Hi everyone,
I’m a fourth time mum and just looking for a bit of kind advice please. I have been invited to a wedding (bride is a lovely person I went to school with- we are now in our 30’s and I don’t see her often as we don’t live in the same place.) When I asked, the bride told me that it’s only me invited and not my husband as they are only inviting both people in a couple if they’ve both met them.
She told me that they are not having kids there which is fair enough but that she’s happy to make an exception for me to go as I’ll have a babe in arms (so that’s kind of her.) Little one will be 10 weeks old and I’m just in a real predicament about whether to go or not as firstly, I feel a bit sad that my other half isn’t invited and secondly, I feel it’s quite an effort to go to wedding alone with a tiny person!
I went to a wedding when one of my other children was a similar age and I was a bridesmaid about 4 years ago. My husband was invited to that one and so I felt supported by him.
What would you do? Should I:
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Go to just the ceremony part in church and then make a swift exit?
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Go to all of it?
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Excuse myself and not attend at all?
Am I being really silly and overthinking this and should I make the effort to go for at least a bit of it?
Thank you and sorry for the long read!