Image by Lucinda May Photography<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHow do I ask someone to help us pay for the wedding?<\/h2>\n
Talking about money is never fun, and asking someone for money is just downright hard! But sometimes the budget simply won’t stretch far enough to pull off a wedding without financial help, and usually this comes from the ‘Bank of Parentals’.<\/p>\n
No matter how close you are to your parents, it can still be hard to approach them, or other family members, to ask for help to pay for your wedding. You can try and indirect approach, where you show them your budget and ask them for their ideas on how you can save money and this opens the door to the possibility of them offering to help you out.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, you can go for the direct approach and just ask them outright if they might be in a position to help you. Rather than gunning for “half the wedding”, which can be a daunting prospect for anyone to take on, ask them if there is a component or two of the wedding they might be able to help out with. It could be they want to buy the wedding cake, or pay for the bridal gown, or pick up the bar tab for the reception. This gives them a chance to choose something that is within their budget. And let’s face it, every little bit will help you out!<\/p>\n
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Do we have to invite kids?<\/h2>\n
No, there is no rule that states you have to allow guests to bring their children along. In fact, kid-free weddings are a hugely popular way to go.<\/p>\n
If you decide to go down this path, you will need to make it clear to your guests who have children, either by addressing the invitation directly to the parents and not the children, or by giving them a courtesy call after sending out the invitations to ensure they understand the invite is just for them and not the children. This can give you an opportunity to explain why if you wish to.<\/p>\n
If you are making this rule, you will need to stick to it and not allow some children to come, while excluding others. The only exception would be if you have little ones in the wedding party.<\/p>\n
Are there any other wedding etiquette questions you’d like answered? Comment below!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4503,"template":"","au_article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-44938","au-article","type-au-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_article_category-general","au_article_category-expert-advice","au_article_category-weddingplanner"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/44938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/44938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=44938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}