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Jennifer
Savvy October 2020

2020 Covid Brides!

Jennifer, on August 30, 2020 at 10:53 PM

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Just out of general curiosity, how many of you are still getting married on your date and how many of you are postponing to a later date? How come? I am getting married on October 2, 2020. I have personally chosen NOT to postpone because I can’t handle planning another year 😭🤦🏼‍♀️ And also we had a...
Just out of general curiosity, how many of you are still getting married on your date and how many of you are postponing to a later date? How come?


I am getting married on October 2, 2020. I have personally chosen NOT to postpone because I can’t handle planning another year 😭🤦🏼‍♀️ And also we had a back up plan to go to the courthouse if the “big wedding” fell through and all of our family was still gonna travel to be there anyways so we decided to just have our big wedding.
Let me tell you. Covid 19 has already taken so many things from us. Ruined so many opportunities. So to be able to push thru this and decide that no matter what happens we will be getting married on our date... it’s such an amazing feeling of empowerment.. and who knows I may be selfish for not postponing so that more family can come.. but in the end it’s not about them it’s about me and my (soon to be) husband

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  • Ashley
    Savvy October 2020
    Ashley ·
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    My date is October 3rd! We are keeping it but cut it down by more than half
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  • Taylor
    Dedicated October 2020
    Taylor ·
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    Getting married 10/17/20
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  • Alexandria
    Expert November 2020
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    We are keeping our original date 11/07/20. I've already been planing this for 3 years and am SO ready to be married! So we are sticking with our original date no matter what, even if everything gets shut down last minute it's happening and we will just sign the papers and not have a big ceremony and that's okay too! Right now everything is still a go with all of our vendors and what not but we shall see how the next 67 days go.

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  • Eri
    Super October 2020
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    We're keeping our original date (10/10) but downsizing from 130 to 30-40 and implementing a bunch of precautions.

    My grandmothers are not going to be around forever, my dad needs surgery soon, and we want to start having kids. Postponing comes with its own sets of risks.

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  • Andjela
    Just Said Yes December 2020
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    COVID-19 #2020 WEDDING#

    I agree to all brides who did not postpone their wedding this year including myself.... it doesn't call selfish but empowerment and determination. Mine is still 12/26/2020

    Let's go brides!!!

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  • Gladys
    Dedicated November 2020
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    I had postponed the wedding from May 3 to June 7 and now Nov 14 2020 and we keeping This day,Our guess are local and maryority family members. With God favor everything will go thru, we are also having facemask for those that want to take extra precaution. I'm blessed that all my vendors had worked great with us . Good luck to all my 2020 brides 😊
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  • Calika
    Just Said Yes August 2024
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    We Postpone from July 2020 to July 2021.. Having our loved ones with us is way more important than getting married on the day we wanted...
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    October 2020
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    Getting married oct 3rd... sometimes I kinda wish we would’ve postponed, but I’m not sure I could take more months of the stress that I’ve had the last 6 months! Everything is so unknown right now and has been for a long time, but our venue has a plan to be able to accommodate everyone and keeps reassuring me it’s all going to workout. Fingers crossed!
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  • Lisa
    Super October 2021
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    We postponed our 10/10/2020 wedding to 10/7/2021. We decided this because many family members are not willing to travel right now, some won’t until there is a tried and true vaccine; my fiancé has been furloughed from his job (on the LV strip) since mid-March and just got the call today that he is officially being laid off; we don’t want to wear masks or social distance on our day; we likely wouldn’t have been able to travel for our honeymoon without having to quarantine for 2 weeks; we didn’t want to cut our guest list since we’ve already struggled to get it to 100 to get a cheaper rate from the venue - there’s other reasons but these are the main ones.
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  • Irena
    Beginner October 2020
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    We had to cancel our destination wedding and are now proceeding with a local wedding with 50 guests. We always wanted a small event so it doesn’t change much for us though we would have preferred 60-65 cap. I’m on the older side so we don’t have the luxury of postponing for 2 years, and I don’t think much will change next year. So we’re full steam ahead.
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  • Dawnmarie
    Dedicated November 2021
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    Unfortunately my Venue cancelled for the remainder of the calendar year and they had no availability for next year. So I had to search for a whole new venue and still the date a wasn’t available, but they had availability for 11/2021 Thank God my photographer and videographer and DJ were able to move the date with me.
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  • Amanda
    Dedicated October 2020
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    We are NOT postponing! 10.10.20 I felt the exact same way as you. This was happening no matter what!
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  • Teresa
    Devoted October 2020
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    We are getting married on the 3rd of October. We made the decision that we will not postpone our day no matter the turn out. Come to find out we have over half the expected people we invited attending. We are beyond happy to celebrate our big day with our family and friends.

    Selfish to celebrate our day we have been planning for so long is not a thought in our mind. Even if it was just the two of us, we would still be doing the big day! Congratulations to you and the FH!

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  • S
    Just Said Yes September 2020
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    Our original date was June 6, 2020 and we postponed to September 25, 2020. We are moving forward with having our wedding with less than 50 guests (down from 115), hand sanitizers as gifts, making masks available and seating guests by household (with proper spacing). I was stressed out with all the original rescheduling and didnt want to do that again and have to wait until next year, or the year after. Though the day isnt exactly what was planned, it doesnt change ours and our family's excitement to get married and hopefully start a family soon.
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  • Kat
    Beginner October 2021
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    My fiance and I decided to keep our date but with different rules. We originally had a huge wedding planned for Halloween guest count almost 100 people (family pressure to have such a large wedding). With covid we decided to reschedule the large event for next year. Literally called all the vendors we had planned for this year and just moved it back a year most of them understood and had no issue. My fiance and I still wanted to get married and not wait a year so we decided to do what we wanted all along and get married at a garden with an extremely small guest count. Since we still plan to have such a large event next year and celebrate our one year anniversary most everyone is happy and gets what they want. We will still require masks and social distancing at the gardens for this year just to be safe. Hopefully come next year the rules will relax a little more.
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    Just Said Yes September 2020
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    We are postponing our "big" wedding to September 2021 because we cannot get the money back from our venue, but we will be getting legally married with 30 people this September anyway.

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    Just Said Yes May 2020
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    We had to change dates, venues, etc but managed to pull off an absolutely magical backyard wedding with only 9 days notice on Aug 22, 2020. We had about 78 guests, and everyone had an absolute blast. And no one fell ill. 2020 Covid Brides! 1

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    Outdoor wedding and reception was key due to COVID. Still can’t believe we pulled it off, but wow, what a story to share!
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  • Taylor
    Dedicated October 2020
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    Congrats! How amazing, my wedding will be 10/17/20 outdoors for ceremony and tented reception down from over 100 guests to 40. My shower is 9/19 and if all goes well 25 of 50 are attending. I hope everyone that didnt postphone has the best day possible and those that have postphoned dont have to deal with this next year.



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  • Patricia
    Dedicated September 2020
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    Hi Jennifer! We're moving ahead just as planned. 18 days to go 🙏🏼💕. It was either that or lose all of our money.
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  • Mindy
    Super November 2020
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    I don’t want to postpone but my fiancé seems to be on the fence. He’s just concerned because someone he knew had their venue cancel on them a week before the wedding this summer.
    No one in my family or his is telling us to postpone.
    Only a couple people so far have bowed out (moh plus her hubby and one groomsman and his potential date). And while I’m fairly certain a bunch of folks won’t come due to finances or health, they are the same people who probably wouldn’t have made it before covid.
    I just want to keep moving forward and either do the whole thing this year as planned or skip the reception entirely.
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