ANTI-CHILDREN wedding? can't even bring children to the resort even if you have your own babysitter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The little dresses and suits are so adorable, and there ain't nothing cuter than the groom dancing with a flower girl.

thats so pedophile of you......

children are disgusting, i wouldnt allow any at my wedding, if i even have one which i wont because im not being tricked into having the nasty things.....gross! and shame on you for thinking your entitled to bring your kids anywhere you want with no consideraitons for others

[Anonymous]

My kids are part of "my life" and I don't need another life outside of them. Sorry you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are part of "my life" and I don't need another life outside of them. Sorry you do.

don't feed the troll.

[Anonymous]

Either don't go or have your husband go alone (since it's a friend of your husband who is getting married) and you stay home with the kids.
Really not the end of the world if you can't go to the wedding.

[Anonymous]

I know this post is pretty stale at this point. We are running into a similar issue for my brother-in-law's wedding. They have a no child policy, and while we appealed to allow his niece, that is not part of their vision. We will both be in the wedding. We are running into several problems that are causing us heartburn.

1. We were fine with finding a sitter through the hotel, but our daughter has just developed horrible stranger anxiety. I mean will scream for hours on end with a new sitter. (Not cool at a hotel)
2. The wedding is in St. Kitts, which is sort of a banana republic.
3. The travel time from door to check in is about 11 hours, so she may be fussy.

Can someone tell me we are overreacting and just enjoy the wedding?

[Anonymous]

Why didn't you just start a new thread?? This is so old and your issue is not the same. Some people will just read the orginal post and respond to that rather than reading many pages of answers. I never get why people do this.

[Anonymous]

seems pretty similar to me. I think you need to bring someone along as a babysitter that the kid already knows.

[Anonymous]

wow, when we got married we figured out how manypeople were bringing kids, gave them names of babysitters who could work at the hotel, and also hired a babysitter to entertain the kids who came to the wedding. It was no big deal, they were cute on the dance floor and the parents took care of them just fine. Honestly don't see what the huge deal is. If you bringa kid to the wedding and they have a meltdown you just remove them from the situation, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just decline. You don't owe them an explanation.

I don't understand why so many people think kid-free weddings are a good idea. I've been to a dozen weddings in the last few years, and the very best ones, bar none, were the ones with kids in attendence. The little dresses and suits are so adorable, and there ain't nothing cuter than the groom dancing with a flower girl.

As for the kid-free weddings: giant snooze-fests. Seriously dull, with nothing charming or unexpected happening.

I'm not suggesting that every place I go is appropriate for my child. Far from it. But weddings are (should be) family affairs, kids and all. And any invitation that specifically dis-invites some members of the family will be automatically declined.

I completely agree with everything this poster said. The best weddings I've been to had children in attendance. I would not go to the wedding and send DH alone.

[Anonymous]

I think it's perfectly acceptable to say no children, and it's perfectly acceptable to send your regrets if "no children" makes it difficult for you to participate. No sweat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just decline. You don't owe them an explanation.

I don't understand why so many people think kid-free weddings are a good idea. I've been to a dozen weddings in the last few years, and the very best ones, bar none, were the ones with kids in attendence. The little dresses and suits are so adorable, and there ain't nothing cuter than the groom dancing with a flower girl.

As for the kid-free weddings: giant snooze-fests. Seriously dull, with nothing charming or unexpected happening.

I'm not suggesting that every place I go is appropriate for my child. Far from it. But weddings are (should be) family affairs, kids and all. And any invitation that specifically dis-invites some members of the family will be automatically declined.

I completely agree with everything this poster said. The best weddings I've been to had children in attendance. I would not go to the wedding and send DH alone.

Even more than two years later, people still tell my husband and me that our wedding/reception was one of the most fun they'd ever attended. And, guess what -- there were no kids. Not to say it wouldn't have been fun with kids in attendance, but neither of us have nieces or nephews, and we didn't feel the need to invite friend's or coworker's kids (none of whom we were close to). (And we were not offended if people decided they needed to decline, for whatever reason.)

[Anonymous]

I wanted an adult only wedding and was furious when a few guests still brought their kids when they were not invited.

I did not have a destination wedding though.

I don't think they have the right to request that you not bring your children to the resort.

[Anonymous]

I do not understand the selfishness of some of the parents on this site. This is someone else's wedding and they can have it ANY way they want. There is nothing wrong with not allowing children. I would NEVER take my 2 year old to a wedding, because he cannot sit still longer than 2 minutes without food or some other distraction. Now, for the resort, I do say they should have gone with an adults only resort. That way they could have exactly what they want, because its THEIR wedding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I agree that the soon-to-be-married couple is obnoxious, I'm just amazed that there are people who won't leave their (non-infant) kids for a WEEKEND. Get a life, people.

I have a life. It is different from yours. Stop worrying about other peoples' choices.

haha. I have a 4 yo and 4 mo, and I cannot WAIT for a weekend getaway after baby turns one. I'm grateful the kids get the chance to bond with grandparents.

[Anonymous]

This thread is over three years old!!!!