Like who? Most people in DC, like us, have no family here. I would not trust a complete stranger to watch my kids for several days. |
I make 500K a year, I can afford a babysitter. I'm not dragging my kids on a flight to sit for hours without us in a strange town, strange room with someone we don't know. To fly back the next day. Pure insanity. I would go if we could all enjoy the event together and spend time with family. |
It’s called a nanny. Do you just go everywhere together? Like a gypsy tribe? What a circus. |
What’s insane is that you think you need to be dragging your kids everywhere. I don’t believe for a second that you make 500k. |
It’s very easy to say no. Likely these people are a required invite like a weird cousin the parents made them invite. The bride and groom don’t really want them to come and certainly don’t want them to show up with uninvited kids. |
You're supposed to have a nanny on retainer just in case you have to go somewhere for a weekend? |
We don't have a Nanny, obviously. I'm not hiring a stranger to watch my kids for multiple days straight and overnight. I don't think you get this isn't a money thing. This is a safety thing. |
They walk 5 abreast everywhere they go clogging aisles in grocery stores, Costco, sidewalks, etc. it would never occur to them to have one parent shop and the other stay home. It’s a big event. |
And that is what posters are saying, that they won't go. It is not worth the hassle knowing your invite is probably just a gift grab anyway. |
It’s a money thing. For sure. |
You don't want them to bring the kids in public but you will also be the first to complain if they never learn how to behave in public. |
Sure, at no price point am I doing this. |
Well you won’t teach them because you clog the aisles and are oblivious to everyone around you. |
Because you’re broke. We know. |
I have been all over the world with my kid I had at 25. We had a blast together. Wouldn't have wanted it any other way and I traveled extensively, lived and worked abroad in multiple places before having kids. |