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Savvy August 2020

Anyone still getting married despite Formal wedding postponed?

Octavia, on March 17, 2020 at 8:59 AM

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Hi Everyone, I know with the COVID-19, a lot of brides are in the same boat of having to ultimately postpone their wedding. I’m curious, my FH and I decided that if our wedding is postponed, we will still get married that date and just push the formal ceremony/reception to another day. We are hoping...
Hi Everyone,


I know with the COVID-19, a lot of brides are in the same boat of having to ultimately postpone their wedding. I’m curious, my FH and I decided that if our wedding is postponed, we will still get married that date and just push the formal ceremony/reception to another day.
We are hoping our venue works with us, but that’s another issue. So, are any other brides doing the same? If your formal wedding gets postponed, still getting married in courthouse or whatnot?

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    Savvy April 2020
    stephanie ·
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    We were planning our 4/24 wedding for 2 years. We decided to call the venue see what options are. They didn’t have many dates, mostly Thursday’s but we got a date in November (sooooo far and so not what we wanted but what are we to do). We are hoping by 4/24 there is some normalcy and we will go to the court and get married! And then just celebrate in November. It sucks but we are ready to be married.
    depending where you are, check your vendors. Ours have been so booked up they are not able to accommodate everyone.
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  • Mandi
    Master October 2020
    Mandi ·
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    Our courthouse is closed for weddings. Tried to get a marriage license today, was turned away for election day. Hoping they are still open tomorrow. Wedding license signing. In my living room. I hope.
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  • Kaitlin
    Just Said Yes May 2020
    Kaitlin ·
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    Our wedding is scheduled for May 2nd in PA. Our venue is waiting out our current 2-week mandatory shutdown and will reassess once we see how things play out. At this point we’re hoping to move forward, but if our venue cancels on us, we’ll have our marriage license on Monday (we applied early just in case the courthouse closes!!) and will get married on May 2nd with our immediate family (a total of 10 people, counting our officiant) as long as our officiant is still willing to perform the ceremony. If that happens, we’ve decided to scrap the plans for a formal reception and just do a BBQ/ picnic in the summer, when we are able to do so safely. The most important thing is that I marry the man I love on the date that we’ve been planning for, surrounded by the people I love most.


    My best advice is to have a backup plan, or a series of backup/ contingency plans- having them is helping to keep me sane... and wine, that helps too Smiley smile
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  • Sylvia
    Beginner May 2020
    Sylvia ·
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    Original wedding date 5/10/20 but we've postponed it. Date TBD, maybe until next year since our venue is a garden. We've already gotten our marriage license and don’t want to lose out on the $ we paid for it so we’ll probably get married on paper and still do the ceremony and reception later. But not sure how that'll work if courthouses are closed and we're all quarantined.

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    Beginner June 2020
    Lacey ·
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    We haven't officially postponed out 6/20/20 wedding yet, but we have decided to elope with only our officiant on 4/10/20. With the uncertainty with everything we would rather get married sooner than later, and then either go forward with plans in June or postpone if needed.

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    Beginner May 2020
    Brittany ·
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    HI! They are now allowing New Yorkers to get licences and marry over zoom! So FH are going to get legally married on May 23rd and have postponed the actual wedding until September. I think it will make us happy and turn something sad into something nice.

    The only thing we can't decide is how much of a thing to make out of the legal wedding then. What should we we wear? What guests should we invite over zoom? (we are hopeful that in a month from now our parents could come over to our backyard and be there in person and everyone else virtually). We want it to feel special but don't want it to take it away from the wedding in the fall, so wanted to see what others were thinking!

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