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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the kid-free weddings I have been to have ended in divorce. I think it is because people who are so uptight and lack a family focused don’t do well long term. [/quote]

We had a kid-free wedding except for my four first cousins, one of whom was the flower girl. We’ve been married for 21 years.[/quote]

So you did have kids at the wedding.  Maybe you haven’t been to a wedding in a while, but the recent trend is NO kids.

I don’t think anyone really believes that their friends from college should be bringing their kids.  Get a babysitter or don’t come.  Whatever.  The issue is close relatives of the bride and groom, first cousins, nieces and nephews, etc.  There are no longer flower girls or ring bearers, etc.  And it is really inconvenient.  Because when you are this close to the couple being married, 1) you have to go, 2) the people who would normally watch you kid will be there, and 3) you are expected to attend all of the pre-wedding rehearsals and things, so it’s a three day event, not an evening out.

Honestly, I think the OP is lucky that she had a set of grandparents willing to look after them.  I had to cobble together three or four different people to cover during my sister’s wedding.  [/quote]

It's inconvenient no matter what. I'm going to my brother's wedding this weekend and my kids are invited and are attending, one is in the wedding. But we're still arranging childcare at the hotel because three year olds can't really hang.

If you have kids you have to deal with their limitations, one of which is not being invited to most weddings.

I really don't understand how entitled people are about weddings. They're doing what they're doing, you've been invited and the invitation spelled out what kind of wedding it's going to be (kid free, destination, dry brunch, whatever). Make a decision about whether or not that works for you and move on with your lives.[/quote]

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