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Amanda
Beginner October 2021

Grooms Dinner Plus Ones

Amanda, on January 4, 2021 at 3:41 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 6

My fiance and I want to make an invitation for the Grooms Dinner/Rehearsal. We want immediate family and bridal party only at the actual rehearsal (which will be taking place most likely an hour before dinner starts), and then plus ones are invited for dinner. We just don't want a ton of people at the rehearsal who don't need to be and adding distractions, you know? What would be the proper way to say that only immediate family is allowed to the rehearsal portion and that plus ones are invited to the dinner on the grooms dinner/rehearsal invitation???

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Latest activity by Hanna, on January 4, 2021 at 5:17 PM
  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    What is a groom's dinner??
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    Significant others are automatically invited. Plus ones (true random strangers) are not invited at all.


    The only people who attend the rehearsal are those involved in the ceremony: bridesmaids/groomsmen, officiant, day of coordinator, the couple, any flower/ring children, parents/others directly involved such as escort down the aisle. Other people can watch but are not required.
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  • Amanda
    Beginner October 2021
    Amanda ·
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    Some people call it a rehearsal dinner, some call it a groom's dinner. It takes place the evening before the wedding to welcome the immediate family and bridal party who traveled to attend your wedding. Its also the time that the ceremony processional is usually rehearsed with the officiant in attendance, which is why it can also be called the "rehearsal dinner". This is typically a dinner that the grooms parents pay for but is not required to be paid by them.

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  • Mrs. Spring
    Master April 2021
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    I would politely tell them by phone or zoom asap.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
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    Most across the country know it as a rehearsal dinner and are familiar with what it is. But almost never do you hear the other term except maybe in one or two families or social circles in a specific region that have their own terminology. In the modern age of couples paying for their own weddings, they are breaking tradition by covering that expense as well.
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  • Hanna
    VIP June 2019
    Hanna ·
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    You don't need to say anything on the invites about the rehearsal at all. Just invitations to the rehearsal dinner. Then tell the wedding party separately to show up at the rehearsal. We had around 15 people at our actual rehearsal and around 70 at our rehearsal dinner, because we invited all family and out of towners.

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