Dear Amy: In front of the family, I told my daughter that we could get her a beautiful dress to wear to the wedding. We then bought a dress. Then the wedding invitation arrived in the mail: NO CHILDREN ALLOWED!
Dear Amy: My husband’s niece is getting married. I’m so happy for her. There has been much talk about the wedding. We already received the save-the-date. Several wedding-related conversations have been held in front of my 12-year-old daughter. In front of the family, I told my daughter that we could get her a beautiful dress to wear to the wedding. We then bought a dress. Then the wedding invitation arrived in the mail: NO CHILDREN ALLOWED! I was completely devastated – to say the least.
We love them and want our kids to have good holiday memories; the problem is that several of them don’t RSVP until just before/on Thanksgiving Day – after we have prepared food for them all. The last event they were invited to , those that don’t attend Thanksgiving didn’t even bother RSVP-ing. I am considering not even inviting them this year since A) they never come and B) they stress us out with their last-minute “no.
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