Re: engagement party?
I am not having an engagement party. We were bombarded with questions of why not, and I simply responded 'yes I am engaged, I would rather celebrate with everyone at my wedding not before hand'.
We lived 2 states away from everyone when I became engaged so all I did was call everyone that is important to me so I could tell them.
I feel there are too many parties to have an engagement one too. If anyone wanted to give a congratulations gift they did. We received a few gifts in the mail that we were grateful for, but thought were not necessary.
My FH and I are paying for the entire wedding/honey moon, and will most likely be paying the rehearsal dinner too, we really couldn't afford an engagement party anyway. My mom hinted at throwing one and I just kept declining. It pissed off my aunt, but who cares.. My FH and I aren't people who feel the need to celebrate every little event that takes place.
If you can afford it and it is something you feel you want, then by all means go ahead and have one, but it just doesn't fit in our personalities.
We lived 2 states away from everyone when I became engaged so all I did was call everyone that is important to me so I could tell them.
I feel there are too many parties to have an engagement one too. If anyone wanted to give a congratulations gift they did. We received a few gifts in the mail that we were grateful for, but thought were not necessary.
My FH and I are paying for the entire wedding/honey moon, and will most likely be paying the rehearsal dinner too, we really couldn't afford an engagement party anyway. My mom hinted at throwing one and I just kept declining. It pissed off my aunt, but who cares.. My FH and I aren't people who feel the need to celebrate every little event that takes place.
If you can afford it and it is something you feel you want, then by all means go ahead and have one, but it just doesn't fit in our personalities.
