WWYD

MongieToBe Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:50 PM

WWYD

We're getting married at the RH. Our RH told us we can have a rehearsal the Wednesday before our wedding, no problem. I tried to schedule it a while back and they said to wait until I picked my menu. Ok, fine. I picked my menu this past Tuesday and asked about the rehearsal. They looked it up in the book and said it needed to be done at 5:00 b/c they had a party at 6. I said I can't do it at 5 b/c people work and I didn't want to ask people to take off/leave early on a Wednesday (our wedding is on a Friday so some BP members already have to take off).

SO, my question to you lovely ladies is...

Would you still do the dinner on Wednesday w/ no rehearsal or just not have a RD at all?? FIL's are not contributing to the wedding (that's a whole other story...they have plentyyy of money) but the one thing they were going to do was a RD. Opinions??

AngnShaun Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:51 PM

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i would do the no reahearsal rehearsal... unless this is everyones first wedding, its pretty uniform... also... they will go over everything that day right before anyway

jennybee Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:52 PM

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You probably don't need the rehearsal, but as for the dinner, if you think it would be nice, then have one!

Bride825 Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:52 PM

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def have the dinner....i know a lot of people that werent able to have a rehearsal for various reasons but they still had the dinner

GiannisWifey Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:52 PM

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I would do dinner, no rehearsal!

NanandEric08 Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:53 PM

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What about having it on Tuesday night? If FIL's offered to pay for the RD, I would have a dinner anyway, just to have a quick recap of everything going on for the wedding and also to have some good food and drinks with the people closest to you!

StaceyWill Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:53 PM

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I would still do the dinner, but not the rehearsal.

AwaitingAugust Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:54 PM

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i'm in a similar boat and will not be having a rehearsal or a dinner ... plus, with my BP, it's difficult to get everyone together (everyone has opposite schedules)

it's really not necessary to have a dinner, but if you can do it, then go for it

MongieToBe Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:55 PM

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Posted by NanandEric08

What about having it on Tuesday night?

The RH told me only Wednesday or Thursday (Thursday is the day before the wedding so I DEF don't wanna do that).

Thanks girls. We will probably have just the dinner on Wednesday. It will be nice to have everyone together and for my girls to meet his guys (some have never met) and a chance to give the BP their gifts.

SoontobeMrs.Brown Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:56 PM

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I am not doing an actual rehearsal - just a brief run through day of. We are still having a rehearsal dinner. Its a nice way to thank the BP, unwind, give gifts ...

Im_My_Own_Princess Posted: Jul 08, 2010 02:58 PM

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dinner, no rehearsal.
just go over everything with the BP at the rehearsal dinner- tell them who's paired up with who and to wait till the couple before them is to a certain point before they start (but you'll have someone telling them when to go anyway) um, remind them how to hold onto each other (my mothers biggest issue- she insists the guys present their arm and the woman take it gracefully)
and basically anything else you'd do during a rehearsal...

the dinner is nice because you are with everyone from the BP and you are treating them to dinner as a thank you and giving gifts (if you are) and its really nice.