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Any significance of having a bridal party?

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Jesssss, on April 19, 2020 at 12:27 PM

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Hi everyone!

I recognize that my last post wasn’t as clear as I would have liked (my mistake writing a post at midnight 😂) .
My fiancé and I are considering not having a bridal party due to postponing our wedding and the uncertainty of how our wedding will play out. Our original wedding was supposed to be next month, but has now been postponed until October. We are still uncertain if our October wedding will take place, and at that point we have decided to just elope.
With that being said, we originally had 5 bridesmaids and 5 groomsmen, majority being our siblings since we have large families. At this point, no one in our wedding party had their attire for the wedding as the bridesmaids hadn’t purchased their dresses (couldn’t really agree on one) and the groomsmen didn’t make it to the shop with all the closures. We have decided that it will probably be less stressful NOT having a bridal party. We have assessed our original bridal party and we don’t believe any of them will be upset if we decided not to have a bridal party. They are mostly family and will be supportive anyways.
So my question (and hopefully this is more clear), has anyone decided NOT to have a bridal party and why? For those who decided not to have a bridal party, were there any regrets?

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Spenser · on April 30, 2020 at 9:39 AM
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If they are cool with it, and you don't want to deal with a bridal party, my vote is to go ahead and skip that part haha. Who knows maybe they would be grateful not having to find a dress for it, haha. All chill. And with this whole thing going on in the world, you don't need extra work and stress.
Where I could see some feelings being hurt would be scenarios where one is keeping a bridal party but reducing the number from the original count, some drama could ensue eventually (something like "why did she take me out of the bridal party, does she not like me as much as jane doe? Why karen gets to be in the bridal party and not me?"). hahaha
For what it's worth, I think you were very clear in your question you posted.
Also, deciding to elope if the October date doesn't work out, I was thinking of having the option (we moved our date to december), but we are stuck with the venue and cannot cancel it and get out money back. By then, who knows how things are gonna be with this whole pandemic thing anyways.
Really curious how it works out for you by then! Congratulations on your wedding!
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