A Wedding on a Wednesday? Covid-Weary Couples Say ‘I Do’
Forgoing the traditional Saturday ceremony offers flexibility and cost savings, especially to those mired in pandemic planning (and replanning).
Source: Shutterstock
When registered dietician Jaren Soloff, 29, got engaged in July 2020 to her longtime boyfriend, 32-year-old naval cyber specialist Duane Smith Jr., it was a joyous occasion—well, when it finally happened, after a nail-biting delay following pandemic slowdowns kept the loose diamond he’d ordered overseas mired in customs for several weeks.
Planning how to celebrate their wedding proper, though, was a bigger challenge for the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based couple. “We were in a state of limbo,” she recalls. “Venues were fully booked from weddings that had been rebooked, and it felt like things would be shutting down again—which, in fact, they did.”