My maid of honor desires to put on a masks at my marriage ceremony — am i able to say no?

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hi Caroline,

i get married in just a few weeks and that i am requiring vaccination cards and a terrible Covid-19 test. I even have been engaged given that the summer season of 2019 and that i am excited to at last be in a position to have my dream wedding.

My maid of honor, even though vaccinated, says she will simplest be comfy if she is wearing a masks. I really don't need her to wear a mask. i am going to top notch lengths to make the condition secure for all attendees and i don't want masks in my wedding photos, as useless as that sounds. Am I being crazy or is she?

Thanks!

Bridezilla?

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hello Bride!

Congratulations on your marriage ceremony! No, you don't seem to be being crazy. however neither is she. we're in a plague. It may well be a special period of the pandemic (one where you could get a vaccine and put into effect vaccine rules on your gathering!) but we're nevertheless in a pandemic. New variants are emerging. Rigorous testing is being carried out to determine when the majority of us will need booster photographs to proceed to offer protection to us.

notwithstanding your maid of honor is vaccinated she has determined that the degree of protection she feels relaxed with comprises wearing a mask while she's engaging in a crowded event like a marriage. Do you wish it had been different? yes. Does she? Most definitely sure! but the pandemic cannot conclusion simply as a result of we want it to (and, oh man, do I need it to!).

you're so lucky to be in a position to get married surrounded by using family unit and pals in as protected an ambiance as that you could create all through this time. you are also so fortunate to have your maid of honor there to get up for you on this enormous day to your existence. focus on that and that i promise you may not even note the masks — now not then and definitely now not in 10, 20, 30 years in the event you appear returned for your marriage ceremony day.

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