Fun And Quirky Ways To Celebrate Your Engagement With Friends And Family
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Once you've overcome your fears and finally popped the question to your partner, it is time to celebrate with your friends and family. After all, they will likely be as overjoyed by your engagement as you are - and just as willing to celebrate.
However, it is important to remember that when planning the perfect engagement party, there are no hard and fast rules as to how you should celebrate. It should, after all, be a reflection of your interests and desires rather than a cookie-cutter engagement party taken straight from a Pinterest page.
As such, if you aren't a fan of more traditional and formal engagement parties, here are some fun and quirky ideas you can use instead!
Plan an activity
If you're looking for an unconventional way to celebrate your engagement, why not invite your loved ones to join you for a fun activity instead of a sit-down dinner?
For example, you could head to your bowling alley for a night of fun, festivities, and friendly competition. You could even turn this into a Bride vs. Groom party! Find out more here:
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Recreate your first date
While your friends may have offered you some support or dating advice ahead of your first date with your partner, they likely didn't come along for the ride. However, by “recreating your first date” as part of your engagement celebrations, you can help them learn more about where your love story began!
For example, if you opted for the classic cinema trip as your first date - you could rent out a space and rewatch the movie with your loved ones present too. Alternatively, you could make a group booking at your favorite restaurant.
Host an Engagement Brunch
Many engagement parties take place in the evening, which makes sense for those who want to dance the night away. However, if this isn't your style, there's nothing wrong with hosting a daytime celebration, such as an engagement brunch instead.
If hosting at your own home, consider planning a potluck party. This means that each guest will contribute by bringing food and drink to share with the others, which can help you to cut down the costs of the celebration quite considerably. This also means that you get to spend less time in the kitchen trying to perfect brunch dishes and more time interacting directly with your guests.
If you’re going to be serving up some cocktails (or mocktails) during your brunch, why not rename them so that they are more personalized? For example, you could name one of the cocktails Mr & Mrs, or after an inside joke that you share with your friends.
Alternatively, you can visit your favorite brunch stop and spend some time there!
Host an online celebration
If your friends and family live across the country, meaning they’d have to miss out on celebrations, you could always host an online engagement party instead (or as well as) an in-person one. After all, this will give you the chance to celebrate the special occasion (and show off your engagement ring), without the need for any traveling. Furthermore, this is pretty much a no-cost way to celebrate, though you may want to send some celebratory drinks to your friends in the post so that you can toast together!
Instead of hosting a Zoom call, you can make the online gathering more fun by planning some activities, too. You could share your screen and put together a fun quiz about yourself and your partner. For example, you could ask questions such as:
Where did we go on our first date?
Where did we meet?
How long have we been together?
Where is our dream honeymoon destination?