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RD - who would you invite?

My FIL's are paying for our rehearsal dinner and planning the whole thing. FI and I are super grateful for this, as it's incredibly nice of them to offer and it takes some of the planning off of me!

However, they asked us for a guest list and we aren't sure who to invite. I told FFIL that it was their party since they were paying, and they could invite who they wanted. He said no, you just tell me who you want to be there and I'll send out invitations...

So do we invite the wedding party and SO's along with immediate family? Do we also include family coming in from out of town? My mom already has mentioned the RD to my aunts that will be here (I know, bad). And it appears that we have free rein to invite who we want. I've been to RD's before where it was just the WP but also where it included family from out of town.

What to do?
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Re: RD - who would you invite?

  • The wedding party and anyone else required to attend the rehearsal (ie. the officiant, any family members you're requiring to attend, readers) are the only ones who must be invited to the RD.

    If you have the room/budget for it, it is considered a nice gesture to invite out of town guests to the RD as well, but it's not a necessity and it's not rude if you don't. =)

    Hope that helps!
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  • My nephew got married last year and my sister invited the WP only to the rehearsal dinner, but had it early enough where she could invite all of the out-of-town guests who had arrived to their house afterward for drinks/bonfire/lawn games and it worked out great. 
    We are considering having something similar at our house after our RD, since we're getting married on a holiday weekend.  Invite whoever is in town to our house the night before the wedding to hang out and socialize, because we don't get to see these people very often.

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