Hi, Everyone -
Of course this happens to almost everyone in the final weeks leading up to their wedding, but I just had two guests (two people I was really excited about coming) message me to say that they won’t be able to make my wedding anymore due to travel circumstances (the short version of the story is it’s my cousin and his girlfriend, my cousin is from the UK and his girlfriend is from Hong Kong - the USA has recently changed their travel requirements and my cousin’s gf won’t be able to get a travel visa in time, it’s a big mess. Her Dad was also recently diagnosed with a serious illness and my cousin doesn’t want to travel alone and leave her behind while she’s also dealing with this). I’m obviously definitely understanding and appreciative that they took the time to explain why they suddenly won’t be able to make it, but now that will bring my overall guest count down to 44 (we thought we would have over 50 but people keep dropping ouf). I had always planned on having a small wedding and that was the goal, but it still is disappointing and it’s hard not to feel like I’m having such an awkward wedding since mostly family make up the guest list and we only have a few acquaintances and maybe just a couple close friends attending aside from that. I know that weddings and wedding days should be about the bride and groom and the reason is to celebrate our love at the end of the day, but how are you brides with small weddings coping when several guests cancel in the final weeks/days? I am still bummed…it will pass, but I’ve lost some of my excitement steam. 😞
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