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We’re having an adult only affair. .


You can certainly select not to have children attend. But wording is differently than you wrote above would be my suggestion.

View Quoted Comment That’s exactly what I was having a hard time with...wording it the correct way. Thank you.

We’re not having little kids at ours. Food really adds up. Didn’t put adults only since only one of my friends has kids . But definitely like they said above, wording is important.

Me and my FH have big families as well with A LOT of kids...we definitely didn’t want our special day turning into a kid’s party...so we narrowed it down to the kids in the wedding and then only nieces and nephews that we see on a regular...some family probably wasn’t happy with our decision but what can they say!

View Quoted Comment Yes, we’re trying to keep the food cost down as much as possible.

View Quoted Comment How did you word it on your invitations?

We are having an adult only wedding/reception I worded it “ Adult only affair. We adore your children we really do but have limited space and intend to party the adult way!”

View Quoted Comment Love the wording! Thank you!

View Quoted Comment We needed to keep the cost down as well..so we put “we have reserved ____ adult only seats in your honor” on the RSVP cards...the ones who were able to invite their kid I just reached out personally

I let kids be at the reception. I don't think it'd be harsh of you. They can be disruptive :/

Not harsh at all. We have also decided to have an adult only ceremony/reception. We included that info on our details cards, which will be mailed with the invitations. We then explained in more detail about the reasoning behind choosing to have adults only on our wedding website.

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View Quoted Comment Perfect! Thank you!

View Quoted Comment We are doing the same thing — we narrowed it down to kids in the wedding and those kid cousins we see/talk to on a regular basis. Some family won’t be happy, but we are comfortable with our decision and we are giving people plenty of notice to make any arrangements they need to make.

We are allowing kids at our wedding simply because we want them there! It wouldn't of changed the price for us because we're not doing a prices per head. But you are absolutely in your right to not have children at your ceremony/reception. It's super common now! And it wouldn't be harsh at all. Sure, some folks may be upset. But, it's your wedding and your vision. Not theirs.

We had a kid free wedding and reception. Not only to cut back on numbers but also to cut back on tantrum taking over our event. None of our guests with kids minded this. They actually enjoyed the night to themselves. Just be cautious how you word it.

We put “We love kids, but we kindly ask that you help us keep this an adult only event” on our wedding website. Then, when sending STD’s and invitations, we only addressed them to the specific people invited. Also, for RSVP’s, only those invited were able to RSVP (online RSVPs). So there was no mistaking that kids were not invited.

View Quoted Comment You could also put

We have reserved ___ adult seat(s) and ___ kid(s) seats in your honor so that there’s no confusion

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View Quoted Comment Love the wording! Thank you!

Our wedding is no children. We see no issue with it at all, and so far our guests who have kids haven't complained. They're all looking forward to a kid-free date night!