Mother's Day Wedding

We originally wanted Father's Day (to honor both our fathers who recently passed) but decided against it. We didn't want people to have to choose between our wedding and their families. We decided after comments on here so we're grateful!

ETA: your wedding is this year though, have people rsvpd yes? I'm thinking at this point you should have a good idea.

I have no opinion either way b/c I don't have kids, and I can still celebrate my mother and go to a wedding on the same day, but your wedding is a month a way. What exactly are you going to do at this point? Just roll with it and stop giving it life. You should have already been receiving RSVPs at this point, no??

How many of your guests have small children? If it's a number of them, I would expect those folks to decline.

My cousin had her wedding last Mothers Day weekend. I travelled 7 hours to make the wedding. She had a good turn out, too.

My mom and FMIL understood.

This Mothers Day, i will be at my sister's college graduation.

Our wedding is the day before, the it hasn't really been an issue for us though. Most of our guests don't have kids and the only kids coming will be family.

Yeah, wait, I'm curious why this is an issue if your wedding is in a few weeks.

It's completely subjective -- some people make Mother's Day a big celebration (they have a bunch of flowers and a reservation for lunch), and some people send a card and make a phone call (I remember hearing that mother's day is the number one phone call day of the year).

So, it's really up to individual. I don't know what time of the day your wedding is, but I don't see why moms with smaller kids can't do their celebrations earlier in the day. It's not like you're requiring their presence from dawn to dusk.

At this point, what's done is done. Your RSVPs are in, and your wedding with go off without a hitch. Don't sweat it (and no, you don't need to feel bad about having a child-free wedding -- unless it's on Christmas morning, lol).

Our wedding is the day before Mothers Day and almost all of the "no" RSVPs we've received have been because people have mother's day plans for the weekend. So just keep that in mind. You may get many guests unable to attend.

We're getting married on Mother's Day and we're also doing no kids. We asked both of our moms and my sister before hand, and they all said it was fine. We had one couple Decline since they couldn't find a sitter. And now my sister is throwing a tantrum since she can't bring her son so as of now she's not coming. Even though I asked her beforehand. But whatever.

I was going to say it shouldn't be too big of a deal, since most people celebrate mothers day during the day time hours. But then, I realized your wedding is a Sunday. I'm assuming you're probably having an earlier wedding, so with this you may run into many no's on your RSVPs. Seems a little too late to worry though.

@Gkatelyn2, just let your nephew come to the wedding. Holy cow. This is not worth not having your sibling at your wedding.

Messed up IMO, but it's too late to change it. Just let it be and let the RSVPs fall where they may.

@alc no both me and my fh feel very strongly about having no kids at our wedding. Everyone else has made arrangements for their kids. And she said it was fine when we booked it 8 months ago and I was paying for the sitter for them also. So no I'm not letting him come so they can stay home that's her choice. My other sister and my brother have found sitters for their kids no issue. I'm not making an exception for her.

I'm not sure in what world "no kids" is better than having your sibling miss your wedding and ruin your relationship, but okay.

This would not bother me and I'm a mother to two kids.

Super bad choice. Very inconvenient and inconsiderate for your guests. Get ready to have lots of declines

Aside from last year which was my very first mothers day, I could care less about it. Like birthdays, they come every year.

@Kailee, many people have lost their mothers and would give anything to have one that comes every year. Just FYI.

Go for it.

What time is your wedding? would there be time for people to spend some time with mom and kids? Personally, I am a mom of 3 and grandmother of 1 and to me, it wouldn't matter. Mother's Day is celebrated every year, and it's something I feel should be celebrated much more often. How often do you get married? It's a once in a lifetime deal. If people can't make it, that's a shame but oh well. Enjoy those that can.