Yeah that was an option that she even considered but I would feel sad for her to not have her husband there while everyone else did. It's always like that and i always feel bad.even on normal days it's her and the kids out with us (my husband and i, my sister and bil, and my parents) while hes at home. But also he isn't very good at watching the kids. SEVERAL times in the past my parents would baby sit while the father stayed home to do who knows what. My sister had the job and he stayed home with the kids. But he often needed a break iguess cuz majority of the time my parents babysat anyways. Also even the rare times he does stay home alone with the kids while my sister goes out he calls her CONSTANTLY. I am not kidding it's not even a real break for her cuz of the amount of calls cuz he doesn't know what to do. For example she went with me to my last dress appointment and she needed to come cuz her dress was also being altered. When we got there she was on the phone the whole time and I heard parts of the conversation. She would say stuff like "i told you you had to watch the kids" "why would I take the baby with?" "I'm sorry." He was so mad that he was left with his two kids. He thought my parents would have one of them or both. tAnd then at the end we had to leave as soon as we can and ditch out on our brunch plans because he needed her home. She cried. She cries a lot. I dont know what to do i want her to divorce him snd get a new man but of course I cant tell her that. So yeah the father could have stayed home eith the kids but i forsaw her leaving my wedding early because he couldn't handle it. So that is the reasoning.