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Gayle
Just Said Yes November 2020

Not the wedding of my Dreams- covid edition

Gayle, on August 8, 2020 at 9:20 AM Posted in Married Life 0 3
Anyone else feeling utterly devestated they didn't get the day they wanted because of COVID-19? I am feeling very alone! I got denied any piece of the wedding I had always dreamed of, the only silver lining is that I got to marry the man that is perfect for me! We have a big wedding still currently planned for the end of November, that was supposed to be the only wedding, but due to the virus shutting everything down and me being a teacher with an uncertain future, we felt it would be best to go ahead and have a small backyard wedding (literally in my mother's tiny house and backyard). This way whatever happened we would be married and could start our lives together, plus even if November still happens I don't think many people will actually attend, which is also disappointing. However, for this wedding I planned everything in a matter of two weeks. I ordered a tea dress off of Amazon, we made the food ourselves (nachos), I made my own cake the day before, and my own bouquet too. I did my own hair and makeup, my brother-in-law and myself did the photography (yes I was taking pictures of my own wedding). The days leading up had a major disappointment each day, my ring came in a little too small, my mother was having constant pain from her fibromyalgia barely able to walk, my grandfather wouldn't be able to come to walk me down the aisle, because he was sick with an infection, not sure if my father would be able to attend or walk me due to late stage Alzheimer's, my best friend was told to quarentine due to possibly being in contact with someone else who thought they might have COVID (the evening before the wedding), and to top it all off my fiance and I got into a huge fight the night before the wedding. The day of I felt helpless and sad, instead of what I should be, nervous and excited. The whole ceremony seemed like a bust, my fiance stood on the wrong side, he was nervous I guess and stood there in shock instead of holding my hands, our officiant a good friend of ours said my fiance's last name wrong, and called me by a different first name. I also at some points had to run the music too. During the so-called reception I was working and my fiance felt isolated in a corner, I was sad his family wasn't even telling him congratulations, and I was sad I was having to work and leave him there alone. That is not how it should be even in a backyard wedding. The only plus was our wedding night was amazing thanks to the generous hotel stay paid for by my sister. But the second day, which was also supposed to be nice and was a lot of money for us, was horrible. I know post-wedding blues is normal, but I don't think it is supposed to be like this. I am upset I am I am sure I am not the only bride feeling this way. COVID-19 brides out there are you feeling the same way?

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Latest activity by Lynnie, on August 11, 2020 at 1:15 PM
  • Yasmine
    Master October 2020
    Yasmine ·
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    Aww I am sorry that Happened to you guys. Do you have any good memories at all? It seems like you were very stressed out
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  • Cherie
    Savvy August 2020
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    Hey Gayle,


    I’m reading your post sad and upset for you, like you said you married the perfect MAN! So I think that’s amazing. I am getting married August 2020 and I am in a don’t give a f@%k mood. Just yesterday one of my bridesmaids said she will not be in my wedding so that was a shocker and she also said she will not Finish my veil. At this point I have a lot of disappointment during this planning and COVID, because I should have been married in April of 2020 but COVID. So at this point I’m am like you happy to be marrying the man of my dreams. I can only see more things happening good and bad as we get closer to the date but with one bridesmaids down and really two bridesmaids but the other one was before COVID so she was just in her own world planning trips and could not help to even show up to meetings about the wedding. My mother in law past from COVID in April which was very sad for all of us because she would still be here if it wasn’t for COVID, and my aunt was very sick in May. But we will make it through all of this. And Gayle you wedding wasn’t what you hope it would be but you have the husband. For your November wedding that backyard wedding will be a memory your November wedding will be amazing!!!! So remember all of us 2020, 2021 brides are doing are best to work around COVID for our wedding day also.
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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
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    I'm so sorry you feel this way Gayle! I'd try to let yourself take some time to process these feelings and let go of whatever expectations you had for that day. You're the only one beating yourself up, and there's absolutely no reason to! Remember that there's nothing you can change about this even that already happened - so harping on it also won't help.❤️ But you can focus on planning your November reception or planning something special for you and your new spouse!

    I got married in the middle of Hurricane Matthew and spent our wedding weekend in a state of anxiety and blind panic (our band canceled the morning of the wedding, several guests couldn't get there because NC highways were shut down, we lost power several times throughout the day - including in the middle of the ceremony which prompted me to curse very loudly 😆)! The cake was the wrong color and lopsided and a million other little details went by the wayside, but honestly I was only upset about those things for about a week after the wedding. I still remember all the insanity from my wedding but I'm happy with everything now because we did the best we could, and it was our wedding! For better or for worse! 😉

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