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[quote=Anonymous]Looking back, I would make a different, more inclusive decision.  But we were mainly talking about two little boy cousins who would have been bored witless and a small dinner and dancing reception at a "view" restaurant in a tall building.  I thought with months to plan, the parents could figure out a babysitting plan.  In the end, the mom came to the wedding and skipped the reception although the dad agreed to babysit.  There were no hard feelings.

I also feel bad because I allowed an exception for a close friend who was an out of towner who had well-behaved kids under 2 and was going to come to the wedding as she drove home from a longer vacation.  I figured she had no ability to find a known, trusted babysitter and I didn't either because I was no longer living in the wedding city.  However, a car breakdown prevented her from coming on a short notice.  So my hypocrisy was never revealed. In the end there were zero kids.

Overall I had a guest capacity limit of about 100.  I B-listed only my mom's coworkers who were unknown to me.  One of them got mad.  I felt bad about that too.  I figured they would not care because they didn't know me at all.  5 people from my mom's work ended up attending out of 6 invited.

Lost 4.5 guests to car trouble. The family plus another college friend who made it only to the back half of the reception.

So I could have squeezed a few more in up front.[/quote]

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