Is there anyone else who are not allowing kids to attend?????

How are your nieces and nephews involved in the wedding? And how many of them are there? I think the more kids you have in the wedding, the harder it is to not include others.

Personally, I'm on board with the no kid thing. I appreciate couples who do include children, but for our budget and venue it just didn't make sense. That being said, we aren't even having a ring bearer or flower girl (our dog is taking that role!) so it was really easy to say absolutely no kids.

This is a recurring theme on WW. Frankly, I don't know why invitees need to have it more clearly spelled out than, "We have reserved 2 seats in your honor", but apparently, lots of parents simply ignore it and add their children to the RSVP.

If you're anticipating pushback, you can add "Adult Reception Immediately Following" to the invitation. If they still ignore it, you should contact them via email or phone to let them know that this is not an event for children, and while you would be honored by the parents' attendance, you will understand if they have to decline.

You have every right to have an adult event. Some brides can't conceive of a wedding without children. That's fine. That's not the way you feel, and nobody should coerce you into compromising. My honest opinion is that children enjoy weddings about as much as adults truly enjoy a child's themed birthday party -- after an hour, we're all looking for the door.

My FG are my 2 younger nieces and 3 JB nieces and 3 nephews are ushers. Plus my SIL whose in the military is coming from Texas and her daughter is the FG. I really wanted them to be a part of my big day since they mean so much to me. I went to a wedding and only the wedding party included kids so I kind of don't feel so bad.

Address the invites to the people that are invited. If they add kids to the RSVP, call and say "I'm sorry, the invitation is only for you and Jane. We hope you will still be able to join us!" And then they either say yes, they can, or no they can't.

No stressing needed!

As long as they are all immediate family then I would just say that! I agree that you have every right to do what you want, but some people may be frustrated. If you use the "family only" excuse, then they can't really complain. Just be careful with how you word your invitations and I think you will be fine!

My invitation is going to read "ADULT champagne brunch" can't get much clearer than that. And my nieces all under 13 will be there because they are my bridal party - less stress and drama than adult bridesmaids

Also, I made sure to have my family spread the "no children" message. Found out a friend was thinking about bringing her son and luckily my cousin jumped in and said, "you should really think about getting a sitter or asking megan before you just bring him. i don't think they are planning on having children at the wedding." The friend totally understood and I didn't even have to get in the middle!!

I forgot to mention the only young ones will be the FGs. Everyone else will be pre-teen age or a teenager.

I swear this post appears every week....well not this same post but definitely this question!!!

We decided immediately that we would have an adult only ceremony and reception. We are sending Save-The-Dates to out-of-town guests only and adult only ceremony and reception will be clearly noted on the card. We have told our BP and mothers if anyone asks about the wedding to please note adult ceremony and reception. We will also note on the response card that 2 seats have been reserved for you and your guest

So far we are spreading the no kids rule by word of mouth since we are so far away from our wedding date, but there are some people we may to keep repeating to them. So far the majority of our families and friends agree with us about the no kids, but there are others where they are pushing to bring their kids already. We just tell them that we are only having the ring bearer and flower girl (if we have one) at the wedding and anyone over 10 or 12 can come. Hopefully, this will be ok because there are not that many kids on either side. Here's hoping. Lol

No kids at ours!

We are currently spreading the word verbally, but I will be breaking "etiquette" by adding Adult Reception to Follow at the bottom of the invitation. I've received plenty of invitations that says that and we will be following suite. The RSVP cards will also be pre-printed to say something along the lines of "Two seats have been reserved in your honor. Please indicate guests attending" or something like " __ of two seats will be requested"

We are doing no children with the exception of immediate family 4 kids. FHs sil did that and no one had a problem with it '

Zero kids NO exceptions at all.

Kids break stuff, get restless, annoy everyone and dont let their parents have a good time and relax. I know a few parents who are happy to leave kids behind for a weekend getaway.

Include that this is an adult only reception on your invitations!

We didn't list them on the invites. My mother spread the news to her nieces and nephews when they asked about the wedding. On my mom's side there are 10+ little ones all under the age of 6. I would have LOVED to have them come, but it wasn't practical. Plus our venue was right on a lake and that made us a little nervous if some of the parents decided to drink. DH had a friend who put his kids on the RSVP and we just explained to him why they wouldn't be able to go. They couldn't get a babysitter and missed the wedding, but fully understood.

No kids allowed at ours as well. The only children will be my step children (FH has a son and daughter). Our wedding is on a Friday night with open bar etc so it's really not for kids.

Please don't put "adults only" on your invitations. It is super rude. Just address the invites to whomever is invited.

Nope! I love kiddies!

I'm 100% against children at weddings unless its the couples child(ren).

We are having a small wedding, our invites will be addressed to only those who are invited and our RSVP cards will already be filled out, all the guests will have to do is check if they are attending or not.

"Adult Only Reception" in small print at the bottom of the invitation isn't unheard of though. : )