Maybe Hooker can shed some light on this for me. Do people really do this? My cousin sent me a text today asking when bow season opened here in WI. When I told him September 15th he said he couldn't be there because he had to go to an engagement party for a friend of his. At first, I thought it was a joke. Apparently this is something people do. I asked him if his buddy was from the the city. (Milwaukee) I already knew what the answer was going to be....yes. Isn't asking people to attend your bachelor party and wedding enough? Do they expect gifts for this too? I really don't care what he does, as I'll be hunting either way. But, three years from now when he doesn't talk to the guy anymore because he's locked in a horrible marriage with some control freak for a wife that had to have an engagement party to celebrate themselves and a marriage that's on the rocks, he'll look back and understand the rant I sent him via text today.
They collect man cards at the door. If I could gag it back I would try to explain what the sack less ones around here call diaper parties.
It's a real thing from what I gather. One of our members at the camp I go to up north missed a work/man weekend a couple weeks ago due to what he called a "Jack and Jill" party. I told him to wash the sand out and bring his own beer to camp but it didn't work.
I just assumed engagement parties were put on by super rich people cause that's just what they do. I didn't realize sometimes normal people had them.
Yes, they happen and they are growing in popularity. To this point, I have refused to attend one. Here's the problem with a lot of engaged couples...they think everyone cares as much about their wedding as they do. Classic mistake. I should also point out that I dislike attending weddings about as much as I dislike attending funerals. It could be the similarity between the two. I can't say for sure.
I'm not sure if this is the only awful thing growing in popularity. My sister-in-law's friend is having a pre-baby shower party to reveal the sex of the child. Once again, as mentioned before, do people expect more gifts from this or is it just another reason to be all about yourself and think other people care as much? Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
Just another way for people to get free stuff and to make everything about them. Isn't a wedding good enough?
Pizza hut offers a $10,000 engagement party package that includes the following Limo service. • A ruby engagement ring. • A bouquet of flowers. • A personal fireworks display. • A professional photographer. • A professional videographer. •A Pizza Hut $10 Dinner Box, which contains "a medium one-topping rectangular pan pizza, five breadsticks with marinara sauce and 10 cinnamon sticks with a sweet icing cup in one box." It didn’t say but would assume it also comes with a box of cash or check worth $9,000 since this crappy package didn’t cost anywhere near $10,000 http://eater.com/archives/2012/02/0...rty-package-includes-ring-fireworks-pizza.php
For most of these people choosing what new cell phone color is best is given more fore thought than how mom and dad payed the caterer , as for their devoted involvement, new hair and giggling means their all in.
X2 I haven't attended and don't plan on attending any. Freaking weddings are bad enough, don't add to the misery.
I can see it now gold balls hanging off the fart pipe of a black KiA with a "Going Green" bumper sticker. God Bless America!
Dan I have heard they started having these to eliminate the bachelor parties. This is as much BS as baby showers that they expect the man to come to also. My wife said we had to go to a baby shower and I asked if she was talking about her and my daughter, she said no you have to come all of the other husbands were going. What is wrong with people? By the way I did not go
You did the correct thing. Men aren't even suppose to attend the baby shower of their own child, let alone someone else's. I blame Obama.
So its a conspiracy by women everywhere. No more bachelor parties, but its ok for them to go to movies like Magic Mike in droves and read porn like 50 Shades of Grey. I'm going to subscribe to Playboy. I wonder how Jill would like it.
