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Beginner February 2015

Ushers and Groomsmen

The future Mrs G, 11 of March of 2014 at 21:22 Posted on Planning 0 3
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Hi everyone, I'm a bit confused and looking for your help!

Is it typical to have both groomsmen and ushers? We were planning to have 1 best man and 2 others that we had been calling ushers but from speaking to a few married friends they said that they had groomsmen who were part of the wedding party and wore the same suit etc and then had separate people to be ushers.

Can you let me know what you did or are planning to do and how it worked out?

Also do you think it will be an issue having 3 male members of the wedding party but only 2 bridesmaids?

Any opinions would be great!

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Latest activity by pammy67, 11 of March of 2014 at 21:42
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    I thought the Groomsmen were any of the Men that the Groom chooses to have at his side, so the Best Man and the Ushers.

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  • pammy67
    Beginner April 2015
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    The Groomsmen are all the men that the groom has with him and includes ushers. Have what you want - there's no set rules. You don;t have to have any if you don't want to.

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    Beginner February 2015
    The future Mrs G ·
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    That is what I originally thought as well but a few people have told me this isn't correct and ushers should not be part of the wedding party and should not wear the same suit as the groom or bestman.

    Glad you hear your think the same as me :-)

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  • pammy67
    Beginner April 2015
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    This is what Debrett's say:

    http://www.debretts.com/weddings/wedding-team/grooms-party

    Groomsmen is simply another Americanism creeping in and is the term to refer to the groom's party. See what Wikipedia says:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groomsman

    Smiley winking

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