Okay, I know I have plenty of time, BUT... who exactly gets invited to the RD???
Just Bridal Party?
If some of my BP is married, do they get invited with spouses???
If they are in serious relationships/engaged, do they get to bring the other along???
OR do I only invite those who are married/engaged and not the others???
Do the Readers get invited??
Yes today is my day of questions!
MarcellaBella
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okay, my FMIL is inviting the entire bp (inc. parents), with dates/spouses/sig others.
grandparents, godparents, readers and their sig/other or whatever AND she is inviting all out of towners as well
Sassy
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SInce I am saving money on the RD, I'm inviting BP, parents and readers/soloists too.
Sassy
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and their spouses or sig. other.
OctBride03
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hmmmmmm...... so it seems that spouses/significant others are included nowadays.... hmmm..... something to think about I guess...
Thanks!
nylisa
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Here is who I am going to be inviting to my RD: Parents (of course) BP (with either their spouse or significant other) Grandma Godparents (they are bringing the gifts up during mass) Aunts (they are doing the readings) Cousins (they are walking my Grandmother down the aisle) FI's aunt, uncle and little cousin since they are the parents and sister of two of our GM
jennbaby
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I am having my parents, step parents, FH's parents, my bridal party & their dates
NovemberSue
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We only invited our parents and the people in the bridal party.If we invited bridal party spouses,our list would have doubled along with the bill. All the weddings I have ever been to,have just been the parents and the bridal party.
michele31
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We invited: BP w/ their spouses Readers w/ their spouses parents siblings (they were in the BP, but we would invite them if the weren't) Out of Town Aunts/Uncles
If my grandmothers were alive they would have also been invited.
Betty
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We will be having Parents BP w/spouses or sig. other Cousins (parents of FGs) Aunt and Uncle (aunt a reader) FH Aunt and Uncle (out of town) and I'm sure a few other out of town stragglers (not too many though )
7-11
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i didnt know i was supposed to invite readers! did everyone do that?
Fletch
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We are inviting:
parents grandparents BP and sig others Those involved in the ceromony. No out of towners.
OctBride03
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NOVEMBERBRIDE,
I have a pretty large BP... did you find that people understood why it was just them invited? I don't want to have people talk about me behind my back, ya know?
Niecey
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Lauren- I invited everyone with a date but my bridal party wasn't as large as yours was. I have been to some where I was not invited with a date and didn't mind at all. It was kind of a more fun bonding experience either. I have also went to one alone (where I was MOH) because I could devote my attention to the couple/affair rather than have to worry about my other (which most of the other girls did).
Most of our bridal party was married or engaged so I really had no choice. Only my youngest brother and two readers weren't serious involved with someone and didn't bring a date - which was appreciated.
rvcpl
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We are inviting:
parents BP with significant other/spouses FG with parents RB with parents readers grandmothers
With that it is up to 35 people. We may invite aunt and uncles but that will bring it up to 50 people.
NovemberSue
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In all the weddings we have been to,nobody ever invited the bridal parties significant others. I would love to have invited them but that would have doubled the amount of people and that would have cost a lot of money on top of everything else. Nobody ever complained to us & if they did,I would have told them it was a money issue. I don't see the need to have everyone there for that especially if you don't have the extra money.
edited to say:We had 11 people in our bridal party so it would have been a lot more money to invite spouses.
OctBride03
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Thank you ladies!!!
My BP, parents, grandmother and readers adds up to 35 people ALONE!!!
With dates it came to 52....
Thank you again!!
LisaT
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I've never been to a rehersal dinner where my date wasn't also invited. That'd be especially tough on those coming from out of town.
We invited: bridal party & dates/spouses readers parents those 'presenting the gifts' out of town guests (most declined since they were only getting in that night)
I think we had 35-40 people. Not bad considering our bridal party was 6 girls and 5 guys.
WINO1
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I am having the BP with dates and spouses. and every out of town guest, which brings the total to 64 people. My fiance's parents haven't offered to pay yet Should I ask
OctBride03
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Well I wouldn't ask them... if I were you, I'd mention it to your FH... just ask him, what's going on for the RD? How is it going to be handled? I don't think you can just come out and ask your FIL's... Hope you find your answer though
