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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is totally understandable to me. Say, conservatively, cousin has invited 15 couples with 2 kids each. That’s quickly 30 extra people. And those extra people are likely to cry through the ceremony and run amuck on the dance floor. You need to decide whether it’s worth it you to attend the wedding or not.

I say this as someone who also is juggling childcare for an upcoming cousins wedding, and who invited kids to my own wedding. The only situation where I think this is kind of uncool is if there are kids close to the couple (e.g. nieces and nephews) who would really be eager to be there. Cousins kids don’t count. It’s alsonice if the hosts can provide local babysitting recs (we did this for people who wanted to stay late).[/quote]

It surprises me that people care so much about kids “ruining” the day. So a baby cries or a 5 year old dances on the dance floor. What’s the big deal? The kids parents will deal with them. It’s not like the bride has to babysit. If the issue is that you can’t stand the idea that someone may spend more time looking at the cleansing kid than at you, or won’t hear every second of your scintillating vows because a kid might be talking, well, grow up already and get over it. I very wedding I have ever been to has had kids. Including my wedding. Never been a problem. [/quote]

I went to a wedding where a toddler screamed during the ceremony to the point that the person presiding over the wedding STOPPED the ceremony and said they were happy to pause while everyone got control of their emotions, or something kind.  Then at the reception there was a preschooler who kept running all around and waiters carrying trays of food were nearly tripping over him.  He was throwing food, and random people were trying to grab him to get him out of the way because other people were almost falling over him.  During cake he wouldn't stop yelling and then didnt want to wait for dessert to be served and kept trying to go up and get to the cake with the bride and groom.  His parents just were NOT parenting.  You could tell the bride and groom were getting a little frustrated.  [/quote]

Ok, that’s fair, as is the example above. But in both cases the problem is really the parents. At my wedding there were 20 kids ranging from 7 months to 14 years. All were fine. However the rabbi almost forgot to come and then called me by a different name (not mine) throughout the ceremony. Meanwhile dh’s aunt got plastered and made a scene and messed up a lot of photos. Just saying ...[/quote]

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