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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 459362" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>I actually was faced with this exact situation about 15 years ago. We were invited to my husband's nephew's wedding several states away at a country club. His family is very close and we all get together several times a year with kids included. So when we were all invited to this out of town wedding we assumed the kids were invited. I can't remember how the invitation was worded but I always go with that, if it says Mr. & Mrs. it means no kids. So it must have been unclear. Actually all the siblings of my husband thought kids were invited too so it wasn't just us. A couple weeks before the wedding we got a call from our nephew telling us kids were not invoted, that it was a country club rule. Well we know that is not true but so be it. Of course we were stunned and didn't know what we were going to do with the kids. </p><p></p><p>Nephew and his soon-to-be wife said they were renting a suite where all the kids could hang oput and they would have babysitters and pizza and ice cream and their own party. OK we could live with that. But when we got there after a very long day of driving we discovered there was no suite, just a regular room. The babysitter was a girl and her boyfriend and neither one of them were friendly or looked liKE they ever babysat for kids in their lives. their pizza turned out to be mcdonalds burgers and there was no party. We all said nope not gonna happen. So my sister in law and I agreed to stay back babysit until another couple attending the wedding saw our dilemma with about eight kids in a small room and she offered her teen daughter who came along on the trip to babysit. She was wonderful with the kids and we attended the wedding. </p><p></p><p>We all thought the way this was handled was not the best but we loved the girl he was marrying and she is a wonderful addition to our family so we let it go. I wish they had stated from the beginning that kids were not invited and I wish they had made better plans for our kids since we all had to travel with them, but it is what it is and none of us wanted hard feelings. We truly thought the kids would be included because they were cousins of the groom, but we should not have assumed.</p><p></p><p>I have never brought my kids to anyone's wedding that was not a very close relative. I remember when I got married and my parents friends' brought three and four kids with them. Weddings are very expensive.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 459362, member: 59"] I actually was faced with this exact situation about 15 years ago. We were invited to my husband's nephew's wedding several states away at a country club. His family is very close and we all get together several times a year with kids included. So when we were all invited to this out of town wedding we assumed the kids were invited. I can't remember how the invitation was worded but I always go with that, if it says Mr. & Mrs. it means no kids. So it must have been unclear. Actually all the siblings of my husband thought kids were invited too so it wasn't just us. A couple weeks before the wedding we got a call from our nephew telling us kids were not invoted, that it was a country club rule. Well we know that is not true but so be it. Of course we were stunned and didn't know what we were going to do with the kids. Nephew and his soon-to-be wife said they were renting a suite where all the kids could hang oput and they would have babysitters and pizza and ice cream and their own party. OK we could live with that. But when we got there after a very long day of driving we discovered there was no suite, just a regular room. The babysitter was a girl and her boyfriend and neither one of them were friendly or looked liKE they ever babysat for kids in their lives. their pizza turned out to be mcdonalds burgers and there was no party. We all said nope not gonna happen. So my sister in law and I agreed to stay back babysit until another couple attending the wedding saw our dilemma with about eight kids in a small room and she offered her teen daughter who came along on the trip to babysit. She was wonderful with the kids and we attended the wedding. We all thought the way this was handled was not the best but we loved the girl he was marrying and she is a wonderful addition to our family so we let it go. I wish they had stated from the beginning that kids were not invited and I wish they had made better plans for our kids since we all had to travel with them, but it is what it is and none of us wanted hard feelings. We truly thought the kids would be included because they were cousins of the groom, but we should not have assumed. I have never brought my kids to anyone's wedding that was not a very close relative. I remember when I got married and my parents friends' brought three and four kids with them. Weddings are very expensive. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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