all i've thought about today is wedding stuff. i know traditionally, the brides family pays for the wedding, the grooms for the rehearsal dinner, but who pays for the engagement part?
meshelly
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ok well I dont know who pays for them. What I did was FH and I payed for the one with our friends and then my parents wanted to throw me one but the guest list was out of control and no one on either side was happy (it was crazy) so basically they payed for the most of it and FH and I helped with it so everyone was happy.
jesca
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thanks. i'm thinking we might just have a smaller one, even just at my house, in that case we'll probably pay for it on our own.
he gives me butterflies
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my parents paid for the bulk, fh's parents offered to pay to flowers, favors and invites which was very generous and unexpected.
Ms Sawney
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my parents paid for the majority of it and fi, myself, and moh helped
Wifeynella
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i was under the impression either the parents of the bride but all the ones ive been to, the couple paid for it themselves
MSeed
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FH and my parents split the cost
bella1028
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i am not sure what is 'typically' done but for our eparty, my parents paid and for our RD, my FH's parents are paying
Summer07Bride
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My parents paid for it.
eternitybride
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I think tradition and etiquette says brides family pays for teh engagement party, i know FH and I covered the engagement party, with a little help from his family
nicopico13
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I'm not sure who is supposed to pay, but FH and I paid for ours. We didn't have anything crazy, we had a luau in our backyard. It was a lot of fun though!!
Jumbles
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our parents split the cost and i think we payed for the DJ i dont remember
KristiAnn923
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My FH and I are paying for our engagement party but my parents are paying for the wedding. My parents offered to pay but when all was said and done we ended up with 135 people at a hall with a Dj and everything so the cost was high and we didn't want my parents to be burdened with the cost of this [mini wedding] and our actual wedding.
kristin597
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FH and I paid for the engagement party.
karabara
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FH's parents paid for it and it was mostly their friends and family invited.
ETA: we had it at a family style restaurant in NJ and there was no DJ. It was nice anyway...it was like a nice sunday afternoon luncheon (sounds so old fashioned!)
