Couple RSVPs yes, tells bride at ceremony they’re skipping reception to pick up their child: ‘The self-control I displayed on my wedding day was admirable, if I do say so myself!’

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  • "Guest informed me right after the ceremony that she & husband we not attending the reception"

    "I could have invited two people in their place and instead we paid for two empty chairs"
  • The self-control I displayed on my wedding day was admirable, if I do say so myself!
  • Save the dates went out 1.5 years in advance as we had guests from other states and countries. We made it clear in a kind way that it was a child-free wedding.
  • Pia and her husband Sven RSVPd yes, but when I looked at the song request tab on our online form, she had written, "Little one loves blah song so please play it
  • reserved reserved Π
  • to get him dancing." I kindly reminded her that it was an adult- only event and she confirmed it was only her and her husband attending. Okay.
  • Mere minutes after the ceremony we were basking in the glow and were being hurried by our photographers. P&S were hovering over by the side and it puzzled me so I greeted them.
  • That's when Pia informed me that they wouldn't be attending the ceremony because they "had to pick up little one from day care???" Um, excuse me?
  • I could have invited two people in their place (we were trying to keep it small and already felt guilty for leaving people out) and instead we paid for two empty
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  • chairs. Not even a card and then an instagram photo of them saying, "celebrating the wedding of a dear friend."
  • My sibling refuses to invite them to their wedding next year. Lesson learned.
  • Edit: the wedding was on a Friday. We organised a bus for guests from ceremony to reception.
  • Love kids but decided on a child- free wedding- not too many of our friends actually have them (those who do are all under 3).
  • However we did offer for the breastfeeding ones to come along, but all of them declined and wanted a night off! Husbands
  • or parents stayed with them. We even had a nursing chair in the bridal room just in case baby wouldn't take the bottle.
  • Their child is 4 and very, sorry to say, disruptive. The couple in question live in my city, so no interstate or international travel for them.
  • I was upset because my husband and I worked so hard to pay for this wedding- we did it all ourselves. And because I literally had got married not two minutes before. And because they told me on the DAY.
  • The instagram post felt false to me, because they didn't really celebrate our wedding. They left halfway through.
  • I would have rsvp'd properly.
  • I would have completely understood if there had been an emergency, but they seemed unhurried and casual in their words and attitude.
  • disappointedbeagle Maybe "Sven and Pia & their Dancing Toddler" had a paying gig later that day.
  • Meganmarie_1 They were 100% going to bring their toddler until you explicitly told them they couldn't. Then the butthurt began. IMO she wanted you to feel bad over the
  • exclusion of their precious offspring. That can't happen with an undramatic rsvp. Plus who expects a wedding music list to cater to their toddler?
  • LowFloor5208 This was absolutely a tantrum about not being allowed to bring LO. Otherwise, they both wouldn't have gone. One person could have stayed to be respectful. Or they could have made arrangements for a sitter.
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