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Rehearsal dinner

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Emma, on August 28, 2020 at 9:51 AM

So the day before the wedding, me FH, our bridal party and my parents will go to our venue that morning for a rehearsal.
My parents keep asking what we want to do for the rehearsal dinner. Do we have to have one? Like we are already running through it the morning before the wedding day. Why do we have to have dinner too?
I don’t even know what happens at a rehearsal dinner! Who all is supposed to be invited? My parents and his parents have never met. Is the rehearsal dinner so they can met each other (His parents love out of state) before the wedding day? I honestly don’t want to deal with one but if my parents really want to have one and they are paying for it, I guess I can’t really tell them no.

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Judith · on August 31, 2020 at 11:14 AM
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Lots of people want one. But they are actually only necessary when the rehearsal which takes them to significantly out of their way, or lakes a long time or crosses a meal time so they would miss a meal if you do not feed them. They are most often skipped by people with a local wedding where the rehearsal is 10-10:45 am, or well after supper, or other easy time for a local group. These people skip ip, or usually have it one of the last 2 weekends before the wedding. And people who actually rehearse while already out of town, or are just filled in by the Bride or groom informally, no rehearsal, usually skip it. ... You do need to do something, a private thing for each, or a luncheon, dinner, and give your small gift to each bridal party member. Some do that at the RD, but it has always been optional. ... At some point, I expect your parents want to meet, over drinks or coffee, or a meal. But they may not care to do it with wedding party there, because they want to focus on parent things. And wedding party may not care if they spend time with family they may never see again. Do what you want. Your parents and in laws want to know soon, so discuss it.
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