So I'm a bit confused about how this should work--and after just talking with Rich, I want to make sure we do the right thing. Rich's parents gifted us a decent amount of money to help with the wedding---the majority of which has paid for the remainder of our ceremony and reception costs.
My dad just offered to pay for our meet and greet dinner the night before the wedding as a portion of our wedding gift. Rich wants to let his parents know that my dad is doing this because he says his parents will be upset if they think we paid for it ourselves (i.e. paid for it with their gifted money) when it was actually paid for by my dad. He also said it would be great for my parents to thank his parents for their role in helping fund the wedding, and for his parents to thank mine for their role.
I'm just not sure what the whole etiquette is on this is, in regards to who thanks who for what. While I'm sure there will be many "thanks" going around, I feel a bit weird instructing my parents to thank his for specific aspects of the wedding, and vise versa---I doubt my dad wants a big to-do over footing the bill for a dinner as part of a gift to us.
Any suggestions? Or am I totally over thinking this?