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Alissa
Frequent user September 2020 British Columbia

Engagement party

Alissa, on March 22, 2018 at 03:50 Posted in Before the wedding 0 7
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Who is supposed to be invited to the engagement party? My partner and I both have large families and are planning for a large wedding, but he seems to have an issue cutting guests from the engagement party list. We are going to end up having two weddings! How does one decide who gets invited to the engagement party?! Am I right that it's not supposed to be every single guest we intend to invite to the wedding? I don't want to offend or upset anyone, but the process is just so costly.

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Latest activity by Bianca, on March 22, 2018 at 23:41
  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
    Bianca ·
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    That's a ton of people! I'd honestly skip it for the reasons you just stated, that it will feel like doing 2 wedding and you're already inviting a lot of people who will be at the wedding anyway. Also, by skipping it, it makes the wedding buildup that much more exciting!

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  • Alissa
    Frequent user September 2020 British Columbia
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    We have secured a small banquet hall that serves food but will allow us to bring our own alcohol. I am Italian so our closest family and bridal party comes to 95 people...Smiley amazing his extra guests bring us up to 120. I would usually say at that point it doesn't matter but I feel like with 25 extra there will still be a significant price difference between food and alcohol! I am starting to think we should just skip it if we are going to have a big wedding anyhow😂
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  • Courtney
    Super July 2018 Ontario
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    There are no set rules on Engagement parties, and I've seen it all done. It does not have to be based off of the wedding guest list as in theory when you get engaged, you don't know that complete list yet!


    A good rule of thumb is to keep it to immediate family (So siblings, parents and grandparents) and your wedding party or anyone else involved in the wedding.

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  • Karen
    Expert September 2018 Ontario
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    It all depends on you and your FH.
    It doesn't necessarily have to be all guest invited to your wedding. You can just have an intimate engagement party with close families and friends.
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    It could just be immediate family and close friends if you’re trying to cut the list. Do you know where you plan to have your engagement party?
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  • Jennifer
    Super August 2018 Alberta
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    My fiancé has a large family as well so for our engagement party we didn’t invite his dads brothers and sisters because there are 10 of them plus their children! Haha we just invited our wedding party, parents, grandparents and his moms sibling’s families because she only has a brother and a sister and her brother will be our MC. We still had over 40 guests but I didn’t want it to be a big thing it was hard enough talking to everyone with the 40.
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  • Becky
    VIP September 2019 Ontario
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    It doesn't need to be everyone you invite to your wedding. We had both of our immediate families as he has a huge family and selected friends.

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