Brides of 2022!

Yes, I receivec them mostly from people in my church because our engagement has gone on for over three years. I responded with "we're confident this is the right decision for us. And if you would like to donate funds to our wedding, I would be happy to reconsider our date and move it sooner."

Oh I feel you! We haven’t had comments like that but my dad did tell me I’ll change my mind when I told him we were going to do a destination wedding 🙄 like no that’s what we chose! We got engaged in October 2019 and originally planned to do a local wedding literally this month but my fiancé lost his job at the beginning of covid and JUST started a new one so we had to cancel everything and postpone. We chose to do a destination wedding in summer 2022! Now we will have plenty of time to plan and save up the money to pay for it ourselves but that comment really upset me. Hopefully he will change HIS mind and be more supportive!

I’ve only had a few people comment “2022? That seems so far”. But once you break down that 2020 is almost over and has been such a crazy year that we didn’t want to risk planning a wedding in 2021 for it to get cancelled people usually agree that 2022 makes sense.

It seriously irks me to my core when people question why my FH and I are waiting until 2022. Um... good luck trying to get your venue and vendors for 2021, let alone your desired wedding date. Personally, I think Covid is only just going to start smoothing out in 2021 and if I had wanted 2021, it would have been way too stressful trying to figure it all out and worry about the “what if’s”. Plus, I think 2021 should be on reserve for those brides who didn’t get their weddings in 2020. I didn’t want to try and be greedy and take away from them when they should have first pick. Anyways, enough of my rant, lol! I say it should be no one’s business when you get married - it’s not up to them, only you. If they’re going to continue to kick up a stink, then maybe they shouldn’t be on the guest list. I’ve had to really reassess my guest list and wedding party this year because of negative commentary. You do you, you don’t have to explain your decisions to anyone!

I'm loving all of these responses! At the end of the day, people have to realize that the happy couple trust their decisions on their wedding date. If that's not your cup of tea, then fine, but don't try to push them into picking a date they don't want! I hope you all have a smooth rest of your planning period!

We eloped last month and are just now starting to plan our vow renewal. I live in NY and I'm not sure how much improvement we're actually going to see by Spring/Summer 2021 so we're thinking that Summer 2022 is the best option. And I also think that finding available vendors for 2021 might be a nightmare with so many couples having to postpone their 2020 weddings to next year.

The only comment that I got was from my mother-in-law who initially suggested a 2023 date to us. I guess she wants us to wait longer!

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Congrats on your elopement! Our friends are eloping in Hawaii next April!

Yes, I agree that 2021 is still iffy for weddings, hence why we also chose 2022 for ours. Many of our friends that are engaged and set for a 2021 wedding are having a tough time finding vendors due to all of the postponements!

Happy planning for your vow renewal!

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Oh wow! I haven't heard of someone wanting you to wait LONGER 😮😂 Probably wanting to be even more careful because of COVID?

We got engaged in February, before the pandemic really hit. Honestly I need time to prepare my wedding, like lots and lots of it, and by 2022 it seems the worst of the pandemic should be over, here's hoping,

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That's what we're hoping for as well! We like having a longer amount of time to plan, so we know having our our wedding in 2022 is the best decision for us.

Happy planning!

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I'm hoping too!

I got engaged in February. At first I was planning for a wedding in May or the summer of next year. But it is cutting it too close regarding COVID, and a lot of dates and venues in 2021 are taken by brides cancelling in 2020. I don't get people complaining that 2022 is too late.

I completely agree!