To think having our Christening party in a pub is odd?

[Strawberryteddybear]

We ideally want a community hall, but there are none local to our church that are available. Ones that are available are a car ride away and as some of our guests won't be driving, I think its unfair for us to expect them to get a bus/taxi.

There is a nice pub within walking distance that have a function room available, and is perfect. It doesn't really bother me or Dp but it feels weird and I don't know if our guests would be like .

AIBU? Or am I just thinking too much about it?

YABU, it's very common.

Use the pub. They sell drinks and do food. What's not to like?

YABU, I went to one 2 weeks ago and it was lovely.

We had dd's christening party in a pub. Well actually it was a carvery/pub and we all had a roast dinner!!!

Depends on the type of pub I guess - a nice family pub would be fine.

I have been to a few in a pub and didn't think it was odd :)

I've managed pubs and clubs for over 20 years and have seen hundreds of christenings. It's very common where I live.

It'll be lovely, nothing wrong with a pub.

YABU. We had ours in the pub across the road that had a function room. Nothing wrong with that, they dealt with the mess, and catering.

Why does it feel weird? Is it that you've just been to church, and then rolled into a pub?

Sorry I forgot - YABU!

Sounds fine, as long as it's a nice pub.

Presumably when Annunziata said "it's very common", she meant "it happens a lot'" rather than "it had no class"!

How vair vair working class. YABVU.

I'm from an Irish family and we'd consider it weird not to hold it in a pub or social club

YABU it's quite normal, have been to one and it was fab!

Why on earth does it feel weird, OP? Are your guests very religious teetotallers who think pubs exist off the Wages of Sin or something?

Presumably when Annunziata said "it's very common", she meant "it happens a lot'" rather than "it had no class"!

Oops, yes I did.

Is this a Methodist christening? That would be odd. Otherwise it would be perfectly fine.

It sounds lovely. Not weird at all. Have a fantastic party.

I'm so glad you confirmed that Annunzia, I knew you wouldn't have meant it the other way!

Pub function rooms exist for Christening and funeral 'do's'.

Why is it weird?? Because it sells booze?

It just depends if you have any very strict Methodists (very much in a tiny minority, but they do exist in Methodist Churches) who you were planning to invite.

Wet the baby's head

Go to the pub. Everyone does that here.

It's perfectly normal and fine to do gatherings after christenings (and funerals too for that matter) in a nearby pub. nothing weird at all. (Unless any of the family are strict methodists or SallyArmy or similarly abstentionists!)

That's not odd at all. Sounds like fun!

I don't think I haven't been to a christening party that wasn't in a pub.