The title might sound rough, but stick with me. So I am having a kid-friendly wedding, but there are only a few kids on the invite list. One of the kids is my cousin's 8-year-old. I have met him a handful of times and he seems like a fine kid. The problem is that my cousin told him about the wedding and said they would definitely be there as a family. However now something has come up with work and she can't come anymore. She doesn't want to disappoint her son, who was excited to go to a wedding, so she wants to put him on a plane to the wedding and have him stay with my parents and me for the weekend (I live with my parents).
My problem with this is that I don't want my parents or me to be responsible for this child on my wedding weekend. We would have to pick him up from the airport on the day of the rehearsal, and the airport is nearly an hour away from where we live/where the wedding is. Then he would be staying at our house all weekend and would need to be cared for, put to bed, etc. I don't have any kids, but I feel like 8-year-olds aren't self-sufficient. My mom and I planned the wedding just the two of us and will be running the show, and I selfishly don't want my parents distracted with child care duties on my wedding weekend.
I want to tell my cousin that her son can't come without her or without another person to take care of him. I would prefer he not stay at our house or be in the care of my parents. But my sister said this would be "basically uninviting" the kid. My sister also thinks it will be fine and he's old enough to take care of himself and we can make it work.
Please WW give it to me straight--am I being a bridezilla by not wanting this kid to come alone to my wedding weekend?
