Do you think this is tacky?

[Liberty Belle]

Yes, the parents most definitely should have stopped her.

At my wedding when my mother was being escorted down the aisle, my friend's moron of a boyfriend was walking my friend's toddler up and down the aisle. I was furious.

 

[poohandwendy]

I don't think it was tacky but it was thoughtless.

My thoughts exactly.

Even if you forget about the pictures, the first dance is supposed to be about the bride and groom. All eyes on their special moment. It was thoughtless of the parents to allow their child to take away from their moment, IMHO. But, some people think their 'little preciousness' is THE center of the universe, so it does not surprise me at all.

 

[DisneyBlonde]

I can tell you what is tacky though. At my wedding I wanted one flower girl and chose my friends daughter. Another friend of mine decided that her daughter should be a flower girl too and failed to mention this to me. Imagine my surprise as I come walking down the aisle and find that some random child is now in my wedding party.

Not only had her mom shoved her daughter in there but took the flower basket from the real flower girl and had her daughter cary it instead. Our poor little flower girl was SO sad, she had been looking forward to her "big job" for months.

Oh. My. Gxd. What do you say to your friend after something like that?

 

[disykat]

Very rude. Any good parent would have told their child that this dance was only for the bride and groom and guided them to a far corner where they could move to the music without drawing attention. If sounds like this child has overindulgent parents who were allowing their child to have a moment of glory during what was supposed to be a moment focused on the bridal party.

 

[twinklebug]

I was at a very upscale wedding a couple of weeks ago, and a little girl was dancing in circles around the bride and groom during their dance, and during the mother and groom dance! I've since seen the bride and groom's photos online, and all the shots of both the dances are from head up. There was not one full body picture because the kid was in the way! Do you think it was tacky of her parents not to stop her?

I think tacky is the wrong word for it. Rude? Yes, unless the bride & groom actually would have wanted the child in their pics (if she were a child of either the bride or groom). The best and only good memory I have of my wedding was of me dancing with my son and sister at the end & there was no photographer there.

 

[Tigger Fans!]

I was at a very upscale wedding a couple of weeks ago, and a little girl was dancing in circles around the bride and groom during their dance, and during the mother and groom dance! I've since seen the bride and groom's photos online, and all the shots of both the dances are from head up. There was not one full body picture because the kid was in the way! Do you think it was tacky of her parents not to stop her?

Rude, tacky, etc...! I'm sad for the newlyweds that had their pictures ruined.

 

[jemiaule]

Oh. My. Gxd. What do you say to your friend after something like that?

Not much...ever again. She pulled another stunt at the wedding too. Pretty much sealed the deal for me.

 

[epcotfan]

Yes I think it was rude and thoughtless.

 

[FlyingBelle]

Not much...ever again. She pulled another stunt at the wedding too. Pretty much sealed the deal for me.

Can we assume you are no longer friends? That would certainly do it for me! Who needs friends that don't respect your choices - and on your wedding day!

 

[Hedy]

I'd be very, very irked.
It's called parenting, people.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

Originally Posted by jemiaule
I can tell you what is tacky though. At my wedding I wanted one flower girl and chose my friends daughter. Another friend of mine decided that her daughter should be a flower girl too and failed to mention this to me. Imagine my surprise as I come walking down the aisle and find that some random child is now in my wedding party.

ok, now that one shocks me.

....................the ever growing, "but my special angel is a Princess!" culture.

 

[curlybop]

Very, very rude. The wedding is not about the child. Even if the child is in the wedding party - guess what? Everyone came to watch the bride & groom get married, and share in their joy. Once all the special dances are out of the way, then let your child out there. But not before. There's nothing wrong with saying "no you must wait" and sticking to that.

Not only did the child ruin the photos, but it made the parents look like morons too.

 

[sweetspicy]

It sounds kind of like the wedding I posted about in the "tacky weddings" thread. The bride and groom's kids (two different sets, from previous relationships) were into everything during the ceremony. I wondered why their parents or grandparents or any of their relatives couldn't have just held their hand or something to make them stop walking around and chattering during the thing. But that whole wedding and reception were tacky for a lot of different reasons, as I had said. Anyway, yes, I think the kids in all the pictures is tacky, rude and thoughtless like the other posters have said too.

 

[princess pooh]

The same thing happened at our wedding. DH's niece danced around us in circles during our first dance, but the photographer managed to cut her out of the pictures. DH was pretty upset but I was more focused on trying not to trip on my dress.

 

[shirleyb]

I can tell you what is tacky though. At my wedding I wanted one flower girl and chose my friends daughter. Another friend of mine decided that her daughter should be a flower girl too and failed to mention this to me. Imagine my surprise as I come walking down the aisle and find that some random child is now in my wedding party.

Not only had her mom shoved her daughter in there but took the flower basket from the real flower girl and had her daughter cary it instead. Our poor little flower girl was SO sad, she had been looking forward to her "big job" for months.

That is incredible! I think that takes the cake!

 

[mla2177]

Oh, I forgot to mention..............the photographer cost her $6,000!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Micca]

Everything about weddings is overpriced, overrated, and blown all out of proportion.

 

[jemiaule]

That is incredible! I think that takes the cake!

Hehe, well ya might have missed my other post on the Tackiest Wedding thread. I had actually forgotten about the other incident until someone's post drudged up the memory.

I asked my best friend to be MOH and another friend (flower girl invaders mom) was a bridesmaid. I guess she didn't like that either because at the reception she was telling people she was also MOH and I had wanted two.

Thinking on it I am pretty lucky - as far as I know she didn't get her husband and her two sons in on the game either.

 

[Cool-Beans]

It is ridiculously rude...unless the bride asked her to join in.

 

[Yardbird]

Not so much tacky, but inconsiderate on the part of the parents. If the photographer was charging $6,000, maybe he/she could have found a way to have a few photos taken, without the child in view.