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Wedding Party Dates for Rehearsal

ginger2431ginger2431 member
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Should our wedding party's significant others be invited to the rehearsal dinner?  My fiancé's dad is paying for it, and only one of my fiancé's groomsmen is bringing a date to the wedding, whereas all of my bridesmaids are.  Is it rude not to invite their significant others, or is it more rude to expect my future father-in-law to pay for their dates at the rehearsal dinner?
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  • KeptInStitchesKeptInStitches member
    5000 Comments 500 Love Its Fourth Anniversary 5 Answers
    It's rude to exclude the wedding party's dates from the rehearsal dinner. If finances are a problem (no strong indication in your post that they are), could you and your FI offer to pay for their meals?
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  • NymeruNymeru member
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    You should invite the SOs. Some of them might decline (some of mine did), but it's bad manners to not invite the couple together. Especially if they're coming from OOT, if you didn't invite the SOs, they'd be left to their own devices without their date in a town they're not necessarily familiar with. Not fun.
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  • MyNameIsNotMyNameIsNot member
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    ginger2431 said:
    Should our wedding party's significant others be invited to the rehearsal dinner?  My fiancé's dad is paying for it, and only one of my fiancé's groomsmen is bringing a date to the wedding, whereas all of my bridesmaids are.  Is it rude not to invite their significant others, or is it more rude to expect my future father-in-law to pay for their dates at the rehearsal dinner?

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    You absolutely need to invite the significant others.  It's assumed when you offer to host a dinner that you will be hosting the required invites, like s/o's.  If the host doesn't want to pay for these guests, you'll need to pick up the tab.    
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
    10000 Comments 500 Love Its Fourth Anniversary 25 Answers
    Of course you should invite their SOs. SOs should always be invited to everything unless it's a girls-only or guys-only event, like bachelor/ette parties and non co-ed showers/luncheons.
    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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  • lc07lc07 member
    Tenth Anniversary 2500 Comments 500 Love Its 5 Answers
    Ditto the PPs. Significant others should always be invited.

    If the budget is tight, the hosts need to scale their plans based on the guest list. 

    It is absolutely not appropriate to not invite SOs.
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