how many is too many??

Are you having a church or civil ceremony? If it's a civil ceremony then you might not need as many ushers perhaps? I had 1 bridesmaid and there was the best man and one usher and I really don't think the usher could do very much.

I am having 2 bridemaids a flower girl and a best man, as we're having a civil service we dont need any ushers, but i think 4 of each is ok. x

It will be a church service

Have as many as you want! It's your wedding. The only thing to bear in mind is costs for outfits and presents will add up the more you have.... I've been to weddings with 12 bridesmaids and I'm having none. Anything goes!

I personally think that you might be getting carried away but you can do what you want... what will 4 bridesmaids do? (Apart from increase your budget?)

I have my sister as BM and her daughter as my flowergirl.

H2B has his Best Man and we will have 2 ushers as the church is huge and they need to be in several places at once!

Hi

I had two adult b/maids, a teenage one, two flowergirls and my son was a ring bearer/page boy. Hubby had a best man and four ushers and we had 80 to a civil ceremony.

I think you should have who you want and who you can afford to have.

I loved being able to involve so many of our close friends in the wedding party, though it did get quite pricey !!

Suze xx

Im having 5bm 1 fg and 2pb, i think just go with whatever you want, you can never have too many x

I'm another one who's gone over the top on the wedding party. I'm having 4 bridesmaids, 3 ushers, 3 page boys and a flower girl . . . and I've only got 40 people coming during the day!!!

it's your day you have as many as you want

i'm having 5 bridesmaids 2 flower girls ( my own little girls my oldest can't wait to dress like a princess with her mummy and wee sister for the day lol) 2 page boys a best man and we havn't decided on ushers yet but i think we are only having 2.

I'm sure my wedding party is bigger than my wedding! lol! Never mind! We have 25 people already booked to come out with us and another 15 people planning to book soon. So about 40 in total. We have 2 big bridesmaids, my little niece (4) who is my CBM! best man, and 2 ushers (one close friend and the other my brother). I drew the line at that. I could have picked more bridesmaids. I have no cousins as BMs and only friends that knew us both as a couple in the wedding party. We live over 100 miles from where I grew up so all my old friends are there still but barely know my OH. I'm also at uni which is 60 miles from my OH and 100 miles from my parents so he doesn't really know my uni friends. (I travel a lot!).

I think the size of the wedding party is entirely up to you, but do bear in mind the more people you have the more the cost goes up, think extra suit hire, extra dresses etc ...

Have you considered giving people other roles? Giving a reading is just as important and you don't have to buy an outfit (maybe just a buttonhole or corasage so they feel part of the wedding party), also same applies for witnesses.

Just because everyone else has I'm haveing 2 bridesmaids, OH is having a best man and 2 maybe 3 ushers (depends on family). we are then having readings by friends we wanted to include in the day.

I'm having 4 bridesmaids and one very wee PB. I was the same - couldn't have one friend without the other as I'm equally close to the both of them, and the other 2 are sil2bs. I did think about asking another friend but decided to ask her to read instead, as that's a really important role too. Do what makes you happy!

I have 6 bridesmaids and 3 pageboys! Wouldnt have it any other way..

I'm also having a very large wedding party, for various different reasons, having 6 bridesmaids, 6 best men/ushers, 2 flower girls and 2 page boys. Now wish I had chosen less but then I wouldn't have had who I wanted. Hope it'll all work out ok. Go with what you want