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The last wedding I went to had loads of kids present and there were no problems. The organisers had laid on a table with crayons, bubbles to blow, colouring books and jigsaws so the kids had something to do. You can't expect anyone under 13 or 14 to sit there and not get bored.
As for banning them, well it's up to the bride and groom as folks have said above.
I don't think a total ban should be in place, but if the to be wed wants a children free wedding then it should be respected since it is their big day afterall.
I agree.
I like kids but I hate it when they are screaming/whatever during the wedding vows. It's up to the parent to sit with them near the exit and take them outside if that happens!
I agree, I've been to wedding with Jake where he has started crying and I just walked outside with him, simple. Other times he has sat there quietly.
Would you rather leave the kids at home and enjoy yourself though?
I don't see the point in having children if they become either a hindrance to your life, or some kind of optional extra that can be hived off if they don't fit in with your plans. I hate the whole 'kids should be seen and not heard' thing, weddings are a family time, so the whole family should be there.
However, I do also agree with the fact that it is the bride and grooms day, so it is their perogative to invite who they want to.
I am going to a wedding next month, and they are not inviting partners who they do not know, which I think could be potentially very tricky :-s
I am going to a wedding next month, and they are not inviting partners who they do not know, which I think could be potentially very tricky :-s
Weddings are a minefield!
I don't blame them. You are looking at potentially £70 per head at a lot of venues, and if your relative gets a new boyfriend every week....
Their original guest list had over 400 on it, so it was an easy way to cut numbers to below 200. It's good for us uni guys, cos it will mean no coupling up and wandering off (and leaving me all alone! lol) Except for the two in the group of friends who are now (eventually) a couple, after he lusted after her for years! Awww....
I think that this was because the vicar couldn't hear himself think and the child was the offspring of the 'happy couple'. I sympathise to a certain extent with the cleric who would see it as his absolute solemn duty to hear the vows properly and concentrate completely on the ceremony which, in a church should be a spiritual and sacred affair rather than a kids bun-fight.
Of course... it was dreadfully handled by the sound of it and caused a lot of unhappiness but, to a certain extent, if you put yourself under the authority of the church to get married... you get what you get.
I don't see the point in having children if they become either a hindrance to your life, or some kind of optional extra that can be hived off if they don't fit in with your plans. I hate the whole 'kids should be seen and not heard' thing, weddings are a family time, so the whole family should be there.
However, I do also agree with the fact that it is the bride and grooms day, so it is their perogative to invite who they want to.
Ah kids are great. I love them and can't wait to have them but I just want my adult guests to enjoy themselves. I don't particularly think a room full of semi-drunk people is the right place for kids. And the kids in my family are very very young. Like 0 - 2, so its not a case of dressing up a little 6 year old in a flower girl costume and all that. Speaking of which, I don;t think kids should ever be in a pub but thats a different thread!
