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re: Wedding invite etiquette
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:35 am to LSU-MNCBABY
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:35 am to LSU-MNCBABY
I actually somewhat agree with you. I wouldn't want anyone I care about to be bored and dateless at my wedding. I can't think of many weddings I'd go to dateless either.. It would have to be someone with tons of my friends there, and then they would never exclude my SO.
I totally understand why people have to make exclusions, and I'd never be butthurt about it. But I wouldn't go to an acquaintance's wedding alone.
I totally understand why people have to make exclusions, and I'd never be butthurt about it. But I wouldn't go to an acquaintance's wedding alone.
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:36 am to LNCHBOX
All guests should be allowed a +1. If you can't afford to let your guests bring a +1, then don't invite them or cut costs somewhere else.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:37 am to Jack Daniel
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All guests should be allowed a +1
i agree, but i definitely see the other side of the argument and it is certainly not "trashy as frick"...
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:38 am to Displaced
Fine, trashy as frick may be extreme, but it is certainly tacky to invite someone with no plus one
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:38 am to Jack Daniel
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All guests should be allowed a +1.
Children and teens as well?
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If you can't afford to let your guests bring a +1, then don't invite them or cut costs somewhere else.
Of course, it's only about money. Love the OT. Sometimes there are extenuating circumstances. For instance, the venue may only hold x number of people. Sorry that a gf of 4 months that has never met the couple wouldn't make the cut there.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:40 am to LNCHBOX
I see both sides. Like I said, I can't think of many weddings I'd go to alone. Who is going to share a plate of food with me because I'm too whiney to make my own? 
But no, it's not trashy at all. Some people have a lot of people they want there. I get that.
Kids-free wedding FTW.
But no, it's not trashy at all. Some people have a lot of people they want there. I get that.
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Children and teens as well?
Kids-free wedding FTW.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:41 am to LNCHBOX
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Children and teens as well?
Depending on the circumstances of the event, children and teens should be left at home for weddings.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:41 am to LSU-MNCBABY
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Depending on the circumstances of the event, children and teens should be left at home for weddings
Let me guess, that's trashy as well?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:42 am to LNCHBOX
No, not at all, but IMO night weddings in New Orleans for example are not the place for kids.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:43 am to LSU-MNCBABY
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No, not at all, but IMO night weddings in New Orleans for example are not the place for kids.
Why? Worked fine for my wedding at night in Nola.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:43 am to LNCHBOX
Well if you're going to have the wedding at a small place, then accept the responsibility of the choice you made and don't invite them at all.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:44 am to LNCHBOX
To each their own
Eta: having adults only worked great for mine
Eta: having adults only worked great for mine
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 9:45 am
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:45 am to Jack Daniel
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Well if you're going to have the wedding at a small place, then accept the responsibility of the choice you made and don't invite them at all
Yea, it's better to not invite them to what is at that point the most important day of your life. Definitely not insulting at all.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:48 am to LNCHBOX
No children will be allowed at mine whenever that time comes.
Firstly, I don't particularly like children. I don't find someone's kid who found their way to the dance floor to be cute. Sounds mean, and it's not meant to be.. they're just not my thing.
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.
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.
At many venues, kids are part of the head count.
Firstly, I don't particularly like children. I don't find someone's kid who found their way to the dance floor to be cute. Sounds mean, and it's not meant to be.. they're just not my thing.
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.
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.
At many venues, kids are part of the head count.
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 9:49 am
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:51 am to LouisianaLady
I definitely understand why you might choose to not have them at yours.
Having said that
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.
All the kids at ours were family, but my wife has a big family. So there were lots of them to play with.
My venue did not, which is part of why we allowed it.
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.
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.
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.
My venue did not, which is part of why we allowed it.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:53 am to LouisianaLady
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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.
Sporting events are no place for children!
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:56 am to Displaced
While plenty of people drink at sporting events, it is still a game at the end of the day.. not a party.
At a wedding with free-flowing alcohol, you can't go to a "family friendly" section.
There are plenty of weddings that are "safe" for children; I just don't see it as a children's event. Plus, if I had a tot, I imagine I'd be grateful for an excuse to get dressed up with my husband and go have an adult's night out.
At a wedding with free-flowing alcohol, you can't go to a "family friendly" section.
There are plenty of weddings that are "safe" for children; I just don't see it as a children's event. Plus, if I had a tot, I imagine I'd be grateful for an excuse to get dressed up with my husband and go have an adult's night out.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:58 am to SallyWheeler
Just ask. Some imply it, some are strict.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:00 am to LouisianaLady
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I don't want anyone drinking and then driving their kids home.
but you are ok with them drinking and driving themselves home?
we are having a few kids at ours, and we are having an open bar. our way of eliminating the drunk driving was to hire a shuttle service to the venue and back to the hotels. the people who live close can either stay at the hotel in the city for the night and ride the shuttle or keep a DD do drive home safely. this is important to us.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:01 am to LouisianaLady
We didn't include children in our wedding reception and looking back I kind of regret it, now that I have kids if the invitation says no kids it goes in the trash.
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