Engagement party a year after engagement?

You should never host a party in your honor, like an engagement party. I would just call it a housewarming party.

Don't host your own engagement party

Who would be the one that is supposed to host the engagement party?

I don't know if there is a rule to when you are supposed to have an engagement party, but I have typically seen engagement parties being thrown within 3 months of the couple getting engaged. Usually a year after the engagement couples are heavy into their wedding planning. I think maybe just keep it a housewarming party.

I would just call it a housewarming party since you've already been engaged for awhile

If you have an engagement party, the person hosting it would be whoever offers to host the party in your honor. A friend, a mom, etc.

ETA- some people will bring gifts to an engagement party, so it can be seen as greedy or "gift grabby" to guests if the couple hosted their own. The same goes for a bridal shower.

I will always disagree with those who say not to throw your own engagement party. It's the only pre-wedding party that I feel you CAN host. Kind of similar to a birthday, you can throw your own birthday party because it's your personal celebration that you want others to share in your joy. I've been to multiple engagement parties where the couple hosts it. Literally who else is supposed to do that?

My FH and I hosted our own engagement party because we just wanted people to come celebrate with us and not have someone else have to worry about the cost of it. When you get married and pay for your own wedding, aren't you technically hosting a party in your own honor? I don't see the difference.

@Jullian I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I actually never have and probably would never even host a birthday party for myself. I have hosted birthday parties for other people, like friends and family members, but never in honor of myself.

Don't throw your own engagement party, and definitely don't throw it a year after you got engaged.

It's weird and gift grabby.

It's Jillian and really? I've been to a few 21st, 25th and 30th bashes. Usually kids and 40+ is when I've seen others host the party. To each their own though!

@Jillian I agree!!

@Future Mrs. Lott I wouldn't expect gifts just simply would like to get close family and friends together to celebrate our engagement & buying our first home, and to eat, drink, dance and have a good time.

Oops! Sorry @Jillian. It's been a long day and autocorrect got to me lol. But yeah, as a guest if I was invited to a engagement party hosted by the couple in their honor over a year after they got engaged, I would definitely side eye that and think that the couple is looking to receive some gifts.

The only reason for waiting to have it that far from our engagement is because we currently live in an apartment and would like to host it in our own home and not have to bother asking others to have it at their home. I wouldn't expect for anyone to pay for our engagement party that is why my fiancé and I would like to host our own.

@Brittany I know, I did read your OP. :-) my opinion may be an unpopular one, but as I originally stated, if it were me I would just keep it as a housewarming party, and skip the engagement party altogether.

I could careless for gifts that's not what the party is about.. simply celebrating our engagement. Plus our families love any reason to get together and drink, eat, and have a good time.

Def looks gift grabby. Throwing a housewarming party after you bought a house makes more sense. But please don't be one of those people that makes a registry for their housewarming party. I have seen this done where the couple hosting their housewarming party said in their invitation, "We are so excited for you to come and the greatest gift we could get is you! But in case you decide to get a gift we are registered at......." VOMIT

My mom was planning on throwing me an engagement party, but life happened and now that we are 5 months after the actual engagement, I told her I feel weird having one lol. I feel like you should keep it a housewarming party. Your engagement will likely be celebrated at the party anyway - lots of people will probably say congrats and ask you 800 questions about the wedding. No need to have it in the title.

ETA: spelling

A party is a party! Go and enjoy yourself. Who cares who hosts it or when it is? Take advantage of the time with family and friends, the details don't matter. As long as there's good food and good company. =)

Serious question for anyone who would know. What kind of gifts would someone even bring to an engagement party and who gets invited. What if someone gets invited to the engagement party but not the wedding? I have never been to one and obviously no one threw me a party. I guess that'll just be something I won't get to experience, not that I really care anyway. But I did always wonder what you would take as a gift and who should be invited.