Engagment Party!

Pretty_In_Pink Posted: Mar 11, 2012 11:16 AM

Engagment Party!

I've been debating on this for awhile, Idk if I want an Engagement party??? But it would be nice to kick off all the fun with something like that..... I still don't know how I feel about it. What do you think?????

Pretty_In_Pink Posted: Mar 11, 2012 11:23 AM

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bumping!

MommaMia Posted: Mar 11, 2012 11:26 AM

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Posted by Pretty_In_Pink

bumping!

Grinding??!

Thought we were talking about e party?!?

nyrvixen Posted: Mar 11, 2012 11:28 AM

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we kinda had to have one. FH's family is very into parties. But I must admit it was really great getting everyone together and celebrating.

Pretty_In_Pink Posted: Mar 11, 2012 11:29 AM

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Posted by MommaMia

Posted by Pretty_In_Pink

bumping!

Grinding??!

Thought we were talking about e party?!?

LMBO,your too funny! this is why I can't get wedding stuff done. ... IM too busy posting on here when i have down time.

mattandjess2013 Posted: Mar 11, 2012 11:37 AM

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I'm hoping to do a bbq or something this summer for an 'engagement party'. I want to get everyone together but nothing too formal.

Kris10nGerard Posted: Mar 11, 2012 11:56 AM

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We had one July 2nd. It was like a 4th of July get together plus our engagement party.

teacherteacher Posted: Mar 11, 2012 12:40 PM

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We're having one, but it's going to be a Sunday brunch just so our families can kind of mingle and do the whole meet&greet. Since his fam is from Westchester and above, no one really knows each other. Can't believe it's in 2 weeks!

jassy119 Posted: Mar 11, 2012 01:11 PM

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Not having one. Dont want to spend the extra $$ when it can go towards the wedding.

I do plan to have a small meet n greet for our immediate families and BP but that will either be a brunch or something small n cheap like that! Lol

Pretty_In_Pink Posted: Mar 11, 2012 01:21 PM

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Posted by jassy119

Not having one. Dont want to spend the extra $$ when it can go towards the wedding.

I do plan to have a small meet n greet for our immediate families and BP but that will either be a brunch or something small n cheap like that! Lol

Great idea I may think about that!!!

Butterflyfaye Posted: Mar 11, 2012 01:43 PM

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Posted by jassy119

Not having one. Dont want to spend the extra $$ when it can go towards the wedding.

I do plan to have a small meet n greet for our immediate families and BP but that will either be a brunch or something small n cheap like that! Lol

I feel the same away. Also our friends and family are from all over ( 80 % of guest list is out of town). so it seems pointless.

We treated our immediate families to a sit down dinner on us about 2 months after we got engaged. That went.. well.. interested.

My father basically horrified my future MIL. She afterwards, told me my family can be as rude as I make them out to be. His siblings hate mine. Fun.

Shanti12 Posted: Mar 11, 2012 02:09 PM

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I'm honestly kind of bummed his family didn't offer to have something. Mine is paying for the whole wedding so I was NOT asking my parents to host one.
We are buying a house so we don't have a location to host one and we can't afford to really do a restaurant thing (because of buying the house hah) But when we move in this summer, we are going to have a BBQ type casual party as a housewarming instead. So I'm happy with that. Our families have met but not everyone, so hopefully most people can make it and they will meet there.

torresm Posted: Mar 11, 2012 03:31 PM

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Do it! It's a blast to hang out with family before the real craziness comes with the planning!

LeeKyle Posted: Mar 11, 2012 10:47 PM

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We will have ours this summer, a little before a year of the wedding. This way we can use my parents yard and not have to pay for a hall

2013Bride Posted: Mar 11, 2012 10:51 PM

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I originally didn't want one.... haha but we had a backyard party about a month after we got engaged!
It was really nice to celebrate the craziness (wedding planning) that we were about to start!

Eunified Posted: Mar 12, 2012 08:59 AM

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I'm having a BBQ in June! We wanted a BBQ but got engaged in late August so there was too much going on.. we're just gonna make it low-key and want the families to have fun!

gam6813 Posted: Mar 12, 2012 10:03 AM

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We just had our engagement party this past Saturday. I had mixed feelings about the whole engagement party also, but it seemed important to our moms so I agreed. I am actually really glad I did. We invited our close family and the bridal party, so all the main people could meet each other and mingle. It was nice to see everyone getting along and we ended up having a great time. The best part was seeing how excited people were that we were getting married, we felt so loved. I am glad my mom pushed me to do it.

JenniBella Posted: Mar 12, 2012 10:04 AM

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Yes its so much fun Peace!!!
Enjoy the spotlight !!!

Kguardz Posted: Mar 12, 2012 10:06 AM

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Posted by mattandjess2013

I'm hoping to do a bbq or something this summer for an 'engagement party'. I want to get everyone together but nothing too formal.

I want and am having the exact same thing at my house. My mom loves the idea but keeps saying well what if it rains blah blah.

Jax1127 Posted: Mar 12, 2012 01:20 PM

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I want one but I literally just got engaged and have $0 to my name as well as does my fiance, lol...so if we can afford one, we will have one or if our parents throw us one...well then we will GLADLY have one :)

but...I think I would want to have a backyard one as opposed to a more formal-ish one at a hall b/c that's what the wedding will be like. A backyard one would be more low-key and much more our style.