Wedding Rehersal Dinner Issue

[ljsmith001]

Okay.. this post will probably not come out right at all - but hopefully some may understand.

Soo.. my FI and I have decided to have our rehersal dinner at a pretty fancy steakhouse. (IE: Mortons, Ruths Chris)...

We are estimated to have around 30 guests at this point! We are pre-selecting menu options for the dinner. A petite filet with a crabcake, jumbo shrimp, potato, salad, dessert, etc. Should be amazing and its FI''s favorite restaurant ever. We plan on showing a 10 minute video we made (FI is a graphic designer) it mostly has pictures of us throughout the years, our friends and our family.

here is my point and my question. There are 3 or 4 of our friends who are not in a relationship at all. They go out to bars on a regular basis and will meet people to spend the night with and hang out with if you catch my drift. Am I wrong not to want a random stranger at my rehersal dinner? Especially when its a formal, fancy one!? I know I have to invite them plus a guest, but REALLY?! I don''t want people I don''t know, especially shady ones at my rehersal dinner with my great grandma and my nearest and dearest?! Do i just suck it up and realize its a part of life or what?! These single friends are all friends with each other - big group of friends we have - and they would still ahve an amazing time if they came solo - but isnt that rude?!

Would save us a lot of money to not add plus guest - but I feel as if I need to ! Right??

 

[Neveah]

No, you do not need to invite "and guest" to a rehearsal dinner. I would say if you were inviting someone who didn''t know anyone else then the polite thing to do would be to allow them to bring a guest... BUT since they all know each other, they should just come together.

 

[zoebartlett]

Date: 7/3/2008 11:15:48 PM
Author: Neveah
No, you do not need to invite ''and guest'' to a rehearsal dinner. I would say if you were inviting someone who didn''t know anyone else then the polite thing to do would be to allow them to bring a guest... BUT since they all know each other, they should just come together.

I agree.