Weddings aren't for kids - there we've said it.
This might be one of the reasons Matt took so long to pop the question.... weddings are just better when you're a fully fledged adult. But now that he has grown up a little, he's finding out that the other fun thing about settling down a little later than most, is that your friends have kids. Lots of kids. In actual fact, we've counted a whopping 35 off-spring under 10 from our overly fertile friends, which is presenting a bit of an issue.
We can't fit 'em all in
35 kids is a lot, even for your average classroom. And we didn't really consider a full on school trip in the middle of our wedding. The real issue is that although they may be little, they count as heads in the eyes of caterers and capacity calculators and we just can't get em in. We've cut down our wedding list to 130 already, and if we say yes to the kids we'd be forced to make another "guest cull". Heartbreaking stuff. So what do we do? Well, we've decided to ask in the nicest way possible that you find a way to entertain them elsewhere. It might sound a little harsh, but we're assured by reliable wedding magazines that these days it's perfectly ok, so that's good enough for us.
The no kid policy
So please give it your best shot to get a night off parenthood because we'd love you to join us. There is one exception to the rule...we know for'babes in arms' they need your physical attributes for their dinner and you're in luck as they don't count as a 'head'!