WDYT

Butter Cookie

Will I be shot in the face if I don't have a rehearsal dinner?

 Will I be shot in the foot if I don't have a rehearsal?

 I'm bored, obviously. 

MNNEBride

You won't get shot in the face if you turn your head at the last moment.

If you get shot in the foot, you're doing it wrong.

YWIA!

(seriously though, I'd need some details... what is the wedding venue? how many people in the wedding party? etc.)

Heffalump

It depends.  Details?  Why not?  $$$, too much trouble, hate the BP?

**O-Face**

You don't have to do an actual rehearsal, but I think a small dinner would be fun.  Make it more casual.  But then again, what do I know?

Butter Cookie

Casual wedding, thought OOT for most of the bp & all of FI's family.

 

If we did a RD it wouldn't need to be anything big. Really, a picnic would be fine, just something for the people coming into town the night before. It's in my budget but if my parents are both all wtf, Yosh? I wonder if I'm making the wedding "too formal" by having one at all.

**O-Face**

What?  It's a whole new family to your FI's family.  I think if you feel inclined to have a get-together casually, so that they have a little "here's my gratitude for you coming" meal, it would look better on you.  And you might enjoy it.

Heffalump

Then I like the picnic idea or something similar.  I wish I hadn't had an actual rehearsal.  In hindsight, it was unnecessary for the small size and simplicity of our wedding, and half of the BP showed up late due to an accident en route.  (Not theirs, luckily, just stuck in the resulting traffic jam.)  Really enjoyed the RD, though.

Butter Cookie

Yea, I think I'll have one. It doesn't have to be some big deal, suit-and-tie type deal, just something so my family can get to know his family, and plus also to enjoy food with friends.

**O-Face**

Honestly I enjoyed the RD more than the wedding, mostly because it was close family and it was so relaxed.

6fsn

If it's in the budget, do it.  A simple backyard picnic would be a lot of fun and let people meet each other.  I quick walk through is also helpful- Or at least give the people info they need to know for the next day.

zsazsa-stl

We did a very casual meal in the church fellowship hall with take-out dishes from an Italian restaurant.  It was cheap, easy and well worth the minimal effort (just like me).

Mrs.Thistletwat

I had a rehearsal dinner but no rehearsal. I think you can get rid of both. they're not necessities. Necessities is you, FI, and an official. Oh, and I license.

fishgirl77

I think your idea is a good one.  We did a RD without doing any real rehearsing.  It was basically to have dinner with everyone who had come in the day before.  Our wedding was small (only 30 attendees), so it was pretty easy to pull off a RD.