For that person who asked how to say politely ''No Children'' without seeming a tactless b*tch.

I put on mine "While children are a blessing and a joy, we respectfully ask that this be an adults only ceremony and reception." Basically, a long winded overly polite way of saying NO KIDS.

You must never write ANYTHING by hand onto the invitation itself - whether it pertains to this or any other matter. Doing so is considered socially incorrect (in other words, tacky!) and inappropriate.

Now, there is a rule we violated! Our RSVPs were all online. We gave each person an invitation code, so that people could only RSVP for those actually invited. And we hand wrote that invitation code. Ah, well, I'm not really going to worry about that!

Here are more:

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• Wedding etiquette experts (I am not one of these. Trust me.) say that it’s tacky to write ‘no children’ on the invites. Instead, state on the RSVP card that it will be an ‘adult reception’. Another way of saying this is to write the following on the RSVP card: “We have reserved_ seats in your honor” and just include the number of adults.

Before you send out the invites, call friends and family who have kids and let them know that a wedding invitation is on the way and that you have opted for a ‘no children wedding’. That way they will have time to line up babysitters. "

http://www.intimateweddings.com/blog/the-kid-free-wedding-tips-for-enforcing-the-no-kids-allowed-rule-for-a-small-wedding/

But yes, it is better to say ''Adult reception'' than being so harsh in certain actions. I love July's idea! That was so kind of you . I know some WTF cases because my fiance's dad has catering and venue businesses in Mexico.

Well there was this case in where children were taking to the wedding but the groom ANNOUNCED in the microphone "We are not serving food to children, so please do not be offended''... WTFFFFFFF and some people was feeling so guilty looking at those children's faces . Without letting the groom know, my fiance's dad and his staff members decided to cook extra and split some pieces, so that children could eat. That was a cool detail from his side!

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I am just addressing invites to the people that are invited. If they RSVP with kids we'll have some phone calls to make.

We did the same thing that irin997 did. So far no one has rsvped with any extras but I'm worried they may just show up with the kids... sigh.

@Rane: EXACTLY! That's the same thing I have! When my parents made my ''Quinceanera'', there was a part with number of people for some invitations and some of them didnt give a damn! The DJ asked parents to take a look to their children because they were messing with lights, cables, and some devices but they just didnt listen. It angered me a lot.

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