Bridesmaids who dont know each other

None of my bridesmaids know each other. I have a cousin in the party who knows my half sister but that's it. I made a Facebook group for them to all chat in but to be honest no one is saying anything, which I expected! Still, it's a really nice platform to keep in touch with everyone. A few have asked questions in there and have started conversations. I planned a casual lunch in a few weeks so that they can at least all meet and be familiar with one another. June = casual lunch/get together, August = bridal shower, September = bachelorette party. By then, I'm sure they will be comfortable with one another Since your wedding is also in October, you could follow a similar timeline for next year? Don't worry, it will work out!

The majority of my BM's know each other but we do have a couple who don't know the whole group. Honestly, only my MOH and myself know every BM on some level or another. I will be starting a text group this summer for the bridal party so we can have all wedding related chatter in one place. We will end up all getting together at some point this summer or fall, we all do stuff together regularly anyway so nothing special. The first wedding related event will be either bachlorette party or bridal shower but neither of those events are required so first time we all get together may be the wedding weekend and I'm totally fine with that.

My party consists of my best friend of 24 years (MOH), a more recent good friend (we refer to them as the Katies), FH's 2 sisters (about 10 years older than myself and the Katies) and FH's neice (who is 18). Obviously the sisters and niece know each other. The Katie's have met each other once.

I started a group chat when I first asked everyone so we could be in contact and everyone could get an idea of personality through it. I also arranged a dress day just after Christmas when I knew everyone would be in town and everyone came except Katie2 (which was irritating to say the least but that's a different story). We went to 2 dress shops, lunch, and a brewery after and just kind of spend the whole day together getting acquainted. Everyone had a great time and from the sounds of it, they have really enjoyed their group chat about my Bach party (everything is a surprise per MOH so I am not involved in that one). My SILs have both said how much they love my MOH and MOH has said how awesome FSIL's are on a number of occasions. Katie2 has continued to be a bit difficult from the sounds of it so we will have to see how that one goes.

I would say, if you can work it out to get everyone in town and just have a girls day do it, and maybe do some kind of activity since it can be awkward just sitting around drinking wine if they don't know each other and tend to be shy.

I have 9 bridesmaids. 4 are my fiance's sisters (two sisters, one step sister, one step sister in law), one lives in California, one lives in Colorado where we live, one lives in South Dakota, one lives in Wisconsin. 1 is a friend I met through my fiance in college, who lives in Arizona. The other 4 are friends from high school, 3 live in Southern California and one lives in Northern California - my MOH. After I asked them individually, I started a group text with a link to the dress website. Every so often, maybe once every few months, I'd send a wedding-related text (I'd call/text individually in between then about their own lives & non wedding related things), to keep them all aware of how things were going. My MOH seamlessly planned my bachelorette party with a Facebook invite, and 6 out of the 9 bridesmaids attended (it was out of state so I figured they all couldn't go). The 4 that knew each other went, but one of my fiance's sisters and my friend from AZ went too. We had the BEST time and everyone got along so well. They all said it was great for the wedding to meet before, and they all friended each other on instagram/facebook/snapchat/etc. I found the best way to communicate was just through group text. I didn't send them often though so they never were overwhelmed.

None of my girls knew each other - I did a group introduction text, and then they took it from there - I think I only texted "the group" two more times afterwards, to double check things or give information - they all texted together to figure things out, and met the day before the wedding.

I would ask them what they prefer and go with the majority

Three of my four girls know one another but don't get to spend much time with my fourth. At Christmas I asked them all to be in my wedding and let them know who else to expect. Once we calmed down from the holidays we arranged for a night to get together to have a nice dinner out (my treat of course ). That way when it came time to shopping for dresses a few weeks ago there was little awkwardness.

On the flipside most of my girls don't know the groomsmen. Fun fact: MOH and Best Man have never met in the 6 years we've been together lmao. So this summer when school is out and our yard renovations are done, we're going to have a BBQ for the entire wedding party to meet and mingle.

Yeah this is not a big deal. I sent 2 emails total to my whole bridal party, one letting them know dates of showers (they got real invites, but it was a heads up), and one asking if they wanted their hair done. I'm pretty sure all 5 of them were never together until the rehearsal. There is nothing they need to do together. Please don't do a group chat, they're a pain.

I had 7 bridesmaids, 3 of the girls knew each other well. The rest had only met a few times over the years at birthdays or parties I had, but my SIL that was a bridesmaid only knew my MOH. I created a group chat and had everyone say their name so they could add each other's numbers. The group chat was only used when necessary. No one found it annoying. There were separate group chats for my shower and bachelorette that I wasn't in and those worked out fine too.

Everyone actually got to know each other pretty well, we have a snapchat group with the guys that were groomsmen and still use it even though our wedding was 10 months ago

Not all my bridesmaids know each other. I decided to do a little meet and greet sleepover. My MOH started a group fb message and asked everyone if this sounded like fun and what date worked for them. We are doing it this month. I don't get married until Oct 2020 but I wanted everyone to meet and just hang out before we started doing a bunch of wedding stuff. I have my FH cousin, his stepsister, my cousin, and 2 of my friends as bridesmaids. We don't all live in the same area so I knew there wouldn't be a ton of opportunities for everyone to just happen to be hanging out at my house or something.