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Kids at Weddings?

Taylor, on January 17, 2025 at 11:35 Posted in Plan a wedding 1 1

My fiancé and I are both content with the idea of having a child-free wedding, but we’ve sat down to start looking at our guest list and with an estimate of 73 guests, somehow we have 16 children on our list already. We aren’t really sure how to approach it or go about this whole decision.


I’m an only child biologically, but I have a nephew from my step-sister that we plan to include. My fiancé comes from a large family with six siblings under 10 and a nephew who’s two. Additionally, we have 4 cousins who are teenagers, and 2 cousins that will be under 10 as well.


Our venue doesn’t offer a cheaper children’s menu, and we’re not sure if a kid-centric reception aligns with our wedding vision. We’re not too worried about the teenagers, but how can we draw the line when it comes to having other extended family members’ children at the reception? Is it okay to specify that the reception will be adults only, excluding our immediate family’s kids? Or is it better to just not include any children in the reception and hire a babysitter after the ceremony? We’re feeling a bit lost and could use some guidance.


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Latest activity by Kate, on February 6, 2025 at 15:22
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    Hi Taylor,

    I think we had a similar scenario to yours... My husband has 4 children and at the time they were ages 12-16. I also have two nieces, who at the time were 14 and 15. We also did not want children at our wedding however we envisioned kids from our immediate family being there of course. However my cousins children who were much younger like, ages 3-7, we did not envision having them there - our wedding was just a very mature, swanky vibe and I wanted all the adults to be able to enjoy so! I did not specify on the invites however I did have my cousins msg me and ask and I simply said "Looking to give you and the wifey a night out to enjoy!" and left it at that. There fortunately were no problems and no comments made. The invite was also just addressed to the couple and so I think that made it clear as well.

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