Sanity Savers: Rehearsal Dinner Dilemma
 Dr. Dale Atkins understands your wedding woes and has the perfect sanity-saving solutions for emotional issues, family questions, and fears about the engagement, wedding planning, and future.
 | My fiancèe and I are members of a small Baptist church and consider all involved in our wedding to be friends. But we're not sure who we should invite to the rehearsal dinner. Should I invite my best man's wife? What about the parents of the ring bearer and flower girl? We feel so uncomfortable making the decision as to who gets left out. |  |  | In truth, you know the answer. It is imbedded in your question. You said, "My fiancée and I are members of a small Baptist church and consider all involved to be friends." If you and your fiancée would like to be among your community of friends the night before you marry, then by all means, have them with you. Traditionally, just the people in the wedding party attend, but you can create your own tradition. Feeling good about whom you invite is more important than being a stickler for the rules. You seem to want those who are dear to you to be part of the pre-wedding experience. Just as you and your fiancée will chose the way you want to live your life together as husband and wife, you are free to chose how you celebrate the night before your wedding. If you want to be surrounded by the love and support of your church community, then set the table and enjoy! | |  Dr. Dale Atkins is a professional psychologist and frequent media expert specializing in couple and family relationships. Dr. Dale is also an author with five books to her credit: Sisters; Families and Their Hearing Impaired Children; From the Heart (co-author); I'm OK, You're My Parents; and the most recently published, Wedding Sanity Savers (co-author). Currently living in Connecticut with her husband and dog, Dr. Dale has two grown sons and a private practice in New York City. | |
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