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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are expensive as are babysitters. [/quote]

do you never leave your kids, ever? do you go to work? to the doctor's office? to church where you leave them in the nursery? shopping? to the gym? I'm calling BS that you NEVER leave your child EVER, unless you are some weirdo attachment parenting type.[/quote]

In many of those cases you leave your kid with the other parent (shopping, gym) or with regular 5 day a week childcare (work, doctor's appointments). For an event like a wedding you could leave them with family. That's why it's hard for the kids not to be invited to a family wedding, because all of the top people on your list to babysit will be there. It's one thing for your kids not to be invited to your co-worker or college roommate's wedding, but when kids are not invited to weddings within the family that is just bizarre to me, especially when people act like you should leave one spouse at home or hire a sitter off the internet to watch kids to attend your own sibling's wedding. That is so far from my (Southern European) culture I cannot imagine. [/quote]

+1. It becomes complicated when it’s a late night or overnight event. We never had a regular sitter that we could rely on for late nights, and no family around. [/quote]

I don't understand how family means everything, and the culture is super family oriented, but no family around to help out? Ok.[/quote]

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