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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“No kids” family events are such dick moves.[/quote]

Being so entitled as to think of a ceremony between two people as a “family event” is a dick move. Want a family reunion? Plan, organize and PAY FOR ONE, cheapskate. [/quote]

In my extended family these are absolutely family events. Out of 16 cousins only one - the very youngest - had a “no kids” wedding. [/quote]

Probably because they knew it would be mass chaos of screaming, crying, and a all-you-can eat buffet rather than a seated, plated dinner. Don't blame them.[/quote]

Uh, nope. All the weddings have been seated, plated dinners, no screaming and crying. Lots of kids on the dance floor.

The no-kids wedding was very nice too. Though as someone else noted, it featured a lot of 20-somethings getting drunk, which none of the more family-oriented weddings did!

I can do either. Just pointing out that some of these assumptions are really about your families and if others do it differently from you, it's just different, not wrong. My cousins live all over the country now but we all lived in two states and visited frequently when we were kids. So big events -- weddings, holidays, occasional great-grandparents' birthdays -- really are a giant family reunion. As we get older not everyone can come, but most people really do try. The last cousin's no-kid wedding was a surprise because it was so different from the others -- in fact as the youngest, he attended several of these weddings when he himself was a child and teenager -- but, you know, whatever. It was fine. It definitely cut down on attendance but those of us who went had a nice time.[/quote]

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