https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:26:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101942 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:23:59 +0000 Mrsbells 101942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we had an adult only wedding, although there were some exceptions and kids of immediate family were allowed to come as well as those in the bridal party. I would do it again even though I have a baby on the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101935 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:11:40 +0000 BSB 101935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: Yeah, I think I have to go back and remember my reasons for having an adult only wedding. It's just I see so many of my friends having babies and I think how freaking cute their LOs are. Also, back when I was planning my wedding, I did not have baby fever. Now, that I am TTC, I'm more understanding of parents, which is why I regret it a little. I guess I do have to remember that 3 years ago only a very small number of my friends had kids so it wasn't a big problem. If I were to get married now, I think I would have a much more difficult time having an adult only wedding. Plus the fact that I have baby fever so my eyes light up every time I see a baby. At this point in my life, I would probably swap out all the adult guests for babies and be perfectly happy. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101892 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:23:12 +0000 HabesBabe 101892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Helllll no. Granted, LO isn't here yet (still a couple of months to go), but I wanted a party for all of my friends to get together, have fun (without having to watch our language), and take advantage of our open bar package. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101884 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:18:04 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 101884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an evening wedding and we had a few kids there. I think having to spell out that it's adults-only is a little strange, as most parents I know chose to leave the little ones at home anyway. But I guess it depends on your guests. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101883 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:14:41 +0000 yoursilverlining 101883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn’t have a kid-free wedding, but aside from our little ring bearer and flower girls, all of our friends with young children (which are not many) opted to treat our wedding as a fancier date night and leave their kids with sitters so they could kick up their heels. </p> <p>I hope you don’t regret having an adults-only wedding – I wouldn’t, and wouldn’t judge anyone who has one. It does seem like a nice excuse to get out for a night with your spouse and enjoy some grownup time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101882 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:14:20 +0000 singingbee 101882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had kids at our wedding. It was a night time one. I don't regret it for a minute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101879 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:07:31 +0000 Weagle 101879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a lot of kids at our wedding, but had a babysitter for the ceremony that people could use if they wanted. I don't think I would regret having a kid-free wedding if we had gone that route. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101699 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:24:51 +0000 erinpye 101699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO isn't quite here yet, but due in a week, and I don't regret having an adults-only wedding. I wouldn't want to bring LO to the weddings we go to after she's born either- I view weddings as adult events and a fun excuse to get dressed up and have a date night with DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101688 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:56:52 +0000 cupcakemama 101688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only kids we had were our nieces and nephews. Tbh our friends didn't expect us to invite their kids, it isn't usually done here. Two friends had young babies and we left it up to them whether they brought them (they didn't) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101680 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:45:59 +0000 looch 101680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at all. I love an excuse to get out at night with my husband without our son. </p> <p>My son is in my brother's wedding and I know that it is going to be more work for me to have him there. I will probably miss large portions of the wedding because he'll only be 18 months at the time and isn't very predictable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101671 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:22:31 +0000 lemondrop 101671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: very true about a kid chiming in at an inopportune time! We were ok with the possibility of that though, as we were one of the last in our family/friends to get married or have kids, we wanted everyone to be there. </p> <p>It turns out that since we had our wedding at the zoo, the kids behaved perfectly, it was a zebra that made some very loud noises during a reading that my grandma did. It is truly one of my favorite moments from the wedding, everyone laughed so hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101670 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:12:20 +0000 Boogs 101670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had kids in and at our wedding. They were all really great and I would do the same thing again. If we were invited to a no kids wedding now I would probably decline to go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101633 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:26:43 +0000 yin 101633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kids were welcomed at our wedding, and I loved seeing them have a great time. They were all very well behaved (from what I remember) and so super cute on the dance floor. If kids were not allowed, many of our family members would not have been able to attend. Even though I didn't mind kids at my own wedding, I don't think I would bring my LO to a wedding unless it was a close family member. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101632 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:26:33 +0000 BSB 101632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I'm glad a lot of you don't regret it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101624 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:17:14 +0000 Rubies 101624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an adults-only wedding and even though I have an LO now, I still prefer adults-only weddings. This is only because every single wedding I've been to that had children in attendance there were kids who really ruined important moments for the couple (but I do believe the parents have to be responsible for their children's behaviour). For example, during the vows, a 6-year old kid was running up and down the aisle! Things like that...Ugh.</p> <p>We've been invited to weddings this year and I will be leaving LO with my mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101608 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:48:31 +0000 lemondrop 101608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a ton of kids at our wedding, if we had made it adult only, I don't think anyone would have come. We had it at the zoo, and it was a blast with kids running around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101606 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:35:26 +0000 mrs. wagon 101606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an adult only reception. Kids were welcome at the ceremony and at the church reception, which we attended first (ate dinner and cut a cake with my parents' friends) while our friends were at the extended cocktail hour before the evening reception. We had no kids AND none of my parents' friends, so it was just family and our friends, so everyone had a total blast getting wasted, dancing, and eating. I don't regret it for a second! When I attend weddings of friends I prefer to leave Wagon Jr. with a sitter. When I attend weddings of family members, since we usually don't know anyone I prefer to bring Wagon Jr. and leave after dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101598 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:17:47 +0000 runsyellowlites 101598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: We actually had a brunch wedding..... part of the no kids thing went into our guestlist size though. Most of our friends/family that have kids all have 3+ kids! If we had invited kids then with the 85 yes rsvps we got we would have been EASILY been 115-120 guests! eek! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101597 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:16:38 +0000 oliviaoblivia 101597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a fancy black tie night wedding with kids and they were the stars of the show. I was shocked at how much fun they had and how much fun we had watching their dance contests.<br /> Aside from marrying DH, watching how much fun the kids had in their fancy clothes was my favorite part. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101591 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:13:04 +0000 chopsuey 101591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our wedding was during the day though. I think adult only, night weddings are fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101590 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:12:17 +0000 chopsuey 101590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had kids at our wedding! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101588 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:11:09 +0000 Bluebonnet 101588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did not have kids at our wedding and I still do not regret that decision (I still contend it was one of the smartest decisions we made planning our wedding). </p> <p>We will be going to a wedding when LO is 2 months old and we will not be taking her to the wedding - she will be staying with grandma and grandpa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101586 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:05:59 +0000 runsyellowlites 101586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was 6 when we got married.... The only other children that were there were DH's neice &amp; nephew since they were IN the wedding.</p> <p>No regrets about not having kids there!</p> <p>Infact last wedding we went too we took DS b/c it was a kid friendly wedding (we have quite a few large families in our church that were all close to the couple), but then as guests began drinking they got more annoyed with the kids around. We ultimately left b/c another guest (who was already pretty wasted) was ugly to DS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101583 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:05:06 +0000 heffalump 101583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't have an adult only wedding. But if it makes you feel better, we're invited to an adult only wedding and I don't blame them. Its a fancy, late wedding so I wouldn't want lo to go anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-lo-do-you-regret-having-an-adult-only-wedding#post-101582 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:01:43 +0000 BSB 101582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm afraid that I'm going to regret having an adult only wedding when we have a LO.</p> <p>Anyone else? </p>