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Engagement Party Etiquette

claire2582claire2582
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We'd like to have our engagement party where we went on our first date.  Thing is, it was at a drive-in and our budget isn't very big.  Would it be bad to throw the party there but not pay for the guests entrance to the movies?

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Re: Engagement Party Etiquette

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    waltzingmatilda13waltzingmatilda13 member
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    edited December 2011
    How do you have a party at a drive-in? Does everyone just gather to watch a movie? And how would they get in if you didn't pay?
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    trix1223trix1223 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yes, it would be bad on a couple of levels.  First of all, you don't throw your own e-party.  Second, you don't throw a party EVER and make your guests pay a fee to get in. 


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    Whippet8Whippet8 member
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    edited December 2011
    I wouldn't pay to go to a party that someone invited me to.

    not to mention that you shouldn't be planning your own e-party.
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    SuMmErKuTiESuMmErKuTiE member
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    Ditto pp's, you shouldn't be planning and throwing your own engagement party. Someone needs to offer to throw it for you. Plus I don't see how this would work... you'll be at a drive in movie. No can mingle and hang out like you normally do at a party. An engagement party is a celebration and is usually a time for the families to meet and get acquainted with each other, no one can get to know each other at a drive in movie.

    And yes, never throw a party and expect people to pay. A good host supplies the food, the drinks, the entertainment, etc... that's why engagement parties are normally thrown at people's homes or at a restaurant so all guests have to do is show up and celebrate.

    I think it's a cute idea that you'd want to relive your first date to celebrate your engagement, but why don't you and your FI got there and celebrate your engagement minus throwing your own party in honor of yourselves and having your friends and family pay to attend this party. HTH!
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    Kristin789Kristin789 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yes, it would be bad.
    The bride's parents host the first e-party, to introduce the groom-to-be to the bride's extended family.
    The groom's parents host the other e-party, to introduce the bride-to-be to the groom's extended family.

    Neither e-party can be held at a drive-in movie.  I think you don't understand what an engagement party is and how it works, etc.

    If what you want is to host some kind of summer event, or summer BBQ, for your friends to get together, then do it.  But that certainly is not an engagement party.
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