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Wording on invitations

Alma, on February 4, 2020 at 3:26 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 10

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So I am almost ready to send out my invitations but I am breaking my head on whether or not to add something about no children. We don't have the space and I know some will opt out on coming but this is the only possible way to have all the people I care about at my wedding. We are already at 250 and it's just such a large number. So my question is: Do I add a note in the invitation stating we are not having children or do I just write the number of seats they have and leave it at that?

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Latest activity by Lindsey, on February 4, 2020 at 4:47 PM

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Ashley · on February 4, 2020 at 3:38 PM
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We are. We addressed each invite only to the adults we are inviting, put on the bottom of the invite "adults only reception to follow," and made a comment about not inviting kids on our wedding website. Hopefully that is enough to get the point across. If, for some reason after all that, someone decides to RSVP for their children who were clearly not invited, we at that point will just have to make a phone call and explain that due to space issues we were not able to invite children.
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VIP October 2021
Monica · on February 4, 2020 at 3:41 PM
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Include no children on the invitation. Don’t leave room for misunderstandings
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Chelsea · on February 4, 2020 at 3:41 PM
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We put "Respectfully, adults only" at the bottom of our invitations and will mention it briefly again on the website. There is only 1 exception to this who is my cousin (age 2) but his name will be printed on the invite with his mom.
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Caytlyn · on February 4, 2020 at 3:57 PM
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I'm of the belief that invitations are meant to tell you who is invited to an event, not who isn't. I would go with the latter option. If you feel the need to explicitly say "no kids" somewhere, your wedding website would be more appropriate.
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Expert October 2021
Megan · on February 4, 2020 at 4:02 PM
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All of this.
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Champion June 2019
Gen · on February 4, 2020 at 4:18 PM
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^ this
We listed on our details card the names of the people who were invited specifically, in addition to the number of seats reserved. Also we had an online RSVP so the names would come up on the site. Didn't leave ANY room for interpretation on who was invited vs who was not lol.
But if you do something like this, it's not necessary to say "no kids" on the actual invitation.
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Devoted October 2020
Kaitlyn · on February 4, 2020 at 4:20 PM
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Adult only ceremony/reception is a way to word it
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Alma · on February 4, 2020 at 4:40 PM
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I agree. Thank you so much!
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Devoted June 2022
Alma · on February 4, 2020 at 4:41 PM
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Thank you all for you help! I have added it to my wedding website.
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Just Said Yes September 2020
Lindsey · on February 4, 2020 at 4:47 PM
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Can you add it to the bottom of your response cards? That ls what we are doing
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