To keep my date or wait?

That is exactly what we are doing! Small ceremony (20 people) on our original date of June 20 and then large ceremony + reception on August 7, 2020.

View Quoted Comment Awesome!!! That helps me a ton! I want to keep that original date 🙂

I’ve been invited to 2 weddings where the brides are doing the same thing. It’s a good compromise.

This is what we’re doing!! We are having our wedding ceremony on June 6 and we are having a reception at a later date!! 18 people at our ceremony and hopefully a lot more will come to our reception! 😊

Yea, unfortunately my county is still doing Shelter in Place, and I don’t anticipate they would let us have events with more than 10 people in it until the fall (at the earliest) so we ended up doing a virtual civil ceremony (just the 2 of us) and pushed out our wedding reception to 2021. These are interesting times. I think as long as your event is following local guidelines for the safety of you and your guests, have fun and enjoy!

Hi all,

For those still getting legally married on their original date or married with the reception later, do you still intend on doing all of the pre-wedding celebratory events after the original date? Like bachelor/bacherlorette parties and wedding showers?

We are getting married on our original date, but am wondering what the general consensus is.

Thanks!

First off, it is YOUR day so whatever feels right in your heart is what you should go with!

Personally for us, so much of what we wanted our marriage to start off with is being surrounded by all of our friends and family, and have them as witnesses to our lifelong commitment to each other. That is the "dream" of our wedding day. It didn't feel right for us to exclude so many people from that moment and but ask them to come celebrate later (and make the investment that goes with it) - especially since basically all of our guests are out of town. Something about it just didn't sit right with me. Again, just for our situation, not saying any call is right or wrong! These times truly are unprecedented and I don't think there is any right or wrong way to do things.

View Quoted Comment Hm...great question .My thought? If you want to do it, do it (ex. Bachelorette party, bridal shower).