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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask her to provide a list of local sitters. [/quote]

Nobody wants to drop their kids off with some random local sitter.

I don't think it's "rude" to have a child free wedding, but it's short sighted and doesn't take into consideration what out of town guests will do with their kids. ,But OP, if the first part of your post is true, just let go of the negative feelings you have and go by yourself. [/quote]

It's not about a bride and groom jumoung through hoops for every single guests. I did what I could, but I couldn't anticipate every single need for child care, work schedules, elder care, connecting flights, every single persons budget and leave schedules, etc. I focused on wedding logistics and accessibility issues for my guests with different abilities. That was enough to manage.

My plans didn't work for you? That's what the "sends regrets" line was for. No hard feelings on my end. If you had hard feelings, oh well. I was t planning a family reunion or a mass play date. [/quote]

It's fine. You're fine. You took into account the fact that not inviting kids might mean out of town couples can't come. It will be easier for op to make the decision, knowing the bride and groom are expecting them to probably not make it. I don't know why you're so defensive about it though. [/quote]

You don't understand why 25 pages of at least half the posters telling people who didn't provide babysitting and/or invite kids to their wedding that they are rude, heartless, anti-kid, anti-family, selfish and "missing the point of weddings" would make someone a wee bit defensive?

Huh. How interesting that you don't grasp that. [/quote]

I was actually wondering why pp was so defensive to MY post, which says it's not rude, but short sighted. The poster corrected me that she in fact was NOT short sighted, but knew all along that some parents wouldn't make it (I assume).

I guess I don't really understand why someone like this poster would have a wedding and then be so sassy and sarcastic about her family and friends not being able to make it (due to her own desire to be a child free event). [/quote]

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