Angry bride struggles through vows as guest lets baby cry during ‘adults-only’ ceremony
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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She looks more than mildly infuriated.
That’s when a member of the bridal party should quietly go ask that person to leave.
“Can you please take your crying baby out of earshot while we’re doing this”
Then just keep glaring until they do it. As everyone else glares and waits. Impatiently.
If it’s adults only it’s adults only, I would be more than mildly infuriated.
Why arent people enforcing rules?!?!? Im hispanic if you take kids to adult only parties you best believe your ass is staying outside. We might brig yall a plate but yall arent getting in. 💅🏼😘
I feel the same way about people who take babies to movie theaters.
The baby takes hearing loss and you ruin the movie by introducing crying and the expectation of more crying even when the baby stops.
I would have stopped the ceremony and asked them to take it outside so i could get married.
At my wedding in the early 90s, we had a child-free wedding and my church provided free daycare during the ceremony to avoid exactly this.
Unfortunately, one couple decided to keep their baby with them and of course that baby screamed throughout our vows.
I was livid. I did deliberately turn my head to give them a stern look but they were oblivious. My parents had shelled out thousands of dollars for one of my teachers to play bells during the ceremony, my piano teacher played the piano, we had a singer … everything was ruined.
We’ve watched the tape of our wedding one time since.
One.
Time.
The worst part? Neither my husband nor I knew those people!
We are infuriated at the person that brought the kid right?
I would’ve stopped the ceremony and asked the parents “is this a joke to you?” Seriously, no excuse for letting a kid ‘scream it out’ at a normal wedding, much less a childfree one!!
She really said “👀”
I hate this title. Such a shitty way to make the bride look like a bridezilla when in actuality she was greatly disrespected and handled it like a saint.
*Mildly* infuriating? I’d be incensed. This would ruin the ceremony for me.
Child-Free weddings are great
I went to an adult only resort in the DR and the people next to us had a screaming new born, all night that baby screamed and all night I wanted to blow my head off.
I’m getting more of a “Do you fucking wish to perish” kinda vibes from her.
Why did nobody make them leave? So incredibly inconsiderate.
I have the most amazing 2 year old. I will only take her to events if she is explicitly requested (and she often is, but I’m sure as hell not taking her to adults-only events). Some people are so incredibly selfish. “I want to be included, and I will ignore your wishes to satisfy mine!”
Reaction is understandable
Hire a fucking babysitter, ask a fav from a family member to watch it for a couple hours, or just don’t go
That applies to both child-free weddings + movie theaters.
if you’re unsure if the wedding is okay to bring a baby/toddler to or not: fucking ask.
And yes the cursing is necessary
Why were the people with the baby let in? There should be someone in charge to run interference for big occasions like this
Her wedding video was ruined and the parent didn’t have the forethought to remove the kid?
BY THE WAY even if this wasn’t *adults only* on the invite– you remove yourself if you are in charge of a crying baby!!! LEAVE THE COMMON SPACE, calm the baby down,and then go back. There could be 50 kids in attendance, and you still follow common courtesy.
Im with the bride here. If the bride wants an Adults only ceremony, you give the bride her Adults only ceremony.
Understandable reaction
As a former caterer, to say nothing of someone with common sense, young children generally don’t enjoy weddings, and you shouldn’t bring them unless the event is tailored for their comfort and entertainment. Taking a baby to an event where everyone has to be quiet is just stupid.
It’s the couple’s day. They spent the money (or their family, or whatever…), made the plans, the day is about them. They say it’s black tie? I’m buying a dress and my hubby is renting a tux. They say no booze? Bring on the mocktails! They say it’s pirate themed and they want guests in costume? Hand me that peg leg and I’ll sew a stuffed parrot to my shoulder.
They say no babies? No kids under 5? No dogs? 18+ or must be legal drinking age? Done. No questions. If you can’t figure that out, you don’t go. Easy as that.
Their wedding is not about you, Karen.
Good god. If I were her, I’d have stopped the ceremony and openly asked the mother to politely excuse herself to manage the infant. Doing this while withholding the righteous rage within me, of course.
What’s she gonna do? Decline in front of a crowd of friends and family? Probably the fuck not.
This is why I’m never doing this 😂
Maids and ushers not doing their jobs. It should not be on the bride to glare this problem away
If the invite says “no children,” *yours* aren’t the exception.
When I was watching my sisters high school choir performance, there was a baby that was crying and crying and the parent wasn’t doing anything about it. The conductor stopped the choir, faced the crying baby’s mother, and told her to leave. Waited for her to get up and walk out of the auditorium then awkwardly started the song over. Definitely ruined the mood!
I can’t imagine spending anywhere from 10-30k on a wedding and this to happen during one of the biggest moments! At my wedding, we had no kids and we had guests thanking us because it gave them an excuse to leave the kids with a sitter and actually enjoy themselves!
During my wedding to my ex-wife, I remember we said “no kids” for ours, and a lot of people strangely take offense to this.
“Gasp! How could you not want [baby cousin/undisciplined friend’s kid/screaming newborn baby] at your wedding? Surely you can make an exception for me?”
No, Debbie. Especially not your fucking kid. No kids mean no kids.
Happened to me as well. When we got married we said no kids. My BIL still decided to bring his newborn to our wedding. Kid walked like a banshee when my bride walked down the aisle.
Why was he crying??? Because he had a horrible cold. Got everyone at my wedding sick.
I spent the next week on th couch for what would normally be our “moving in” time for our new place together….