Hey , I'm so sorry you r going thru this. Not seeing you on mother's day bc mother in law more important. Nonsense . Sounds like the gf is a chip off old block of mom. Sounds like sons gf is a well....brat. idk best advice other than talk to your soon about how you'd like to be with him more , or make plans to take walks, lunches , etc things that don't break the bank. Invite son and gf or if gf doesn't come just son. Start to do all you can to make effort to be with son away from this so he can make sure it's what he wants . You are his mother , you deserve to be held high
July 12
Re: No Rehearsal Dinner?
You don't have to have a rehearsal (many weddings really don't need them), but if you do you need to thank the participants appropriately.
BTW, SOs of wedding party members must be included, as must any children in the wedding party as well as their parents or designated and approved chaperones.
One other question. .. how do you feel about including the SOs at the head table? My daughter and grandson are both in the wedding party... the best man's son is our ring bearer. I thought it might be nice to include their SOs. Since there are only 8 members in the WP, to invlude them at the head table along with our officiant and his wife will total 16 at the head table. The photographer will be at her family's table and the DJ will also have a seat at the table with his wife. Does this sound proper?
You should always seat the bridal party with their SOs - it sucks for both of them otherwise. It's totally fine if you want to do that at a head table, or at regular tables.
For us, it was going to get unwieldy with everyone and their SOs at a head table or king's table, just because with 120 people showing up and 20+ at the head table, it seemed strange to me to have a sixth of the guests sort of "set apart." I also didn't want to be on display at a sweetheart table, so we ended up just seating everyone (including ourselves) at regular round tables - we sat with our siblings and their SOs, and our friends in WP got to sit with their other friends not in the WP, which they loved since they hadn't had much time to see those people yet that day.