How long after you get engaged can you have an engagement party?
I seem to be reading all these plans for engagement parties at restaurants or halls with huge guest lists and favors for everyone which I feel inevitably will end up costing thousands of dollars...
I'd totally be cool with and would really just prefer having like a BBQ or something .-- just an excuse to get people together, have some cake and drinks, etc.
I'm not a native Long Islander and I know things are a little different here on the expectation level compared to in the midwest but am I totally way off base?
Will people find just a low-key bbq or get together as being cheap/lame?
leesah85
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Re: How formal does an engagement party have to be?
Mine was about 50 people (our immediate families) at a restaurant in Huntington. We had the 'back room' of the restaurant. We didn't have a DJ or music other than what the restaurant already had. We had favors and photo centerpieces, and a wedding-style cake. We got engaged on 12/24/09 and had our engagement party on 2/28/10. I wanted to have it sooner rather than later b/c I'm taking the bar exam this summer so I'll basically be *** from April through August.
Check out pics in my album!
evita2781
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Re: How formal does an engagement party have to be?
Ours was really casual. We weren't even planning on having one. It was in the lounge area of the Avalon w/ about 40 ppl. Had catered food and lots of drinks!
