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In the Bible, an engagement was a very serious step and was considered to be the first step in a two step process towards marriage. Have you ever considered having an Engagement Party when you become engaged?

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I don't think I have ever heard anyone talk about having an "engagement party," per se. However - Here at BYU-Idaho, and at BYU as well I'm sure, there is a roommate tradition that goes something like this:

If one roommate is dating someone, the first time they hold hands then she (or he) owes her roommates all M&Ms. The first time they kiss, she owes them all ice cream, and when they get engaged, she is supposed to owe them all a steak dinner.

Now, I did have a few roommates get engaged, and I think one or two might have gotten away without having to give the steak dinner, or they may have fed us dinner but it wasn't steak. But I did have one roommate who fed us steak, homemade french fries, and a delicious fruit salad concoction. It was a big dinner considering we had 6 roommates total, plus a couple of boyfriends and of course the fiance. I think this could be considered an "engagement party," although like I said, we never called it that.

When I got engaged, we fed my roommates all dinner, but it wasn't steak, so I guess we were kind of a cop out . But I always thought it was a fun tradition!

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Comments: that's not an engagement party. That's just a party. More specifically, thats just a steak dinner. Engagement parties are way better, because rather than feeding people steak, the couple receives presents an engagement party is a formal event where you invite the same people who you would invite to the wedding. it's like a mini reception. They don't seem popular in american mormon culture, maybe because you guys aren't engaged long enough to handle throwing a party, and maybe because you seem to have a lot of open houses in various states after your wedding receptions.