July 31, 2020 at 8:26 AM
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You can totally just have a reception later if that's what you want to do.
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Sexypoodle · on July 31, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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If you’re already going to be married you can certainly have just a reception. That’s what I’d do. I don’t quite see the reason for a redo ceremony just a few months later. Hence our reason for postponing the entire wedding a year (both ceremony and reception).
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Martha · on July 31, 2020 at 10:25 AM
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I am sorry you had to postpone, a reception later on is absolutely fine, vow renewal too if you feel like doing one.
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Angel · on July 31, 2020 at 1:14 PM
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I'm so sorry you had to postpone! Just remember you get to celebrate twice and make it extra special. As for just doing the reception instead of a vow renewal too, that's completely fine! Do whatever you want, after all you guys have been through one hell of a rollercoaster with planning a wedding during a pandemic. We will be doing a ceremony with our postponed wedding. Wish you the best!
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Lynnie · on July 31, 2020 at 1:54 PM
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Sending you lots of virtual love and support Charlotte!! And you can definitely just do the reception and party part later, you don't have to do a unity ceremony or vow renewal.
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· on July 31, 2020 at 2:16 PM
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We postponed our reception and are not planning to do a vow renewal. I think it'll just start with cocktail hour. We only invited our immediate families (not the whole bridal party) to the ceremony and we wanted more of the typical group pictures, so we're having those taken next year 🤞. We are having a photographer for our wedding this year, so we'll have formal photos taken of the two of us, but the rest of the photos will probably be more candid. We're also having a mini-reception after our ceremony, so it will still feel like a celebration.
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Rebecca · on July 31, 2020 at 2:43 PM
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You can totally just have a reception next year! We just postponed this past week. One of the options was to hold a 50 person ceremony on our original date and do a reception in 2021. We opted not to do that (we are going to have a micro ceremony on that date and do the whole shabang next year), but it’s a great option if that’s what you want!
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