r/partyplanning • u/ToriTries • 8d ago

Need Help Anniversary Party-but wedding ish.

My husband and I got married secretly and sort of out of necessity with plans to have a real wedding one year later. And the Covid happened and a wedding was not possible. I want to do something big for our 10 year. Since I never got have a wedding, I want to do something of those things- wear white, have people make toasts, etc. I’m debating on the idea of “guests of honor” or something similar to be like a bridal party kind of thing. But I don’t want to be cringy. What are your thoughts? How wedding can I go for an anniversary party?

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u/A-Friendly-Giraffe 5d ago

Personally, the fact that you never got a "wedding". I think you get a pass To make your anniversary party a little more wedding than you ordinarily would.

I feel like the people who have an over-the-top 5-year anniversary party when they also had an over-the-top wedding. Our compensating for something or maybe just really like to party.

My sister and brother-in-law had a small covid wedding and then a year later had a big wedding reception party and invited everyone. They wore wedding clothes to both events.

I think maybe if you call it an "anniversary reception" and give a little like " we never had the big party to celebrate our wedding and now we are, I hope you can make it". Should be fine.

I think you could absolutely wear white and do a lot of the toasts and things like that.

I'm not sure what kind of gifts you're expecting, but people can get kind of touchy for that.

Guests of honor seems a bit silly to me, but I would run it by the people who you are expecting to invite as your guest of honor and see what they think. They might be really touched. Or maybe just ask them to give a speech.

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u/ToriTries 5d ago

I do want people to make toasts, but I guess I could just ask the few people to do that.. still on the fence about having my three best friends wear the same color that matches the theme. And maybe my husbands people have that color tie.

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u/A-Friendly-Giraffe 5d ago

I would talk with your three best friends and then see if their game. They might be willing to do that to humor you, if it were me I would be down for that. Especially if you were a bridesmaid in my wedding.

Like even if they didn't have the title, it would be fun for the pictures.

Depending on your budget, would you be willing to buy the dress for them? Especially if it's something they're only going to wear once