Looking for some advice on who to invite to my rehearsal dinner. I'm having a destination wedding that will span over several days: rehearsal dinner Friday, activity and lawn party Saturday, wedding Sunday, farewell brunch on Monday. FH and I are struggling over who to invite to the rehearsal dinner.
He comes from a divorced family and his mom will be hosting/paying. His father's new wife says that everyone who's getting invited to the wedding should be invited to the rehearsal dinner. Honestly, I don't think that there will be enough rehearsal dinner budget to have the type of party that FMIL is envisioning with stepmom's guest list. FH and I would also love a couple hours to share with the most special people that will be in attendance.
Would it be horribly rude to have a limited invite rehearsal dinner and full invite welcome drink cocktail party immediately following? I know the answer is normally no, that's not rude, but I'm a little hung up on the fact its destination.
