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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a special educator and a special needs parent I am just going I add that parents that tiptoe around their special needs children’s emotions and deny them experiences like learning how the world works (you are seriously going to keep the existence of wedding receptions a secret) and the opportunity to experience disappointment are harming their children.  I see it often and every family I know who would make this choice has a child whose transition to adulthood goes badly.

If you can’t go for the sake of your sister, then go for the sake of your child. [/quote]

How is this tiptoeing, though? OP let her daughter know she's not not invited to the reception (sidenote: since when does an open bar mean kids can't come? the bartender wouldn't serve them, so what difference would it make?). Experience of disappointment achieved! If OP were insisting that her sister HAS to invite her daughter because the most important thing is her daughter's feelings, that would be inappropriate. .

I don't see why OP is so wrong for not wanted to attend without her husband. If she wanted to go without him because she thought it would still be fun, I'd get that. If she thinks the standard reception activities won't be fun without him, why should she go? It's not prime hangout time with her sister, who'll be otherwise occupied. She's not responsible for her parents' decisions.[/quote]

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