Bridal Party

We eloped with just two friends. A couple who had been married for 50 years the year we married. No bridal party a such but I always say she was my bridesmaid, witness, dresser, hand to hold if nervous and saver of my sanity! Her husband was also a witness and did a beautiful reading. She was the only person I could have ever seen myself spending a week with and I'm so glad she was there. To repay her I took her with me on my reindeer sleigh arrival and she cried all the way there as she said it was so beautiful.

Ooh good question!

I have two adult BMs, my oldest friend who I don't see as much as I'd like to any more (I was BM to her in 2007), and my closest friend (I was BM to her in January this year). It was hard because ideally I'd have liked to have asked another 3 or 4 of my closest friends too, but budget doesn't allow (& they're also all trying for babies at the moment & so probably will have better things to do on my wedding day than traipsing around after me!) I am currently trying to work out ways of including them all, i.e. readings & witnesses etc, but recognise that we also need to include H2Bs side in that too!

I also have my niece who will be 11, & is super excited, And *sensitive* I want to have some way of acknowledging my other niece who unfortunately passed away when she was 2 1/2 weeks old - she would have been 9 at my wedding & of course then would have been a fourth bridesmaid - I am thinking of maybe slipping off for 15 minutes during the reception with my sister's family & letting off a balloon in her memory or something similar.

H2B has asked his best friend, who he also works with, to be his best man, & hasn't decided on ushers yet. We have asked one of our closest friends but he may have unavoidable work commitments & won't know until the end of the year. He says he has plenty of time to decide who else he's going to have as ushers.

I also need to include my nephew who'll be 4 somewhere, but not decided whether to have him as page boy yet, or maybe mini-usher (not sure if he'll fancy the whole walk down the aisle etc).

I've just got the one person in my bridal party - my sister. She's classed as MOH/BM - did originally ask her, my best friend and two friends from Uni to be BM's but I realised how expensive it is on a restricted budget (and I don't really talk to my Uni friends that much anymore).

My sister is definitely the best person for the job though- she helps me keep a cool head!

My OH is having just the one too- his brother as his best man.

We've got quite a large party.

5 Bridesmaids: My sister, his sister and my 3 closest friends, Plus my Maid of Honor who is like my kindred spirit. I also wanted one other as a bridesmaid but OH said no :-(

He has 5 Groomsmen: his Brother in-law and 4 friends he has known throughout his life, his BestMan is his life long best friend

and we have 2 flower girls aged 4 and 2

I've got four bridesmaids; three friends from school and my sister in law to be (who's quickly becoming one of my closest friends). I had to draw the line at school friends, as I have friends from uni and others who I'm also really close to. I'm an only child so no sisters myself. My best friend from the school three is taking on maid of honour duties.

My OH has two best men, he's both know since he was 6 and he couldn't choose between. Then three ushers; his best friend from uni, brother in law and another close friend.

We've got a bit of a gang, but they're all great! No little ones, my nephew is just a little too young to play a part, if he was a couple of years older he'd definitely be page boy.

I have my Cousin (who I have always been very close with and she id the reason I met my H2B) and my best friend of 24ish years as my Bridesmaid's. I don't have a MOH (even though my cousin pretty much fits the roll) as it should really be my Bestie but she lives 40+ miles away so isn't really on hand to help or give advice.

My H2B has a his closest friend as Bestman and another good mate as Usher and that's it.
Quite a small Bridal party really. But most of the important people are in it :-)

We are having a fairly large bridal party - just one of many reasons we have opted for a sweetheart table rather than a long top table..

I have my sister as MOH, we are only 18 months apart and so close - there has never been any doubt who would be my MOH. Then I have 2 BMs, the first is my childhood friend who I have known for 20 years now, and again, we have known forever that we would be bridesmaids for eachother so I'm very glad that has not become a reality. My second BM, I have only known for about 3 years as I met her at uni but I'm, so glad I did and so happy that someone who has come into my life later than the other two has been able to fit in so seamlessly and I'm so happy she will be other BM!

H2B has three best men because he couldn't choose!! So he has two of his childhood friends and then like me, has his best friend from uni too, I think it is lovely that he has been able to have them all to stand by him on out big day.

Finally we also have three groomsman/ushers - my cousin who is only a month older than me and one of my best friends and also gets on with H2B very well, one of H2B's other best friends and then H2B dad will also be taking on some roles as a groomsman such as escorting one of my bridesmaids down the aisle.

So glad we are able to involve all our nearest and dearest in special roles Only thing I think is it might have been nice to have future SIL as bridesmaid but as we are not particularly close and I wouldn't have dreamt of being asked to be BM at her wedding, I don't think it would have felt right - but there are no hard feelings or anything (Well I hope not...haha..!)

My bridesmaids are my sister, a friend from my hometown I’ve known since primary school, my cousin, my closest friend/former flatmate, and OH’s sister. My 9 year old goddaughter will be a Junior Bridesmaid. Another cousin will be officiating the wedding and her two daughters (2 and 4) will be flower girls. OH has asked his best friend from the RAF to be Best Man, and his brother and three childhood friends will be ushers. Two of my bridesmaids got engaged shortly after I did so it's been three times the wedding planning!

I have my best friend since were 11 as Cheif bridesman, my best female friend as cheif bridesmaid, and 2 uni friends as normal bridesmaids. Although turns out an old school friend was upset not to be asked but our friendship was quite rocky at the time I needed to pick, also my 2 uni friends are sorting out my hen do which is awesome. Also started to worry if I should have asked FSIL, but we're not close.

Not having ushers because truthfully we forgot about them, so my bridesman is going to be helping with the best man; who is OH's best mate again since 11/12. What is going to make it extra special is that this will be probably the only time in our lives where our best friends are going to be in the same room (best man lives in Korea, and bridesman lives in New Zealand)

No flower girls as we only know one little girl, and she'll be 4 months - bit too young. OH does have nephews who could have been paige boys, but they really freak me out, I always envisage one scene from The Omen being repeated in my head, and thought Church wedding - Omen scene. Didn't feel right.

We have 4 bridesmaids, 2 best men, 2 ushers, 2 page boys and a flower girls.

Bridesmaids are my sister (MOH) and oldest friend who I was bridesmaid for 2 years go.
The other two are daughters of OH's godparents, I'm not particularly close to them but we thought it would be nice to include them, doesn't harm us in any way.

OH's best men are his oldest school friend and then his best friend who he was best man for 2 years ago (same wedding I was bridesmaid in).

Ushers are a close friend of us both and also my cousin's son - I was bridesmaid for his parents when I was about 2.

Pageboys are our twin godsons.

Flower girl is the daughter of a close family friend.

Quite a few people I suppose but we wanted to include as many people as possible, so why not

I have 2 BMs, my best friend and my brother's fiancée. Best man is OH's best friend. With the exception of OH's nephew, we're having a child-free wedding so no flower girls or pageboys.

Lovely idea for a tribute. That's a really beautiful image.

My OH has a best man and 3 groomsmen - friends from school/uni as he and I don't have brothers. I have 3 adult BMs - my cousin, my FSIL and my best friend from uni. I was going to have 3 flower girls but when my mum passed away recently I just thought I don't want to make the kids feel uncomfortable/confused with all the emotion that will be going on.

Our bridal party seems to be growing!!

As we are both female we are having two sets because why not!

I have so far three BM's - Sister, Step Sister and SIL, I have a Best Man - my brother, Usher - Step Brother.

OH has two BM's - our best friend, her close friend. Best Man - close friend, Usher - close friend

Looking at two flower girls and two page boys also but haven't spoken to the parents yet!

We picked ours based on a variety of reason my OH does not have any siblings I have a split family so loads of siblings! I am BM for my future SIL who marries next year, was BM for my step sister also.

Funny thing is bits like this are not traditional at all because we thought why not yet other bits I am so funny about like when people showing us round venues said 'you normally walk the aisle together or one waiting for the other' - hell no I want my papa to walk me down the aisle and so does the OH so two entrances it is because it's tradition ha ha!

I started with 3 bridesmaids, all close friends (or so I thought), but one got the heave-ho after a year. I later added my now-husband's 2 cousins, who are more like little sisters - aged 9 and 12.

Husband also has 3 boy cousins, but they're more like brothers as they grew up together and he is an only child. We spend a lot of tome with them and their better halves. His closest cousin was best man, and the other 2 were ushers along with his best mate and my brother.

I have three BMs. One is my best friend; we met at work about four years ago. We quite quickly became really close, and I feel like we've known each other for more like fourteen years! The other two are my cousins. We're not close friends or anything, but we are quite close as a family and I just really wanted to have that family connection. Plus my auntie (their mum, my dad's sister) was my mum's bridesmaid so I thought that was quite cool.

My OH's BM is his best friend since school - we're not having any ushers or groomsmen.

I'm thinking of having my sister, two best friends and my cousin... quite a small group!!

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We're keeping it reasonably small. 2 bridesmaids - my closest friend from uni, and one my best friends I lived with before moving in with my OH. Also having our little niece as a flower girl. Just the 1 best man for my OH (though he's still not asked!).

Would have loved to have had one of my other closest friends as a bridesmaid, but she lives a long way away, and doesn't know the other 2 bridesmaids, so didn't feel practical. Instead going to ask her to be witness or do a reading, as want her involved in some way.

OH would have liked another of his oldest closest friends as an usher, but this friend and the best man really really don't get on, so we both decided it would be better not to have him in the wedding party. Again, going to ask him to maybe be witness or involved in some other way.

I have four bridesmaids; my sister, my friend from primary school, my friend from secondary school and my friend who I met through work 9 years ago although it feels much longer than that! I don't have a MOH, they are all equal.

OH has his oldest friend as BM. He was BM for him a couple of years ago. He then has one of his close friends and his brother as ushers.

We have one flower girl and one page boy who are my bridesmaid's kids. We are only having four children at the wedding. My pageboy and flower girl and BM's two kids (only because their whole family will be present and there is nobody else to look after them!) X

I am having five adult bridesmaids, my sister, my sil (brother's wife), my niece (22) and then my two best friends who I have known for over twenty five years. Then I will have my 7 year old niece as a bridesmaid and her two little sisters (4 and 2) as flower girls. My youngest son will be page boy, he will be nearly 4.

My eldest son who will be nearly 11 will walk down right in front of me and my brother (who will hopefully agree to giving me away in place of our dad, who passed away ten years ago).

OH has chosen his best friend since primary school to be his best man and hasn't chosen any ushers although has mentioned a couple of his work friends.

I haven't asked OH's sister to be a bm, we aren't close and as awful as it sounds, I don't like her very much and I want to be comfortable getting ready etc and I feel it may cause an atmosphere. Luckily she is married so not traditional to have her! OH agreed completely which is good and may ask her to do a reading. This may change if we suddenly develop a relationship in the next year but I doubt it. I feel horrid saying it though.

I have 5 adult bridesmaids. My sister, my step sister and my 3 closest friends. I also have my daughter who will be 4 as my mini maid.

I have 5 bridesmaids, all adult. 1 have been friends with since middle school, 2 since high school, 1 i met in Uni and the other is my H2B bestmans girlfriend who has become one of my closest friends!

We both have sisters but mine is 12 years older and both don't like a lot of attention so we have them as our witnesses as we wanted them included.

My OH has a bestman who he met at Uni and 2 girl ushers. We then have his nephew and my two twin nephews as 'page boys' but they aren't sure on whether they want to actually walk down the aisle (we've left it to them as they are 10 and I don't mind either way)

I could have had loads of little bridesmaids but we decided to leave them as it would have just been so many and it wasn't fair to have one without the others!

I have three bridesmaids - my twin, my friend from the age of 4, and my closest friend now. I also have a 1year old flowergirl and 3 and 6 year old page boys/mini grooms men.

I also have my twin as my bridesmaid, my best friend and a friend of mine from primary school. I also have a sort of bridesmaid who hates weddings and is struggling with the idea of being there; but I knew that she'd struggle beforehand so it's ok, she hasn't decided yet if she's a definite.

My OH has four bestfriends from school and his brother as groomsmen / ushers. I don't know if that's a lot or not.

I had my sister and OH's cousin (a late substitute for my friend who wanted to be a guest only). My OH had his two close friends.