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Jul 7, 2024
7:52:14pm

YIsForBrigham Give me a break!

I’m a private person so I would have never done this.

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YIsForBrigham

Previous username: TrueAndBlue
Bio page: YIsForBrigham
Joined: Aug 9, 2012
Last login: Sep 19, 2024
Total posts: 66,269 (17,967 FO)

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Time

Should parents and siblings attend when their kids get engaged?

WJCougar

Jul 7, 7:14pm

I think it just depends on the couple and family. There isn't a right or

Jul 7, 7:16pm

It's a recent thing in the past decade with social media.

WJCougar

Jul 7, 7:18pm

It has always been a thing. You just hear about it more due to social media. But people proposing at big events or in

Baron

Jul 7, 7:19pm

Always?

WJCougar

Jul 7, 7:54pm

I didn't know anyone in college who had both families in Utah.

Jul 7, 8:28pm

I proposed to my wife in public place in the 90s. No cell phones

Jul 7, 7:24pm

There probably is a right and a wrong answer

Jul 7, 7:22pm

There may be for some... And for others it literally makes no difference

Jul 7, 7:28pm

This. I would want it to be personal and intimate. But if a couple wants to

JarJarBeeps

Jul 7, 7:26pm

Intimate, eh?

ballen

Jul 7, 7:45pm

No

Flippy

Jul 7, 7:20pm

To each their own

Blue2thebone

Jul 7, 7:21pm

RE: Should parents and siblings attend when their kids get engaged?

777

Jul 7, 7:29pm

I got engaged privately but when I was visiting my in-laws. They were aware what

ryebrye

Jul 7, 7:30pm

When my son-in-law proposed to my daughter in a quiet corner of a park, he asked

Jul 7, 7:31pm

No. It's just one more symptom of helicopter parenting.

Jul 7, 7:32pm

It's only helicopter parenting if the parents are insisting on being

Jul 7, 7:42pm

RE: It's only helicopter parenting if the parents are insisting on being

WJCougar

Jul 7, 7:52pm

Whatever. I think it’s weird, especially when the whole idea of getting married

garyfan

Jul 7, 7:45pm

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mokelembembe

Jul 7, 7:48pm

I’m a private person so I would have never done this.

Jul 7, 7:52pm

I truly don’t understand having an audience like this, or worse, having a huge audience like at a sporting event.

KingDave

Jul 7, 7:56pm

Parents attending is weird

kotacoug

Jul 7, 7:54pm

Bingo. An advent of social media thing borne out of the affluent doing this for

BlackBart

Jul 7, 7:57pm

There’s no right answer to this. But No

Tsisquan

Jul 7, 8:01pm

I agree on 1 and 3, but mission calls were an event when I went on a mission

Jul 7, 8:56pm

It’s all about social media and likes now

palangi

Jul 7, 8:08pm

No

CaliforniaCougar22

Jul 8, 9:45am

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