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Aurora
Dedicated July 2020

Grooms-women, everything you need to consider

Aurora, on July 12, 2019 at 4:29 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 11
Hi all! What are all the things we need to think about when having grooms-women? I will have 5 bridesmaids and my fiancé will have a best man and just decided on 3 grooms-women which are his sister’s. My bridesmaids will be wearing shades of mint and have soft light pink floral bouquets. I prefer that he has his grooms-women wear similar style dress as my bridesmaids but in navy or grey and that they have a corsage instead of bouquet. But I know it doesn’t stop there. What about hair and makeup, I am pretty sure my FH won’t think it’s necessary but is that bad etiquette ? And if we do hair and makeup, then we will have to hire another makeup artist since the person I picked can only do the amount I initially told her which are my bridesmaids. We also have to think about getting ready in the rooms, i’d really prefer to have just my bridesmaids with me because I’ll feel the most comfortable on my day because they have always been my cheerleaders and I can’t say the same for all 3 of the sisters (things are getting better now but it’s hard to forget how you were treated in the past) . I don’t think it should be up to me to pay for his grooms-women, maybe just letting him handle everything will take the pressure of off me. So if he doesn’t go for it the problem solved but if does go for it then they’d get ready somewhere else, and is that bad etiquette? Anything else we need to think about besides outfit, hair and makeup? I also think it now makes sense to do co-Ed wedding shower which I am all for. I’d still like to keep my bachelorette just my bridesmaids at this moment in time.

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Latest activity by Aurora, on July 13, 2019 at 12:57 PM
  • Michaela
    Super May 2020
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    Are these girls on his side pretty chill? I think I would be slightly taken back if I was on the grooms side and then didn't have a hair and makeup option offered to me, but I also would move on pretty quickly and figure it out on my own. I understand not wanting them getting ready with you, and if they aren't close with your bridesmaids they might not want to anyways. If you decide to extend your hair and makeup team to them, you could tell them what time they were at then they could pop in for their session, chat for a bit then go back with the guys when all done?

    It's hard for me to imagine because I was a best-woman in a wedding last year, but I was very close friends with the bride and the groom (I introduced them!!) So I was basically a bridesmaid who stood with the groom and held the rings lol

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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
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    I don’t think there’s anything you need to consider since these are his attendants and his responsibility. They have nothing to do with your hair and/or makeup, your getting ready experience, or your bachelorette party. This is purely his decision.
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  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
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    My husband had his two sisters as groomswomen. They wore a dress in the same color as the groomsmen tuxes, they had a wrist corsage, they got ready with me and my bridesmaids and got hair and makeup done, they did not come to my bachelorette party.
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  • Courtney
    Master December 2019
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    I was a groomsmaid and it was awesome! I wore the same dress as the girls but in black to match the tuxes, and I got the wear Chucks! Smiley xd The bride made her girls each a necklace in the accent color, but mine was blue to match the dresses and ties. I got ready with the girls and then went down the hallway to wrangle the boys out of the hotel pool.

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  • Michaela
    Super May 2020
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    YES lol. the best and worst part about being a groomsmaid is wrangling the boys! As the best wo-man my job was to make sure the groom brushed his teeth that morning Smiley laugh

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  • Courtney
    Master December 2019
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    It was so funny. I couldn’t find them in the room so I checked the hotel bar. Nope. In the pool and we needed to leave in less than an hour.
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  • Aurora
    Dedicated July 2020
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    Awesome! That is good to have some responsible wranglers for the groomsmen haha!
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  • Courtney
    Master December 2019
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    The kicker was the grooms stepdad was with them. Like, “Steve?! What the heck man, you should know better!” 😂
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  • Kelly
    VIP October 2020
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    I think it'd be odd not to do their hair and make up if you're doing BMs. But it doesn't have to be the same person or location.
    The rest is all preference if you don't want them with you getting ready I'm sure it's fine
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
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    I do think it's his responsibility to handle his side of the party but I can see how you're also concerned about it because it seems kind of convenient for all the gals to get ready together
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  • Aurora
    Dedicated July 2020
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    I talked to my FH and he said he’s not paying for their hair and makeup so either they will have to pay for themself or I’ll have to convince him to do it somehow. I tried to explain to him that they’ll be in a lot of the pictures. My bridesmaids know about some of the treatment I had got so they might be on guard even more than me about sharing a room but maybe it’s just something we will all have to move passed and just hope that the one grooms-women will keep the peace (on my day I don’t want someone making back handed comments and putting me down because they are insecure about themselves and view everything as a competition) or we get separate rooms for them with separate hair and makeup. Not all of them are laid back and most have high expectations so they could be upset if they don’t get it.
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