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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sympathies. I can beat you! Dh and I are both in a wedding. Our kids are flower girls. And they aren’t invited to the wedding. Our baby isn’t invited at all. It’s insanity trying to figure this out. We basically have a series of babysitters working long hours. And the baby is headed hours away to grandparents. It kills me that they’re invited to the rehearsal but not the rehearsal dinner. Don’t they realize how impossible this is for parents? The reason they aren’t invited to the reception is cost and because everyone has kids, which I get. But our girls are pretty devastated at not getting to go. I sit then down before every meeting and forbid them from mentioning it at all. We aren’t local to the wedding.

I too had a childfree wedding but we also didn’t know any kids. Our flower girl did come. [/quote]

We have family members who did the same thing. I think I posted about it on here years back. They wanted our children in the wedding party and rehearsal but didn't want them at the reception or rehearsal dinner. I was also in the wedding party. They didn't tell us our kids weren't invited to the reception until after we'd paid for my dress and alterations, kids' outfits, etc and also offered no help with arranging childcare.

I am fine with child-free weddings and receptions but if you want kids to be in your wedding, you need to either allow them to attend the reception or hire a babysitting service.

Anyway, OP, if I were in your situation I would just not go.[/quote]

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