Engagement Party = Invited to Wedding?

Yes and yes.

But to be honest, I find engagement parties annoying anyway.

Yes and yes. I would be annoyed.

I second everything Janeen said.

Yes, you should be.

Yes, I would be.

I think if you are invited to any wedding-related events at all, you should be invited to the wedding.

Yes and yes. It's a dick move to invite someone to the engagement party and not the wedding.

Absolutely you should be invited to the wedding.

Thanks for the feedback ladies. I'm thinking the couple has put themselves in a predicament. The wedding is in Aug 2015...they had the engagement party a couple weekends ago, and they invited like 300 people. About 100 showed. Even inviting all 100 people that showed up would be a lot - they didn't have any family there, just friends. Yikes.

Yes and Yes....

But not everyone invited to the wedding is invited to the engagement party, obviously.

Since when do people bring gifts to engagement parties? Clearly I am waaaayyyy behind the times, cause no one else remarked on this, but really-- you're expected to bring a wedding gift, if you happen to be a woman you may also be invited to the shower, which will be another gift-- three gifts for one event seems absurd!

@Zoe, you should always bring a gift for the "host/hostess" regardless of what kind of party it is in my opinion. Engagement parties are unheard of in my area. I have never been to one, or even heard of anyone here having one. I do, however, think it's rude to not invite someone to an wedding who came to the engagement party.

I'd be happy to be kept off the engagement party invitation list. However, if I am invited and I don't get an invitation to the wedding, I'm going to be offended and will probably let the relationship die.