Engagement party

Skipped it

Um...yea? They didn't have these things when people got married 30 years ago. Most people don't have engagement parties...

Our families threw one for us, but only because our engagement is so long (over 2.5 years) otherwise I doubt we would have had one. I know plenty of people who didn't have one though.

We decided to skip the party. We didn't have time to plan it anyway.

We didnt have one

I don't know a single person who's had an engagement party other than my uncle, almost 30 years ago. I don't think I was even born yet.

Yep, skipped ... honestly, I've never known anyone to actually have one ...

We had one that was more for our families to meet and have some fun together. It was pretty much just dinner and games. I think it really helped our families to get to know each other and it was a blast.

Yep. I also had a friend who got married at his engagement party.

We skipped having a formal engagement party. Just had a simple dinner with his parents & brother and my parents. That's all we needed to celebrate. Also, I'm very fortunate my FIL are wonderful & my parents get along with them fantastically.

We didn't have one. Didn't feel necessary

My parent's are throwing me one! Like 90% of everyone in my culture has one!

My friends surprised me with a brunch at a restaurant -invited my parents and his parents. it wasn't a big party but friends and immediate family was there. if they hadn't have done that I wouldn't have had one

We didn't really have an engagement party. There was a brunch thrown immediately after we got engaged but everyone knew what was going on and it was actually apart of the engagement surprise for me (I was the only one who didn't know all our friends and family would be there)

It's definitely not necessary, and no one I know has ever had a full on engagement party.

We just figured we would skip it after no one offered to throw us one. However, after pushing the wedding back for financial reasons, my MOH threw us one 2 weeks ago. It was very informal and a fun way for both sides of the family to get together. Also, while we did ask for no gifts some people did bring cards which was sweet.

I was offered one by different family and friend groups, but I declined. Just seemed unnecessary.

My coworkers threw one for me without telling me about it first, but if I had known I would've declined that as well.

We didn't have one

Thanks for all of this information...

We had one simply because it was part of my FH's plan in the proposal. He planned a surprise cookout with our family and friends to celebrate the night we got engaged. I think if it hadn't been part of his plan, we probably wouldn't have had one at all.

Yes- I personally think they're unnecessary and just an added expense