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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was nursing newborn twins when I was asked to be maid of honor at my brother's wedding.  They also wanted my older son to be the ring bearer.  Wedding was a couple hours away, black tie, very fancy.  We planned to go to the wedding, spend a bit of time at the reception so the family members traveling from overseas who hadn't yet seen the babies could briefly meet them (they were really good babies and slept all the time) and peace out by the time the cocktail hour ended and before the sit down dinner began.  Welp, after I'd agreed to be in the wedding, hosted a very fancy bridal shower and bachelorette party, bought the stupidly overpriced dress, etc, my bro and his wife dropped the bomb that although they did want our son to be the ring bearer, they absolutely did NOT want any kids at the reception.  Period.  I have no idea what the etiquette books say, but it seems crazy to ask a kid to be in the wedding and then say, "Oh, but you can't come to the reception, sorry!" Anyway, DH and I were pissed but just took the kids to the wedding, let our son do his thing, and then rolled out of there.  This was three years ago and my bro and his wife don't have any kids yet.  I think they're going to start trying soon, though, and although I love them to death, I hope they get a set of colicky triplets.     [/quote]

Please don't be *THAT* SIL, OP.  I'm sure the out of town relatives could have met your children any other time.  You see, it just wasn't *your* day, literally.  Learn to be gracious, as life does not always go the way you want it to.  Didn't your mother ever teach you?

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It is totally rude to ask a child to be in the wedding but not invite said child to the reception. [/quote]

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