In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader upset when family brings their children to a kid-free wedding.
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader upset when family brings their children to a kid-free wedding. You can send your questions to Miss Manners through her email, [email protected].
Wouldn’t it be the choice of the bride and groom as to whether they invite children to their wedding? I have attended many weddings where children under the age of 18 were not invited. Our son and his bride planned a small wedding and requested no children in attendance, with the exception of the two in the wedding party. Even those two would be leaving after the ceremony to be watched by a sitter, whom the couple had hired to watch the children of the families invited.
Child-free weddings, especially ones that are out of town, do indeed make it difficult for families with young offspring. But as the rules of this wedding were clear and consistent, and a sitter was provided, Miss Manners agrees that your relatives were rude to bring them anyway. And certainly to cause a scene -- especially since avoiding public tantrums was undoubtedly the idea behind excluding children in the first place.
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