Engagment party

efhaseman

My mom and grandma want to throw my fiance and I an engagement party.  I'm totally for this, except our wedding won't be for three years.  Whats the etiquette on this?  Do we do the engagement party as soon as we are engaged or closer to the wedding (for example a year before)?

AmeliaMarie

I would do it now, while the engagement is still exciting and new.  In a few years it would be odd to celebrate something that happened a while ago.

CaptiolBride

Doing it now is perfectly fine. As you're wedding gets closer you will have other festivities to participate in. Have the party to celebrate your fresh engagement and enjoy!

JessAndTrav

I think it's acceptable to have it sooner than later. If you wait a year or two, people will think, "Um, they've been engaged for a long-time, haven't they?"

Congrats!

kimheartsscott

We had the opportunity to have an engagement party a little over a year ago and we turned it down because we had no idea when our wedding would be and we felt it might be weird.  I really wish we said yes.

riverjib

I think any time is fine for an engagement party! I wish we could have had one immediately after our engagement, but he proposed mid-semester, so ours will be this June, still a full year before our wedding. It's probably better to have it sooner rather than later, because you'll have a bridal shower and bachelor/bachelorette parties before you get married, and you don't want to cram in too many celebrations at once :-)

banana468

It's fine - but know that the guests need to be invited to the wedding.

efhaseman

Thanks all!  This helps alot.