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Dana
Dedicated October 2019

Bachelor/ette parties following the rehearsal dinner?

Dana, on July 19, 2019 at 12:51 AM Posted in Parties and Events 0 8
Will you all help me talk through the night before the wedding?

We live in Phoenix and are getting married in FI's hometown of LA. Our friends and family are spread throughout the country and most will be arriving Friday afternoon.

We will have our rehearsal at 4pm and the rehearsal dinner at 5pm. The dinner will have 75 of our 150 guests in attendence. We only have one person each in our bridal party, so it's mostly close family, out of town relatives we're excited to catch up with, and close friends. The dinner will likely last until 8 or 9.

Following this, we were planning to do bachelor/ette parties. He would play D&D at a whiskey bar with his good friends and I would invite my whole side of the family out for drinks to mingle and catch up. I'm worried people will come from all over and I won't get to actually talk to them at all.

However, this seems like too much. If it doesn't start until 9 it won't end until midnight and I really want to be curled up in bed asleep by then. And, the rehearsal dinner is bigger than I anticipated. Won't I have time to chat with those guests during the dinner?

But, if we nix it, we won't have an opportunity to do bachelor/ette parties and that makes me a little sad.

What do you all think? I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.

8 Comments

Latest activity by McKenzie, on July 19, 2019 at 4:18 PM
  • Mandi
    Master October 2020
    Mandi ·
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    My fiance was in a wedding a couple years ago and after the rehearsal dinner, the girls went out for a drink or two, the guys (and myself) went to a bar for a couple drinks and to watch hockey. I think we excused ourselves around 10:30.
    I think if you just make it clear that you want to have some drinks but be home by 10:30, you should be fine.
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Yea I agree with PP ^ If you can clear out before midnight that'd be preferable
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  • Megan
    Expert November 2022
    Megan ·
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    Does your rehearsal dinner have to be 4 hours? 5-9? Maybe if possible shorten it and have it end at 8? I would hope that if you wanted to be home by 11 or 12 people would be understanding that you need your rest, YOU are getting married and are the star of the show and need to be rested for the big day!
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  • Kelly
    VIP October 2020
    Kelly ·
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    I think rehearsal should start as early as possible so you can fit everything in. And is dinner really going to take that long? I think you could set a time for yourself to leave and everyone will understand, I suspect they all will equally tired.
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  • CDickman
    VIP September 2019
    CDickman ·
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    A lot of people do the bachelor bachelorette parties weeks before the wedding. So no one shows up drunk or hung over at the wedding.
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  • C
    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    We had our “parties” after the rehearsal dinner.
    My husband went to the strip club with his friend and cousin. 😒
    I hung out with my friend and sister in my friends hotel suite, my mom hung out for a bit too. We talked and drank some wine coolers. We stayed up later than the boys! I think i turned in around midnight, my room was in the same hotel just down stairs. And i was up early, before the sun i think. I had a couple errands to run and hair started at 8am. I wasn’t too sleepy. As a matter of fact i don’t remember being tired at all.
    All that to say, I think whatever you decide to do will work out fine. Just make sure you make your wants/expectations known. Being in a hotel/home is easier to decide your turning in. Being out/in a bar is easy to stay till last call. By setting a time to leave and letting everyone know i think you’ll have an easier time getting to bed at a decent time.
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  • S
    Expert October 2019
    Sara ·
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    Probably a “know your crowd” thing, I’d be worried about being too tired on my wedding day to actually enjoy it (which is why on my itinerary I have “Sara takes NyQuil & passes out @10pm” clearly written out 😂) is anyone coming into town Thursday night? Maybe you can have your celebration the night before the rehearsal instead
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  • M
    Devoted September 2019
    McKenzie ·
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    Is there time to do a brunch/ spa party on the afternoon of the rehearsal?

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