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TikTokers are rushing to support a bride who said she banned kids from her adults-only wedding ceremony

Andrew Lloyd   

TikTokers are rushing to support a bride who said she banned kids from her adults-only wedding ceremony
  • A TikToker shared a video saying she banned kids from her "adults only" wedding.
  • The upload received over 3.8 million views and over 1,500 comments.

A bride has received overwhelming support on TikTok after saying she banned children from her wedding.

On February 20, a TikToker who goes @ashleeylaam shared a video that began with a clip of a bride and groom dancing in the middle of a crowd. The on-screen caption visible above the party read, "POV: You have no kids at your wedding." The upload then cut to a close-up of a wedding invitation, zooming in on a line at the bottom that said it was an "adults-only ceremony and reception."

The video then showed what appeared to be a screenshot of a question and answer section for the wedding, with a response to the query, "Are kids welcome?" The reply read, "while we love your kids our wedding will be an adults-only (18+) event due to space and budget constraints" and that they hoped guests would be able to "take a night off and celebrate with us!"

A popular TikTok sound played in the background, in which a person could be heard laughing before they said, "Girl, fuck them kids and fuck you too."

The caption of the video read, "Ily but hard pass" alongside a series of hashtags which included #NoKidWedding, #WeddingFAQ, and #2022Bride.

The video received over 3.8 million views, and over 1,500 comments, and people overwhelmingly reacted with support for the concept of a child-free ceremony. "I was at a wedding where a child talked LOUDLY during the whole ceremony and the parents did nothing. I would be fuming," one viewer wrote in a comment that was liked 412 times.

"As a mom of 3, if I'm invited to a wedding where kids ARE allowed, I'm not coming. Let's make more events kids free," another comment read, receiving 1,280 likes.

Further viewers responded by sharing they had applied the same rule at their own weddings, and were happy they had done so. "I had a no kids wedding, it was amazing to just have fun with my friends," one viewer wrote, receiving 980 likes. "Mine said 'we love your kids but thought you could use the night off, Adult's only please'. Best decision we made," read a further comment which was liked over, 2,000 times.

It's not the first time the topic has come up on social media. In August 2022, a discussion about child-free weddings went viral on Twitter, as a user who goes by @Backpainandwine wrote, "Probably going to get slated for this, but people are perfectly entitled to request no children at their weddings," in a tweet that received over 160,000 likes and over 3,800 quote tweets.

It prompted a mixed opinion, as one Twitter user wrote the idea was "massively disrespectful of the family unit" while another agreed with the original tweet but said it was "a little tricky if there are nieces and nephews."

Videos of adults expressing that children should not take priority over them are increasingly going viral on TikTok, including a man who didn't let a crying child take his place on a ride, and a TikToker who suggested the concept of an adult-only suburb.

The TikToker @ashleeylaam has 764 followers on her account, where she shares wedding-related videos, which include wedding band shopping, insights into bachelorette recovery kits, and wedding morning tips.

For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.



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