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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mayne if you ask they will include the kids. I had people  add people to RSVP's and I managed to accommodate them. My wedding already included kids..There were about 12 kids in the 3-11 age range.  The other  "additions" were 5-6 people adding a date or a sibling. It was a little annoying, but later when I was a wedding guest I realized that weddings are a guaranteed happy event, and I understood why people wanted to come.

It can just be hard to see that when you are planning and thinking about $$.[/quote]

If you asked me, I would have no problem saying no, and would never invite you to ANYTHING I hosted ever again. [/quote]

People certainly do have a choice to end relationships over wedding planning..

That was not my choice because it's a wedding and it's supposed to be joyous. In the end adding 12-15 people did not break the bank when you consider the ridiculous cost of everything associated with a wedding.[/quote]

It's cute how you seem incapable of fathoming that not everyone has unlimited budgets. Or that for some people, having children at their wedding ruins their joyous time. [/quote]

It’s so short sighted though. hopefully their “joyous time” on one day makes up for the perhaps permanently weakened family connections cause by excluding kids that they were close to at one point. I mean OP threw them an engagement party! It’s the couple’s right to do what they want but these choices have consequences. They are clearly stating that family is not that important to them, so family will become more distanced and less connected. [/quote]

I agree with this. Someone in their twenties may not realize it, but for many middle aged and older people, a wedding is also a family reunion type event.  Many times when people talk about the last time they saw someone it was at a wedding.  My relative told me that he was very happy that his children saw my mother at my wedding and that their last memory of her was a happy one.  His kids were 6-12 at the wedding.[/quote]

+1. happy memories are made for everyone. I guess the current trend is to believe that the happy memories are only for the bride and groom but that seems really sad tbh. I can (sort of) understand wanting really small kids not to come to a late reception but excluding kids who are older is just sad, cramped and dry to me. [/quote]

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