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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think its narcissistic to think that your kids belong at every event. You wouldn't expect to bring them to a cocktail party, which is essentially what a wedding is.

I see no problem with it. If you can't be apart from your kids for 4 hours, that's a problem.[/quote]

I find this thinking so odd. To me, a wedding is an event in which your loved ones - regardless of age- celebrate with you. NOT essentially 'a cocktail party.' I've gone to plenty of events and overnight trips with DH without kids so I'm not some mom attached to my kids 24/7.[/quote]

Do you go to cheap weddings or expensive ones? I waited until my mid 30s to get married. [b]Sorry but I'm not interested in someone's 5 year old running loose on the dance floor. [/b]There is a place and time for kids. If you have a laid back cheap outdoor or casual wedding sure invite kids. A formal affair? Not appropriate.[/quote]
You sound about as fun as a barrel of monkeys. Is your idea of a good time table service at some eurotrash bar?[/quote]

NP here. My friends brought their uninvited 5yo to the wedding because she wanted to see a wedding. [b]I had provided babysitting[/b], movies, and dinner but they decided she should come to the wedding anyway. She stuck her fingers in the wedding cake while her parents laughed. The other guests (who told me about it) were horrified. This kind of behavior, and the narcissism of special snowflake's parents is exactly why I didn't want kids. It seems fewer people want to discipline their kids sometimes. [/quote]

The bolded alone suggests that you did your part and nobody normal would be upset you didn't invite children. Your friend was selfish.

That said, I was worked up before my wedding about all the details, but the day of I was in such a happy place that I can't imagine caring about the cake, my hair, my dress, or really anything.  maybe it's short sighted, but I feel bad for people who are still hung up on details the day of. It was just pure happiness for me. If kids cried, my cake got smushed, or my dress got stained (it did and was even wrinkled before I walked down the aisle) I wouldn't have cared.[/quote]

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