engagement party

prissyhippie

FI's parents are throwing us an engagement party this weekend so they can meet my whole fam before all the wedding craziness begins.  I know it is proper etiquette to give gifts for shower hosts, so do we give a gift to his parents for hosting the engagement party?  If so, what is an appropriate gift?  I've only been to one engagement party before so a lot of this wedding stuff is very new to me.  Help!

ootmother2

hmm, I'm not sure.  FOB gave the engagement party but they didn't give him a gift, they did give a thank you gift for the wedding though

jrkjpf

My brother and SIL are throwing us one in Sept, being that we are paying for 90% of the wedding and can't afford a large expensive gift, i see nothing wrong with a gift card, say $50(ish) for a nice dinner and a thank you card.

ShakeUpTampa

Usually a gift card or nice bottle of wine works

prissyhippie

thank yall for the quick responses!  just making sure i wasnt supposed to be getting anything elaborate for this!  good to know:)  THANKS!

firsttimersluck

I would say bring a nice bottle of wine as a mini "thank you" and that's all you really need to do, especially if you are planning on getting them a parent gift for the rehearsal dinner. You can thank them again at that time for the engagement party.