i need you, August 2020 Brides.

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We are also August 29th and very Catholic, so eloping or getting married in a courthouse is not an option, because it's super important to me to be in front of family and friends and receiving this as a Sacrament... in the Church. I pray to God that this will all be over soon.

I'm getting married on August 21st and trust me, I know how you feel! I've been panicking and overthinking. After a few responses on my post and reading the comments on here, I feel a lot more at ease and I have a lot of reassurance that there's still hope. All I can do is be as positive as I possibly can and wait until May/June to see how things are. We all got this! In the end, we're all still getting married!

View Quoted Comment Yes very true, no matter what we will have our weddings it just may not be when we had pictured it but thats ok! My fiancé and I talked about back up plans and we feel much more at ease now 😊❤

How is everyone feeling now that is is almost April? I am not feeling good today. I am majorly stressed, I am in the northeast and we are basically all on stay-home order until at least May 4th. I need invitations and two of my bridesmaids have not ordered their dresses from Davids Bridal and they aren't open

I am starting to feel like in June things will get better but they won't allow gatherings over 50 people until summer is over. I am getting married August 1st and we have about 170 people. Also stressing because will anyone even want to come? Sorry to seriously vent but I am stressing and kind of can't stand hearing the "everything will be fine" line from everyone around me.

SOS

Something that I saw someone do is to come out with an announcement on email/Facebook. I know it seems super informal, but I wonder if this might put you at ease....they basically made an announcement that they were aware of the current state of things and that they would be updating people if they chose to reschedule.

Something else I was thinking of was to make a little page on the wedding website that put any updates about the coronavirus and gatherings (closer to the wedding date) so it would set my mind at ease and also give our loved ones a place to look for some information.

View Quoted Comment Christine, I also live in the northeast! Where did you hear that they won’t allow gatherings of over 50 till after summer? Or is this just speculation?
I too, am very sad and stressed. I agree with everything you wrote and how you are feeling.

Love seeing all these messages! It makes me feel hopeful about my own wedding!

Mine is the August 23rd and i know how it feels my family keeps pushing me to change the date since this all started. I will not be making a change till end of may or June. With everything going on I have already started to think about it but I'm not making the decisions till May or June especially since our governor has been pretty strict about everything.

Mine was originally for august 22nd. We just decided to postpone to July 2021. We wanted to make sure all our family could travel and be part of our special day. While restrictions may be lifted, not sure if anyone will be out in large groups!

View Quoted Comment Yeah I agree, we're most likely going to postpone to August 2021. Better to be safe than sorry.

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I'm sorry, I completely understand Better safe than sorry and to have your special day be everything and more!

View Quoted Comment Its ok! after my fiancé and I had a conversation about it I've become more comfortable with the idea. I even started a discussion on here about the pros of postponing 😊 it could be a blessing in disguise💗

View Quoted Comment Our wedding date is August 8th too and haven’t made the decision to postpone yet. We’re crossing our fingers that things will be okay by then. Are you still planning on sending out invitations?

View Quoted Comment Hey Andrew, we are sending out invitations next week. We had already purchased them. We got an additional card printed that we are inserting with the invites to advise that we are monitoring the situation and will advise in June if we need to postpone.

Our wedding is August 29th and we have not ordered invitations yet. I honestly put everything on hold, including making decorations until end of May or June 1st until we make a decision. I am hoping we will still have time to order invitations and get them sent out before our BIG day. Praying that this all subsided by June 1st or so. I’m very nervous.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I haven't sent anything out either. I'm starting to think it will just be safer to postpone. Even if things get better soon it'll be a trial and error period and I dont want my loved ones to be part of that, better to be safe than sorry. There are actually some pros to postponing I made a discussion post about it if you need to make that choice

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I’m on August 2nd & I am THERE WITH YOU! We are further in April & I still don’t feel great. In VA, we have stay home orders until 6/10, which is two weeks before my bridal shower. I too have bridesmaids who were planning on ordering in May, but I feel they are wanting to wait to see how things pan out before ordering. A lot of my FH’s family lives in NY, so there’s that also. This is a mess, but we will get through it .
I don’t like this state of flux we are in! I hope we get some relief soon. Hang in there!
Erica

View Quoted Comment I’m August 1st. After originally postponing from April 18th. I am not making any decisions yet. Everything is not great right now, but I think we can all be hopefully that in 3.5 months the world will be in a different place. I don’t think we will get back to normal for years to come, or we will create a “new normal”. To be honest, I feel like people will want to come and celebrate after being stuck inside. I know some people might find it selfish, but right now I am content with my choice.

I’m August 8th as well! We are also waiting till mid June to decide on what we are doing, and we have back up plans.
What I am worried about is, if things go back to semi normal.. should I expect people will come? Due to it being a large group.. or poss people will still be in fear.
Also what are you girls doing for a bridal shower?

I think its too soon to tell. August is pretty far away and they are already making plans to open up slowly in May so hold tight . I think an August wedding will be ok.