Did you throw an Engagement Party?

We didn't, we wanted to save money for the wedding rather than have to save for a few extra months. We were married within a year from our engagement anyway, so seemed pretty pointles really.

Are you planning on having a long engagement?

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We are planning on being engaged for around two years, do you think you would have thrown a party if this was the case for you?

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We were engaged 2 years and had an engagement party about 2 months after we were engaged.

I probably would have done something to celebrate and to get all of our friends and families together, yes.

What do you have in a mind? Hiring a room at a social club/hotel etc?

If you post on the Wedding Planning section there will no doubt be some brides who will be able to help. I'm not much use to you am I? ?

I went out for a meal with my friends and family 4 months after we announced our engagement

Thank you everyone!

Yes, we were thinking of hiring a social club or hall, and decorating it to our tastes instead of hiring a lovely venue for £££!

hha! I now know where to post, but thank you for all of your replies (:

New to this site, but it already!

You're more than welcome. Good luck with your party and wedding!

No we didn't, but we did go down the pub for drinks with friends.

We were engaged for 10 months, and had our engagement party about a month after we got engaged. We just booked an area in a bar and got everyone on the guestlist. We had the best man and the bridesmaids round to our flat for bubbly beforehand, then met up with everyone in the bar. Not massively expensive for us and it was a great night!

No we didnt. Waste of money imo.

Oo yeah!! We were engaged for 4 months b4 the party. We had a BBQ at home only with imm family and closest friends but this still ended up being over 40 peps and we have a tiny tiny garden. Everyone loved it and bought a bottle so didn't cost us to much.

No we didn't. Had a nice dinner with each sets of parents and saw some friends in person for a little cheeky drink but no party as such. Most friends and family are a) scattered all over the country (and world) and b) lead such busy lives that we didn't really feel it was practical to have one in the end, I'd rather people saved their pennies to attend the actual wedding. Had quite a few engagement cards and gifts even without a party though.

Thank you everyone for your opinions!

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Thank you everyone for your opinions!

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We had our engagement party about a month after the engagement but we had it at home with close friends and family so not too expensive but with loads of platters of food, drink and a fab cake.

We had a joint engagement/housewarming party, plus it was my birthday, so we thought we might as well do SOMETHING to celebrate haha.

We didn't do anything formal or expensive though. At the time we thought we'd be engaged for about 20 months, but as it turned out we got married after 10 months. Our families didn't even attend the engagement party, it was more of a house party for our friends. People brought their own booze (although we did buy some beer and wine) and I bought a cake and party snacks.

We had a party in the social club where i work 3 weeks into our engagement but mainly due to OHs dad being terminally ill and he wouldnt see us marry ☹️

We went out on tour with friends.

We didn't have an engagement party. We got engaged on xmas day and then on the 27th we were staying at a cottage with some friends for the week so we celebrated then ? I did buy some sky lanterns which we set off. It was beautiful to do so as we were in the middle of nowhere and you could see them for miles

We got engaged on Christmas Day last year so that was sort of a double celebration. We went out after Christmas for a meal and to a few bars and clubs with our friends to celebrate with them too, but no party. Seemed like a waste of money.

Are you a rock star?

We have been engaged for 2 years, still 6 months to go. we didnt have an engagement party mainly because everyone said oh the wedding is ages away so we didnt think it was worth it. tbh not sure i know many people who have had one but if you want one then i say have one x

No I didn't have one, didn't see the point (no offence meant to those of you who had one). Don't really like going to them either. I think so what, you're planning a wedding, that's nice. I'll celebrate with you when you actually do get married!! I know a lot of people who have had engagement parties or had their children's christening parties just for the sake of a party and presents. **Disclaimer I am not accusing everyone who has a party of doing it for those reasons**

Nope we didn't have one. The thought didn't even occur to me to be honest.

Thank you everyone!

We have decided to throw a small party and hearing about others parties has given us great ideas (:

Lots of places do free rooms if you take a certain amount in drinks, so it doesn't have to be expensive we used it as an opportunity to introduce our families and groups of friends, as none of them had met properly or spent much time together before. We got engaged last Christmas and had the party in Feb.

We used a room in our local pub and invited people to drop in if they wanted to. Very informal. Cost us a few hundred quid for the bar tab but low key and fun. I'm not a fan generally of engagement parties so this was a nice compromise.

It was Mr C's 30th a month or so after we got engaged and so people congratulated us there. We didn't really feel the need for one tbh.

I have been to a few engagment parties in my time and will take a card (if I haven't already posted one to their house) but not generally a gift. I would wait until the wedding for that.

I feel hard done by- we diddnt get a single pressie! Of course thats the only reason we had one ?

We got engaged a few days before my 30th and as I was already having a gathering for my birthday, we ended up with a joint 30th/engagement party. Sadly, as it snowed badly that year we had to postpone and it meant that some people couldn't come to it in the end.

Abi your cake was lovely! And the smarties one looked pretty tasty too.. mmm.

We had a BBQ at home, had a marquee in the garden and had about 40 people here, all friends, (we had had a family meal straight after we got back from Egypt where the proposal took place) it was very informal and lots of fun and about a month after we got engaged.

No we never planned on having one but my wonderful cousin who is more like a sister invited us to hers for a mexican food night and it was a little surprise party! Nicest thing anyone has done for us xxxxx