Engagement get-together

LittleSpoonn

My mom called me today tossing around some ideas for our engagement party that she's throwing. During our chat she mentioned she wanted my aunt/uncle/cousin to come. My parents differ greatly from Fi's and we think it's best to ease them into each other rather then throwing everyone together in a free for all.

Is there any way to let her know our concerns tactfully or should we just suck it up and hope everyone is on their best behavior?

sister2groom

It would depend on how different they are . If you're really worried about it, why don't you and your FI take all your parents out to lunch or dinner first?

deepcovejackie

What are you worried is going to happen?

cpm1223

I am also wondering what you're worried might happen.

My parents are throwing us an engagement party too and the invite list includes all of our family members (aunts, uncles, cousins.)  We both have such large families that we felt that it was a great idea to get them all together for a casual party so that they could meet at least once before the wedding.

heinz11msw

I know what you mean. When I threw my family together with fiances, they all stood in their respective groups and didn't mingle. I felt it was rude that both sides didn't take the initiative and I felt like I had to babysit..