Sarah* had an “amazing” child-free Sydney wedding in September last year.
“I’m not a mum, so I didn’t want kids at all at my wedding so not even babies,” she told Mamamia.
The offspring of her friends and family were not put on the invitation and if anyone asked the bride-to-be they were told “kids are not invited”.
“It’s my day. It sounds bridezillery, but I wasn’t a bridezilla,” she said.
“All of my friends said I was a really calm and relaxed bride and it was a really calm and relaxed day. Nothing went wrong, we weren’t running late and I honestly think that had something to do with not having kids.”

Exceptions to the rule
On the day three children made the cut: Sarah's 13-year-old cousin, two toddler nephews and a friend's baby.
"I wanted my nephews there but I said to my brothers, 'if they cry during the vows or they cry during the speeches, you need to take them outside'," she said.
"I could say that to my brothers. I didn’t say anything to my cousin who brought their baby. But he came from New Zealand and he was a quiet, chilled-out baby who made no noise."
Sarah says she was determined not to have children "ruin" her wedding after attending previous kid-friendly weddings with grouchy kids.
"I’ve been to weddings where there’s so many kids and they’re uncontrollable and they’re running around and popping balloons.
"During my brother’s wedding, kids were playing and talking all through his speeches and it really turned me off kids at weddings."
Top Comments
Three yrs ago I got remarried and even though I have no young children that I needed to bother with attending our wedding, my husband to be had a "pack" of nieces and nephews. Since we had no kids of our own, we decided to have a "NO KIDS ALLOWED" wedding too. This went over like a lead balloon....lol. Oh well, it was our day, and I also thought that no kids would be running around ruining it. If you wanted to attend otherwise, so be it. Great wedding, no problems and adults could be adults for a change.
I'm tired of this society being in denial that actions have consequences. Yes, have a child-free wedding. Go nuts, I don't care. But accept that there will be consequences - not everyone will come. The same with free speech - yep, say whatever you want. It's your right. But accept that some people will disagree with you - loudly. People are behaving like toddlers these days, wanting to do and say whatever they like but wanting nothing bad to happen as a result. We all need to grow up.