Hi y'all! As is the common adage, I was a June 2020 bride and we made the decision last March to postpone to June 2021. So 6 months out I am picking the wedding planning baton back up. Thankfully the majority of the planning is done and I've maintained all of my big vendors, but the problem in my side right now is the Guest List.
We sent out our original Save the Dates in September 2019 and then a postponement notice in March 2020. A lot has changed since then, both of us have changed jobs, people in long term relationships have broken up, and with COVID, there are some folks on our list that we haven't seen or talked to in essentially a year.
For 90% of our list, I would say there would be no change, but for the 10% of people that it almost kind of feels weird to send an invitation. Am I the only one feeling this? Do I send them a formal invitation anyway?
For further context, we and 95% of our guest list live on the US east coast and our wedding is taking place in my small hometown on the west coast (a 15+ hour trip one way). So I doubt that certain folks would actually attend if we are no longer very close and it would feel kind of like a cash grab which I don't intend, but I certainly don't want to offend people by not sending a formal invitation after sending a Save the Date a year ago...
Thoughts?