when you are throwing an engagement party who pay's for it? the brides parents the grooms? or the couple? also when is it customary to have an engament part in other words how long after you are engaged should it take place?? especially if you plan on being engaged for 3 years?
2007-09-20 11:51:39 · 18 answers · asked by lemon 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I think you are suppose to have an engagement party pretty quickly after getting engaged, no matter what the duration of the engagement is going to be.
Whoever throws the party pays for it.
2007-09-20 11:55:22 · answer #1 · answered by Sharon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who Pays For Engagement Party
2016-10-03 10:08:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the thing, most people don't know what an engagement party really is. An engagement party is supposed to be the affair when your engagement is announced to your friends and family (except for your immediate family who should already know). Most people have started using an engagement party as an excuse for gifts since everyone invited already knows, which is just tacky. You don't have an engagement party if everyone already know your engaged. That said, traditionally the bride's parents host and pay for an engagement party. The bride's mother sends out invites to a dinner party or barbeque or luncheon, whatever type of party it's going to be. The bride's father announces the engagement at some point during the beginning of the party.
2007-09-20 13:20:35 · answer #3 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever is throwing the party. Not everyone has them, though.
It's a simple party, just a get-together for the family on both sides to meet the couple and the wedding party. Usually it's at someone's home, there are just snackies and drinks, people just want a chance to talk. No gifts are given.
Usually it's done right after the engagement.
An aside - why in the world would you be engaged that long? That's just nuts.
2007-09-21 01:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally, the parents of the bride pay for the engagement party, but today there are no hard and fast rules. The couple can pay for it themselves, especially if they're both working and are living on their own. A friend or other family member - perhaps a wealthy aunt or godmother - can also foot the bill. You can be engaged from a year to a even a few months before your planned wedding date, but if it would take more than a year, then the guy could simply offer his fiancee a "promise ring" first. It's a cheaper ring that says "I can't propose to you right now for such-and-such reason, but take this promise ring as a sign of my love and commitment to you."
2007-09-20 14:11:39 · answer #5 · answered by angie p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever is throwing the party is the one who pays for it. If the couple decides they want the party, they should be the ones to pay for it.
Normally you have an engagement party within a month after getting engaged.
2007-09-21 01:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like other parties, wedding related parties are paid for by whoever volunteers to do so. If no one volunteers to have a celebration and you can't give a party on your own, then no party. Under no circumstances should the occasion of ones wedding be used to browbeat, bully, embarrass, bludgeon, or blackmail friends and relatives into hosting or paying for a party for you. Same for birthdays, graduations, and other events. No one owes you a party -- ever.
2007-09-20 12:22:36 · answer #7 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of an engagement party is to "announce" the engagement to close friends and family. It is held shortly after the bride and groom decide to become engaged.
The engagement party is usually hosted by family. I have seen engagement parties hosted by bride's parents, or groom's parents, or grandparents, or an aunt.
2007-09-20 12:01:14 · answer #8 · answered by Suz123 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The couple does not throw the engagement party, but anoyone else can who owuld like to. And, just like any party, whomever is hosting should also be paying.
2007-09-20 14:46:31 · answer #9 · answered by melouofs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My fiance and I paid for ours, but then again it doubled as my 21st birthday party because when we wanted to have the engagement party was very close to my birthday and saw no point in having 2 parties. So that was fair.
2007-09-20 13:01:27 · answer #10 · answered by BTB2211 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋