Really worried now because on my invites i only asked the couple because i only wanted my children and close family did not think i needed to state it on the invites i hope people get the message or i don't know what i'm going to do......
The last thing i need is people turning up on the day with the kids and i have no seats and food etc
CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs Nicol
there will be kids at ours but there isn't many we only have 5 under 10y and the rest are from 15y up...
CommentAuthorDiana89
Emma just speak to everyone soonish just to say hello and remind them of the date etc and make it clear then
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
just read my idea to my mother ..................she thought it was funny
the politest way is to write "adult reception" my husband2bs aunt wanted to bring her 3 and a half year old grandchild to our wedding and have him sit on the top table, she coldn't come in the end but i was quite pleased that her grandson would also not be coming, i wold allow a nicely behaved child but he is terribly behaved, they call him a baby even though he is almost four now, they sit him on their knees and spoon feed him everything or follow him and spoon feed him while he does what the hell he wants, before i found out he couldn't come we were in a restaurant and he was sat in a childs chair and he kept wriggling out and standing up and when they told him to sit down every 2 minuets he would claim he needed the toilet so they wold lift him out, this was at a funeral! Rant over! so yes writing "adult reception" is the politest way to go, its all very well writing just the guests names but there will always be poeple who don't understand/get the hint and bring there kids along too.
I don't disagree with this its your wedding my best friend didnt invite my daughter to the wedding (her god daughter) she was 9 months as she said she would cry all day which annoyed me i dont have a great family so they refused to have her she then expected me to give her to my BLINDE grandma who is 76 and my grandad who has ONE leg and is 76 when i said sorry i can't do that she then expected me to pay £95+ for my daughter to go an extra day in nursery i was her moh but i was soo not impressed in the end my daughter came to her wedding never cried once and my bestfriend was dead chuffed she came =s however if it had just been a friend who i spoke to but wasn't real close to i'd clearly understand i'd just put a little note in saying adult only reception
CommentAuthorLaura JaneW
Im glad I found this thread. I have this problem also altho I have my 9yr old son and 12 yr old Sil2b coming! I think I will just put on the inserts 'we are very sorry, but due to limited numbers, we cannot accommodate for children.' does this sound cheeky?
CommentAuthorlottie926
laura i dont think it sounds cheeky at all! its ur day and people should respect that! we're not having children at ours because there literally would have been about 68 children there!!! (we both have big familys!) so we just didnt write their kids names on the invites, but then we had the joys of everyone ringing to ask are their children invited! what a pain that was! so i wish we would have wrote something on the invites now about no children! lol...xx
CommentAuthorFernP61
i fel the same im having 3 small fgirls and my moh is pregnant due early next year apart from these and my son i dont want loads of kids running around causing mayhem as this is not fair on us and everybody else plus they get easily board im stressing about this one as im only prepared to watch my own after all its my big day and i dont want to be lumbered with loads of kids to watch xx
