WTF Coronavirus?! How COVID Changed My Friend’s Wedding Plans
WTF, your wedding is in SIX DAYS! How are you so calm?
-WTF Bride
My boss babe friend is getting married on October 10th, 2020 and this was what I legit told her months ago, “Disclaimer: My bridesmaid abilities are limited to partying, random anecdotes, and having fun. Let me know if this is what you’re looking for during your intimate love soirée in the time of COVID.”
“Just hold off on the cocktails until after the ceremony, okay?” She held my gaze.
“Promise!” I beamed back.
Credits: Tender wedding bouquets for bride and bridesmaids on the old fashioned piano by freepic.diller
Based on these stellar qualities alone, I’m in awe that I even belong in Bride Squads, but here I am! I marked 10/10/20 in my Kate Spade calendar and waited for someone to delegate bridesmaid duties.
When August rolled around, it dawned on me that I haven’t heard my friend mention dresses, flowers, decor, or ANYTHING about WEDDINGS. Period.
“So hun, what dress are you thinking about for your wedding?”
She tells me, and the next thing I realize, it’s September. September was chaotic for us both. It felt like someone had just handed us a bunch of groceries in a cheap paper bag. Everything was falling out of a hole in the bag, just as the grocery clerk handed it over to us. Life looked like a bunch of stuff, in disarray, on a dirty concrete floor.
That’s when you should go to an Ikea showroom to experience calm within Scandi interiors. When we entered the store, the Hygge enveloped the bride-to-be. The result? She made one reference to the wedding.
“This is the green I want for the bridesmaid dresses,” and pointed to a deep emerald throw, lazily sprawled on the canvas sectional.
Credits: Bride with bridesmaid in emerald green dress, hand drawn wedding invitation by maddyz
A concerning question went off in my mind: Wait, when did we get bridesmaid dresses?!
But before I could articulate this, I got distracted by a cabinet. In my defense, designing a vanity area to fit inside a cabinet is a genius idea.
I also have an attention span of a squirrel.
T minus two weeks before the wedding. WTF Hubby asked, “Hey! Aren’t you a bridesmaid? Shouldn’t you be helping with something?”
“I think so! I’m going to ask.”
[4:14 PM, 2020-09-28] T: Let me know if you need my help for anything with the wedding!
[5:53 PM, 2020-09-28] D: Thanks babe!!!
[5:53 PM, 2020-09-28] D: Well I'm just not working on wedding stuff right now lol
I drowned in silent panic. WHAT?!
“Maybe they hired a wedding planner.” WTF Hubby suggested.
“I hope so!” I silently prayed that he was right, and that she just forgot to tell me.
Credits: Latte Coffee Art Set by MacroVector
This morning, my friend came over for cappuccinos and all I could think about was WTF, your wedding is in SIX DAYS! How are you so calm?
Luckily, it came out sounding like this, “Isn’t your wedding coming up in six days babe?” An indecipherable look flashed over her. “Aren’t you excited?” I pressed.
“Oh! TINA. OUR WEDDING IS NEXT YEAR.”
“OMG what?!”
She giggled, “Didn’t I tell you?! It was in the Bride Squad chat.”
“It was?! That makes so much sense!” I guess I was busy being a squirrel. “I thought you were having a small ceremony on Saturday and moving your party to next year. That was why I kept thinking, WTF why is she so calm when her wedding is six days away??? HOLY EFF. I WAS SO WORRIED FOR YOU!!!
WE LAUGHED UNCONTROLLABLY FOR 20 MINUTES.
“WTF babe! Hey! You can write about this on your blog. Isn’t it all about WTF moments?”
Tears rolled off my face. “Yes! COVID is really messing me up.”