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Rose Red

Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
« Reply #30 on: July 06, 2020, 11:42:06 am »
I'm wondering if couples who marry now and planning a bigger thing later will change their minds when this is all over. Like next year, they'll look at each other and think a BWW is too hard and expensive. Say "we're already married so let's forget it or just throw a Bbq." Maybe that's just me because I'm lazy ;D.

I'm also wondering if this pandemic will change the wedding industry. Maybe not forever but at least the next couple years. I can see couples having smaller weddings or at least have one they can afford. Maybe more DIY weddings.
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Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
« Reply #31 on: July 06, 2020, 11:43:15 am »
The trend in weddings was already sliding back to less expensive, less big, less fancy.
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« Reply #32 on: July 06, 2020, 01:34:48 pm »
The trend in weddings was already sliding back to less expensive, less big, less fancy.

I agree! I do believe the trend will continue, and people that plan to have a BWW redo won't follow through on it.
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Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
« Reply #33 on: July 07, 2020, 02:50:57 pm »
I don't know, I would suspect that once it's okay to have big parties, people will want them more than ever.  I miss dressing up sometimes, I miss live music, dancing, and flowers.  And I definitely miss hors d'oeuvres!

I love the term "grandboss," by the way.  I assume it means your boss's boss?
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Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
« Reply #34 on: July 08, 2020, 11:05:25 am »
I don't know, I would suspect that once it's okay to have big parties, people will want them more than ever.  I miss dressing up sometimes, I miss live music, dancing, and flowers.  And I definitely miss hors d'oeuvres!

I love the term "grandboss," by the way.  I assume it means your boss's boss?

I agree that formal wedding receptions will still be around. I just think they will be smaller in number of guests and couples won't be trying to plan the most lavish celebration they can conjure up.  I started seeing a change in the styles of weddings that my friend's kids are having and my kid's friends are planning about 4 or 5 years ago. They all talk about preferring to use the money on homes or travel instead of a one day event.

For example, a couple married last year where the bride comes from a family who has a hospital wing and a few university buildings named after family members due to endowments. There respective families pressured them on the size of the invitation list. So they agreed to a large reception but chose to do a Saturday morning ceremony with a elegant brunch afterwards. The bride's aunt is a friend and she said they spent about half of what my friend had spent on a similar size wedding for her daughter 10 years prior.  She was very impressed by the couple's restraint (she does not begrudge her DD's wedding she has said she will never admit to how much was spent.)
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guihong

Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
« Reply #35 on: July 12, 2020, 08:52:23 am »
I don't know, I would suspect that once it's okay to have big parties, people will want them more than ever.  I miss dressing up sometimes, I miss live music, dancing, and flowers.  And I definitely miss hors d'oeuvres!

I love the term "grandboss," by the way.  I assume it means your boss's boss?

 ;D Yes, "grandboss" is my boss's boss, or the Uber-boss.  Another high-up I run into at work is the grandson of the founder of the store, who I call "Young Master".  Grandboss isn't a relative, however.

cymbaline246

Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
« Reply #36 on: August 17, 2020, 10:02:50 am »
I was a child when a family friend's daughter eloped. She had actually been dating a relative of mine, and eloped with someone else. Her family wanted to see her marry, so the minister was asked, and complied, with a simple ceremony.  I guess the wording he used was, "Did you agree to love, honor, and respect one another?"  (It has worked out. They're still married, 50-odd years later)

Having worked for a few years in bridal shops, I have the same attitude as the bride in Guihong's post.  I work in a men's store, currently, and weddings are still being planned and held. Some are looking toward big receptions next year. At least one couple has used the situation to their advantage: both families wanted huge, elaborate festivities, and the happy couple simply opined, "Oh, that would be nice, but we don't want to wait to get married."
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