brother of the bride

My fiance and I discussed, we agreed that since it would mean a lot to me and to my brother, he was asked (and accepted) to be a groomsman. My FI was asked if he had anyone he wanted in the bridal party, he said no (he is an only child).

If it wasn't agreeable to my fiance that he be a groomsman, I would have asked him to do a reading and give a toast at the rehearsal dinner.

My brother is going to be a groomsmen. FH and i discussed that beforehand. he wanted his 3 brothers and their wives in our wedding party, which i was fine with but then we each got our best friends as MOH and BM and 2 important family members on my side, my younger cousin and brother.

Your brother can always get ordained online to perform the ceremony. depending on your state (or religious backround) he can get ordained very easily online. that would be a special role in your wedding

I like it when one from each family is represented. Its like a "coming together" of the families . Both FH and I are only children. So he asked my closest cousin to be a groomsmen and I asked his cousin's wife to be a BM

Just noticed, we are wedding date twins!

What kind of ceremony are you doing? How formal are you going?

My husband and I "traded". I take his sister as a BM and he takes my bro as a GM.

Hi - Welcome to WW !

If the groom had a sister - would you make room? What does your FH think of making him a GM? You brother could also do a read in addition to being an usher.

How about having your brother on your side? It is not un-common to have boys on the bride's side, and girls on the groom's side.

My mom insisted that we include both my brother and FH's sister in the BP. FH's brother was already going to be a GM, and it would be weird to not include the other siblings. The more I thought about it, the more I love it. I love that I'm finally getting a sister! She should be a part of the ceremony.

Right now the debate is whether to have boys stand with boys, or have family stand with family. I think we're leaning towards family… so I'll have my two bridesmaids & my brother with me while FH has his brother, sister & other groomsman. But, we have a lot of time to sort it out~

I agree with Hayley, you could ask him to be an usher as well as have him do a reading.