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Jillian
Dedicated August 2019

Invites to Rehearsal Dinner????

Jillian, on July 10, 2019 at 9:16 AM Posted in Parties and Events 0 6

Hi Lovely Brides!


My wedding is Aug 24th!! IT's Almost Here and I am SOOO excited! I just had a quick question. My mother and father in law are hosting and throwing the rehearsal dinner (So sweet of them!) It is the only part of the wedding they are paying for..we are doing everything else on our own as far as money goes. (My parents are helping out alot with DIY stuff and general planning)


We have had one sit down MONTHS ago with his family to talk about the rehearsal dinner. She told us a general plan and where she had booked. Then she tells us that she is planning for around 40 people!! That seemed like a lot considering with grandparents, Spouses of wedding party flower girls, parents, and us, we are only at 25! So I asked who else she was thinking about inviting. I also want to take a moment to say I had made a point to say early in the planning of this that we wanted to keep it low key and simple. Only invite please coming to the rehearsal. (2 different locations)


MIL says that she wants to invite any out of town guest that may already be in town that is family. So all cousins, aunts, uncles...etc...


She is paying for it so I said if that is what she wants the more the merrier! Its not like we get a ton of time with them any ways! My question is we are 44 days from the wedding and still crickets! So I had FH ask what the plan was for invites...How are we going to let these people know that they are invited to this dinner?


He gave her a call and asked if she was sending invites...She said no. SOOOO What am I suppose to do? Make my own call on who to tell?? DO you think it would be over stepping if I created an E-vite or a smaller post card with the details and information on it to send out?


Am I just crazy?? and getting caught up in all of the details!?? I just think they should know where and when at least and I dont want the responsibility of personally inviting all of these people and making sure they took down the information correctly. Cause day of they will be calling ME!


**Sorry this was sooo long.. but also Im not cause it was good to get it off my chest Smiley winking

6 Comments

Latest activity by Courtney, on July 11, 2019 at 1:09 AM
  • Melissa
    VIP September 2019
    Melissa ·
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    You do not need to send invites for the rehearsal dinner. I would just let your bridal party through text or call. My sister made a Facebook group just to get that word out. You are only responsible for telling the bridal party. If she wants to invite her out of town family, that’s on her to let them know.
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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
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    If I was in your position, and she said she was hosting & paying and had it all handled....then I would let go and let her take care of it all. One less thing you have to stress over. Let her handle the rehearsal, and you handle the wedding. If she reaches out to you for something, then you can step in and help...otherwise, don't stress over it. Most people don't send out invites for a rehearsal dinner, so what she is doing is completely normal. Has she told you the time & place yet? If so, then you can inform your bridal party, but I'd let her handle the OOT guests.

    For our rehearsal dinner, my in laws paid for it, but we planned it (per their request). So we planned a simple shrimp boil at the venue (country type venue) after our rehearsal. We invited wedding party (& their families), immediate family, and OOT guest (there weren't many OOT guests). Overall, around 40 people though, give or take. But I honestly don't think that many showed up, lol. Anyways, I just informed them through word of mouth & put it on our wedding website.

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  • Emily
    Super April 2020
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    I agree, an invite isn't necessary! You handle letting the bridal party know when and where and let her handle everyone else! Don't stress over this if she's handling it, just focus on the wedding - that's stress enough lol

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    I sent invites for ours and people RSVPed via text, we are inviting 65 people though.

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  • Meg
    Dedicated October 2019
    Meg ·
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    I like the Facebook group idea! That's probably what I will do.

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  • Courtney
    Master December 2019
    Courtney ·
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    This sounds like your FMIL needs to handle inviting family outside of the bridal party.

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