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Rehearsal dinner with no rehearsal???

PrincessKait4688PrincessKait4688 member
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SO here is the deal. We are not having a rehearsal. FI and I have to do a ceremony walk through due to the fact we are getting married in a chaldean (Catholic Orthodox) church and it's part of our marriage prep. The people standing up have all been in weddings before and we have a day of coordinator from the church who knows how to line everyone up. I have some really close out of town family coming in and I think it will be really nice to have a dinner the night before to get a chance to see everyone and hang out with them since god only knows with a 300+ guest list I will not have a lot of time. My mother keeps telling me "it's absolutely stupid to have a reversal dinner with out a rehearsal." I was going to call it our"pre wedding diner." Is that weird?
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Re: Rehearsal dinner with no rehearsal???

  • MairePoppyMairePoppy mod
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    I don't think it's weird. If you are paying for the dinner, then your mom shouldn't have any objections.
                       
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  • LauraChristinLauraChristin member
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    We did not have a rehearsal but had a "welcome party" that was a dinner for our bridal party, families and all out of town guests. If you have local guests attending it wouldn't make sense to call it that though I suppose. I agree with your idea to have another night to greet guests. Many of our OOT guests hadn't even met my now husband and were eager to so it took that pressure off the wedding day.
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  • Kristin789Kristin789 member
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    It's traditional to have a dinner the night before the wedding, and the groom's family pays for it - so that's no concern of your mother.

    We had no rehearsal (no WP), but we had a nice dinner the night before.  MOG called me and asked if we'd like to go to Restaurant A or B.  We chose B and MOG set it all up and paid for it.
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  • LauraChristinLauraChristin member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_pre-wedding-parties_rehearsal-dinner-with-no-rehearsal?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:32Discussion:222f5ac5-4b1c-414d-b6c8-bef3b925d7dbPost:e340fc23-2f12-4abe-b394-c1fdaccc9a8a">Re: Rehearsal dinner with no rehearsal???</a>:
    [QUOTE]It's traditional to have a dinner the night before the wedding, <strong>and the groom's family pays for it</strong> - so that's no concern of your mother. We had no rehearsal (no WP), but we had a nice dinner the night before.  MOG called me and asked if we'd like to go to Restaurant A or B.  We chose B and MOG set it all up and paid for it.
    Posted by Kristin789[/QUOTE]

    <div>OP, I don't think you should assume anyone is going to pay for a wedding related dinner except you and your fiance. If someone else offers to pay that's fabulous but it's not expected and certainly should not be suggested to or asked of your in-laws.</div>
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