Engagement

mRm2008 Posted: Feb 17, 2008 03:42 PM

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I did not have an e-party but did have photos done to use on STD and announcements!
HTH

FutureMrsLehmann Posted: Feb 17, 2008 04:02 PM

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My FH is from upstate New York and his family has never even heard of an engagement party, lol. Luckily I'm pretty much anti-eparty. I think it's a waste especially if you're struggling with $ for the wedding. If someone offers to pay for your eparty, ask them to donate that $ to the actual wedding instead. But that's just how I feel.

PegaLega Posted: Feb 17, 2008 04:02 PM

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We didnt have an eparty or do epics....there is a part of me that wishes I had done epics-but I am ok not having them

wo0shply Posted: Feb 17, 2008 04:13 PM

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no e-party but we did e-pics so we can use them for our STDs

T E R I Posted: Feb 17, 2008 04:14 PM

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we are not doing an e-party, we would rather put that money towards the wedding. We might do e-pics depending on when we book our photographer

FtrMrsV Posted: Feb 17, 2008 04:17 PM

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We didn't have an engagement party. We didn't feel the need to have one.

kirstenjk Posted: Feb 17, 2008 10:14 PM

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We aren't having an engagement party or taking engagement photos either.

My family does not believe in engagement parties and I doubt FH's family has ever heard of one. It's just not something that we do or that we would have wanted. Besides, how many times can we ask for a gift between the shower and reception? It starts to boarder on the ridiculous...

As for engagement photos - never heard of them until I starting posting on here. I custom tailored my package to my needs so engagement photos were not included.

jtgarsik Posted: Feb 17, 2008 10:18 PM

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we weren't all about it but FMIL wanted to throw us one.....it ended up being nice because she kept it small with just immediate family & the bridal party. our photographer included e-pics per booking with him...they were basically free so why not? just gave us some nice photos & we got to display a large one & our album at our reception. just a nice keepsake....but hey to each is own - i know PLENTY of people who've done neither! like i said, FMIL wanted to throw us the party, and the e-shoot was offered

Im a Pepper Posted: Feb 17, 2008 10:19 PM

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Posted by panjay

Posted by MKEA98

I'm somewhat anti-eparties. I mean if people want to have them, that's cool. But they're just not for me. I feel like I'm having this big wedding where I plan to have everyone come and celebrate and it's costing a ton, so why spend money on an e-party? Plus, I feel like people tend to go lower with gifts come time of the wedding if they went to an e-party. Cause they're like oh well I gave you this at your e-party, so I'm not going to give you as much at your wedding - which ***** cause the weddings are usually a lot pricier! I don't know, but I feel bad making people feel like they have to continue giving me gifts just cause I'm getting married -
e-party, shower, wedding. It's just too much for me.

As for e-photos, it's included in my package so I'm eventually going to get them done.

I agree. How many times can you ask people for a gift to celebrate the same occasion.

totally agree!!!

tcotier Posted: Feb 17, 2008 10:20 PM

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Posted by INNbride4409

we skipped out on the engagement party. We are only doing e-pics b/c it was included in the package.

Ditto

fiore76 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 07:28 AM

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WOW! Thanks everyone, I feel much better about it all now.

diva7531 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 08:11 AM

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No e-party for us

roan126 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 08:35 AM

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We didnt have an engagement party, and only did the epics because they were included in the package. As it turns out we did have a use for them, as we are using them for our table numbers.

lizzzie35 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 10:42 AM

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We're not having an e-party and we're only doing e-pics because one of my BM's is an up and coming photographer so she's going to come up from Philly to do them one weekend.