Comments on: The Second Time Around: Should your parents foot the bill? http://www.etiquettedaily.com/2009/10/the-second-time-around-should-your-parents-foot-the-bill/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:53:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Country Girl http://www.etiquettedaily.com/2009/10/the-second-time-around-should-your-parents-foot-the-bill/#comment-8178 Country Girl Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:45:47 +0000 http://www.etiquettedaily.com/?p=1386#comment-8178 I agree with Laura. It is not appropriate to invite those not invited to the wedding to the rehersal dinner or frankly any pre-wedding celebrations. Please work with your husband to find another way, (perhaps a nice brunch) to share your celebration with these additional folks AFTER the wedding. I agree with Laura. It is not appropriate to invite those not invited to the wedding to the rehersal dinner or frankly any pre-wedding celebrations. Please work with your husband to find another way, (perhaps a nice brunch) to share your celebration with these additional folks AFTER the wedding.

]]> By: Alicia http://www.etiquettedaily.com/2009/10/the-second-time-around-should-your-parents-foot-the-bill/#comment-8177 Alicia Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:36:46 +0000 http://www.etiquettedaily.com/?p=1386#comment-8177 Rehersal dinners are a smaller event then the wedding only wedding guests are invited and usually only a select group of wedding guests. It is also a pre-wedding party. Only those invited to the wedding are invited to pre-wedding parties. It would be offensive to invite someone to a rehersal dinner and not to the main event. If you husband would like to host some folks to celebrate the wedding of your son a good option would be a party in welcoming your daughter in law to your social circle hosted by the two of you after the couple returns from their honeymoon trip. Rehersal dinners are a smaller event then the wedding only wedding guests are invited and usually only a select group of wedding guests. It is also a pre-wedding party. Only those invited to the wedding are invited to pre-wedding parties.
It would be offensive to invite someone to a rehersal dinner and not to the main event. If you husband would like to host some folks to celebrate the wedding of your son a good option would be a party in welcoming your daughter in law to your social circle hosted by the two of you after the couple returns from their honeymoon trip.

]]> By: Just Laura http://www.etiquettedaily.com/2009/10/the-second-time-around-should-your-parents-foot-the-bill/#comment-8173 Just Laura Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:17:17 +0000 http://www.etiquettedaily.com/?p=1386#comment-8173 According to the <a href="http://www.emilypost.com/weddings/planning-your-wedding/460-the-rehearsal-dinner" rel="nofollow">Emily Post Institute</a>: <strong>Who is invited? </strong>The guest list at a rehearsal dinner should include the members of the wedding party and their spouses, fiancé(e)s, or live-in partners; the officiant and his or her spouse or partner; the parents, stepparents, and grandparents of the bride and groom; and any siblings of the bride and groom who are not in the wedding party. If single members of the wedding party were invited to bring a date to the wedding, then it's kind to include the date at the rehearsal dinner. Any children of the bride and groom from a previous marriage are invited, unless they are too young. Parents of young attendants, such as a flower girl or ring bearer, are also included. I would strongly advise against invited anyone who is not invited to the wedding to the rehearsal dinner. According to the Emily Post Institute:
Who is invited? The guest list at a rehearsal dinner should include the members of the wedding party and their spouses, fiancé(e)s, or live-in partners; the officiant and his or her spouse or partner; the parents, stepparents, and grandparents of the bride and groom; and any siblings of the bride and groom who are not in the wedding party. If single members of the wedding party were invited to bring a date to the wedding, then it’s kind to include the date at the rehearsal dinner. Any children of the bride and groom from a previous marriage are invited, unless they are too young. Parents of young attendants, such as a flower girl or ring bearer, are also included.

I would strongly advise against invited anyone who is not invited to the wedding to the rehearsal dinner.

]]> By: Molly http://www.etiquettedaily.com/2009/10/the-second-time-around-should-your-parents-foot-the-bill/#comment-8170 Molly Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:12:18 +0000 http://www.etiquettedaily.com/?p=1386#comment-8170 Rehearsal Dinner Guests My husband and I will be hosting our son's after rehearsal dinner. The wedding is small, which we love, but my husband wants to include some of those people we could not invite to the wedding at the after rehearsal dinner. I adamently disagree with this but he adamently thinks it's fine. I would like a reasonable answer to this dilemma. Thank you. Rehearsal Dinner Guests

My husband and I will be hosting our son’s after rehearsal dinner. The wedding is small, which we love, but my husband wants to include some of those people we could not invite to the wedding at the after rehearsal dinner. I adamently disagree with this but he adamently thinks it’s fine. I would like a reasonable answer to this dilemma. Thank you.

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