Dog and wedding

No, my dear. Please don't go against your future DIL's wishes. You will be asking for trouble. It would be much better for all if you could make other arrangements or it could cause a rift that may not be mended. As someone else pointed out, what would you do with your pet if you were suddenly taken ill and/or had to go to hospital.

I'm sure that you love your son more than dog and making this decision is difficult.
My friends mum left her wedding early to get home to her dogs, the bride was devastated!!
Please don't be that mum ?

SirChenjin mine used to, Then I switched to another view, and it went away and never came back. When I brought it up to mnhq I was told that no one had that feature, and one lovely poster asked how much I had been drinking that day. Another asked if I was confused and thought I was on mumsnet ??

I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who has seen it.

Whatever you do, don’t switch to the desktop site

? keep on runnin’ ?

The OPs threads show up as green on my phone but I’m not sure if there’s a way to highlight them on other devices - I agree it would be useful.

This thread is a prime example of why it would be helpful to have contributions from the OP highlighted on a thread. Several pages back the OP came back to the thread and said she is NOT taking the dog to the wedding!

Actually I did attend a family wedding where the groom's parents insisted on their dog attending the service. She was even wearing one of those cameras that people attach to their heads/helmets when cycling etc to get an interesting view of the proceedings. Not something that I would consider appropriate myself, unless of course both the bride and groom wanted it.

My daughter's SiL (husbands sister) had their large dog at their wedding, which was a beach wedding. Her hubby had it at the altar. The dog saw the bride and promptly ran up to her (yes it was on a lead) and jumped up at her. It then did a runner and while everyone else looked on stunned it was the bride who had to go racing up the street after it. And yes, she did have a big white dress and a veil!!!. Leave it at home. It is not your place to take it or even make a fuss about the lack of invitation.

I know someone who insists on her dog sleeping in her bed when staying at other people’s houses, and that has caused disagreements, but even she did not take her jolly old dog to her son’s wedding!

It’s given me a good laugh reading through all these comments. I think the main opinion 99.99% is the answer is no dogs at weddings. I find it hard to believe anyone has actually asked, and to be upset that it’s not welcome.

The question was AIBU?

The answer is YES!

OP ....sorry Kiki. Stupid auto correct.

I think the OK has had an answer to her question and we maybe need to leave her in peace. Enjoy the wedding anyway when it comes.

Dog at a wedding - no way, unless it belongs to one or both of the couple getting married. It's like saying I've been invited therefore I can bring a guest of my own......!

The fact that you even mention taking the dog "anyway" doesn't look great.
You have until next year to get your dog used to a dog sitter or a local kennels. It's that simple. I moved countries and had to do it with my 10 year old dog. She was fine.

Tongue-in-cheek post alert.

Wondering.... pondering.... do you suppose that the OP's annoyance was really caused by her devious doggy devotion being outflanked and circumvented by her son and his fiancée, who presumably know her well, telling her outright that she's not to bring the damn dog?

So all that was left for her to do was to bewail this awful fate on Gransnet? Maybe writing down the woe will have helped in the end. Gransnet can be good that way.

Take your dog and risk your son and DIL never wanting to see you again! Their day not yours, ridiculous to even think about taking a dog to a wedding especially when you have been asked not to take it!

As soon as I read the title of the post I had to laugh, because I didn’t think it could be serious. I can’t believe anyone would expect to be allowed to take a dog to a wedding. Yes you are being unreasonable.

Quite right too. No place for dogs at a wedding.

Twelve pages about a dog that wasn't invited to a wedding! The term 'barking mad' comes to mind. ?

My dogs don’t slobber and they are neither dirty nor smelly. However I understand that there are those who are not in touch with their ‘man’s best friend’ side and keep my dogs well away from them.

Actually having written that I’m trying to remember if I have any friends or family like that ... and I’m struggling to come up with any.

I don’t think that Baggs is out of order at all. Some dog owners are unbelievable and expect everyone to be mad on dogs. Well some of us aren’t and as far as I am concerned they are dirty, smelly creatures. Don’t get me started on the people who refer to their fur babies.
This is a wedding that the dog has not been invited to, it won’t realise and surely a couple of days being minded or in kennels won’t be traumatic and all the guests will be spared a slobbering dog around them. Surely people are more important than a dog, particularly at a wedding.

Our DD and SiL had a dog before they got married but no way would they have had it at the wedding. We have a lovely photo of DD in her wedding dress with their dog and their dog's mum (who belonged to SiL's parents) sitting on her train. The dogs stayed at our house for the duration (about the length of a working day, when they were at home anyway).

BlueBelle - yes, Kiki2 said earlier that she has got the point!
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How to lose you family in one easy lesson ....take your dog where’s it’s expressly not welcome
Second lesson make sure your dogs slobbers over baby (when it arrives)
I do wonder if Kiki is still wondering what to do and will we ever know ?