Getting clarity on wedding invite- what is reasonable?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm all about no kids weddings, but nieces and nephews should be automatic invites. That's really strange, especially since there's only 4. Wouldn't they be ring bearers and flower girls? It's one thing to not invite cousin's children or your friends' children because you likely don't know them well, but you have a real relationship with your nieces and nephews. My kids would be really upset to not be invited to their aunt's wedding, even my son. We have small families though, so it's not like there's 25 nieces and nephews being invited.

If I were you, I'd book the plane tickets. Couldn't you leave them with your siblings' kids if they really aren't invited to the wedding?

Nope.

Not inviting any kids is fine. Putting your nieces and nephews on the "b" list is not cool.

What OP should do depends on whether traveling with the kids or leaving them behind appeals to OP more. I agree that even if they can't go to the wedding it would be nice to see the cousins!

+1. So bizarre. Especially since it doesn't sound like there are that many- either invite them or don't! Sounds like bride is on some weird power trip.