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Just Said Yes September 2022

Help! Decision: Abroad wedding 10 days before mine

Sammie, on April 9, 2022 at 7:19 PM Posted in Planning 2 6
We live in Europe. My fiancé’s childhood friend — who got engaged many months after us and has many overlapping friends — decided to schedule his USA wedding less than two weeks before our destination wedding in Italy (Sept 2022). No problem in essence, right? It’s their wedding and we don’t have to go. But they just asked my fiancé to be in the wedding party and now he feels obligated. Plus his parents have been pressuring him to attend (although he isn’t close with him anymore).


Here’s the thing — I've never had COVID, to my knowledge. We’ve been engaged well over a year and Ive spent hundreds of hours in isolation planning our complex wedding in Italy meticulously. We’re expecting a lot of guests. Including people who have never been abroad — it’s a lot of responsibility.
What is the responsible thing to do here? It doesn’t feel right to travel so extremely (Europe to USA to Europe) one week before we have to travel to Italy for our own wedding. Honestly I don’t know how I’ll even manage to take off work for three weeks.
Plus, would my skin be a disaster in photos?
Anyway — what would you do?
— Seriously stressed bride

6 Comments

Latest activity by Shannon, on April 10, 2022 at 5:36 PM
  • Jasmine S.
    VIP May 2022
    Jasmine S. ·
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    Unfortunately I think it's too soon to know what COVID and international travel will look like in August/September. I know if it were me, I would say yes for now and then re-visit as needed. But only you two can make that decision.

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  • S
    Just Said Yes September 2022
    Sammie ·
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    Thanks Jasmine
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  • J
    Super March 2022
    JA ·
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    Aside from covid, I personally would decline, or at the very least decline being in the wedding and ask to respond as a maybe, and feel it out in a few months depending on how your planning is going and whats going on with covid. We had all our final vendor calls and a ton that came up to do in the last 3 weeks before our wedding so I cant even imagine traveling so soon before.
    It really is a tough call! Good luck figuring it out
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  • Mrs.evans
    VIP October 2022
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    The only thing that I can say is that he may have to decline because you guys wedding is in 2 weeks. And not knowing what the safety measures are in different countries. And then he will have to quarantine again I really think you guys should talk it over really before the friends wedding date
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  • Amanda
    Devoted April 2022
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    I personally would decline going to their wedding. It's an unfortunate thing but to help out your stress levels and your physical and mental health, I'd stay home and just focus on your own wedding. Nothing like feeling super stressed out 2 weeks before your wedding and also tackling on going to someone else's wedding. And we won't know what the world will be like with COVID in August/September.

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  • Shannon
    Super July 2022
    Shannon ·
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    That would be a pass for me. There will be lots to do for your wedding in the weeks leading up to it.
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