No bridal party?

I am only doing the MOH and BM mostly just so we know who's signing for us. I don't want the stag and doe, a shower or any of the other bridal party things anyway. My MOH can pick her own dress style in any of my wedding colours and BM may have to get a grey suit for the day. I didn't ask anyone else because it got too hard to decide who to have and who not to. That and the thought of my groups of friends trying to work together.....I couldn't do that to them lol

We're not having one at all. I have one best friend and no siblings nieces or nephews or cousins I'm close with. He has one best friend who has crippling social anxiety and cannot attend a gathering of this magnitude (150 people) so we've decided not doing it. At first I felt like we were losers for having no friends but after posting on here other brides helped me see it's ok. Now I'm happy with my choice. Seems like less stress and less costs if you ask me. And my best friend will be there to help with any issues or dress stuff that the MOH would usually do, only she gets to wear whatever she likes. Plus the photo portion will take less time. It's win-win!

We aren’t doing a bridal party. I’m having one of my sister sign for me. We have a super small wedding with only 30 people coming. I didn’t want them to have to spend money. The people I would of had in my bridal party are the only friends coming.

We're ditching the wedding party too except for a BM and MOH. I originally wanted all my friends in it but soon realized that the logistics of it would be too stressful for me. If I wasn't close with my sister, I'd probably not have a wedding party whatsoever tbh.

Do what makes you happy and keeps things special for you

We have a best man and maid if honor, but they are our younger siblings, and their only job is to sign the registry. We didn't want a bridal party because A) we don't have many friends, and B) that was just so much extra stress that I didn't want to deal with. It's absolutely easier to have no bridal party, so if that's your goal, to make things easier, I'd opt out

We’re not having a wedding party. We’ll be doing a destination weekend wedding and just want folks to folks on coming out to celebrate with us.

We're not having a wedding party. I think it's way less stressful. Everyone can enjoy the wedding as guests. We're doing a u-shaped table so everyone can sit together

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View quoted message Aw that’s sweet, makes sure if they had something they wanted to say they can get it out. Definitely let’s it be more focused on tour and tour FH too ❤️

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We don't have a wedding party!

Deciding on who would be in my a bridal party was stressing me out, as I didn't want to leave anyone out or hurt anyone's feelings. Same with my FH, who just hadn't put any thought into it before we got engaged. Instead, we decided to forgo this tradition and simply ask our best friends to act as our witnesses.

Also, since I don't have a bridal party, I decided to organize a destination bachelorette party. I feel like, by not having a set party, there's less pressure on my friends to come with! We're all adults here, they know whether they can come, and I understand that not everybody will be able to. No hard feelings here!

No bridal party here! We are just going to make sure we get pics with everyone throughout the evening.

View quoted message No problem! For me it was like the best of both worlds kind of thing. That way there isn’t a large finacial burden on any of them but they can still feel special. We also aren’t doing a bunch of speeches at our ceremony so I figured while getting ready if anyone has any special messages we could do that while we get ready.

View quoted message That’s a super good idea! I love the dress of their own choice and floral bracelets, still shows they’re significant to the special day but it’s not going all out. I love this, thank you!

View quoted message Thank you! I still love the idea of getting ready together.

My FH and aren’t having a formal wedding party. We decided the same thing. I did like a non bridesmaid thing for my sisters, niece and two of my closest friends. They are going to be getting ready with me and I asked if they would wear a dress of their choice in the colours if our wedding and I ordered floral bracelets for them and boutonnières for his brothers and a friend. For us it’s been way less stressful. We chose not to have anyone walk down the aisle except for our flower girls. At the end of the day you should do what you guys are most comfortable with!

You don't need a wedding party if you two feel its not needed. If you get the family together beforehand for the pictures si that you save that much time after.

Group shots can be taken after id time is provided cutting down into sections of friends.

Thats what we did and we did have a small wedding party of 4 with us while getting ready and family each with the grooms.

Example of the head table! Super intimate.