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Jul 7, 2024
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WJCougar
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Always?
I don't know of anybody I know from college or high school that invited both sides of the family and friends to watch them get engaged.
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WJCougar
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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
GSwarriorcoug
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.
GSwarriorcoug
Jul 7, 8:28pm
I proposed to my wife in public place in the 90s. No cell phones
GSwarriorcoug
Jul 7, 7:24pm
There probably is a right and a wrong answer
Crowd Factor
Jul 7, 7:22pm
There may be for some... And for others it literally makes no difference
GSwarriorcoug
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
CatamountFan
Jul 7, 7:31pm
No. It's just one more symptom of helicopter parenting.
Cougar Junkie
Jul 7, 7:32pm
It's only helicopter parenting if the parents are insisting on being
GSwarriorcoug
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.
YIsForBrigham
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
Crowd Factor
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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