MSE Parents Club Part 12

My_Fathers_Daughter

I did party bags for the kids at my wedding too Tara - even for the dot who was 11 days old

I guess I will never understand. Whilst I can hear what you are saying GISI my whole being screams 'NOOO' at the whole idea. How can you like the parents but not the kids??? I am at a complete loss

Krystaltips

We had party bags too... And loads of crayons and paper and kids magazines for the evening children, but what they liked most was those giant balloons that you blow up with a plastic tube and then let go and they fly around the room making squeaky noises... £1 for 30 from poundland

emlou2009

I'll remember those for mine Krystal, if it ever happens :rotfl:

My_Fathers_Daughter

Krystaltips wrote: »

We had party bags too... And loads of crayons and paper and kids magazines for the evening children, but what they liked most was those giant balloons that you blow up with a plastic tube and then let go and they fly around the room making squeaky noises...and spattering spit over all the nice outfits... £1 for 30 from poundland

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

redmel1621

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

I did party bags for the kids at my wedding too Tara - even for the dot who was 11 days old

I guess I will never understand. Whilst I can hear what you are saying GISI my whole being screams 'NOOO' at the whole idea. How can you like the parents but not the kids??? I am at a complete loss

I don't think it has anything to do with not liking the kids...maybe some people just think adult only do's are more 'fun':o Don't know? Just guessing really.

FWIW - I didn't have children at my wedding:p Well I had ds1 in a buggy asleep and ds2 was in my belly as a 7mth bump....but we got married in Cyprus so was just us. (and my 2 brothers who were only there because they cam on holiday with us:rotfl:

tarajayne

Ooo Krystal, great idea about the balloons. X

The ice lollies were not so much for the sore throat but the fluids if you can't get a drink in them. Some kids are tricky when getting them to have drinks. XXX

Fitzio

I am astounded that so many of you think it’s unacceptable for people getting married to choose who they want to attend their wedding. I am sure there are plenty of posts recently from the same people saying “it’s your wedding, do what you want etc”. Why can’t you respect other people’s choices without criticising them?

We didn’t want a big wedding and only had 34 people there. If I invited children it would have increased the numbers and we couldn’t have had the lovely venue we did. I don’t feel I need to justify my choices personally, but to call people self obsessed etc is ridiculous. And why does it mean you don’t like the kids just because they are not invited to the wedding? Lots of people have weddings without children. It doesn’t make us children haters.

If you choose to have kids, you should always put them first, but it doesn’t mean that everyone else has to bow down to your choice. I know it’s not directed at me personally, but I am actually really quite angry at your attitudes and some of the comments.

jennynoo

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

DSS has eaten less than Benjamin today his temp is up but he is not feeling overly ill, his throat hurts when he swallows but he is mostly okay. I managed to get him to have some rice pudding before bed but I worry when kids won't eat - any tips?

Banana in milk

I can kind of understand wedding's without kids but Erin will only be 11 months so hardly running around making a mess. I've never met the bride though, I'm friends with the groom. He originally said Erin could come but I guess something changed, the invite was late and hand written on the inside was 'no children.'

searching_me

fitz if i ever did they'd only be the 4 of us ... grab 2 random people for witness x

redmel1621

Fitzio wrote: »

I am astounded that so many of you think it’s unacceptable for people getting married to choose who they want to attend their wedding. I am sure there are plenty of posts recently from the same people saying “it’s your wedding, do what you want etc”. Why can’t you respect other people’s choices without criticising them?

We didn’t want a big wedding and only had 34 people there. If I invited children it would have increased the numbers and we couldn’t have had the lovely venue we did. I don’t feel I need to justify my choices personally, but to call people self obsessed etc is ridiculous. And why does it mean you don’t like the kids just because they are not invited to the wedding? Lots of people have weddings without children. It doesn’t make us children haters.

If you choose to have kids, you should always put them first, but it doesn’t mean that everyone else has to bow down to your choice. I know it’s not directed at me personally, but I am actually really quite angry at your attitudes and some of the comments.

I want to apologise as it was me that said self-obsessed, I was directing that at my old manger really, it wasn't meant to be a generalisation of everyone who chooses not to invite children to their wedding.....which as you'll see I edited one of my posts saying exactly what I have highlighted above, which is everyone is entitled to choose how they spend their wedding day, and so they should, it is their day after all:) Sorry for the silly unthoughtful comment in my earlier post:(

xx