'My wedding isn't child-free but my entitled niece isn't invited, she'd ruin it'
A bride-to-be says she's happy for children to be present on her wedding day, but draws the line at her cousin's unruly daughter - who she fears could ruin her special moment.
The decision as to whether or not to allow children at your wedding is undoubtedly a tricky one and can lead to awkward conversations with your friends and family members who have kids. One bride-to-be has decided she doesn't want to invite her cousin's "entitled and selfish" daughter Cerrie to her wedding, fearing she will only throw a tantrum and spoil everything.
The 27-year-old bride explained that is more than happy for the majority of her friends and family to bring along their little ones; she satisfied that they will be well-behaved. But, since her cousin Linda's 12-year-old daughter has previously demonstrated that cannot behave herself at family weddings, she has not been put on the guest list. "I don't want a repeat of Cerrie throwing another fit," the bride said.
The bride and groom were put off from inviting her after a wedding two years ago, when Cerrie ended up causing a big scene on their cousin Lily's wedding day. She wrecked the cake when she learnt Lily's daughter had been chosen to be the flower girl and she hadn't.
Taking to Reddit, the anonymous bride explained: "Linda recently called me up to 'talk' and brought up child-free weddings and how terrible they are. Her invitation said nothing about a child-free wedding, it had her name, and her husband's name on it and no plus one or anything to indicate Cerrie could come. I told her I wasn't having a child-free wedding, Cerrie just wasn't invited because of what happened at Lily's wedding.
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"I don't want a repeat of Cerrie seeing she's not the flower girl again and throwing another fit." But the news did not go down well with Linda, who reached out to her friends and family to tell them what happened.
The bride contined: "Linda's since gotten all her friends and the few people in the family who take her side to bombard me, my fiancé and family with texts about how selfish we are for purposefully excluding one child while everyone else can bring their kids.
"If I did not invited Linda and her husband at all the s*** storm would be much bigger and the majority of my family would be calling me to tell me to invite her. Am I the a******* for telling my cousin I'm not having a child-free wedding, her daughter just isn't invited?"
Many fellow Reddit users sympathised with her plight and felt that Linda was completely out of order to react in such a confrontational manner. One individual commented: "It's actually perfectly fair to exclude just one child because they're badly behaved, it would be unfair to exclude all children because one is badly behaved. By excluding just the badly behaved child you are teaching her that actions have consequences."
"Your wedding your rules, and honestly if I were in your shoes I would probably do the same," added another.
Someone else wrote: " Your wedding, your choices. The child sounds hellish - her parents can choose not to attend as a show of solidarity, should they wish."
One person commented: "If my 10-year-old kid destroyed someone's cake at their wedding, I would ban myself from weddings for the next 10 years out of pure embarrassment and shame. Probably all of public life too if we're being honest. How can someone let something like that happen and not realise it's time to rethink every single decision they've ever made?"
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