My husband and I have been invited to a wedding in Chicago (we live in NC). We have a 4 month old daughter that will be traveling with us. We have already purchased plane tickets and have just been informed by the groom (a close friend of my husband from college) that the reception is an adult reception. He said they had told their families but didn't put something in the invitation for others. (It's not like we didn't tell him we had a child!)
I can understand not wanting kids that take up space and require food, but not a baby that will not need anything! We are not comfortable with leaving our child with a hotel baby sitter or any other person we don't know!
As far as I can tell, it's okay to bring her to the wedding itself. It seems ridiculous to fly all the way just for the wedding and not get to attend the reception. If we had known about this before we bought the airline tickets we probably wouldn't go.
What is the best way to handle this situation?
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WEDDING ETIQUETTE EXPERT
Aug 13, 2004, 12:42 PM
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Re: [carolinesmom] No Babies at Reception?
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Dear No Babies,
At this time, you could choose not to go, ask if there is someone in the groom's family who would babysit (there could be teenagers), or attend only the wedding.
Sorry for the miscommunication. Usually on wedding invitations, the names of the invited are on the invitation. If there was no mention of the baby, the baby was not invited.
No Babies at Reception?
