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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish people would get over themselves and invite kids to their weddings. The past 2 weddings we’ve been invited to are kid-free, both family - DH’s cousin and sister. We have to travel for both of them. We decided to just send DH to his cousin’s, and we will suck it up for his sister’s and have my parents watch our 9, 6 & 3 year old. I know “it’s their wedding they can do whatever they want” but I don’t get it - no ring bearer or flower girls, no cute kids on the dance floor. Weddings are supposed to be about family coming together. Okay. Rant over.[/quote]

My MIL was like this. I got tired of hearing how other people wanted my wedding to be and got married over-seas. People could come if they paid their way. I was perfectly fine with no one coming. Problem solved. [/quote]

I don’t understand this attitude.  Is every party you host this way?  You don’t care about whether or not your guests are comfortable or if anyone comes?

We had our wedding within driving distance of most of our guests, near a hotel that was nice, but also affordable, at a venue that was handicapped accessible for my grandmother.  [/quote]

Our families live across the US. The majority of both families live either a 3 hour plane flight or a 6 hour plane flight away from us. We had the wedding where we live, the DC area. Both families had to travel. The good news is both families were capable of traveling so this wasn't an issue. We invited the kids of family members, because we knew that they would have traveled and we wanted to have our families there.

Not everyone lives close to their family. Not everyone has the same priorities that you do for a wedding. Why is it that is so hard for people to understand?

And yes, our venue was handicap accessible. I think that is pretty much a legal requirement now anyway. The hotel was affordable and we provided a bus for people to get to the venue from the hotel because we didn't want people to drive drunk. [/quote]

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