BM of my step children refused to let them attend my wedding reception. Their father and I really wanted them to be a part of the celebration. I know that I could be counted lucky in that my step children came to the wedding at all, but this is just beyond me. She allowed the kids to come to the ceremony, but not the reception. Her reasoning for this was because she was convinced that people would be drinking. Now, my husband and I were married in a small resturaunt, and like most resturaunts there was a bar area.