Asking my parents to throw the rehersal dinner?

Re: Asking my parents to throw the rehersal dinner?

• AddieCake member

  

  January 2013

  The groom's parents do not have to host the rehearsal dinner. 

  
  

  It would be rude to ask your parents to do it. Unless they OFFER, it is not appropriate for you to ask anyone for money. 

  
  

  We hosted our own rehearsal dinner. My father paid for 99% of the wedding, and my husband's parents were not in a position to be able to contribute. We felt like we had already gotten so much from my dad that we just decided to do it ourselves.  You can do this very inexpensively. Keep your guest list as low as possible, and don't go to a high end restaurant. We went to Pizza Hut and had a great night for a couple hundred bucks. 

  What did you think would happen if you walked up to a group of internet strangers and told them to get shoehorned by their lady doc?~StageManager14

  

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• freebread03 member

  

  January 2013

  You should never ask someone to pay for something when they haven't offered. This goes for the rehearsal dinner as well.  It's very generous that his parents have gifted money for your wedding, but that doesn't mean that your parents must contribute too.  If they offer, great!  If not, plan on paying for the rehearsal dinner yourselves-doesn't have to be fancy, pizza, salad, and beer at your house would be perfectly acceptable.

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