Angry Newlyweds Send Food Bill To Parents For Bringing Their ‘Rowdy’ Kids To Their Childfree Wedding

Apr 26, 2022 by apost team

Planning a wedding can be pretty stressful, but fortunately, most people have their families and friends to rely on during this time. It's common for the bride and groom to want everything to go as flawlessly as possible and make their wedding everything they could have hoped for. More couples are choosing to have child-free weddings in an effort to keep everything running smoothly and to allow the adults to have a more sophisticated and mature atmosphere.

In March 2022, a bride went to Reddit to talk about her bad experience regarding children attending her wedding. She explained how she and her now-husband wanted a childfree wedding and made sure to let all of their guests know. Since many of their family members and friends have children, they found a few creative ways to accommodate those who had children to prevent any children from having to attend the wedding ceremony and reception.

However, a few of their guests didn't seem to take the childfree memo too seriously as they still brought their kids to the wedding. Unfortunately, the problems didn't stop there, as a couple of the children were extremely rowdy during both the ceremony and reception.

In order to make up for the disturbance, the bride and groom charged the parents who brought their children to the wedding. However, some parents had a huge issue with this, and to this day are still having issues with the newlyweds. The bride turned to Reddit users to see what their take was on the complicated matter.

In her Reddit post, the original poster (OP) talked about how she and her husband did their best to have the childfree wedding of their dreams. "The kids are generally good, so the main issue was cost," she said, explaining how children two years old and up were charged the same as adults at their venue.

OP said that she and her husband explained this to everyone they invited and even compromised with the parents by having a pre-wedding dinner the night before that included the kids and hiring a babysitter for anyone who still needed one on the day of the actual wedding. "My in-laws offered their home less than 30 minutes away to host all the kids," she added.

However, three couples that the groom invited ended up bringing their kids to the wedding, meaning there were nine children in attendance. Even though the groomsmen offered to bring the kids to the in-laws' home, the parents refused. "My husband was called to handle it and he said fine, as long as (a) the kids don't cause trouble and (b) the parents pay the per head for the kds, they can stay," OP said.

A couple of kids slightly interfered during the ceremony, skipping down the aisle in front of OP. However, she let it go and moved on to the reception. Unfortunately, there were more problems. She continued:

"During the reception, the same two kids were screaming and throwing food. Other guests and staff were trying to get them to sit. At one point, one kid went under my dress, which was so f****** weird. I didn't notice and almost tripped."

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OP added, "My bridesmaids pointed out that the food they threw got on my dress and that's when I had enough. I gave my husband 'the look' and he rounded up the kids, brought them to the parents, and asked them to leave for good."

Afterward, OP and her husband sent a bill to the three couples who brought children. While two of the couples paid and apologized, the couple who were parents to the two "rowdy" children refused to pay since they had been asked to leave before being served cake.

Since then, the newlyweds and this couple have been having issues, and OP's husband even said he was ending his friendship with the couple. OP turned to Reddit users to see what advice they could offer and received plenty of responses commending her actions.

One user commented, "Stand your ground. You went above and beyond to accommodate guests with children, and they imposed." Another person said, "As a parent, I will never understand people who bring their children where they are not wanted. Props to you and your husband for having each other's backs and you for having such a cool head on your wedding day.

A third user pointed out that it was on the husband's friends to remedy the situation. The user said, "It was pretty darn clear what the restrictions were, and they proved the point on why you had those restrictions in place. Your husband is also right – if 'friends' willfully do something like that and refuse to square up after the fact, that sounds like they're not very good friends at all. It's on them to smooth it over."

Whose side are you on in this situation? Let us know, and be sure to pass this along to your family members and friends to find out what their thoughts are on the matter.