Bridezilla?

I had never even heard of an engagement party unril my friend had one. In my opinion it's kinda stupid to have a whole extra party to celebrate you getting engaged..... Because that's kinda the point of the wedding 🤷

We didn’t do an engagement party. I’m having a bridal shower and a bachelorette weekend though.

Everyones doesn't do both. I'd say engagement parties are more done by traditional families or planned by the bride and groom themselves.
Bachelorette and shower isn't done until right before you get married, if you're not getting married until next year it's super early.
I don't think wanting one makes you a bridezilla but demanding or crying over it would.
I'm probably not getting anything because all my family and friend are broke. 🤷 So my expectations are low.

I'm doing a bridal shower, a bachelorette party and we are having our engagement party Saturday. His parents are throwing the engagement party because they wanted to. We aren't planning bridal shower or bachelorette party yet but I do want the whole experience and I don't think that makes me a bridezilla.

I think if you are barking orders and throwing tantrums then you're a bridezilla, but hey that might just be me.

View Quoted Comment This. Just simply expressing that you would enjoy if someone hosted these events would not make you a bridezilla. I didn’t have an engagement party, but will have a shower and a bachelorette. I think every family/group is different, but it would have been incredibly weird (in my opinion) if none of my aunts/my mom had planned to throw a shower.

I don't think it makes you a bridezilla as long as you aren't demanding that someone must throw you these parties. I asked my mom and grandma to organize an engagement dinner with my parents and grandparents and fh parents and grandparents because we'd been dating 8.5 years and our families had NEVER met. They didn't seem thrilled and were too slow in planning it in the timeline I wanted, so I just took over and made the reservations and sent out invites on my own. It really didn't bother me that they didn't jump at the opportunity to throw us this engagement dinner bc I was the one who wanted it.

I have no clue if anyone in my family or my fh family will throw me a shower but I know my MOH is going to eventually and she will be throwing me a bachelorette party. (I know this because she's already asked me for a few parameters like can we go out of state or is there a theme I want.)

I didn't expect any parties for my wedding but it was my 2nd time getting married. That being said I was a bit sad that there was no shower or parties planned. My first wedding was thrown together in 2 weeks so I figured this time we would do the more traditional route. I don't think it's being a bridezilla. I think it's something that you hope for esp if you've seen friends and family get married and attend those same parties. My DH actually threw together a bachelorette party for me the night before the wedding since he was going out with his guys. It was in Vegas and last minute but I was so glad he did! It was a night to remember for sure.

I’m having a engagement party/ housewarming we just bought a new house so we are combining them with just close family it’s nothing crazy and we are paying for it all. My maid of honor and mom is throwing a bridal shower and all the bridesmaids are throwing bachelorette.

I don't think that makes you a bridezilla, its normal for brides to have both!