Getting married is a sacred thing. Nobody dares to ruin it—not bad weather, not your grumbling parent-in-law, not even the burnt canapés.
But quarantine has surely made its own changes to how and where newlyweds have said “I do!” From tying the knot with 1-meter distance without permission to kiss the bride to putting up pics of every single wedding guest who couldn’t attend, these weddings are everything but usual.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most creative and quirky quarantine weddings that prove love makes the world go round, however chaotic it may be.
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Today We Should Of Been Getting Married, But Instead...
Due To Coronavirus, We Decided To Just Go To The Courthouse Today Instead Of Stressing About The Wedding We've Been Planning For Months. Couldn't Be Happier. I've Been In Love With This Woman Since I Was 4 Years Old
Our Wedding Was Cancelled Due To Covid-19. Yesterday, My Son Walked Me Down The Aisle We Created At Our Home
It was a ceremony that was beyond words! I wish all the luck and love to those brides and grooms having to cancel and reschedule their special due to this pandemic.
thats so sweet. you look amazing and the aisle you created is beautiful.
The wedding planning and registry resource The Knot reported that the United States had 450,000 weddings scheduled for March, April, and May of 2020. Kristen Maxwell-Cooper, the editor-in-chief at The Knot, told Al Jazeera that even if only 4 percent of couples decide to cancel their wedding ceremonies rather than postponing them, it will still hit the vendors big time.
Kristen explained: "Many of our small business partners, the wedding professionals that make weddings happen, are feeling a strain on their bottom line as couples look to postpone and reschedule their weddings for later this year or into 2021.”
Taken From My Balcony. I Happened To Overhear Your Beautiful Ceremony When I Went Outside To Play D&D On My Laptop
to have a ceremony under that tree is so nice. and you have got a bit of a audience too
Quarantine Wedding In San Francisco
Came Across This Wedding Today In Central Park
According to this study, on average, American weddings cost $33,900 in 2019, including all the expenses for the engagement ring, ceremony, and reception. IBISWorld has concluded that even if revenue growth for the wedding industry is expected to decline this year, early in the outlook period, revenue is expected to surge as operators accommodate both new and postponed weddings.
We Got Married In April And Just Received Our Wedding Shoot Photos. We Absolutely Love This One
We were only allowed to have our witnesses at city hall, at a safe distance. We livestreamed it all for our original guests. And yes we did have zoom meeting later in the day, and all our friends sent in videos. It wasn't at all what we planned - but we're over the moon that we got married.
And whenever it's possible - we're gonna have our original planned wedding with everyone there. Even if its in a year (or five).
A Couple Got Their Wedding Notarized At UPS Instead Of Delaying It Because Of Coronavirus
We Eloped, Ate Panda And This Was Our Fortune
Just Married! With $15 Rings From Amazon, Surprise Delivered Bouquets/Boutonniere From Bms, Lulus Wedding Dress That Arrived The Day Before, And A Suit He Already Had In His Closet
Hair by mom, makeup by baby sister, photography by SIL, catering by holy cow bbq.
When Your Co-Resident’s Wedding Has Been Thrown Off By Covid-19, You Do Your Best PPE For A Hospital Ceremony
Got Married Today
We Had To Postpone Our June Wedding So We Decided Just To Elope In My Parent’s Driveway So That My Self-Isolating Sister Could Watch From Her Car
They Placed A Laptop On A Stack Of Books, Then Got Married On Zoom
Promised Her A Lifetime Of Happiness And Pizza Was On Top Of The List
Alicia And Christian Were Already Planning On Small Ceremony With Only Family And A Few Friends, But Their Woodsy Location Of Choice Was Closed And Out Of The Question
So today they got ready at home, eloped in the backyard, then moved to the kitchen for dessert and dancing. It’s not the day they had planned, but it’s their real and authentic love story. It will be told for generations as their family grows—our story began here, in our home, dancing in our kitchen.
They have asked for a small ceremony and they got a small ceremony - perfect!
My Mother-In-Law Set Up A Sweetheart Table For My Fiancée And I On What Was Supposed To Be Our Wedding Day
Once Upon A Time
We Were Supposed To Get Married In April But Due To The Virus Wasn't Allowed To Have The Wedding We Planned. But I Still Got The Girl Of My Dreams And She Got My Last Name
Happy Wedding Day To Us! Not What We Expected But Still Got Married And Had A Wedding Meal
Today Is Our One Month Wedding Anniversary! Pictured Is The Amazing Toilet Paper Bouquet My Mom Made
Nothing could be more fitting for a wedding in this time than a toilet paper bouquet.
My Friends Said “F**k Corona”, Washed Their Hands, Got Married, And Live-Streamed The Whole Thing So We Could All Celebrate With Them
I’m just super excited for them and wanted to share a little sunshine for your day.
No Way Could A Pandemic Stop Us From Getting Married
When The Pandemic Ruins Your Wedding, You Find A Beach And Improvise
We Couldn’t Get Married Yesterday, So We Turned To Our Cooking Strengths And Recreated Our Wedding Menu Ourselves
Whenever my wife and I create something special which takes a long time to prepare it always seem to taste better than the same food in a restaurant. I guess this is because we had to work hard in order to finish it. Did anyone else make the same experience?
The Bride's Grandma Had Worsening Dementia, So This Couple Decided To Get Married In Her Lawn
Had To Postpone Our Wedding 6 Months Because Of The Corona Virus, But Still Signed Our Papers. Got Married To My Best Friend
Did Our Covid-19 Wedding On Front Porch On Front Of People 6 Ft Away In Lawn, In Cars, And Live Streamed! Best Day Ever
"in lawn" now I'm picturing people poking their heads out of holes like gophers. lol
Had To Cancel The Wedding But Not The Marriage
Covid-19 Wedding Went Exactly As Planned. No Guests, No Touching, But We Broke The 6' Rule
This Was Not The Wedding We Had Planned, But Love Is Greater Than A Virus
An Anonymous Neighbor In Our Building Made Us This! We Were So Touched By Everyone Who Created Homemade Cakes, Decorations, Flowers, And Drinks To Celebrate Virtually With Us From All Over The
Such A Stylish Wedding During A Pandemic
Both have matching face masks. It's the attention to detail which makes everything look better.
My Fiance And I Had To Cancel Our Upcoming Wedding Due To Covid-19, So Our Best Friends Gave Us A Surprise Animal Crossing Wedding Instead
We Made It Official Yesterday. (Legally) Just Us, Our Officiant, And A Photographer Friend
This wasn’t what we planned for on this date, but we made lemonade out of lemons. We’re still going to have our planned ceremony and reception on a later date.
Even Though I Missed My Family Tremendously, Nonetheless Had A Great Home Wedding & Glad Family Could At Least Join In Through Video
Yesterday, We Did A Thing And Became One
Wedding Got Cancelled So We Got Married In Our Back Yard. Couldn’t Be Happier Despite Everything Going On
Congrats To My Bro Carefully Tying The Knot
I Got Married!! Had To Postpone The Full Wedding, But We Both Committed To Getting Officially Married On Our Original Date
After A Global Pandemic And Polar Vortex There Was A Break In The Weather To Finally Marry My Best Friend
We Got Married On Our Balcony Yesterday, Original Date. Guests Joined Via Zoom And Facebook. Neighbors Joined From Their Balconies
Relieved To Put All The Corona Wedding Madness Behind Us. Here’s Our Living Room Dressed Up In Less Than 24 Hours To Have Our Wedding While We Still Could
Our Living Room Wasn’t The Venue We Were Expecting, But Still The Happiest Day Of My Life
Our Two Person Fairy-Light Reception, May 9th
Our Wedding Was Supposed To Be Today But Got Postponed Because Of Corona. We Desided To Do It On The Game We Love The Most
Here’s Me Enjoying My Sister’s Wedding I Was Invited To But Not Allowed To See
Yup! Welcome to the Mormon religion! I got out that a llllooooooonnnnngggg time ago! If you don't have temple endowments, go to church regularly, pay your tithing it's a compete 'You don't pass go' well okay, you do t get to go into the temple.
Even A Pandemic Couldn't Stop Us
We Did The Thing
Quarantine Wedding, Inexpensive Yet Priceless
Our Big Wedding Was Canceled So We Did A Spur Of The Moment Elopement, And I Am So Happy We Did. Things Weren’t What We Always Thought They Would Be, But Was More Perfect Than Anything We Could’ve Imagined
When Coronavirus Cancels Your Big Wedding, But You Get Married Anyways And Facebook Live It For Your Friends And Family
Because Of Covid-19, We Changed Our Wedding Date A Third Time On Wednesday Morning... For Four Hours Later On Wednesday Afternoon! And It Was Perfect. Love Will Prevail
It Wasn’t Our Tropical Elopement As Planned, But It Was Just As Magical. Married With 2 Hours To Spare Before “Lockdown”
Seems like that escalated quickly...But, if you say it was magical... what can one say ❤
Got Married Yesterday
We had to follow strict guidelines to get our license. Gloves and masks at all times. We hammed it up and had a blast.
When Marriage Is Forever, We Put Prayer And God First
We Had To Cancel Our Upcoming Wedding Due To Covid-19, But Decided To Get Married Today Instead! On Our Way Now, And I Am So Excited
Supposed To Get Married Today In Real Life. But Covid Happened. So We Recreated It On Animal Crossing
When You Have A Socially Distanced Civil Ceremony During A Global Pandemic
Plan Z Worked - We Got Married
After much scenario planning, we pulled it off and got married on our original date. We had our parents and siblings join us in our church along with about 80 friends and family around the world via Facebook. A few photos around town and then we had the best drive-through reception a girl could hope for. One of my husband’s cousins get out of his car and serenaded us on an antique trombone, another set of cousins threw rice from their cars, and we had a dance party from the back of a Jeep. Ended the night with carry out Italian and a Zoom nightcap with family from Indiana who couldn’t make it.
Due To Covid-19 And Joining The Air Force, I Decided To Turn My Third Place Into My Wedding Venue. 250 Signing Off
We Were Going To Get Married In June But When We Had To Postpone That Wedding We Decided We Didn't Want To Wait Anymore
Considering all this going on in the world we decided to have a little fun with some of the pictures.
So Happy My New Husband And I Were Still Able To Have A Beautiful Wedding At My Parents House Last Weekend. Covid-19 Can’t Take Away Our Date! 4/25/20
We Had To Cancel Our Wedding, But We Didn’t Cancel The Marriage
WFH = Wedding From Home
Getting Married In My Parent’s Driveway During A Global Pandemic Wasn’t Exactly How We Pictured Our Day, But It Was Beautiful Nonetheless
Got Married Today Coronavirus Style
Forget about Corona! Love and yellow flowers are all around, and that's all what matters
Even Though We Had To Move Our Wedding To September. We Kept The Date And Got Married In The Backyard
Good decision! The best one you have made, judging from the shining of your faces, beauty of the sunny day and the happiness of that dog who is witnessing your wedding
Even Corona Can't Stop True Love
Corona Wedding
Covid-19 Didn’t Stop Us Getting Married Today
We Cancelled Our Plans For A Big Wedding This Fall Due To Covid-19 And Planned Our Perfect Micro-Wedding Instead
Once my family heard the news, the whole event was put together within 24 hours.
Big like for the beautiful couple who decided to celebrate their special moment on this way in this crazy times! This photo is really impressive and very artistic
Had To Reschedule Our Wedding From Today To August, Still Managed To Have A Civil Ceremony With Our Original Ring Bearer, Nugget
Quarantine Wedding
We Were Supposed To Be Married In Hawaii, But Because Of Covid We Had To Get Married At A Golf Course. We Were Not Going To Let A Pandemic Ruin Our Date
Our Big Wedding Had To Be Postponed But We Decided To Elope On Our Original Date Today
We Planned A Virtual Backyard Wedding And It Was Even More Beautiful Than I Could Have Ever Imagined. Even With Our Dog Sleeping Through Our Ceremony
Last Saturday we made it official! We were originally supposed to get married on March, 28th with all of our family and friends flying in from all over the country. This wasn’t what we planned for, but I can honestly say it couldn’t have been more beautiful for what we are all going through. We made a little ceremony in our backyard and FaceTimed/Zoom/Facebook live recorded the event for everyone to see! Even though we missed our parents, family, and friends we knew they were still “there”. We were able to include so many more people than we originally planned for. This moment made our love story even more special.
Covid-19 Couldn’t Stop Our Love Story From Starting
Got To Marry My Best Friend On Monday. We Couldn't Have More Than Our Witnesses And The Person Marrying Us And We Aren't Sure When We Can Have A Reception But I Couldn't Care Less
Zoom Wedding
Virus Can't Stop True Love
Even they are wearing masks, you can see it's a beautiful young happy couple. Hope their love will last long-long time
My Brother Got Married Today. Small Ceremony In The Backyard
Good thing is they wrote on their masks who is who. Just kidding... Indeed, they are kidding to! Wish them all the best ❤
Quarantine Wedding
My Sister Got Married Yesterday (After Her Wedding Got Postponed Because Of Covid) In A Small, Socially Distant, Ceremony In Our Parents Backyard
I’m a wedding photographer, so in a time where I’m not working, and not sure when I’ll be working again, I was happy to document the day.
We Had A Small Ceremony At A Park With Only Our Immediate Family At A Safe Distance And Our Family Dog
I Married My Life’s Love In An Empty Field On The Front Range Of The Rockies Under Blue Graying Clouds, Our Loyal Dog Maple The Witness, And It Was Magic
My Favorite Photo From Our Tiny 03/28/20 Wedding. Backyard Instead Of Hotel, Livestream Instead Of Live Viewing
My Wedding Was Canceled But We Got Married Anyway, In Our Backyard During A Quarantine
Like Many Other Covid Couples, We Didn’t Lose Hope That We Would Be Able To Get Married
We tied the knot yesterday, april 18th at my parents’ house with my sister officiating and we couldn’t be happier.
Our Wedding Was Cancelled. So We Had A Lockdown Zoom Wedding In Our Garden
Wasn’t Going To Let Covid-19 Ruin Our Wedding
We Had To Cancel Our Big Wedding In June Due To Covid. Instead Of Postponing, We Got Married With No Guests On Our Porch
All decor are items from our home that represent family.
My Cousin Got Married Despite Covid-19 On Zoom
Let’s Come Take A Wedding Photo. 6 Feet Still Apply
Not The Wedding We Planned But It Was Beautiful And Perfect
A marriage is about love and commitment while a wedding is about celebrating that love and we will do just that when it’s safe.
We decided we wanted to get married so we did. We had a first look on our roof, got married with our families watching over zoom and had a photographer to shoot us while we kissed, ate cake and danced with champagne in the streets of Brooklyn.
We did not want this day marked with sadness and it was anything but. If you’re debating eloping and having a party later do it. We really didn’t want this day marked forever as what could have been and I am so grateful to for what it became- joyous. I think embracing that it’s kinda a mess and life and that’s what made it beautiful.
We decided that a marriage and a wedding are different things. A marriage is about the commitment and love and a wedding is about celebrating that love and so we are equally excited about both but we’re so happy to have a day just about our love and when we do have a wedding it will be focused on everyone else in a beautiful way too.
My brother officiated and said these beautiful words- wanted to share below:
Most know that the Jewish wedding ring is traditionally simple in design, pure in its material yet beautiful for what it is. Why though? There are a number of reasons Jewish scholars give for this. Some say an ornate ring might send the wrong message about payment and a dowry, which the ring is not. A fancy ring might imply that one person is indebted to the other. The ring is the equivalent to the dollar you might pay a family friend to be your legal representation, it says, we have entered into a contract. Others say by making the ring simple, it makes it possible for anyone, even someone with little means to marry. Still, it’s to be simple, pure and beautiful.
Either way these rings that R and M put on each other’s finger today symbolize their devotion to each other. A devotion that we can hope, will be simple, pure and beautiful.
I believe this marriage is already starting on that note. Choosing to go forward with a greatly simplified wedding day means you both understand and embrace that. This day does not have the adornments you had hoped and planned for, but it is pure in its intentions. This is what makes today beautiful. You didn't get to choose the conditions of your wedding day but you are so assured in your love for each other that you are moving forward, together. This is the kind of decision that will make your marriage strong. That will make your partnership pure and will keep your love beautiful.
With this ring, I commit to you fully and pledge to enter into a partnership filled with affection, kindness, and love.
We Got Married Today
Congratulations! You don't need more than love for each other. Who cares about margin things like pandemic or shits
Corona Wedding
Married In A Friend’s Backyard Last Week. Went From A 300 Person Wedding To A 10 Person Wedding And It Was Nearly Perfect Even So
Congrats to all. Trust me, big wedding is not worth it. I'm Asian and was expo to have a big wedding. My mom went a little crazy during the wedding planning so I decided to not even have a wedding. We flew to Hawaii, had a tiny wedding in the beach, spent 2 weeks running around enjoying Hawaii. Saved us a tons of $$$ and headaches. I've seen my cousins and their huge weddings - don't regret not having a wedding 1 bit.
I love our ability to live our best lives regardless of what is thrown at us.
It’s not the ring nor the event that matters, it’s the love. My hubby and I got married at the courthouse (we didn’t want a big to-do). Ten years of happy marriage! I am blessed every day!
Getting back to the reason for a wedding. The couple, not the 100k party. It worked for most of our grand parents and great grandparents.
One of my co-workers got married a week ago today. His family is from overseas, but they were able to have a small civil ceremony with her family and a few of his friends (less than 10 people overall) - one person even drove for 17 hours without stopping so they wouldn't have to quarantine. They plan to have a bigger party later to involve more of the family but that's not enough of a reason to delay the actual marriage. I'm happy for them that they went through with it but the emotional ordeal of having to make that decision could not have been easy.
I love that people get creative, and discover that spending all your savings just to have an OTT day is not necessary.
I had to postpone my wedding. Unfortunately for us, there is way too much money involved to just cancel - vendor cotracts and all...we wanted to do our own private ceremony and then have the "big wedding" at a later day as a happy compromise, but we couldn't even get a license due to all the courthouses being shutdown :(
Some of them got married now and postponed the big reception to a later date. I wonder if any of them will get divorced before that reception.
Congrats to all. Trust me, big wedding is not worth it. I'm Asian and was expo to have a big wedding. My mom went a little crazy during the wedding planning so I decided to not even have a wedding. We flew to Hawaii, had a tiny wedding in the beach, spent 2 weeks running around enjoying Hawaii. Saved us a tons of $$$ and headaches. I've seen my cousins and their huge weddings - don't regret not having a wedding 1 bit.
I love our ability to live our best lives regardless of what is thrown at us.
It’s not the ring nor the event that matters, it’s the love. My hubby and I got married at the courthouse (we didn’t want a big to-do). Ten years of happy marriage! I am blessed every day!
Getting back to the reason for a wedding. The couple, not the 100k party. It worked for most of our grand parents and great grandparents.
One of my co-workers got married a week ago today. His family is from overseas, but they were able to have a small civil ceremony with her family and a few of his friends (less than 10 people overall) - one person even drove for 17 hours without stopping so they wouldn't have to quarantine. They plan to have a bigger party later to involve more of the family but that's not enough of a reason to delay the actual marriage. I'm happy for them that they went through with it but the emotional ordeal of having to make that decision could not have been easy.
I love that people get creative, and discover that spending all your savings just to have an OTT day is not necessary.
I had to postpone my wedding. Unfortunately for us, there is way too much money involved to just cancel - vendor cotracts and all...we wanted to do our own private ceremony and then have the "big wedding" at a later day as a happy compromise, but we couldn't even get a license due to all the courthouses being shutdown :(
Some of them got married now and postponed the big reception to a later date. I wonder if any of them will get divorced before that reception.