November 2020 weddings

[chickentikka2020]

My family and me are supposed to be a guest at a wedding on 21st November. What are the chances of this wedding going ahead? We are getting a little concerned for the couple.

Unlikely

I’d also say unlikely

Maybe the wedding will be allowed with social distancing by that time? They are supposed to have around 100 guests.

@chickentikka2020 I agree with previous posters, unlikely. And 100 guests? Lucky if they will be allowed 10. We have rescheduled ours to next year, and we only had around 30. Why don’t they just reschedule so that they get the wedding that they want? I don’t think many venues and suppliers charge for postponing.

I can’t visualise a wedding with social distancing. No hugs, no photos together, no reception meal or dancing. What’s the point🤷🏻‍♀️

Well we rescheduled our early may wedding for late october. People have got to get on with things that some point

@IndiaMay
I agree that we will have to get on with things, but our normality is unlikely to be the same as we knew it before the lockdown for the foreseeable future. There could be a second wave later in the year. Who knows. Hope your wedding goes ahead.

@StrongInside I think you’re right. Even if weddings go ahead they are likely to be very different. Hugs, dancing together, closeness, number of guests etc. Sure, at some point everything will go to some kind of relative normality. Not this year, and probably not in the minds of many guests. If the bride and groom aren’t concerned about having many people there, plus all the normal things at a wedding then that’s great. But definitely, a wedding this side of Christmas will not be in any way like most weddings.

@CuppaZa so you think if they moved their wedding from 21st november to 26th december it would magically be okay?! I dont get why people are chanting 'next year' or 'after Christmas' as the antidote to covid 19

@IndiaMay You know that @CuppaZa didn’t literally mean ‘this side of 25th December’. We are speaking about this year as a whole. Next year is not an antidote, but it is further away and gives enough time for people to adjust to the new normal, for a vaccine and/or ‘test, trace and isolate’ to be widely rolled out, for events to be permitted (hopefully).

Thanks @StrongInside

In truth, no, after Christmas there probably won’t be any change at all @IndiaMay. My ‘this side of Christmas’ comment was best case scenario (in my view). It all depends on the kind of wedding you want...if a couple just want to be married and aren’t too bothered about all the fuss, then nothing is should stop them.

Personally, if I was due to be getting married this year I’d be postponing it to summer 2021.

If everyone postponed their weddings until summer 2021 there wouldnt be any wedding venues left to hold them loads have gone into adminstration already. And if we're all still shut down and social distancing then no one will have jobs/homes/money anyway so a wedding would be low on the agenda I guess

I have a close friend who works within the wedding industry, and she is fully booked right through into 2022 now. Through a mixture of original 2021 weddings, and couples rescheduling. It’s shit at the moment, but shit happens sometimes, you’ve just got to do what’s best for you. I think being realistic, yet not too pessimistic is the best way.

As many PPs have said very very unlikely with 100 guests in November. A legal ceremony with 10 or fewer social distancing people in attendance so B&G, registrar, photographer, witnesses - possible.
I've re-arranged from September this year and my photographer is booked up on certain weekends until 2023 !!!!