Wedding planners and friendship experts share how to disinvite wedding guests if your priorities have shifted post-quarantine.
Or, more specifically,whomyou deem important to be by your side during it.
The pandemic was a portal for intimacy and vulnerability, says Dr. Franco.
After all, its been well over a year since life as we knew it changed.
A lot of us had time during the pandemic to reflect.
We got more in touch with what matters to us.
Alison Hotchkiss is the principal of Bay Area event planning and design firm, Alison Events.
A lot of us had time during the pandemic to reflect, says Jackson.
The same can be said for spending money for a large event, too.
Be upfront and honest, without feeling the need to over-justify.
That shows them that your decision is not personal, and you do want to maintain the friendship.
Dr. Franco also suggests sending a handwritten note and including a small trinket.
Be emotionally prepared for negative responses.
Not all your friends will respond welland especially, not right awayand thats okay.
Feeling guilty doesnt necessarily indicate that you made the wrong decision, says Dr. Franco.
Make yourself available to your friends.
Alison Hotchkiss is the principal of Bay Area event planning and design firm, Alison Events.
Theyre trying to make sense of their potential new role in your life, Jackson says.
Let them process feeling hurt or rejected, and give them time to come around to your decision.
This will help provide them with additional reassurance of your friendship.
Its also okay if a few of the folks on your list never come around to your decision.
And because youre not spread as thin, youll be able to build even more intimacy with them.
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