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[quote=Anonymous]This issue is clearly bigger than whether you take your toddler to the wedding or not.  In a perfect world with a better relationship with extended family, this would be a total no-brainer.  But it's not given the history with your parents and either your lack of experience caring for your toddler or your wife realizing that you really will need to pass him off due to your duties.

Two year olds have melt-downs, need naps, need constant attention and care and need to be with people who make them feel safe.  If you are going to be busy being a best man and pass him off to near-stranger female relatives whom your wife does not trust, then I totally get where she is coming from.  My husband is a very hands-on dad with a nice reasonable extended family and I would relish sending a 2-year old off for the weekend so that I could bond with a newborn.  But you clearly aren't that person and your family is not that family.  This is SO not worth damaging your marriage over.  Go by yourself and in the meantime, get into counseling so that you and your wife can have mature, reasonable conversations about your relationship and what *you* need to do to demonstrate that you will put your marriage first and stand up to your parents on her behalf. [/quote]

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