Petty - after a child free wedding

[Magicboobies]

I know this is v petty - anyone feel the same ?

You see photos all over social of a couple who had a child-free/baby free wedding a while back (and you either could not attend due to breastfeeding or went to a massive effort to sort childcare out for your brood, on the pretence that they wanted you to be able to enjoy yourself, as if you don’t enjoy being with your kids) and now they’re posing taking their baby to a wedding “look how smart baby is in a suit etc etc”

I am fully aware this is entirely unreasonable 🤣 but also sort of want them to feel the slight annoyance I did, all whilst being judged by the masses at how dare I think a child could possibly be invited to a wedding.

Well yes, you can invite anyone you want to your wedding. D'uh. Not sure why you'd exclude elderly unless they were particularly unruly and needed constant supervising

Goodness me. If you resent them having a child-free wedding, you should have just declined your invite. Attendance wasn’t compulsory 🤷‍♂️

So a couple has a wedding they want, another couple gets married and you have a problem that they have taken their baby to couple 2 wedding

This is an issue why?

I had a my first baby a couple of years before any of my friends started having children so I did miss quite a few of their child-free weddings. I had to go to one child-free wedding because it was one of my closest friends. My baby was under 6months and breast feeding and my baby wouldn’t use a bottle. My DH drove me there (it was several hours away).I went to the ceremony and then left and we drove home for several hours. I didn’t want him to hang around outside any longer and I wouldn’t have enjoyed going backwards and forwards anyway. I turned down all other child-free weddings because it wasn’t an experience I would repeat for anyone less close to me. One of my child-free friends had a go at me afterwards for selfishly missing the reception.

Of course people can do what they want for their wedding, but to pretend it is for the benefit of the parents is incredibly irritating.

Yes - I hate it when they say the reason it is child free is to give parents the opportunity to have a break and party.

i would much rather they were honest and said they simply don’t want kids there.

If I want the opportunity to have a break and party I will choose to have a child free night.

Haha love this reply.

Unless the couple in question have INSISTED to a good friend or family member they take their baby to a child free wedding, nothing to be bitter about here at all. You decided to go to a child free wedding, despite the hassle of it being child free. That was YOUR decision. They are taking their child to a wedding where it's wanted. That's fine. Who knows, maybe they would rather leave the baby with someone, but the couple have insisted they should bring the baby.