Whether they're pilfering petits fours off the dessert table or twirling themselves silly on the dance floor, these photo ops in party shoes can bring joy and spontaneity to a wedding. Here's guide provided by wedding dress plaza to the pros and the cons of inviting the pre-cocktail set.
How to decide. Pros: Kids bring major spunk to your wedding album and swagger to the dance floor. Cons: Their need for constant supervision can make it tough for parents to let loose. Be honest with yourself about your vision for your wedding before saying yea or nay to tiny guests. And once you make a decision, stick with it.
Compromise is possible. There are ways to include kids in the wedding without giving them an all-access pass. One is to invite only your child attendants or close family members. Another is to set across-the-board age restrictions-say 10 and up. But the most diplomatic strategy is to include kids in the ceremony and cocktail hour, then ask that they depart before dinner and dancing.
Spread the word. To make your preferences clear, mark your invites with the full name of each guest. If you're not inviting kids, include babysitting information on your save-the-date, and ask close friends and family to pass the word along. Another way to make it explicit: Plainly state on your wedding website that the event is grown-ups only.
It is proper to invite only the children that will be part of the wedding, or to invite only immediate family member's children, ie. nieces & nephews. However, it is not appropiate to invite some family's children and not others, or some friend's children and not others.
Write "Adults Only Ceremony and Reception" on the bottom of your wedding invite
If you don't want to invite your parents to a wedding don't tell them about the wedding in the first place.
It's not in most cases. Destination weddings may be an exception, but to invite someone to your shower and not your wedding is a big no no.
No, it's rude to invite a guest to the Engagement Party when you have no intention of asking them to the wedding. If the guest has a reason they can't make the wedding then it's just fine to invite them to the Engagement Party.
No. You can invite or refuse to invite anyone you wish.
* It is wise not to invite 'some' subordinates' lest you hurt others feelings. If you have close friends that are your subordinates then you can invite them to the wedding.
You are cordially invited to attend my wedding.
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It is not poor etiquette to invite the same relatives and friends you had at your first wedding. Many people are married a second time.
Often the wedding planner is not invited to the rehearsal dinner, but if the couple want to invite the wedding planner they should also invite his or her's spouse.