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Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
By: Rose Red Date: July 6, 2020, 11:42 am
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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?
By: TootsNYC Date: July 6, 2020, 11:43 am
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The trend in weddings was already sliding back to less
expensive, less big, less fancy.
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Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
By: chigger Date: July 6, 2020, 1:34 pm
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[quote author=TootsNYC link=topic=1762.msg54154#msg54154
date=1594053795]
The trend in weddings was already sliding back to less
expensive, less big, less fancy.
[/quote]
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?
By: Gellchom Date: July 7, 2020, 2:50 pm
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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?
By: Hmmm Date: July 8, 2020, 11:05 am
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[quote author=Gellchom link=topic=1762.msg54228#msg54228
date=1594151457]
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?
[/quote]
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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Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
By: AnnNottingham Date: July 12, 2020, 8:52 am
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[quote author=Gellchom link=topic=1762.msg54228#msg54228
date=1594151457]
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?
[/quote]
;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.
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Re: Having two weddings due to COVID-19?
By: cymbaline246 Date: August 17, 2020, 10:02 am
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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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