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"I'm Addicted" Member since 9/02 1099 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????I don't mind children over a certain age (like 3 or 4) being at my wedding and, i plan to invite them. HOWEVER, i am really afraid of a screaming baby ruining my ceremony! It seems like my family members just assume that their children will be attending the wedding (even babies only a few months old). How do i solve this situation...how can i make it clear that children under a certain age are not invited without offending anyone??? How did everyone handle this? The problem is that some families have children of various ages (some of which are in my bridal party) how do i invite some of their kids and not all??? | |||
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Board Fanatic Member since 1/03 697 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????I'm sure you already have your time locked down....but, what I did was. . . .have an evening wedding so late until parents wouldn't dare bring them. That's how I avoided it! (I have a lot of guests with LOTS of kids!) | |||
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My Baby!
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Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????I have 5 children in the actual wedding, ranging from ages 3 - 11... to make peace... we will be "allowing" our cousins (one his and one mine), to bring their sons both are about 5. My uncle's wife recently had a baby who will be a year when I get married. They are already planning on who will be babysitting! | |||
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"I'm Addicted" Member since 7/02 2276 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????Well I felt that we couldn't exclude the babies and include all the other kids so we said no to ALL kids. Period. Did it pi$$ people off? Absolutely. But we are standing our ground and people will get over it. We basically spread the word through family members and when asked, flat out said, although as nicely as possible, that we were not inviting children. Most said "Oh I totally understand" but a few, my cousin included, made a big #$%^ deal out of it and dragged my family into it. I'm still mad at her over it but whatever. | |||
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"I'm Addicted" Member since 9/02 1099 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????Thanks for the advice girls | |||
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Hyper One Member since 10/02 5233 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????I have been very verbal about not having children so that helps. | |||
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It's An Obsession Member since 8/02 4505 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????We are going to be very specific on the invites that it is for Mr. & Mrs. ONLY!!! Unfortunately, like you, I am most concerned about the ceremony. There is no way to stop people from bringing children to the church. I'm hoping that the parents will have enough sense to remove any screaming children during the ceremony.
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"I'm Addicted"
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Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????There's no way you're going to be able to do it without offending people. | |||
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Board Fanatic Member since 12/02 973 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????I just told my cousins that no kids were allowed. And to tell you the truth several thanked me, a night away from the kids. | |||
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Molly Eva's Mommy
Member since 6/01 10676 total posts Wedding Date: Wed. Location: |
Re: How do handle inviting/not inviting young children to the wedding???????You have to make a decision- to have children or not have them. You cannot pick and choice- except to ONLY include BP/niece/nephew/your own children. If you invite entire families except that some of the children will misbehave. A wedding is a long event and children get tired and bored. And that is totaly understandable. Trust me, people will be offended no matter what you do. You cannot tell someone that their 3 year old is included, but there 2 year old is not. Make a decision and stick to it. And when someone calls and says "I cannot come without my 4 year old" you have to say "I am really sorry but we are not having small children at our wedding and if I make an exception for one it is unfair to the other guests". I did break my rule for my cousin's 12 year old because she and my Aunt assumed for months that he could be her "date" and never bothered to ask me until the last minute. I didn't even want to deal with it at that point and my Mom told them that I was not happy about it.
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