Questions: Family & Friends

Renting, etc

If no, why not?

I've only been to two weddings in my life (both when I was a child): My uncle's wedding and my parents' wedding.

My uncle got married when I was 9 and there were no kids allowed at the reception. At the time, I remember being so offended because I wanted to have fun, too. 😂 The reception was being held at a hotel and my siblings, my cousin, and I ended up having to be stuck in our room all night, being babysat by one of my uncle's goddaughters (who was a teenager at the time). I was a hyper kid and we all were so bored that we just started jumping on the bed. At one point we were hopping from bed to bed, and eventually we had security called on us because we were making too much noise. 😂

My parents' wedding was very different. The ceremony was pretty quick and they just had the reception at my grandma's old house and all us kids were allowed. 😋

I feel like the "No Kids Allowed" receptions are becoming more common these days, but what do you think?

Would you rather go to a reception where there aren't any kids around?

So like any of them Santa and the elves, the Easter bunny, tooth fairies.

For you does that also include the party princesses e. g. Disney/DreamWorks characters and allowing them to think they are real.

Personally I think there's no harm in letting the kids imagination go, I'm going to let the belief of Santa etc go for as long as possible. I remember my own memories and they were quite magical with the belief of Santa and my parents did it in quite a way that Santa can't make you huge electronic things like games or consoles, so you're expecting something cool and wonderful from Santa but not super expensive.

As for Disney I say while watching the movies that that character isn't real, but her seeing minni mouse was the sweetest thing I'll ever see. She was only 3 and they told us it'll be over a two hour wait, we had a roof but it wasn't indoors and I let her make the decision she told me she'll wait. Well despite it being about 8°C and raining, we sat down on some cardboard and waited no phones just chatting and cuddling cause it was cold. And she was the most patient girl ever and when she saw minni and daisy her eyes lit right up and she had a little dance with the both of them, ran up to minni when it was her turn and didn't let go for a couple of minutes and it was amazing to watch, I don't think I'll ever forget it.