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To take away DD's wedding dreams?

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PutsFootInIt · 28/02/2019 22:10

My daughter had a tantrum last night because I told her she couldn't be the mother of the bride at my wedding to her father. She's 3. Should I just dress her up in a pastel dress and matching jacket and put a fascinator on her head?

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Nonibaloni · 01/03/2019 08:44

It’ll be easy to tell, try on your favourite wedding dress, feel amazing, and if she laughs and says ‘imagine if you wore that’ she IS the MOB all that’s to be done is invite her weird and boring friend to sneak into all the photos (at least 3 yo will be cute)

MrsJayy · 01/03/2019 08:46

Surely a hat the size of a satelite dish would be better after all she is the VIPMOTB.

CuppaSarah · 01/03/2019 08:49

That is adorable!

We're all very into weddings here too. The other week I had to bake DD and d
DS a wedding cake and dress them up, put on a first dance song etc. Apparently I ruined the wedding and it was cancelled when o wouldn't allow a YouTube disco. Worst MIL ever

x2boys · 01/03/2019 08:53

Will she insist on inviting all her friends though , even though you haven't seen them for many years?

Shockers · 01/03/2019 08:55

Until he was 5, DS2 insisted he was marrying Daddy.

No amount of telling him that Daddy was already married to me would persuade him otherwise .

FrogsAreMean · 01/03/2019 09:21

StillCoughingandLaughing

cocodash · 01/03/2019 09:25

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 01/03/2019 09:32

I don't think Phase Eight's sizing goes down to age 3

drspouse · 01/03/2019 09:33

My DS is 7 and still occasionally suggests that he marry me.
He is definitely clear on the fact that I'm married though, as he often tells me "PUT YOUR HUSBAND IN JAILED" when DH has done something heinous like try to brush his teeth (he has some sensory problems).

drspouse · 01/03/2019 09:33

Will she insist on inviting all her friends though , even though you haven't seen them for many years?
Yes, including her imaginary friends, and all the teddies she's ever had.

Rade · 01/03/2019 09:33

Aw this takes me back to when DS was going to marry me. He's 21 now and has jilted me.

1tisILeClerc · 01/03/2019 09:42

Of course she should take part as MO The bride.
Depending on how formal you are planning the whole event to be it could be great fun if the (so called grown ups) play along. Far more interesting than the usual MoB getting tipsy and falling asleep or whatever else happens.

AveAtqueVale · 01/03/2019 09:43

My 4 year old is also wedding obsessed at the moment. She thinks she's going to marry me or DH...

My 4-year-old had full on snotty tears the other day when he discovered he could only marry one person at a time. ‘But I want to marry you AND Daddy 😭.’ I felt like it was the wrong moment to point out that he might actually have to look for someone entirely unrelated...

amusedbush · 01/03/2019 09:51

I recommend repeated exposure to Jacques Vert to cure the problem

Monty27 · 01/03/2019 09:54

Red lips, curly hair and a cutsie dress.
And a lollipop of course

JaretsGirlfren · 01/03/2019 09:58

My DD said I could be bridesmaid when she marries her best friend, then changed her mind and told me she had a far more important job for me and could I decorate the venue...

Witchend · 01/03/2019 10:17

At 3yo dd1 was so upset when I said that she couldn't marry daddy that we agreed we'd shelve the discussion and discuss it when she was 16yo, as she couldn't marry until then anyway.
You'll be surprised to learn that the conversation at 16yo was very quick, easy and mostly comprised of her going and

NannyRed · 01/03/2019 10:22

@TheCraiDealer my friend also arrived to her daughters wedding to find she was wearing the same outfit as mother of the groom but in a different colour! So either it’s a regular thing or I know your mum.

(Did your mums colleague write your name cards for the tables?)

Iooselipssinkships · 01/03/2019 10:28

How cute. Could you not give her the role of being Chief bridesmaid? Tell her it's a very important job!
My 6 year old son has said more than once he's marrying me when he's older. I've explained it doesn't quite work like that but he's adamant. I love that innocence.

Aprilshowersarecomingsoon · 01/03/2019 10:33

When my ds got close to my new dh - when we told him we were getting married, he said if dh hadn't married me he would have (he was 4)...they are very close now and no resentment!!

beela · 01/03/2019 10:34

Oh don't shatter her dreams!

Mummyoflittledragon · 01/03/2019 10:38

These stories are soo cute! 😍

Mummyoflittledragon · 01/03/2019 10:39

Oh and loving the idea of dressing her up as MOG in identical outfit to you 😬

TheLongRider · 01/03/2019 10:50

Mine loved picking her potential wedding outfits from bridal magazines at that age. If you can get your hands on a couple of magazines, it's a good way to spend a wet afternoon with a scrapbook and glue stick. She can even draw her ideal outfit for you.

Otherwise I suggest a nice pastel two piece with a very large hat that no-one else can see past.

JellyBaby666 · 01/03/2019 10:54

This thread has made me smile so much on a miserable Friday morning!

I remember being distraught finding my parents wedding photos, and discovering they had got married without me (7 years before I was born, in fact) and cried for ages about it! I think I was about 4?

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