Rehersal Dinners

[alum]

^^^^Haha, my wedding gown was very similar to yours!

Rehearsal dinners that I recall were only for the bridal party and immediate family of the bride and groom.

[GeekyPenguin]

Most of the rehearsal dinners we go to include the wedding party + dates and family of the bride and groom. Usually there's between 30-50 people there. I think at all of them we did family style meals, which works out great. Drinks were free with dinner and after that we were on our own - at most of them, everybody ends up staying out at the bars until at least 12 and that'd be a huge burden for the groom's family! Usually the groomsmen will take turns buying rounds or the groom's dad will buy pitchers.

I really like the more casual ones - I hate the really stuffy sit-down ones where nobody is even getting to know each other.

[pinkyphimu]

Has anyone ever received a written invitation for the RD? I have been to two and didn't but I know this is going to come up with my future in-laws.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by pinkyphimu

Has anyone ever received a written invitation for the RD? I have been to two and didn't but I know this is going to come up with my future in-laws.

I have - they're never really formal like the wedding invitation, but are usually a cardstock thing that the groom's parents made themselves. I like them because most of the weddings the Conservinator or I have stood up in are in towns we've never been to and they often include a map to wherever the rehearsal is and then a map to the restaurant.