After Saying YES
You may be familiar with some of these events that are associated with weddings, if not you're at the right place to be enlightened about these and more!
So you've said "YES" to the man of your dreams and you're ready to start planning one of the biggest and most important day of your life, but there's no reason you can't enjoy the journey before you say "I DO", so here's a list of some festivities that you can choose from while you plan your wedding.
• Engagement Party
Engagement parties are used to celebrate a couple's recent engagement and to help future wedding guests get to know each another.
• Bridal Shower
Bridal showers are gift-giving parties held for a bride-to-be, in anticipation of her wedding. It's normally only female guests who are invited and sometimes a bride may end up with one or more showers based on her associations.
• Groom's Shower
Although not popular in many cultures, you can still plan a gift giving event with all the male guests and call it a different name like "Groom's Party", "Groom's Gathering" etc. However, this event should also feature gift-giving as it's main objective.
• Couple's Shower
Otherwise known as "Jack & Jill ", this is a gift-giving party held for both the bride and groom-to-be. Gifts should always feature something that the couple can use such as home items, however, for personal items you may consider having separate showers.
• Bride's Maid Luncheon
Otherwise known as Bridal Luncheon, this is an opportunity for the bride to thank her bridesmaids for their hard work and support. It can be brunch or lunch but it should be a daytime event of just the bride along with females in the wedding party.
• Rehearsal Dinner
A rehearsal dinner is held after the wedding rehearsal the night before the wedding. The event generally includes the couple thanking everyone who has helped with the wedding preparations, along with the giving of toasts and presentation of small gifts.
• Bachelor Party
This party is normally used to celebrate the end of ones single life, with a reputation of debauchery. However, contrary to popular belief, this can also be used as a celebration for ones upcoming transition into married life which brings different elements into the planning equation, making it a family-friendly event.
• Bachelorette Party
The female counterpart to the bachelor party with a reputation to be associated with licentiousness. But just like the bachelor party, there is also the child-friendly version or if you choose to forego it altogether, it can be replaced with the bride's maid luncheon.
So, the wedding day has finally arrived and you've said "I DO". Now it's time to move on to the honeymoon, but there could be one more event if you're up for it and it's called the "day after wedding brunch" or "post wedding brunch". It doesn't have to be a huge celebration but rather just have a casual get together for brunch, if you'd like to bid your out-of-town guests farewell before leaving.
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Personally a few of those showers and parties is unnecessary but i am grateful for the information because i didn't know about most of these. Lets see i knew about engagement party, Bachelor and Bachelorette party and rehearsal dinner. The day after wedding brunch sound like a scam to me, the day after i am not interested in seeing no one else but my new bride. We in honeymoon mode, everybody find them yard until two or how many weeks we plan to spend alone together.
ReplyDeleteThe article never said you're to have all or any of these events. It was just pointing to the fact that there were various wedding related events that you could choose from if you wanted to enjoy the journey while the wedding is being planned.
DeleteYou also have to bear in mind that some of these events will be hosted by others in honour of you.
I am aware the blog didn't suggest i have to get all or any of the events, I was giving my opinion of what i would or wouldn't get. Hopefully i am allowed.
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