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Erin
Expert May 2020

How many people are in your wedding party?

Erin, on July 25, 2019 at 1:16 PM

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Curious to see how many people are in your wedding party! Did you decide on a certain number of people and then pick your party, or the other way around? If you have a small wedding party, are you having a smaller wedding? Are the larger wedding parties having a larger wedding? Let me know!

Curious to see how many people are in your wedding party! Did you decide on a certain number of people and then pick your party, or the other way around? If you have a small wedding party, are you having a smaller wedding? Are the larger wedding parties having a larger wedding? Let me know!

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    Savvy July 2022
    Aurelia ·
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    I first said 3 bridesmaid and 3 grooms
    Buuuuut I got really great support from other friends so I choosed 5 at the end and he 5 grooms.
    One of my bridesmaids is from his side of the family which is his sister.
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  • Elizabeth
    Expert September 2019
    Elizabeth ·
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    Two bridesmaids plus a MOh, 2 groomsmen and a best man. We also have three flower girls (my future nieces... they're like te three musketeers), and a ring bearer. So 9, 11 including us!

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  • Mandi
    Master October 2020
    Mandi ·
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    My fiance definitely wanted 4 on his side. Maybe 5. But no more.
    I had a list of 7.
    After thinking about it for a week or two, I settled on 5.
    I thought about that for a couple days, and decided that 4 was as many as I could handle.
    So we have 4 on each side.

    Edit: now that I see the rest of the question. We are having what we call a small wedding, as it's just super close family and friends invited. But we're also at 260. So most people won't call that small.

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  • Devin
    Super October 2019
    Devin ·
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    We have 4 on each side.
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  • Laura
    Expert September 2019
    Laura ·
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    We have 6 on each side, plus 2 flower girls and 2 ring bearers. We have a guest list of 150.

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  • Ashlee
    Devoted June 2020
    Ashlee ·
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    We opted not to have a bridal party. We’re doing a DW and wanted to help cut costs for our guests. Also the wedding is pretty small so half the people would be up at the altar if we did 😂
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  • Fmv
    Super October 2020
    Fmv ·
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    We are having 5 on each side
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  • Jasmine
    Master August 2021
    Jasmine ·
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    We picked the number in our party first and then picked our party. We originally planned on having 4 on each side but some friendships were broken and now we're uneven with 4 on my side and 2 on his. My FH doesn't have a lot of close relationships/friendships and I don't want him to feel forced in adding people just to make it look better.

    I want it to be something special for him so there's a possibility we just might end up staying uneven. As of right now our guest list is about 100 but we doubt all of them will show so it might round off to about 60 or 70 which we are perfectly fine with.

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  • Diana
    VIP December 2019
    Diana ·
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    We only have 3 for each side.
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  • Jessica
    Dedicated March 2025
    Jessica ·
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    You sound like me. And more people are fighting for a spot lol. You must be from the south with a big family like that lol
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    Master October 2019
    Jolie ·
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    We have 4 on each side. If I could go back I'd literally only have my sister. I love my friends dearly but don't want the drama and 2 out of the 3 friends have shown this. I am pretty laid back so I think it's unnecessary to gripe about stuff that is beyond my control.

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    Dedicated June 2021
    Fredrecia ·
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    I have MOH, 4 bridesmaids and 1 junior bridesmaid our daughter. 5 groomsmen, 1 FG, 1 RB 2 ushers . were having 100 people
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  • Jess
    Super September 2019
    Jess ·
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    We have 1 MOH, 3 Bridesmaids, 1 BM, 3 groomsmen, then flower girl and ring bearer. It actually worked out great because each of us knew exactly who we wanted to have in our parties right from the start and it just worked out that the numbers were equal because it would've bugged me so much if they weren't equal lol

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  • Farrah
    Devoted September 2019
    Farrah ·
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    We have 7 on each side. And about 150 guest
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  • Sara
    Dedicated September 2019
    Sara ·
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    I have a MOH and he has a BM. His BM is my youngest brother and my MOH is my brother's girlfriend. He wanted his best friend but we don't know if he will be able to attend. I don't have a ton of friends, and no one who I am close enough to ask. We have about 85 people attending. It is way bigger than I wanted but he's getting his dream.

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  • Cecy Rg
    Dedicated October 2019
    Cecy Rg ·
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    I got my people and then the number but the number changed I have 6 bridesmaids
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  • Rachel
    Dedicated September 2019
    Rachel ·
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    We have 3 bridesmaids, 4 groomsmen, 2 flower girls and a ring bearer. Our wedding party consists of family and close friends. We invited about 200 people, so kind of of the larger size for a wedding.

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  • Cassi
    Super October 2019
    Cassi ·
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    I had 4 picked out from the get go and added a 5th. FH decided he only wanted 4 but has two people acting as ushers (really just to walk our mothers in). we never set a number just picked who we wanted and went from there. Our guest count is 110 but we are realistically looking at maybe 80 showing up.

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  • Martika
    Expert September 2019
    Martika ·
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    We have 6 bridesmaids, 1 Flower girl, and 7 groomsmen. We sent out 106 invitations. I don't think we will get all 106 back. I picked my wedding party based on the ladies that have been there for me, my really good friends.

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  • Rita-Jean
    Devoted May 2019
    Rita-Jean ·
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    We had 5 on each side (3 bridesmaids, 2 bridesmen, 4 groomsmen, and 1 groomswoman), and no flower girl or ring bearer. So 12 altogether including DH and me. I had the 5 I wanted to ask, and DH matched his number to mine (we're a little OCD so while we know they don't have to be even, for us they did). Our wedding was on the smaller side; we invited 180, but only got 80 yeses. It ended up being just perfect though. Smiley heart

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