#Coronabrides, Postponing or Cancelling?

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I feel the same way I'm not waiting another year for a party I just want to move on with my life already.

View Quoted Comment I’m in Buffalo, NY... we aren’t hit nearly as bad as NYC is but if the guidelines to open are decided statewide, I don’t think we will be open for a while. So that is really scaring me.

View Quoted Comment It’s just all too much! I said to my fiancé last night, you and I may just have to get married on our date, get pregnant, and then have our wedding party down the line. It’s just so sad though because I have EVERYTHING in place for this wedding already. Almost all of my vendors, my dress, the bridesmaid dresses. How do I just cancel it all?

We haven’t decided yet we are holding out hope that we will be able to get married next month but not sure if we have to reschedule how long we will have to wait

We are postponing (supposed to be 5/2 in Buffalo NY) and haven’t decided what to do yet. My FH wants to wait until next year, he doesn’t want us to have to postpone twice if we rebooked for later this year. We were so close!! We are still tossing around the idea of a small something for ourselves and a bigger celebration of our marriage when the world reopens. The closer we get to what was supposed to be our wedding day, the sadder and more conflicted I feel. I don’t know.. but I’m just grateful no one in our families is sick. At least we have our health. Hope everyone stays safe, and my heart is with you all who are my fellow “coronabrides” 👰🏻 🦠

View Quoted Comment Me too!!! We were so close!!!

View Quoted Comment I’m praying for a miracle in the next month!

View Quoted Comment I know I am in the same exact situation I am literally done with everything except for paying off people but I think you get to a point where you say to yourself how much more money can you throw out an keep getting disappointment I think I’m just in a place where I want to move on. Considering I have other bills that need to be taken care if it’s just to much at this point. I will def wear my dress and take pictures and have something small but I’m just not sure how much more I want to hold out. I’m not in a rush yet for kids it’s more financial for me and getting my life together so that I can have kids but I totally understand it’s really weighing out our options and making the best decision for ourselves and our finances. Good luck girl wish you all the best!!

View Quoted Comment The worst thing of this all is the unknown because we don’t even know what tomorrow is going to bring let alone 4.5 months from now (for my wedding date). I wish you the best as well!

We just made the decision to postpone our June 27, 2020 wedding in Chicago to June 25, 2021. After reading the “Opening Up America Again” guidelines recently released, and seeing states begin to extend stay at home policies, we knew we wouldn’t be able to have more than 10 people, and likely won’t have 50+ for months...if ever this year. Like many of you, I was agonizing my decision to either wait it out, move to October, or move a full year. But now that everything is finalized I feel so much better and know we made the right choice for us and that we will hopefully have the wedding (and wedding activities) that we've so been looking forward to. Good luck to all those currently waiting it out, I so feel for you.

Now with these new phase guidelines as to "how to open back up" how will this affect ones wedding as far as the guest count. Is anyone planning on downsizing depending on which phase their state is at or just postponing?

Luckily my uncle is our officiant! We're still getting married on May 15th, but we've limited our guests to only immediate family. It was too last minute to get any cute postponement letters out, so we just contacted everyone and posted on our FaceBooks. We're also livestreaming the ceremony on FaceBook since our grandparents know how to access it.

We're planning on doing a big celebration ceremony later with everyone, but haven't picked a date quite yet. (Still trying to see how long this corona thing lasts )

Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!

LOLLL. I wish my grandparents were tech savvy. Wishing you all the best and enjoy your special day.

Wedding is Nov 2020 but not sure if to keep or postpone

View Quoted Comment I couldn’t agree with you more! A lot of brides to be are rescheduling for a whole another year in 2021. I feel like that is way long to wait and at that point I feel like it wouldn’t be the same celebrating it that far away. I also am at the point where I want to start having a family and a year would really interfere with that. Also- waiting a year, you wait a year and there is no guarantee that it will be better by then (there might be a whole new virus at that time). So so many uncertainties.... I rescheduled my May 2020 and hoping for the best in October 2020. If there are still restrictions by my state in October 2020 so be it. I would rather have it and celebrate with the people who mean most to me than wait a whole another year.


That is just me personally and I think we all have to do what we feel like is best for us and our loved ones. My heart goes out to you all!

Mine is set for feb 2021 do you ladies think I should postpone my wedding date as well my fiancé and I have been debating I believe we might have to and it makes me upset but safety first. also congrats to you

We postponed our 10/31/2020 wedding by a year! We are now getting married on 10/30/2021. There is so much uncertainty in the world that we wanted to relieve a bit of the stress and pressure. My FH and I are both essential human services workers so we are already super stressed and busy. We still plan to get married on our original date, but the big wedding (vow renewal) will be next year.

View Quoted Comment Christina I’m from Buffalo too and my wedding is scheduled for July 18th and we are in the same boat. I have EVERYTHING ready. Literally was just waiting and doing all the last few months of appointments. But my dress fitting is now on hold, some girls dresses are not here, my one bridesmaid didn’t even order hers yet. Guys haven’t ordered suits, and I can’t get my ring designed because they’re closed. So even if all is well, which I’m doubting because I think we still haven’t even hit peak here in B-Lo-how could we go on and do it without having done all of that? I feel sick about it because I truly don’t know what to do. We did set up a back up date for next summer but I’m just really sad about either prospect. When is your wedding supposed to be?

View Quoted Comment Ugh I hear ya girl! Our wedding is September 5th. My dress has been in for a few weeks and I can’t get it altered. Some of the girls’ dresses are saying they won’t be in until September 3rd now because of the pandemic!! Which I was told was worst case scenario but I’m still freaking out about that! It’s just all so heartbreaking! We’ve dreamed of this day our whole life and have put so much into it! And the way news changes every day there is no way of knowing what is the right thing to do! Things could be better in July and September but they also could be worse! There’s no way of knowing and that’s the worst part of it all because I don’t know what the right call is! It could even be worse a year and a half from now for all we know if it takes 18 months for a vaccine! I just wish someone could give us an answer of what to do!

View Quoted Comment Yes!!! That’s exactly the same convo I just had with my fiancé. We’ve been so excited and planning so long and it’s the indecision that’s killing me. At what point do I officially postpone? How do I make that decision NOW for 3 months from now? And how do I know if our guests will be able to be safe? What if we can’t rebook or some of our vendors or venue go out of business? It’s so scary not knowing. Sending you positive vibes from one Buffalo gal to another! ❤️