Support and Planning Tips for the MOG
As the Mother of the Groom, the rehearsal dinner is often the one event where you get to put your own stamp on the celebration. It’s more intimate than the wedding, the guest list is smaller, and there’s room to add personal, heartfelt details that reflect your son and his story. If you’ve been wondering…
Planning a rehearsal dinner can feel like one more thing on an already long wedding to-do list. You have details to remember, people to coordinate, and a dinner that needs to come together without taking over your life. That’s exactly why I created the Rehearsal Dinner Checklist. If you’ve been looking at my full Rehearsal…
Your son’s rehearsal dinner is one of those moments where you get to step forward and do something meaningful. You’re not just the mother of the groom here—you’re part of the hosting team, and that shift matters. The thing about rehearsal dinners is they don’t have to be fancy or expensive to be memorable. They…
Rehearsal dinner planning for the MOG is supposed to be straightforward. You ask a few questions. You get a few answers. You make a plan. Except, as most of us find out the hard way, that is not how this goes. Episode 4 of the Mother of the Groom comic strip is called The Rehearsal…
If you are the mother of the groom planning a rehearsal dinner, let me save you some trouble right now. I did it myself. I cooked a full taco bar for a crowd (I had help), stayed on budget, and lived to tell about it. But I would do a few things very differently next…