Did you have an engagement party?

I didn't have one. I think it's a waste of $$. I didn't feel like i missed out on anything!

I did not have one, i too think its a waste of money!!! & I didnt miss out on anything ... hahah same as Melissa!

FH planned our proposal so that we would have a bunch of family/friends present, so I would say that night is the engagement party. But I think they're a waste of money. You don't need to do one

I had one. I even threw it myself. Honestly, it was more "come to our typical house party.....oh its for our engagement". No gifts or anything.

The only reason I didn't like it was because Hs sister ruined it by announcing I wasn't good enough for H, which then turned into a huge issue between us and his family (for months). Other than that, it was fun! Just an excuse for a party, IMO

We didn't have one. Although I will say FH proposed on Christmas Eve when all his family gets together for a cocktail party, so I guess that kind of substituted for one? I do sometimes feel like I missed out on a bridal shower, but my family/friends are all around the country and we had very few things on our registry to begin with, so it would've been a little gift grabby and unnecessary for me.

My step mother suggested she wanted to throw one for me, I politely declined. 1.) I don't feel like people need to celebrate us twice and 2.) instead of a bridal shower I would like to have a Jack n' Jill party, which is pretty much the same thing. I'm not against them, its just not my thing.

Nah, there are not common in my fam or anyone around me. WHen FH proposed it was at my moms house, my completely family was there, they didn't know and I didn't he know was going to propose. We all celebrated that night so it was cool.

We Had one. It was really wonderful It was a great opportunity for our families to meet each other.

My mom planned it with my MOHs & FMIL.

we got engaged in April & the party was in Mid July.

Ours wasnt a huge party it was a in the community room in my aunts apartment building and both of our moms cooked/had food prepared by our favorite restaurants.

My mom knew FH was going to propose for over a month before he did it so she literally emailed me her guest list the week we got engaged (yes shes a momzilla but in a good way) so everyone who came is also on our wedding guest list, with the exception of a few of FHs coworkers who he randomly invited at the last minute. Men!

It was really more like a big summer party for our families. Everyone really enjoyed themselves. Im so glad we had one

I had an engagement party, and my family threw it for me. We already had our wedding date picked out and knew who we wanted in our wedding party, so we asked our wedding party with boxes (girls had a wine glass, wine, and chocolate- guys had mason jar, jack daniels, and coke). It was right after Valentines day so they didn't have to spend a lot on decor since they got everything 50% off, everyone brought a dish, my grandmother had "newlywed games" which were hilarious and everyone had a great time. You don't need to spend a lot of money, it more so getting people together to celebrate

I had one. I was/am so excited to be engaged & I didn't want to miss out on any experiences. We did it in our backyard. We only invited family & our bridal party. We did something similar to Morgan, we asked the bridal party members to be in our wedding that day & gave them gifts. My family cooked the food. The only thing that we spent a little money on was some decor & renting tables & chairs. My aunt gifted us cupcakes that were really good. The party wasn't expensive & it was an amazing time. We threw it 3 months after we got engaged. We did get cash/gifts even though we weren't expecting it. Below is what we did. Nice & simple

I don't get lavish engagement parties. You already get a shower, a bachelorette party, wedding and reception and often a fancy rehearsal dinner.

That being said, FH and I went to the melting pot for a really nice and expensive dinner the night we got engaged. Came home and my best friend invited our closest friends and the 8 of us had champagne, played some Mario Kart and had balloons and "CONGRATULATONS" banner in my living room. That was enough for me. The next day we went to like Olive Garden with my family and his family just to have dinner.

Tried to do the same thing for my FBIL but was told that it wasn't an engagement party because it wasn't a "black tie" event I guess. To each their own.

My FILs threw us the engagement party. It was at a nice Italian restaurant. We were blessed that they wanted to throw it for us. It was another way our families and friends to get to know each other before the wedding.

We didn't have one, we figured we would rather save the money for the wedding! )

FH and I didn't really want one. But my mother threw us a surprise engagement party. Very small just family and bridal party. It was nice, I am grateful she did that for us.

We didnt have one-- they just weren't a thing, way back then.

Nope. FH, nor I, nor my mother agree with 'em. So nope.

We did have an engagement party. It was about 2 months after we got engaged and had already picked out our wedding date. We only invited people really close to us and therefore knew that they were invited to the wedding. we had about 20 people. My FH is the first one to get married in his family, so people were very excited to celebrate and flew in from all over for it.

My FFIL and FMIL threw one for us. They only invited people that are invited to the wedding and it was AMAZING. We've heard from so many friends and family that they're even more excited for the wedding now. It was kind of a jump-off of the celebrations.

We didn't have one. I've never even heard of one around here... just on TV. lol

Nope. That's a waste of money. We will all party at the wedding. People saying "congrats" was enough for me,