Do you have to have an engagement party

Original post by About time

Jul 20, 2005 03:44 PM

I wanted ur opinion on this,,,,Do you have to have one

MrsStefan Posted: Jul 20, 2005 06:33 PM

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we didnt have one. We decided that people would be spending so much on the shower and the wedding that we didnt think it was fair to have an e-party in addition. SO, we had a dinner with out parents, siblings, their finaces', godparents, and FH's grandmother

SuzBride Posted: Jul 20, 2005 06:47 PM

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no way! my mom had never even heard of them before (she is from upstate)

Princessmaris Posted: Jul 20, 2005 06:56 PM

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No- its def a personal preference...

I got engaged and set my date for exactly 2 yrs away...since it was a long engagement I had one... had they not be 2 yrs apart...I wouldnt of!

BKtoLI Posted: Jul 20, 2005 08:35 PM

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No one in my family ever had an engagement party, so I didn't see the need to have one either. I figured between the shower and the wedding, there will be enough money spent and enough gifts brought. We're having a get together with our families, but that's just so that the wedding day is not the first time they all meet!!

conigs25 Posted: Jul 20, 2005 08:36 PM

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I didnt have one at all

falguni61 Posted: Jul 20, 2005 09:24 PM

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no i didn't have an official one. I had rented out space at Bar 13 ($300 for VIP section for the night with own bathroom). I had all my friends there to celebrate our engagement. Everyone had a BLAST!!

KellyBride Posted: Jul 20, 2005 09:47 PM

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We had a 'Meet the Family & Meet the Bridal Party' about 2 Saturdays ago. Since our bridal party is HUGE & FH family is huge, we still had about 60 people. It was in FMIL backyard & catered. It was awesome! We had so much fun & people didn't feel obligated to bring gifts (even though a lot still did )

SIBride06 Posted: Jul 21, 2005 08:04 AM

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We had one and the $$ we made from the was a nice addition to our savings account.

MrsP2Be Posted: Jul 21, 2005 08:19 AM

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We were going to have one (thrown by his parents) but his father pissed me off so I canceled it. My parents would like to still do it for me.

mtdr1106 Posted: Jul 21, 2005 12:26 PM

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Posted by About time

Thought i was doing something wrong. Thought maybe a little barbeque or something in backyard. Is that to Trashy

no way is that trashy!! there are no rules to an engagement party - they can be as elaborate or as simple as you like. i think a bbq would be fine.

ElegantBride Posted: Jul 21, 2005 11:24 PM

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Necessary-absolutely not! We prefered not to have one All we did do was have dinner at a restaurant with my very immediate family and his very immediate family.