Wedding Etiquette Forum

Choosing a date around the school year?

Hi all!  I'm only recently engaged so nothing is hammered out in stone, but my FI and I are trying to pick a date and guest list size, and we're running into a small problem...or at least I'm running into a problem.

My biggest problem is dealing with the large number of young cousins I have (oldest is 12).  I have come up with various solutions to having them there to make everyone happy (so far it's looking like a separate room with a babysitter or 2 and some games), so their presence shouldn't be too much of a problem.  The largest point of contention so far is that my FI and I are looking at having a late summer/early fall wedding, and my parents are insisting that that is inconsiderate because school will have started.  I know I'm suppose to take our guests into consideration when planning things, but am I really suppose to ignore 3/4 of the year because of my cousins' school commitment?

I don't want to rock the boat, and I know we'll probably have to suck it up and deal with it, but I was wondering if anyone else had any thoughts or similar considerations?
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