Skip the wedding to keep tween company?

[Anonymous]

Get a sitter and un tether the apron strings

[Anonymous]

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Your child can stay alone for this short period of time. Pick movies to watch, order a favorite dish and attend the wedding.
Don't fret about an invitation that is adult-only, either. The expectation that children should be at all events is truly bogus.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Skip the wedding and spend as little time as possible at reception. Put your child first.

This is lunacy. A tween can be away from her mom for 2-3 hours.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Like is this kid still nursing or something? Why can't you go to an evening event without her?

[Anonymous]

I don’t like leaving my tween DD alone at night for extended periods of time. I’d probably skip the wedding entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is SO rude. The ceremony is the important part.

Leave your kid home alone. Have her write out a schedule of what she'll do so she isn't wandering around the house aimlessly, and include her FaceTiming with Grandpa or someone, and you and DH calling between the ceremony and reception.

Write out a schedule?

May this level of neuroticism never find me

[Anonymous]

What a weird thread. Go to the whole thing and just leave early. Your kid will be fine, she’s just bummed her friends are busy on a Saturday night.

As for no kids - it’s an easy way to reduce your guest list in a clear way. If you are a couple in your 30s or 40s getting married you are going to know a lot of people with kids and that can spiral fast and get $$$. I know people who did this and only kids of the wedding party came

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like is this kid still nursing or something? Why can't you go to an evening event without her?

This made me LAUGH so loud
😩🤣

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