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"The older I get, the fewer rehearsal dinners I go to&amp;amp;#8212;even though I&amp;amp;#8217;m still going to tons of weddings. I guess the &amp;amp;#8220;rehearsal&amp;amp;#8221; portion starts to feel redundant after everyone in the wedding party&amp;amp;#8217;s been in three or four weddings. Plus, even if you&amp;amp;#8217;ve never done it before, walking down the aisle blind wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t be all that hard, right? And the &amp;amp;#8220;dinner&amp;amp;#8221; portion, well, that can get expensive. Especially for a couple who&amp;amp;#8217;s footing the wedding bill themselves. We had a rehearsal dinner&amp;amp;#8212;mostly because Rory&amp;amp;#8217;s parents planned it and all we had to do was show up&amp;amp;#8212;but I totally get why people don&amp;amp;#8217;t. If I were getting married again, I think I might skip it. Or do something way chill. Petra and her now-husband had a super-fun bonfire with sandwiches and S&amp;amp;#8217;mores! (Mmm ... S&amp;amp;#8217;mores.) And none of that &amp;amp;#8220;rehearsing&amp;amp;#8221; business. Will you and your groom have a rehearsal dinner? If so, will you have your wedding party rehearse their &amp;amp;#8220;parts&amp;amp;#8221;? And will you have a regular dinner after? Or will you do something more laid back? More things I&amp;amp;#8217;m wondering: * Would You Surprise Your Guests With a First Dance Performance? * Would You Say &amp;amp;#8220;I Do&amp;amp;#8221; in Any of These Offbeat Venues? * Are You Inviting Co-Workers to Your Wedding? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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