Tiny Wedding Party

We had a tiny wedding party (he had 2 best men and I had my sister as MOH) and I felt guilty too! Just pick someone you would feel comfortable standing up there with you. There’s no wrong choices here!

I would have whoever you are considering to sign your license as a witness act as your MOH - you don't even have to call them that, but you will need a witness. I feel like your friend group will understand since it is a small wedding and you want to keep it small/non existent. You could ask your sister, that way you avoid conflict with your friend group.

You can ask anyone you want to be your MOH. The day is about you and FH becoming one. Having a tiny wedding party is fine for the amount of guests attending. Your Officiant or Priest will need 2 witnesses too as long as their standing up with you, then can sign as well unless you have asked other members or friends to be a witness to sign.

We too had a tiny wedding party consisting of MOH and BM (Best Man) per side. It made it nice and simple to keep it that way and for photos too since there wasn't much space in our suite. Family photos were taken and then our wedding party.

View quoted message Unfortunately, my best friend who is throwing our engagement party and photographing our engagement photos is one of a tight group of friends, so as much as I feel she is "owed" the title, I may choose my sister to avoid any conflict.

It is your day! You don’t have to explain anything to anyone. If you are having a small wedding people should understand that you don’t want a big wedding party

View quoted message That's a great point - I hadn't even considered witnesses yet as we are so early in planning stages!

View quoted message This is great advice! I still may forgo choosing anyone at all. As it will be such a small wedding, we will not be doing a lot of traditional things, so hopefully if needed I could find something special for anyone feeling left out

Whether you call them witnesses or a wedding party, 2 people (1 representing you and one representing your partner) will need to be identified anyway. So whoever you wanted to assign that role can be your wedding party.

I mean, to be fair you need at least 2 people to sign the wedding papers right? So that's your reason!!

But to be fair - unless your potential BM's or GM ask about the wedding and their tasks - there is no need to have any convo. Try not to make it more than what it is - I'm sure they get why your wedding of 35 can't have half the wedding guests as the wedding party after all!

You could always just not have a MOH or bridesmaids. You don't need to have someone even if your fiance chose a best man!

If you need to choose one person, include those you are letting down in other ways.

Ask them to do a reading for you, or speak at the wedding. If you're having a receiving line, ask someone to stand with the guestbook, for example.