I was reading an advice column by Washington Post columnist Carolyn Hax, and a reader asked about her stepbrother's wedding. The reader's brother asked her 5-year-old girl to be the flower girl, but didn't invite her 7-year old-son. What should she do?

Carolyn advised her to remove her daughter from the wedding to avoid hurting her son's feelings. And then she told her to get a sitter and go. What if they decided to let the little girl participate? What are the parents supposed to do with their daughter, not allow her to go to the reception? What's the point of a no-kids wedding?

How would you handle a situation like that? If a wedding is adult-only, I can respect that. But I think that kids are a great and integral part of the tradition. Would you even feel like going to a wedding that wanted to exclude your children? Or would you care, considering it a day out without the rugrats?


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