re: Wedding invite etiquette

I definitely understand why you might choose to not have them at yours.

Having said that

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Secondly, I do not think a place where adults are drinking and staying up late is a place for children. I don't want anyone drinking and then driving their kids home. Plus, people get drunk at weddings. It'll be encouraged when my time comes. A drunken party is not a place for anyone's tot.

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None of the parents with kids at our wedding drove their kids home drunk. I would hope people you know are just as responsible. But it's definitely a fair point worth considering.

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And considering I know zero kids, the few who might be attached to someone I know would have a horrible time because there wouldn't be other kids to play with.

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All the kids at ours were family, but my wife has a big family. So there were lots of them to play with.

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At many venues, kids are part of the head count.

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My venue did not, which is part of why we allowed it.