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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am actually laughing out loud at my desk to return to this thread this morning and learn that OP ELOPED!

([b]Also willing to bet no one thinks her kids are that cute at weddings, but that's another issue[/b]).[/quote]

Was coming to say this, too. I don’t care what people say out loud about OP’s kids (it has to be nice or else you’re an asshole), I’d bet the farm that many in their heads were thinking “get that kid out from underfoot” or “ok we’ve admired your kids enough, it’s adult time now” or something along those lines. [/quote]

And then posts like this show that there are aholes on both sides of this debate.

OP is full of herself, but if you see a kid at a wedding and get bent you are just as bad. They usually ARE cute and having fun and making family memories that will last forever. Some of my best childhood memories are the weddings I was able to attend (aunts and uncles).

People will plan a wedding, you will decide if you want to attend or not and try to show up and be happy and not be a sourpuss about ANYTHING, kids being there or kids being absent. I just can't with how mean everyone has to be about weddings, its really ridiculous. [/quote]

No one is getting bent about the kids being there; they just aren't nearly as cute as the parents think they are (which is almost always true in pretty much any context).  And when they are running around on the dance floor, it can be a bit dangerous for the kids.  [/quote]

Oh for god's sake. Show me the CDC list of children terribly injured at wedding dance parties please. You're being just as bad as OP. Family generally thinks the children they love are cute. If you don't, what do you gain by making sure the parents know you think their kids are ugly? That is not the spirit one should bring to any party, wedding or not. 
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PP, do you generally only ever speak in hyperbole?

There are many places where children shouldn’t or don’t need to be, even if they’re adorable. 
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I'm not the one who invoked the word 'dangerous' regarding kids attending weddings. Hyperbole thy name is the PP before me. [/quote]

I think you're digging your heels in here and I'm not sure why - you truly do not see how a dance floor filled with dancing adults (who were probably drinking) could be dangerous for a younger kid?  I am sure there are plenty of times when it's not dangerous at all depending on the number of guests, the size of the dance floor, how many people are dancing, the age and size of the kids.....but you can't admit that there are scenarios where it could be dangerous?  Someone posted above about some parents being so intoxicated they FORGOT to pick up their kid from the babysitter.  Would you want your 3 year old flower girl dancing at those peoples' feet?  [/quote]

Of course I am capable of coming up with a scenario where a child could be injured at a wedding. But its a red herring and you know it. Weddings are not dangerous. Just like any event with a lot of people, there is some risk. But just as you and PP insist that children being cute is not reason to make them attend, a dance floor being active and fun isn't a reason to keep them home.

I'm sure if there were a rash of bring-children-to-wedding-only-to-have-them-grievously-injured events all the anti kids at weddings folks would be citing it left and right.

Invite them if you want, don't if you don't want, no reason to come up with a convoluted justification that makes the other side seem like bad people. [/quote]

Hahaha a dance floor being active and fun is a GREAT reason to leave kids at home but ok![/quote]

For you. For some people its a great reason to bring them. Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can't different people have different preferences in peace?[/quote]

Of course they can have different preferences!  Live and let live!  You said, "a dance floor being active and fun isn't a reason to keep them home."  I said it's a great reason to leave kids at home.  So what you MEANT to say is that "a dance floor being active and fun isn't a reason to keep them home TO ME."  See how that two-way street goes?[/quote]

You guys keep reframing the argument in your posts like the posts before it didn't exist. My comment about it not being a reason to keep them home was in direct response to a side bar about how dance floors are dangerous. Not about whether or not its fun. [/quote]

You can't keep saying "Let people do what they want but BE NICE" and then criticize other people for having different opinions than you.  You can't keep misquoting things and then getting mad when your argument doesn't work.  Go back to law school.[/quote]

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