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When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

mart81 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:15 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:15 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

I am having a dilemma about my rehearsal dinner and wanted to get some opinions. Since I am having a Friday wedding my options are to have it on Thursday night or the Saturday before. My side of the family is pushing for the Saturday- less stress, hard for people to leave work early and take Friday off, may lead to drinking too much the night before the wedding, etc.

On the other hand, my future in-laws live in another state about 3 and a half hours away so it seems like a huge inconvenience to ask them to come up the week before the wedding for a rehearsal dinner. Thoughts?

lauren1802 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:21 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:21 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

it depends how many out of towners you have
we have to figure it out w/ our hall but we may end up having it wed pm.
it's totally crazy to ask your inlaws to come up so soon prior- how many days were they planning on staying anyway

db276952 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:29 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:29 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

We are doing the Saturday before, we have a few OOT people but if they can't make it no biggie. We didnt want people to have to take another day from work and the Thursday before is Valentines for us so that doesnt work.

sandr325 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:41 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:41 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

What about the Wednesday before? I think the Thursday night will be too stressful.

mart81 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:42 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 04:42 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

Yeah I am considering the Wednesday before as an option, I guess I'll have to work it out with my in laws as to whether they are coming up Wednesday.

Kristin31613 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 05:39 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 05:39 PM

Re: When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

Posted by sandr325

What about the Wednesday before? I think the Thursday night will be too stressful.

My friend did this, I think it is your best option. I wanted sat before but our bm and bridesmaid both live upstate and like you saI'd, it's not convenient for them. Plus sat its more expensive!

Noelle2013 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 06:10 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 06:10 PM

Re: When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

I am doing the Saturday before and I am also getting married on a Friday. It so happens to be my birthday too!

hedwards0524 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 06:37 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 06:37 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

I will be doing it 2 days before- so we are having it on a Thursday for a Saturday wedding. I may even change it to Wednesday. I have an OOT bridesmaid and I dont know how long she can take off so I wanted to schedule it a little closer to the wedding but NOT the night before, too stressful!

DB2013 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 08:51 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 08:51 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

We are getting married on a Friday and doing the rehearsal dinner on thursday night. I was in a wedding last year and they did it the same way and there was no issues at all. It is all up to preference!

LisaReyes Posted: Dec 06, 2012 09:06 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 09:06 PM

Re: When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

Posted by DB2013

We are getting married on a Friday and doing the rehearsal dinner on thursday night. I was in a wedding last year and they did it the same way and there was no issues at all. It is all up to preference!

Us too. Too many OOT people in the wedding party to do it any other way. Plus I want to be with my family and friends the night before my wedding.

Brendefaux Posted: Dec 06, 2012 09:51 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 09:51 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

make it covenient for the inlaws

mara1017 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 09:58 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 09:58 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

I did it the Thursday night before. We started it at 7 or 730 so that people did not have to take another day off from work. We wanted the out f town people to be there an if it was any other day they would not have been

JuneBug86 Posted: Dec 06, 2012 10:06 PM+

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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 10:06 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

We did ours the Wednesday before around 8pm and it gave people time to come from work and beat traffic.

ChristineNorah Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:00 AM+

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Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:00 AM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

Our wedding is on a Friday, we are having our rehearsal the Friday prior. Having the rehearsal the day prior was not an option for us since our wedding day begins so early.

2013Bride Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:31 AM+

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Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:31 AM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

Our wedding is on a Friday & the only options for church rehearsal are Thursdays or Fridays... soooo that leaves us with Thursday (the day before) at 6:00. I don't want to be out late the night before my wedding... I want to be in my pajamas relaxing by like, 9PM haha.
So we decided to do an early dinner & then every one heads over to the church for a 6:00 rehearsal. I feel bad because it may be inconvenient for a few people, not too many... but a few. But there's nothing we can do about it.

mart81 Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:44 AM+

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Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:44 AM

Re: When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

Thanks great to hear what everyone is doing!

SMDC2012 Posted: Dec 07, 2012 07:26 PM+

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Posted: Dec 07, 2012 07:26 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

If you are getting married at a church you may not have too much of a choice in day and time. My friend had to do it on a Thursday for a Saturday wedding because the church had AA meetings on Friday night. Check with them as well if you are. I had mine on Friday and got married Saturday. If I could do it over I would have done it days before not the night before.

scottsbride Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:33 PM+

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Posted: Dec 07, 2012 08:33 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

I am hoping to do mine the week before. I definitely do not want it the day before my wedding. I do have a bridesmaid and flowergirl that are OOT but I figure they are just walking down an aisle and you really dont need to practice that.

Kristin31613 Posted: Dec 08, 2012 11:25 AM+

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Posted: Dec 08, 2012 11:25 AM

Re: When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

Posted by scottsbride

I am hoping to do mine the week before. I definitely do not want it the day before my wedding. I do have a bridesmaid and flowergirl that are OOT but I figure they are just walking down an aisle and you really dont need to practice that.

Personally I think the whole rehearsal is a waste, if you marry at a reception hall they don't have a rehearsal. I'm sure they will be fine. Jealous you can have it the week before, I would love to do that before things get crazy.

cupcake8503 Posted: Dec 08, 2012 02:28 PM+

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Posted: Dec 08, 2012 02:28 PM

When to have the rehearsal dinner, Friday wedding

I am getting married on a Friday as well. Since I am getting married at my reception hall they are allowing us to rehearse that Tuesday. It will just be my fiance and I since most of our bridal party is OOT. We will just catch them up when they come in that Thursday. It really isn't that difficult to walk down the aisle and stand in place. I don't want to inconvenience my OOT bridal party.