- In a viral TikTok, Jasmine Cruz shared a list of the 12 rules she has for her September wedding.
- Some of Cruz's rules include no kids, no garter toss, and no big announcements.
- She told Insider that she said no kids because she doesn't want special wedding moments ruined.
Jasmine Cruz and her fiancé Pablo Cadena got engaged in August 2020, but she didn't actually start planning their wedding until they secured their Santa Clarita, California, venue in January.
After noticing that people were sharing their wedding rules on TikTok, Cruz decided she wanted to share her own list. Cruz's video, which was posted on January 28, had 1.9 million views on TikTok at the time of writing.
In the video, Cruz shared a list of 12 wedding rules, which include no kids, no garter toss, no big announcements, and more.
"I don't want kids running around unattended, their parents not watching," she says in the clip. "That will absolutely not be happening."
Cruz told Insider that she made the "no kids" rule because there aren't too many children, besides her siblings, in her or Cadena's family.
"I know kids can be super messy, wild, and will probably cause problems," she said. "I've seen too many videos of kids ruining special moments during weddings, so I want to avoid that at all costs. If people don't come because their kids can't come that just frees up more seats, so that's fine too."
Cruz's list also includes a rule that "vendors get treated as guests when they take breaks," which she said is the most important one to her.
"I am having some of my friends as my vendors and I am reserving seats for them as well, so having them be treated as guests when they're not working is really important to me," she said. "I just want everyone to be comfortable, happy, and have fun."
Since sharing the video, Cruz says the comments have been positive for the most part, but people definitely have opinions about the "no kids" rule, including some of her family members.
"We don't have the biggest budget, so we're just trying our best to keep everything local and also as inexpensive as we can, but still have our dream wedding," she said.
Cruz and Cadena have been dating for 10 years, and although they contemplated having a small wedding closer to when they got engaged in 2020, she said they wanted their loved ones to be able to celebrate with them.
If all goes as planned, the couple is set to have an outdoor wedding with 200 guests in September, and everyone will have to follow the rules, Cruz said.