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Engagement Party Etiquette

Knottie42431135Knottie42431135 member
edited September 2014 in Just Engaged and Proposals
My fiance and I got engaged at the end of August 2014 but we're having a long engagement and the wedding is set for May 2016. His family is in NY and my family is in MO so we're wanting to have an engagement party to have the families meet but the problem is with family schedules the soonest possible timeframe would be March 2015. Is this too far away from our proposal to host an engagement party? If it is what other options do we have to bring the families together prior to the wedding?
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Re: Engagement Party Etiquette

  • Maggie0829Maggie0829 member
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    Engagement parties should not be thrown by the couple but rather be thrown voluntarily by a family member(s) or friend(s). Personally, I think waiting until March 2015 to celebrate your engagement that happened in August (regardless of how long your engagement period is) is too long. Engagement celebrations, IMO, should occur within the first 3-4 months (and even 4 months is pushing it in my eyes). Also, I just don't get the whole "having the families meet" thing before the wedding. If you can get them together before hand then great, but if not then they will just meet at the wedding. No big deal.

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  • ohmrs2014ohmrs2014 mod
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    You shouldn't be throwing your own engagement party.  If someone offers to throw it for you, then great.  

    And I agree with PP, waiting until March 2015 for an engagement party is too long.  They should happen no later than 3-4 months after the engagement.

    If you want everyone to meet, throw a BBQ.
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  • CMGragainCMGragain member
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    Knottie42431135 said:
    My fiance and I got engaged at the end of August 2014 but we're having a long engagement and the wedding is set for May 2016. His family is in NY and my family is in MO so we're wanting to have an engagement party to have the families meet but the problem is with family schedules the soonest possible timeframe would be March 2015. Is this too far away from our proposal to host an engagement party? If it is what other options do we have to bring the families together prior to the wedding?
    You are confusing an engagement party with a simple family party.  You do not give an engagement party for yourself!  Engagement parties are given FOR you by someone else.  They are completely optional.  I didn't have one.  My daughter didn't have one.
    I see no important reason why your families should meet before your wedding.  I met most of my son-in-law's family at the reception line, after the ceremony.  Since then, we have met several times.
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