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Kidless wedding?? except for wedding party children Yes or NO?? VENT

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Amanda, on May 30, 2012 at 11:55 AM

So I really want a no kid under 12 wedding only because our venue holds 350 people. We have very large families and if everyone we invited brought their children just children alone would equal 72. Thats a lot of kids at wedding in my opinion. We have cut out a lot of people who we would love to be there to make room for everyones kids. Our guest dont have just 1 or 2 kids they all have like 4 or 5. My wedding party kids are staying no matter what they are my 2 children and my niece and nephew which we have custody of and I couldnt imagine them not being there. My fiances brothers do not have children, so my fiance is fine with the no kid idea except our kids. Now the people with children are having a fit and saying thats a stupid rule and why should their kids be left out, and they are bringing them anyways. I think that since we are paying for this whole wedding by ourselves it should be what we want, and we only want 4 children there. i dont want my wedding to be an amusement park.

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Trista · on May 31, 2012 at 10:50 AM
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72 kids is ALOT. I've been to weddings where there were only 20 and it was a zoo, so I can only imagine how crazy that would be to have a whopping 72 running around.

I do not see anything wrong with you having an adults only reception. It is your day and your budget. People stating that they are bringing them anyway are being obnoxious IMO and you should simply state that unfortunately you will not be able to accomodate the children at the wedding.
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WasSoon2BMrsSmith · on May 31, 2012 at 2:31 PM
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Tell them regardless of wether they think it is stupid or not you simply can not afford their children. If they can't afford a babysitter for the night they don't need to come either then everyone can save money.
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WasSoon2BMrsSmith · on May 31, 2012 at 2:33 PM
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If someone ever told me they thought my rule was stupid and they were bringing their kids anyway, I'd politely say so if I invite you the kids are coming? and when they said yes I'd say OK. and not send them an invite. Seriously who does that, get a fu(*&ng babysitter kids arn't appropirate everywhere.
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Brittany · on May 31, 2012 at 6:55 PM
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Of course I am having MY daughters at MY wedding ... there are a few other kids invited, but thats only because they are really close family (i.e. my fiance's brother's son, my cousins twins) ... and 2 kids who are invited are the kids of a really close co-worker and her kids are well-behaved (she's taken them with her to work quite a few times, and they dont bother anybody and you really dont know they're there) ... but thats it. My fiance has 2 other kids, but I wont be inviting them ... and I have my reasons for that. It's not because they are not mine, but the problem is the mother of the kids and she would invite herself, her boyfriend and her parents, and thats just not cool at all and there would be DRAMA, and I aint about to have that on my day. My fiance understands my perspective and agrees with me, so he is okay with it.
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