Bridesmaids

I am having seven. Five bridesmaids, one matron of honor, and one maid of honor....I have heard people say this is quite a bit, but oh well!! I have two sisters, and I am extremely close to them. My fiance has one sister, and I adore her as well. One of my bridesmaids is a dear friend who I have known most of my life, and who INTRODUCED us! The other three are my closest and dearest friends. So, for me, I wasn`t about to exclude anyone over the possibility of having too many!!

I am having 3 my sis, my best friend, and his sister. But because I could only have 3 I choose my other best friend to be in charge of keeping me calm making sure my makeup looks good and hair while I am taking photos also she is in charge of paying and tipping people at the wedding. The girls love this idea because the can focus on other things also.

I`m having 4 total.
One Maid of Honor and 3 bridesmaids

Well my concern is I want to ask my two sisters closet to me in age, his sister, my niece, and two cousins I grew up with which would give me six but (there is always a but isn’t there?) I have another cousin I use to be really close to and I know her feeling would be hurt if I left her out so know I’m at seven.

That’s another thing can I ask two sisters without hurting the feeling of the older two?
Although they are both 7-10 years older than I am?

Nodia,
Is there a way you can include them in other ways? I am having a singer (cousin), and three readers (also 2 of my cousins, and one of his.) My readers and singer will be wearing the same shade dress as my bridesmaids. By doing this, they feel more apart of the wedding party. They will also sit at the wedding party table at the rehearsal dinner and at the reception. Hope this helps!!

Also, if you feel that your sisters will be extremely hurt, ask them to be the bridesmaids, and your cousins to be the readers, etc.....The one thing I have learned about weddings is that someone is bound to be hurt, and you have to keep in mind that it isn`t possible to make everyone happy. Good luck and best wishes, Nodia.

Hey
I`m having 4 Bridesmaids... I think the "rule" (if that`s what you want to call it) is 1 set of attendants per 50 guests. But i`m not sure if anyone really follows that.

I am having a MOH, one bridesmaid, one male attendant (maybe 2) and 2 junior bridesmaids. All together that is 6. And my FH is only having a BM, one groomsman, and 2 jr GM, which will be our sons, once they are finished walking me half way down the aisle

I`m having 4 bridesmaids. I have 2 cousins who i`m really close to, but i`m not having them as bridesmainds, instead i`ve included them by asking them to help design the reception table centrepieces, and help me out with all the other stuff. They`re fine doing this.
Also, like you i have 2 older sisters about 9 years older than me. The one without children is not offended at all that she`s not a bridesmaid, and the one with children is fine as i`m using her son (my nephew) as page boy.

Also, my FH is only having a best man, and no groomsmen... Which is quite untraditional, but that`s the only person he really wants.

I originally had 5 bridesmaids, but didn`t want to hurt my cousin`s feelings so I ended up with six. I`m worried that this might be too many because we are only having 200 guests.

I am having 6 bridesmaids, my MOH, and 1 junior bridesmaid (my little sis), so thats a total of 8, and the same for my fiance. We are having approximately 300 guests. We decided that we did not want to have to chose amoungst our family and close friends, so we included everyone! We are not worrying about what the "rules" say to do, just doing what makes us happy. I think it would take a lot of stress off brides if they all thought about it that way! Good luck

I have 1 MOH, 4 BMs, 2 Jnr BMs and 2 Little Brides. My Fiance has 1 best man and 4 Groomsmen. I wld prefer not to have the jnr BMs and LBs, but they`re my nieces and I don`t want to hurt anyone`s feelings. There`s really no right or wrong number, but consider the logistics of co-ordinating so many people, whether or not you`re subsidising their outfits.

I am having my aunt/godmother for my matron-of-honer, 6 bridesmaids, 1junior bridesmaid, and 1flower girl. Hope that helps.... 5 of the bridesmaids are my closest friends in one is my cousin, the junior bridesmaid is my 11 year old sister. He is having equal amount of guys.

I am having 1 Matron of Honor (my mother), 6 Bridesmaids, 1 Jr. Bridesmaid, 1 Flower Girl, 1 Mini Bride. My fiance is having 1 Best man, 6 Groomsmen, Bible bearer, and 1 Mini Groom. I don`t think there is any kind of rule as to how many is the limit. You put as many of your closest friends and relatives as you want. Whatever makes you happy is what is important.

Just wondering how many bridesmaids are you suppose to have (does it go by the number of guests you have)?

I originally wanted 3 bride`s maides and 1 maide of honor, but that turned into 5 bride`s maides and 1 maide of honor! Just a little tip someone gave me, you`ll always hurt someone`s feelings! Choose who you want, not who you think will be hurt.

I am totally hurt bc one of my best friends since high school and not to mention my college roommate is getting married and did not ask me to be in her wedding. She did however, choose 5 other of her old roommates and one friend from high school that I never recall her hanging out with let alone mentioning in hs or college. I am particularly hurt too bc I chose her to be one of my bridesmads. Its not like she "owes" me, but our history is a lot deeper than the 6 other girls that she asked. At this point, I am so hurt that I am considering not attending the wedding, I feel its a slap in the face to me. I also do not even feel like bringing it up to her. My thought is that if she does not value our friendship enough to ask me to be a part of her special day, then I am not wasting my breath, however I feel that in order for me to obtain closure, I need to make some sort of statement. Does anyone have any similar situations or advice?

For my upcoming wedding I had too many people to choose from, like I`m sure a lot of you have had the same problem. I ended up choosing 2 Maids of Honor (my best friend from high school and my best friend from college) and three other bridesmaids. I knew I would hurt some people`s feelings, but I wanted to choose people that I knew I could rely on and that would be a lot of fun to hang out with, since I`ve known most of my friends that I considered for a minimum of 3 years. I would suggest to everyone that there is no rule for bridesmaids or groomsmen, just make sure that you do what you want to do! After all, it is YOUR wedding.