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Original poster

to not understand why, some folk ban children from weddings?

27 replies

feedingtimeatthezoo · 10/03/2008 16:46

i mean, if a wedding is a celebration of love, commitment and family, why ban the most important members of the family [imo] the children?

i honestly can not understand why some people do this? yes children can make noisy and play but so what?

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Chequers · 10/03/2008 16:47

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goingfor3 · 10/03/2008 16:48

I feel that weddings are about families too. SOme people don't invite children due to cost, some people just don't like children!

Chequers · 10/03/2008 16:48

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MotherFunk · 10/03/2008 16:48

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foofi · 10/03/2008 16:49

Surely people can still have these conversations though?

Chequers · 10/03/2008 16:49

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pedilia · 10/03/2008 16:49

IMO your weding day is exactly that YOUR wedding and I think that entitles you to invite who you like and not have to justify yourself.

Chequers · 10/03/2008 16:49

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wildwoman · 10/03/2008 16:50

get a grip Chequers if it is a troll ignore it otherwise let her get on with it. If it is a "cc" yaaawwwwwn

Hulababy · 10/03/2008 16:50

I can understand why but wouldn't have gone down that route myself. For me weddings are family ocasions.

Asd I said on the other thread, any couple who decide to exclude children from their wedding must also be prepared to accept that some guests will be unable/unwilling to attend. And on both sdes there should be no hard feeling.

MotherFunk · 10/03/2008 16:50

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Chequers · 10/03/2008 16:50

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MotherFunk · 10/03/2008 16:51

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wildwoman · 10/03/2008 16:51

is telling someone to piss off not giving orders?

Chequers · 10/03/2008 16:52

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Chequers · 10/03/2008 16:52

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MarmiteMe · 10/03/2008 16:52

I'm pretty new but I just don't want to post anymore to be laughed at if I answer the "wrong" thread with a serious answer.

Me thinks I'll wait untill all the trolling has died down.

Oh and for the record, not that funny

wildwoman · 10/03/2008 16:52

haven't I?

DANCESwithaMuffinTop · 10/03/2008 16:53

because you don't want your exchanging of vows remembered for the fact that your darling nephew humphrey announced 'I've done a poo' in the middle of them.
This topic has been done to death now. Please turn your mind to something more challenging like creating a new and interesting thread.

wannaBe · 10/03/2008 16:57

I didn't have children at my wedding because I could only have 70 guests in the room I hired in the hotel. Between three of my friends alone there were 9 children so that would have meant 4 couples would have been unable to attend.

same if I'd invited all my cousins - a line has to be drawn somewhere.

plus when you don't actually have children your view of them is not the same as when you do.

littlelapin · 10/03/2008 17:02

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VictorianSqualor · 10/03/2008 17:10

Oh piss off, it's boring now.

VictorianSqualor · 10/03/2008 17:11

I typed that and realised what I'd said, so unlike me.

2shoes · 10/03/2008 17:12

Oh not another bored namechanger

Lauriefairycake · 10/03/2008 17:13

cos children smell, shit, have nits and make noise

Thought I'd respond cantankerously and in the spirit of the OP