I think it all depends on the couple. I've been invited to a few. If it's just for celebration among close friends and family, I don't mind them. If they expect a gift and send invitations and all the crap, then I know they are going to be a very annoying couple. One of my best friends and his wife are one of the annoying couple. He just recently invited me to a "Dadchelor Party", which was a poker game, in which we were suppose to bet with diapers. I did not attend. I absolutely hate how couples use wedding to get as much free crap as they can, especially older couples. With that said, I usually enjoy weddings. Who doesn't like free alcohol and free food. Most weddings down here are just big parties.
Kids today???? I’m glad Im old enough to not have any unmarried friends. We are preparing for our own kids to marry. I’m lucky in that I don’t have any daughters (for a host of reasons). So I wont have to be too involved with any of this crap.
It has nothing to do with daughters. Its a couples thing. My cousin in single and HE feels as if he has to go. If your son has one of these parties, I fully expect you to make a leather and sinew whip out of a deer you killed with a homemade bow, arrows and broadheads and lash him with it.
Last year I got a photocard in the email announcing not an engagement but a "promise ring." A Promise ring is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Either you want to propose or you dont, there is no "I promise to propose after I try you out a bit longer." Dumb.
We had a "get together" at a bar when we got engaged 10 years ago. It wasn't anything big. We supplied the beer and nobody got us any presents. It was a fun informal event. Definitely not important to miss opening day for. Btw I love weddings as well. Beer, and food and a party. The best part is that weddings make chicks wanna do it. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
Here is what a couple really needs: A party when someone becomes bf/gf A festive party after they first "do it" A party when the bf gives the gf a "promise ring" An engagement party A bachelor/bachelorette party A pre-wedding night part A party at the wedding
What the heck??? An engagement party? Just another move by women to demasculanate men. I'm sure it's probably in the woman's secret manual somewhere.
Engagement parties, men attending baby showers??? What is this world coming to?? Attending either draws a serious suspension of the man card in my book.... Full disclosure.... Wife did try dragging me a baby shower once - told me it was a 'family shower' and that all the other husbands would be there... I just laughed and told her to have fun.... Like 2 of 12 ended showing up - poor saps...
I think it's ridiculous. Have your wedding and be done with it. I have a buddy (was best man) who got married years ago. I swear they are still coming up with ways to have parties. He had a pre-engagement party, engagement party, wedding, house warming, trying to get pregnant, first BBQ, send us of on vacation, etc... parties. I swear there were invitations being sent monthly for something.
