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[quote=Anonymous]I have three children, who I love dearly, and at the same time understand why people decide to have adults only weddings. My husband and I had an adults only wedding, with the exception of infants and his 7 year old nephew who we were told had to attend.

A good friend had an adults only wedding and now her husband doesn’t speak to his sister because she was angry she could not bring her 12 year old (his sister lived an hour away from the venue) and has never recovered from the slight. His other sister actually brought her child in protest of the wedding being adults only.

My husband and I were just invited to his cousin’s adults only wedding and my SILs, who I like a lot, are irate even though their in laws can watch their children who are in grade school, the wedding is in the evening with a 7 pm dinner, and they both regularly attend weddings for friends without their children and even travel internationally without their children (the wedding is four hours away). My MIL, who I also like a lot, has promised to try to strong arm the couple into allowing children and my SILs have declared the bride persona non grata.

What am I missing? Why do people go to such lengths to push boundaries on this issue and feel such vitriol about an adult only wedding when not attending is always an option? I have declined various social invitations over the years because of childcare or children-related issues and never begrudged the individual sending the invite for not allowing me to show up with my brood. This feels more and more to me like a hazing ritual some families put engaged couples through, or am I missing something? [/quote]

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