So the venue that I really want for our reception if totally booked for every Saturday in October which is when we would really like to get married due to my school schedule (I'll be starting nursing school in January and I don't want it to be cold), which means I am seriously considering a Friday ceremony and skipping the rehearsal/rehearsal dinner. My ceremony is going to be a simple catholic ceremony and my priest is totally fine without rehearsing but the one problem is my fiance's parents. They are pretty traditional and have already told us that they want to take care of the rehearsal dinner and based on the one that they threw for his brother when he got married, they want something pretty formal and fancy. My mother (who is paying for the reception) suggested that I explain the situation and tell them that we are planning for guests to arrive on Friday just before the ceremony and if they would like to be involved financially or with the planning, that they can help out with the reception instead, she even when so far as to offer to call my fiance's mother herself to suggest it. My question for you guys is, do you think it is rude to even suggest this? I love my fiance's mother to death and we have a good relationship but she can be a bit dramatic and I don't want it to come off like my family expects them to help pay for the reception.