texas July/summer Brides Moving Forward? Holding out hope for 7/25...

Hey! We're in Dallas and rescheduled our 4/4 wedding to 8/15. We're keeping our date because we don't want to wait an entire year to get back to normal or to be married with our parents present, but so far it seems like things are going as planned with our venue. They even posted that they would be allowing most June weddings if they're under 100. So since we have about 50 we feel pretty safe going forward! My best advice is to not read the posts on here. Texas is definitely opening up, and so far things don't seem too bad. We even had my hubby's cousin who is a nurse on the front lines and telling everyone how to fight the virus say that August seemed reasonable. So breathe! I'd evaluate again closer to the end of May, but so far things seem ok.

View Quoted Comment Yay!! Thanks for circling back to me. I’m so happy to hear someone else who is moving forward. I am confused as to how the space knows they can do weddings that large in June already? I’ve got everything crossed! 🤞🏼🙏

View Quoted Comment I've got everything crossed too! I think the Dallas ordnance is up soonish - we weren't as hard hit as Houston - and so far the venue has moved all weddings through May. I think they're being hopeful more than actually knowing, but honestly I'm at the point where I would go forward anyway even without the venue. We both don't want to wait another year to finish getting married.

I live in Dallas but we are getting married in Abilene, our home town. As of right now we are full speed ahead. And planning on sending out invitations this week for our August 28th wedding. We haven’t heard anything from our venue yet on guest count restrictions and they know we are planning for 200 guest. My fiancé is an ER nurse and is very admit that this wedding is happening as planned. But of course I’m just a bundle of nerves thinking worst case and praying we don’t have to cancel or postpone. We both have huge family’s and just my family alone is over 65 people. So cutting back would hurt so many people’s feelings. I’m just totally lost here 😔

Our wedding is June 27. We are getting married June 27 with 200 people like scheduled or only 10. If we have to reschedule we will but I’m getting married June 27

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That's great to hear that your ER nurse fiancee is wanting to push things forward! I know Gov Abbott is hoping to move to "phase 2" in mid/late May....I haven't even ordered our invites yet and my wedding is a month before yours. I guess I'm still worried about getting burned as we'd just gotten our 5/24 invites and planned to label and send them out the weekend that everything started shutting down! I'm happy to hear another bride moving forward in my state....gives me continued hope. Great luck!

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Great! That's how I feel. We'll get married with 10 if we must and then I'll be forced to move the actual reception (which we can only postpone, not cancel - ie, no refund) to next year. I wouldn't dare do winter 2020, by the way - seems much riskier. If we have to reduce to 50 total we'll go ahead and proceed with venue, but hoping for the best.....Best Wishes!

View Quoted Comment I really hope we can have our dream wedding day as planned. We just have to stay positive ❤️

View Quoted Comment I really loved your advise about not reading other posts. I think for me anyway, it brings a lot of uncertainty and questioning myself on which decision is right for me. We have to consider where each of us live and the sizes of our weddings. I am 10/31/20 with under 100 people. Our venue has plenty of space to spread out tables and it is sit down dinner. Just have to hope it is better come summer. The virus cant live forever. They now have a promising treatment and maybe even a vaccine as early as September of this year. I just hope the politicians dont try to overreach their power.

View Quoted Comment Honestly, yes. I started ignoring most of the covid posts because I couldn't forsee not figuring out a wedding this year. And I know that might seem like a self-centered opinion, but I'm not going to demand people attend! I personally want to get this life milestone over, and we're planning plenty of precautions and will follow advice if public gatherings have been restricted again. But my father in law is a doctor, and he's also been telling us that we might just have to deal with it. Can you imagine not having a wedding for two years or more?


Reality is we're going to have to deal with a new normal. Not going to demand people join us, but I will be signing off on this part of our lives so we can move on. The posts on here are a lot of brides panicking, and some of them are in the hotspots. But I think it's important to keep your own situation in mind and focus on your health and safety. And definitely take what you read anywhere with a grain of salt! Nobody knows what's going to happen with this virus- we were set to go forward with our wedding up to three weeks before it was going to happen. Stay positive! If nothing else we'll all be married eventually.

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Wow, you are 100 percent on point and you just made me feel 100 percent better too! It is true that this is the new normal and things will never be the same for a long time. I read a NY times article written on Laurie Garrett. She actually predicted this virus years ago. She wrote a book in 2017 Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes. She is a Pulitzer prize winning journalist too. She is saying she predicts 3 years for this to pass. I agree I am not going to make anyone come if they don't feel comfortable. But I want to move on with my life as well. Best of luck to us both. I hope we can touch base after our weddings and see how it all went.

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Agree 100%

View Quoted Comment Yes! The truth is the new normal is everyone wearing masks and the social distancing spots on the floor in stores - that's just how things are going to be, along with masks. I think it would be very self focused to complain about folks skipping your wedding because they're scared of the virus, but it's a life event. You wouldn't ask a lady to not give birth - you really can't expect people to put off getting married because they can't have an elaborate American wedding. And maybe this will just cause all of us to rethink weddings in general and making them smaller more immediate family focused affairs anyway. The big party as we know it might be a thing of the past.


Stay strong! We'll get through this! We were ready for a marriage not a wedding, and maybe that's the big difference. A wedding is going to be for our families now - we're basically married and figuring things out. Good luck ladies! Reach out if you need support or just want to talk. I would love to catch up after our dates.

Hi Candice! It looks like you've received some great advice so far!

Just wanted to chime in and share these two active discussions where even more July couples have been sharing their plans and concerns:July ( or Summer) 2020 Brides!July Wedding

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Thank you!

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Thanks! I'll definitely provide updates

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I'm in Texas as well and we are scheduled for 7/11. I agree that things are a lot better here in Texas than in many of those other hot spots. It's very, very easy to start panicking after reading here. I've heard that many venues in Texas anticipate being at full capacity by end of June, beginning of July. Gov. Abbott's news conference earlier this week said that weddings are to follow restaurant orders. So no more than 6 at a table, and 25% capacity (for now). When restaurants can go up to 50%, maybe 5/18?, weddings can go up to 50% as well. We are still moving forward with our 500 guest wedding and just about all guests are still planning on coming.

I totally get wanting to get past this phase of life and not put it off due to the virus. Seems like a lot of progress is being made in Texas. I've seen much more traffic on the roads this week. Went out to eat this week and there was a line to get in. As a side note, I've been working since this all started in the office, around 200 other employees. Not one person has even had symptoms. A coworkers son was tested yesterday and came back negative. As Gov. Abbott said this week, only about 5% tested are testing positive. And although total positive test numbers are rising (due to increased testing), hospitalizations are on the decline. Which is a very good sign. Seems like things are slowly getting back to normal and aren't quite as bad as initially thought, thankfully. However when you read an internet forum, it doesn't always seem that way!

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Hi Elaine, 500 folks? Wow! Everything crossed for you that we continue to contain this virus in Texas now that we are opening up, and you are able to host your wedding. One of my business partners who is 72 (!) just had a stroke but is expected to recover fully, and he and his wife (71) are still absolutely planning to come. I have to admit I am still worried. I just don't know that things will be any better a year from now. We may be living with this stupid virus indefinitely, so life must go on. I'm both somewhat optimistic and somewhat terrified. It alternates. Anyhow, take care and stay safe! Best of luck on your big day.

View Quoted Comment Yes, I saw the Abbott news! It re-enforces our decision to keep going with our date, but yes. You can definitely get sidetracked with all of the panic on wedding forums, but the truth is no one knows what's going to happen. You have to do what feels right for you! Stay strong girl. I have faith we'll be ok.

View Quoted Comment This! I think we need to all come together and try to be more positive for each other and manifest the weddings of our dreams ! It’s so easy to see all the post of canceled and postponed weddings and. Start thinking that’s what you need to do. Not to mention the ones shaming the brides for pushing on. We need to stay positive for one another ! Best wishes on your wedding! 500!? I bet that will be a blast !