Tell Me All About Your Wedding Party!

Mmmm I have my 2 daughters 1 is Maid of Honor and the other Matron of honor, my daughter in law to be as a bridesmaid and my sister in law to be has my other Bridesmaid. On my partners side he has his Nephew has Bestman, Groomsmen as my 2 Sons and another Nephew Pretty much family members. My Flower girl is believe me when I asked we joked about it but my BestFriend , have my granddaughter which are twin girls as my Ring bearers

I’ll have 3 on my side; my best friend is my MOH and also a guy ( we’ve been referring to him as guy of honour) and then 2 of my really close girl friends. My FH will have 2 on his side, and not naming either one “best man” or he’ll make them both. Our wedding is so relaxed that I think neither works fine. He will end up having to choose one of them to sign our papers of course but there are no speeches so no one has that to do.

I've had a bit of a difficult time with my original maid of honour.. we had known each other since grade school, got a bit closer in our last year of highschool then after highschool we became best friends. Unfortunately once I got engaged she changed drastically..she was very jealous that I got engaged and her bf had still not proposed so she became very bitter and in the end it ruined out friendship and she is no longer a part of my wedding.
My new MOH ,who should have been from the beginning but due to the distance I chose the closer friend, we met 10 or more years ago playing baseball and have been best friends ever since. I also picked my sister because she is one of my best friends and I couldn't imagine not having her stand with me. Then there is one of my closest friends, we grew up together and played baseball together and she is my sister's best friend, then my last one is a friend I met just a few years ago at work and we instantly became besties!

View quoted message I am getting married in 72 days on March 23. If I were you, I would not be thinking of that yet either. I am thinking I'll have 1 hold my bouquet and 1 hold the ring.

View quoted message Honestly I haven’t thought about it! We’re still 17 months out from our wedding, so I haven’t ironed out all those little details. I’ll likely have the one standing closest to me hold his ring!

View quoted message I am going to ask them each to say a speech because my MOHS are not Friends (but are making the best of things for me) so I think they would feel more comfortable. Are you having 1 of your MOHs hold your Fiances Wedding ring?

I’m just going to have my sister as my MOH for my party. My FH and I wanted to keep it small, otherwise if we add one person, we’ll have to add another and so on and so forth.

My sister is my best friend so I’m so excited she’ll be standing with me!

View quoted message I’m going to have my 1st MOH stand next to me and hold the bouquet. If she hadn’t have moved to Australia, she would have been the only MOH, so I wanted to still have her do the “big things”. In order to balance it out though, I’m going to give both MOH the opportunity to give their own speech, if they want to; if they want to give one speech together, that would be ok too.

View quoted message I am excited to see another future Bride with 2 MOHs! Can I ask you how you are deciding which one does what in the ceremony? How do you choose who holds your bouquet and who stands beside you? We are having our 2 Brothers sign our Wedding Doc from the Officiant which makes things easier.

My MOH is my sister and that's it! We decided to go with a small wedding party for a variety of reasons.

My MOH is my best friend of 12 years. She remained a great friend when I got pregnant at 19 and was the only one that stuck around. We live 5 hours away from one another but when we see each other its like we see one another everyday.
My bm is my older sister. I can't have a vow renewal without my sister in it.

I picked my niece, my sister, my coworker I work with day in, day out for the last 9months and we have virtually became best friends and my future sister in law. For the guys it's all of my fiance's brother's minus one ( 3of them) and hopefully my brother.

We have 4 on each side, and that is plenty enough for me lol
My MOH will be my sister! She’s 10 years older than me but honestly my best friend even though she is on the other side of the world!
My 3 bridesmaids are my future sister in laws! It was easier to have everyone than to just pick one. We will see how this works out as things become closer.
My FH has his brother as his best man. His brother in law, my brother and his sisters boyfriend.
My sisters son (will be almost 2 by the wedding) will be our ring bearer. And Our niece (FH brothers daughter) will be our flower girl. She also his his god daughter which makes it super cute!
I’m interested to see how the dynamic works out with all our siblings being in the wedding party because so far other than my sister no one has really asked about the wedding, or any planning..

I have 2 MOHs, 3 bridesmaids and my Godaughter is my junior bridesmaid. 1 MOH is my cousin/bf and the 2nd is bf of over 20 Years. I am the Godmother to my MOHs Children. My Fiance has his Bro as Best Man, my Bro & 2 Friends as Groomsmen and my Nephew is his junior groomsman. We have 1 Usher & a Master of Ceremony. I love my Girls & i appreciate each of them. Committing to be in our Wedding is an expense for sure. Having a large wedding party has been more difficult than I imagined. Finding 1 dress on a budget for 6 Girls who range from an XS to a 3X was tough... It was a wonderful day when they all agreed on 1 dress! The cost was $250 with tax which was a great deal on these dresses. I have some Girls who say it's your day and I'm good with whatever your vision is which helps a lot. After a lot of searching etc all but one has bought their shoes. I chose the closed toe and color silver and they picked the one they each wanted. I Love each of my Girls in their own special way. I don't think I realized that they really all are very different from one another, they each have different individual relationships with me and now are doing their best to come together as a unit for me. Guys have it easy compared to the Girls, I think.

I have 4 people standing up for me. Most I have not known for as long as others seem to know their wedding party for - but my life hasn't been normal either. My father was in the military, so I moved every 1 to 1.5 years growing up. I'm not really in contact with people I was friends with 15 or 20 years ago, other than casually on facebook. So for me, it's more about who I genuinely care about/cares about me now, and who I see being in my life in 5, 10, 15 years from now.

My sister is my MOH - we may not always get along, but she is always my sister. She is the one person, other than my mother, I know will always be there for me 100% when the chips are down.

Janice is a friend for about 5 years; She's a fantastic sounding board and is always around to listen when I just need to vent. She's a genuinely loving person who tries to see the best in everyone else.

Nolan has been a friend for about 5 years as well. He is a rock - meaning that I know he is there when I need him. If I need help, he's the first to volunteer, and he always follows through. He's my closest guy-friend, and I absolutely adore him.

Janice and Nolan were married and separated about 4 months ago. They were together still when I asked them, and had been married for 18 years. Their split was a surprise to our circle of friends BUT they are still friends, and both wanted to still stand up for me. That meant a lot.

I had asked my friend, Nicola, to be my fourth bridesmaid. She had accepted, and although I've known her for about 9 years, and we were really close in the past, after accepting, she became really distant. She was never available for events, showed no interest in wedding related things, never reached out to me to chat (and yes, I checked and she said things were ok for her but she was busy) and I began to second guess my choice. I had to ask for two months before she went to order her dress! At the beginning of December, she actually decided to step down because her husband lost his job and she didn't think she could manage financially. If I'm honest, it was a bit of a relief...

I ended up asking another friend, Reesa, if she would stand up for me, and she eagerly accepted. I've only known Reesa for about a year, but she honestly feels like another sister to me - I see us being friends when we're 80! A true kindred spirit - Reesa had already taken on as much, if not more, wedding related things than my other wedding party members before I asked her (volunteering as a bartender, helping pick out things for the wedding, DIY help, etc). She went within 4 days of my asking and ordered her bridesmaid dress.

All in all, I think things worked out the way they were supposed to.

I have 2 MOH and 3 Bridesmaids, so 5 total. My first MOH has just moved to Australia so she won’t be able to help with much of the planning, which is where my second MOH comes in. My first MOH is my best friend of over 21, we grew up together and have managed to stay close even though we haven’t lived in the same province, let alone city, for 13 years. My second MOH is one of my best friends since junior high. My first MOH’s sister is one of my bridesmaids, and I have my sister and a friend who I grew up taking dance classes with as my other bridesmaids. Honestly they’re a perfect group, and I cannot wait to get doing more wedding stuff with them! I’m going dress shopping in June and everyone with the exception of my first MOH will be coming with me! So excited!

I am absolutely THRILLED with the ladies in my bridal party. I ended up having a larger party than originally thought (5 rather than 4), but one is a Junior Bridesmaid. If you want a larger bridal party, (I consider 5 to be kind of a lot!) just know it is SO MUCH MORE MONEY for gifts and such, but worth it for all the extra love and support you receive.

My MOH is one of my best friends, her and I have been friends for around 5 years, and the friendship we have built is amazing. She is an organized, tell it how it is woman, and so she had to be my MOH.

Second is my other bestie, known her for 11 years! We have been friends since the eighth grade. She knows all my deep down secrets, and I know hers. I get to be her MOH later this year!

Next is my younger sister, then I have another close friend of mine! Then my junior bridesmaid, she is my sister as well! She is 9 years old. I almost made her a flower girl, but she is a mature 9 year old and I think she will feel pretty special standing up with the other girls and I.