This sounds like an absolute nightmare and I hope she wins in court. But I've been to dozen weddings over the years and the vast majority of them were well attended by children. I've never experienced anything even remotely like this story and most of time they were a joy to have around.

Many years ago, I was at a party, and the couple who were hosting had a grandson who was being a total monster. The grandfather picked up all of the grandson's belonging, and gave them to the child's parents. He gave instruction, "Leave my house, and do not return until you have taught your child some manners."

I definitely want another update about court proceedings!

I got married last month, and had kids at the reception. The kids weren't a problem at all- my older brother however was incredibly obnoxious, got drunk, puked in the shrubbery, and had to be walked back to his hotel by one of my friends. The way we did it is we had a tiny ceremony on the Friday night. 7 guests only. My parents, my 2 closest friends, and 3 of my husbands close friends. No kids, no b****y aunties, no disruption. Beautiful tiny ceremony and a very fancy dinner. Then on the Saturday, family garden party at my parents' house with everyone invited. Space for kids to run around, we set up the Nintendo switch for them in the living room too. It was the best of both worlds. I feel bad for this bride, but this is why you have a crack team of expert bridesmaids who are there to intercept disruptions. My bridesmaids kept my horrible brother away from me to make sure he didn't ruin the party too much!

I had a child-free wedding - no regrets. Wouldn't have had it any other way. Didn't care if anyone declined because of it.

Would you have your dress cleaned and repaired at a cost of over $1000 after the wedding? My first gut reaction was that I would just let the dress go, like a "trash the dress." It's not guaranteed the bride or her future daughters would wear it again. But the more I thought about it, the angrier I got at the kid for basically stealing a perfect symbol of beauty and the beginning of the marriage. It's the principle of the thing. He did a wrong thing and now he has to fix it. What do you pandas think?

My ex & I had a child-free wedding because of one friend in particular. To say her children (3 under the age of 10) were unruly feral monkey brats is being kind. She repeatedly asked (begged) me to let her bring the kids. I repeatedly said NO. But I had a feeling - so the day of the wedding we had a groomsman guarding the door. Sure enough, here she comes with all 3 kids in tow. The groomsman tells her she can't bring the kids in. She tells him I gave her special permission. He laughed in her face and told her, "Ma'am, you're the reason I'm standing here. You need to leave." Obviously, she was pissed. She left me all kinds of nasty messages, etc. I responded by returning her gift with a note letting her know I was terminating our friendship. I don't need people who don't respect me or my boundaries in my life.

After seeing the parents do nothing to stop the first child from interrupting the ceremony, I would have paused it, stomped to their seats, and told them to GTFO.

Not that I'm siding with these s****y people but damn, I'm fairly certain that behaviour (kids and parents) didn't start on the wedding day. Why did you invite those people? It sounds like they have no respect for you.

I would have stood up during the ceremony at the first instance nothing was done and called the parents out. I don't care whose wedding it was. OR I would have taken the kids outside, left them there and then told the parents to go tend to their children. I'm too old to put up with b******t like that anymore. Lol

The moment those brats acted out, I would have told their parents to remove them. When the mom responds with "Don't tell me how to raise my kids," I'd kick her out too and lock the door.

I had kids at my wedding, but luckily the parents were all responsible adults and the kids were fun and well behaved the entire time

I don't understand this whole "kids free wedding" business. The problem is clearly the adults. You get a normal number of kids with normal parents, you don't invite a-holes whether your racist uncle or your useless-parents-nephews; and yes one parent will tell off another's kids if those mess up. Had about 30 kids at ours, between zero and ten, great times were had.

i can't even fathom having people at such a personal event without knowing what they and their kids are like. everyone in my life is someone i've known for years and years and i know what their character is like and who they are as a person.

If I were there, I would of parented their kids for them. when they then came to the back of the church, to complain, I would of told them to they need to take their effing monsters and leave, now. And I don't even know this couple. If had been invited as a +1 to a work acquantiance I would of stepped in. The fact that nobody else did is pathetic as well.

I had a child free wedding. ONE guest brought a 3yo, who f'd some things up. The little 5#1+ joined the bouquet toss and somehow caught the flowers. She also joined a wedding party picture without notice until the pictures came in. Unfortunately this was way before digital photos and photoshop. By the way, she was in a jeans dress, her dad was in jeans and a shirt with the sleeves cut off and mom was equally trashy at a place where one is expected to dress nicely (Castaway's, Burbank, CA)

I think it should go case by case. If you do not think the kids will behave then don't put "and family" on that invitation. I do think across the board under 21 not invited was weird. I know someone who got married last year (family) and my 20 year old son who had a 1 year old baby himself and his own home and fiance was not invited because he was not 21 yet.

Please provide an update!!

I think Judy is only getting married because Tom is getting married she feels she is entitled to all the things Tom is entitled to but Tom works hard for his DEFINITELY NTA 🤔

I don’t even know what to say

This is horrible, but I'm confused as to why they had to postpone their honeymoon to deal with a stained dress and a ruined fondue?

I wanted a child-free wedding with the exception of 3 children of my sisters. We didn’t include children on invites etc. The RSVPs, the people with kids, added their kids names into the RSVP and brought them along. I was annoyed but didn’t ask them not to bring the kids. I also didn’t make provisions for the kids they brought. To be fair, I didn’t notice the kids that did come as they were not little 5h1ts.

Can we not act like all children are entitled monsters. My stepkids were in our ceremony (10, 9, 7), my stepdaughter had kids at her wedding - all were very well behaved the entire time... this is a s****y parent problem, not a having children around problem.

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Totally fake story. Likely not worth my time to comment but the fake photos and fiction writing style are dead giveaways.

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I hate this type of selfish thinking and generalisation. In cultures around the world, and even in traditional Western cultures, kids are part and parcel of weddings because - after all - these events are about family. Yes, they may need some management, but that's normal; they are children after all and there are usually enough teenagers or young adults to the job. We have become so superficial and materialistic that we care more about the visuals or perceptions of strangers over our own precious children. The idea of denying children the opportunity to be part of something so significant and memorable is cruel imo.