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@Foodnerd81: I'm from SoCal, btw. Most of the weddings we've been to have been no-kids, unless it is a traditional Vietnamese wedding banquet at a seafood restaurant. All of our friends (us included) had a 5:30p ceremony/Saturday-night-with-shots-and-freaking-on-the-dance-floor kind of wedding.
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We had nearly 30 kids at our wedding and the thought of not inviting them never crossed my mind. They're family or the children of my closest friends - why wouldn't I want them to be a part of our special day?
Personally, I've never understood the idea that kids ruin weddings. The memory of the kids tearing up the dance floor and the little girls oohing and aahing are some of my favourite memories.
We haven't been invited to any weddings since LO arrived as all of our close friends and family are married, but if LO weren't invited, we probably wouldn't go.
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We did not include children at our wedding and even as a Mom (now), I don't regret that decision one bit. We've been to a few weddings since LO was born, and we didn't bring her to any of them. It was so nice to enjoy a "date night" and not have to worry about LO.
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We invited children, although I'd add that our wedding was an intimate daytime event with no drinking and plenty of room for the kids to run around. They definitely stole the show (in a good way!) and everyone loved having them there. I didn't love paying full price for a chicken finger meal, oh well. But I don't remember seeing kids at any of the formal weddings I've gone to and maybe the setting wasn't entirely appropriate for them?
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My LO isn't here yet (still cooking) but I am still firmly in the camp that its your wedding, invite who you want. I totally understand if people don't want children at their wedding. DH will be an usher at a wedding when our LO is about 6 months old, and they are probably not having kids. We will either leave the baby with my parents, or he will have to attend alone. It kind of sucks but we'd never hold it against them. I feel like it's so hard to do the "right" thing when planning your wedding, I try to give people a lot of grace and understanding when it comes to weddings.
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L is 3.5 months old and I'm kind of relieved when kids aren't invited. It's hard enough to get our butts in gear to go out without him so I feel like a wedding makes us get out of the house for some adult time!
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I have 3 weddings to go to in November and kids are not invited. It doesn't bother me because weddings are expensive and people can invite who they want!
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I am in the camp of being able to invite who you would like, whether that include or exclude kids. But, i also in the camp of when I decline because I can't find a sitter or if its an out of town wedding and too much hassel to leave the kids for such an extended time, the hosts really don't have a right to complain or judge my decision to not attend.
We usually make the effort to attend, though. We just don't stay for very long, and leave early or after meals and speeches.
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@Beebug: some people might not want babies because their cuteness takes attention from the bride. You say you want your lo to see family .... well if there's a baby there people might ooooh and awwwww over your lo instead of the bride. I think that's silly because everyone always loves a bride and to me its important to have family of all ages there on such a special day..... but I have heard people say that.
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