Wedding Trends, Wedding Tips
5 Reasons Why You Should Have an Engagement Party
Jan
After answering the biggest question of your life, your priceless answer of “Yes!” has sparked a new chapter in your love story. With all the different emotions you and your new fiance are feeling now, you might be getting confused as to what to do next. Do you get cracking into the wedding planning part? How do you announce the engagement formally?
The question of throwing an engagement party must have popped along during the numerous conversations regarding the proposal and we think it is indeed a big yes as well. Here’s why:
Because Facebook announcements might not do it.
With all the excitement wrapped around such an extraordinary event, a simple post on Facebook or a ring selfie for Insta might not be enough to truly express the joy and happiness you and your fiance feel. Sharing the news to your friends and family, especially to those who aren’t digital natives or don’t really do social media, would be easier and special when done through a simple gathering. Ideal as well for families who are on the traditional side and those with more elderly members, an engagement party would be a great way for everyone to celebrate the milestone together.
Because you are not getting married any time soon.
After some serious conversation with your fiance and if you both agree on having a long engagement, which is 18 months or longer, then gathering everyone for an engagement party might be a great idea. You get to have a mini-party that celebrates your love as well as hypes everyone up for the big bash that’s going to happen soon.
Because you’d want to get both sides acquainted.
If you and your fiance have lived away from home or have met each other while working overseas, having an engagement party can help break the ice between the bride-to-be and the groom-to-be’s merging families and circle of friends. No need to wait for the night before the wedding for everyone to meet everyone, the engagement party is the perfect avenue to get all those awkward introductions out and to make new memories together as one big family.
Because a small, intimate wedding is what you and your fiance envision.
A quiet ceremony by the beach in Greece or an intimate garden wedding right at the wine valleys of Napa – if these simple weddings are more like your dream celebration, then get having an engagement party is a great way to include everyone in your life-changing milestone. Not everyone can come to the small wedding but everyone can still join in all the well wishes and merrymaking through the engagement party. Avoid any bad blood with your cousins and leave no time for family drama by inviting them all to the engagement party instead.
Because being engaged is just so great.
If you love throwing parties and planning celebrations, then getting to have your engagement party is a great excuse for throwing a grand celebration. After all, you have waited for this moment to come and there is nothing you would want more than to share the joy, love, and excitement you feel with the rest of your family and beloved friends. If you throw parties for birthdays, anniversaries, homecoming, and holidays, why not throw your engagement party, right?
