Postponing til next year?

That's a wise decision and I'm sorry you had to postpone such a symbolic date

I think we are going to do something similar, but will likely have a small elopement ceremony this year (as soon as we are able) and postpone our wedding and reception for at least a year. Our date is May 30th and our vendors don't have overlapping availability until mid-late summer next year. I'm not sure we want to wait that long to actually get married, plus I'd prefer to have my anniversary be during a time of year when we can celebrate year after year, not during a bad time for us (fall is really busy for me with work, so late spring/summer is best).

Hi Destinnie! I'm so sorry you've had to deal with all this. Everyone's situation is different, but it sounds like you have a new plan that works best for both of you!!

You can connect with other brides who've rescheduled their celebrations in these discussions:

Wedding Postponement Brides: When is your new date? What wedding preparations do you have more time for now?

Wedding Postponed due to Covid-19?

2021 Brides, Share your wedding dates

What a smart move (and a way to make lemonade out of lemons)!

Our governor just extended our stay-at-home order past our wedding date, so our original plans are completely off the table at this point and there is no opportunity to reschedule later this year without losing some vendors and deposits. So for us, if we are going to have an event similar to what we planned, we are going to have to wait until 2021 at this point. I really don't want to wait that long to get married so we are going to try to find a way to do a small elopement once enough of the ban has lifted to allow me to get my hair done and have a photographer there at the very least!

We have the same mindset! Since we also postponed, we are saving up to buy a home. This is the time to BUY since the market is going down.

I'm sorry to hear that you couldn't get married on your special date. Our venue did not have June 20, 2021 available, so we just decided last week that we are going to get legally married on our date, June 20, 2020 because that's the date I want my anniversary to be on, and I couldn't just pick another date to be married on because that too didn't sit right with me. So no, I don't think you are being petty We may also end up postponing the wedding for next year though. I am still waiting on availability of dates from my venue.