There are many places where adults would prefer not to be around other people’s children. Seated next to or in front of them on airplanes, their homes, spas, commercial fishing vessels; these places range far and wide. But there are few places where regular citizens, outside of private business and local governments, can impose a no-child rule themselves.

One of these rare spaces is weddings.

Some people getting married are now asking, some more politely than others, to leave kids out of their special day. There are plenty of reasons why some wouldn’t want children around. Perhaps it’s because they want their friends to party late into the night. Maybe they want their guests to fully take advantage of the open bar. What if no one wants children to witness the violent, erotic thrill of the chicken dance?

Or maybe the couple simply wants to avoid interruptions during their ceremony.

Naturally, because adults — who were all children at one point in their lives — are nosy and opinionated, they cannot help but give their thoughts on a child-free wedding. A smaller portion of those people, whether they’re invited to said nuptials or not, cannot help but think of needed exceptions to and complaints........

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