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Pre-wedding Parties

Fraternity Engagement Party

Hi!  I'm  a recently engaged student, and a few of my fiance's fraternity brothers have said they would like to host an engagement party.  It's really sweet of them to do so, and they've asked my fiance and I to make a list of people we want them to invite.  I'm concerned, though, because I know that if I invite someone to an engagement party, it's rude not to invite them to the wedding.  The problem is that my wedding will be at home, not at school, with mostly family and family friends and only our closest friends from school.  I would be fine with having a small engagement party, but I know that a lot of my sorority sisters and other friends here would expect to be invited to an event hosted by FI's fraternity...and of course, all of his fraternity brothers would expect to be invited seeing as it will be held at their fraternity house or at another house where many of them live (though I don't think all of them would expect to come to the wedding).  I can't invite all of these people to the wedding but don't want to hurt them by not inviting them to a casual engagement party...many of them are girls who hang out at his fraternity house and who are always invited to events there.  I'm friends with them, just not particularly close.  Like I said, I think they would expect an invitation to something like this but not to the wedding.  I don't want to be rude though...What do you all think?  Sorry so long, and thanks for any tips!

Re: Fraternity Engagement Party

  • AdeleDazeemAdeleDazeem member
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    edited December 2011
    I think it may be best to decline the engagement party for the reasons you've stated.

    There is nothing wrong, however, with just having a party!
  • edited December 2011
    I think that because it's essentially a frat pary, you could get away with having anyone you want there. I mean,  I had never been to a frat party where random people didn't show up anyway. 
  • golden1215golden1215 member
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    edited December 2011
    Agreed, all my frat/soro parties always had lots of randoms!  As long as it's not marketed solely as your engagement party- and more as a party where people happen to mention that the 2 of you are getting married- you're fine.  And NO gifts!
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  • Annegirl13Annegirl13 member
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    edited December 2011
    That makes sense- I really don't know what kind of party they are planning (I'm really not big on frat parties, and they know that, so it will probably be a little more low key)- but I know they were going to send invitations.  But like you said, I would definitely expect random people as well.  And of course no gifts, it's just for fun!  Thanks for the reassurance!
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