Intimate Dinner Party Planner

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Decide on Your Budget Pick a Date and Time Create a Guest List Choose a Color Scheme Buy / Make Invitations or Prepare evites

6 - 8 Weeks Prior

Create Music Playlist Plan Menu Decide on Caterer Finalize Guest List Decide on Attire for The Event Book a Photographer Send Invitations

4 - 5 Weeks Prior

Send 2nd Invitation(s) to other Guests to Replace RSVP No replies Confirm Partner’s Attire Take Inventory of Items Needed Buy or Reserve Rental Items Needed Begin Creating Tablescape & Table Settings Place Catering Order Make a Seating Chart Plan Dinner Conversation Questions

3 - 4 Weeks Prior

Send Dinner Conversation Questions to Guests Prior to day of event Create Party Day Timeline Prepare Special Toasts Pick Up Spirits (Alcohol Drinks) Write a Sweet Note to the Guest of Honor Assign Duties / Food Items to Guests (if applicable) Provide Photographer a Shot List Confirm Catering Order Start Making 3 Galloon Size Bags of Ice

1 - 2 Weeks Prior

Pull Together Last Minute Essentials Remind Guests to Come Prepared to Answer Conversation Questions

3 - 6 Days Prior

Print Signage / Decorate Home Set Up Tablescape Set Up Place Settings Set Up Buffet Area Set Up Beverage Area Set Up Dessert Area

2 Days Prior

Pull Together Last Minute Essentials Clean out Refrigerator to Make Room for Perishable Party Items Pick Up Rentals Prepare Any Make-Ahead Food

1 Day Prior

Turn Music Playlist On “Repeat All Songs” Light Candles 15 minutes Before Party Starts Set Up Food 30 minutes Before Party Starts

Party Day

Share / Post Photos and Videos of the Evening

3 Days After Event

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Guest Arrival Pictures Mingle Blessing of Food Dinner Dinner Jokes Toasts Dinner Conversation Questions Toasts Dessert

Note: Remind couples as they leave the party to plan a time to complete the Intimate Dialogue.

DAY OF AGENDA


1. Been So Long: Anita Baker 2. Hypnotic: Boney James 3. I Try: Maysa 4. Just Another Day: Brian Culbertson 5. Love to All: Chuck Loeb 6. Never Can Say Goodbye: Lee Ritenour

& Dave Grusin 7. Prelude to Together Tonight: Brian

Culbertson 8. Seven Years of Good Luck: Joe Sample 9. Sierra Nevada: Chuck Loeb 10. Someone Who Loves You: Al Jarreau 11. A Thousand Kisses Deep 12. Together Again: Peter White 13. Together Tonight: Brian Culbertson 14. When I Fall in Love: Chris Botti 15. Without Your Love: Brian Culbertson 16. You Belong to Me: Anita Baker 17. Boneyizm: Boney James 18. Butter: Boney James 19. I’ll Always Love You: Shai 20. Love Will Never Let You Down: Brian

Culbertson

Note: When creating the playlist select the ‘Repeat All Songs’ setting.

MUSIC PLAYLIST






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1. As a couple gets into bed, the husband starts to rub and kiss his wife. She turns over and says,

"I'm sorry, honey. I've got a gynecologist appointment tomorrow, and I want to stay fresh.” The husband sadly turns over. A

few minutes later, he rolls back over and taps his wife. “Do you have a dentist appointment, too?”

2. I once gave my husband the silent treatment for an entire week, at the end of which he declared,

“Hey, we’re getting along pretty good.”

3. A woman noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach. “Ha! That’s not going to help,” she said. “Sure, it

does,” he said. “It’s the only way I can see the numbers.”

4. “I have an interesting case here, “he says. “A woman shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just mopped.” “Have you arrested her?” asks the sergeant. “No, not yet. The

floor’s still wet.”

5. A couple are sitting in their living room, sipping wine. Out of the blue, the wife says, “I love

you.” “Is that you or the wine talking?” asks the husband. “It’s me,” says the wife. “Talking to

the wine.”

6. Wife: Do you want dinner? Husband: Sure, what are my choices?

Wife: Yes and no.

7. Finally I got an idea of what it looks like in a woman’s brain: 126 open tabs in an internet

browser.

8. “We need a stool sample and a urine sample." Man to wife: "What did she say?"

Wife to husband: "They want your underwear."

Note: Print jokes, cut paper so one joke is on one piece of paper. Assign a joke to each guest to read during dinner.

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9. A man stopped at his favorite watering hole after a hard days work to relax. He noticed a man next to him ordered a shot and a beer. The man drank the shot, chased it with the

beer and then looked into his shirt pocket. This continued several times before the man's

curiosity got the best of him. He leaned over to the guy and said, "Excuse me, I couldn't help but notice your little ritual, why in the world do you look into your shirt pocket every time you

drink your shot & beer”? The man replied, "There's a picture of my wife in there, and when she starts lookin' good, I'm headin'

home”!

10. A woman is standing looking in the bedroom mirror… She is not happy with what she sees

and says to her husband, “I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly… I really need you to pay me

a compliment.” The husband replies, “Your eyesight’s damn near perfect.”

11. Never try to keep up with the Smith’s. Drag them down to your level; it’s cheaper.

12. What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth? Answer: He was Ruthless.

Note: Print jokes, cut paper so one joke is on one piece of paper. Assign a joke to each guest to read during dinner.

Dinner Jokes





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1. What are your top two Love Languages? Discover your Love Language at

www.5lovelanguages.com

2. What are three qualities about your partner that you were first attracted to?

3. What was your favorite date that you ever had with your partner? What made it so special for

you?

4. What are three strengths that you and your partner possess as a team?

5. Name two character qualities you are most proud of in yourself?

6. Name three songs that remind you of your relationship with your partner?

7. Name one action your partner does that lets you know they’re a source of support for you?

8. What are some of the hobbies, routines or activities that bring you joy in your life?

9. When you’re sad and scared and hurting, how can your partner best help you in those

moments? What do you want your partner to know in those times?

10. What compliment would you enjoy hearing from your partner?

11. Name one action that could help you and your partner stay connected and strong in your

relationship.

12. Describe the last time your partner showed you love in your Love Language.

Note: Each guest takes a turn answering each question during dinner.

Dinner Conversation Questions

1. Here’s to doing and drinking, not sitting and thinking.

2. May our well never run dry. 3. May we live simply. Love generously.

Care deeply. Speak kindly… and leave the rest to God.

4. May we live to learn well, and learn to live well.

Toasts


• What’s your favorite non-sexual way of being touched by me?

• What’s your favorite sexual way of being touched by me?

Note: These questions should be discussed in a private setting that includes only one person and their partner.

Post Couple Intimate Dialogue





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