A MUM says her kids will be left gutted after her brother “uninvited” them from his wedding.
Taking to Mumsnet, she revealed her 10-year-olds have never been to a wedding before – and were over the moon to get an invite to celebrate with their uncle, who they “idolise”.
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She said: “They are 10 and very sensible so would not be kicking off in the ceremony.
“They have never been to a wedding before, there are not other kids in our family so this was a big deal to them.
“They are now uninvited because the guest list is too big so there is a no kid policy to exclude the kids of the brides cousins and other guests kids.
“I know it’s their wedding, they can invite who they like but I feel really sad that my kids will miss the wedding of the uncle they idolise and they will be so disappointed that they now can’t come.
“I really don’t know whether to tell my brother and his fiancé that it’s quite upsetting or just to pretend we are all fine with it.
“I also am thinking I should pass the uninviting job to my brother and let him deal with:explain the reversal of invite.
“It was more of a general conversation like a kids saying ‘wow that’s so exciting can we come’ ‘yes course you can’.
My DB (dear brother) did say they there were having a general no kid rule with the exception of my kids and a few other specific kids.”
And her fellow mums were horrified, writing: “Its s*** of them to invite them then uninvite them. Tell your brother he has to explain it to them himself.”
“Uninviting them is just shockingly rude,” another woman said.
“Horrible to exclude close family members because they happen to be under the age of 18. (It’s not like they’re babies who won’t care either way).”
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Some even suggested the mum should boycott her brother’s wedding completely.
One mum wrote: “I really wouldn’t go. It’s not just U, it’s unbelievably s*** of your brother to treat your DCs (dear children) like that.
“You wouldn’t do that to an adult so don’t do it to a child. So money comes before people. Tell him to shove his wedding.”
While a second added: “Don’t go. It is totally unfair to tell children they are invited and then decide not to.
“Tell your brother you are all going as a family (as originally planned and apparently agreed by him) or none of you are.”
But others said she should “suck it up”.
One wrote: “I find sometimes close family assume that their kids will be invited and then are a bit upset when it comes to the invites, to find the kids aren’t actually invited.
“I think suck it up in this situation as you’d be unreasonable to demand a say in who they invite”.
And a second said: “It’s disappointing but I think your brother and his fiancée are under a huge amount of stress so I think you should try to be understanding about the whole thing.
“Maybe try and organise a posh afternoon tea with him and his new wife after the wedding and let the kids dress up nicely or something like that to make up for it all.”
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