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engagement party etiquette
My little brother got engaged a few months ago and the parents are throwing an engagement party. I did not have and have never been to an engagement party, so I'm wondering, is it "proper" to bring a gift? If so, what kind of things?
Re: engagement party etiquette
Not required at all but something small is nice--wine, chocolates, champagne. We also got a couple's cookbook, toasting flutes (from DH's mom), a decorative bowl, a set of wine glasses. My friend (who pretty much knew she had the MOH role in the bag) bought me a bracelet.
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the brat in me is saying "no fair, how come he gets one and you didn't"
This is a weird response. Maybe a different set of parents are throwing it. Maybe she didn't want one. Maybe her parents felt it was the groom's parents obligation to throw it (which many believe) so are throwing one for her brother but would not have one for her. Saying "no fair" isn't really the first reaction I had when I read the post and I dont' think L&M was trying to garner sympathy for the harsh unfairness of the situation.
When we got engaged (6 years ago) friends threw an engagement party for us - I had never heard of one before that except for maybe Town & Country/Social Register type people. It was never a thing in my family or DH's or any of our friends.
I'd also go with a housewarming type gift like wine. For ours, we got a few gifts from our registry but many didn't give gifts and we didn't expect any at all.
DH and I threw our own engagement party. After the fact, I worried that that was tacky, but it was a really casual party at my parents' house (we grilled hot dogs and hamburgers) and it was mostly so the 2 sides of our families could meet each other.
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I thought I read "my" parents , I misread...but I said the brat in ME, not the brat in her. I realize she wasn't trying to drum up sympathy, it was a simple question about a gift. I wouldn't be the first person to comment on something rather then answer the question
We just got invited to an enagement party and the invitation requests that everyone bring a bottle of booze to be used at the wedding...interesting...
At our engagement party (about a year ago) some people brought presents, some didnt. People gave us several bottles of champange, wine, and we also got some cute "house-ey" stuff since we had just bought our house as well (flower vase, cute cocktail napkins, etc)