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Just Said Yes August 2025

No Bridal Party

K., on March 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 3

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I'm highly debating not having bridesmaids/groomsmen and here's why:
I'm getting remarried after my 1st husband passed away. My closest girlfriends are now scattered across the country, and we are already all getting together and flying out for one wedding in June, and although I would love to have them all join us in August, I can't expect them to fly across the other side of the county 2 months later.
He is getting remarried after a messy divorce 10+ years ago. At this point and at our current age it just seems silly to have a 2nd wedding with all the frivolous additions. We want a small-ish wedding (we have a lot of family to invite 😅) but without the nonsense, and just focus on the 2 of us and our new beginning.
I'm wondering if anyone else is choosing to not have a bridal party?

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Michael · on March 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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In the following link, one person noted she did not need the "frivolous" details of common weddings and saw the wedding as her and her partner.
#Frivolous Details
Here's an older couple's wedding. Pat and her husband each have closer friends next to them.
#Pat's Wedding
You can make the wedding the way that is special to you and your fiancé. The basics are the ceremony itself and the reception for celebration afterwards. You could go without a bridal party or do a recruitment of some friends who can make it -- and keep it a casual invitation. I think the weddings at younger ages involve more of an element of transition into a mature stage of life. Yours is already in that stage. Work it out the way that suits you and your fiancé.
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Just Said Yes May 2025
Michelle · on April 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Hi! My fiance and I are in our 40s and have been together for 15 years and we have decided not to do a bridal party. We just felt like it would have been unnecessary stress on us and we aren't 20 any more. We have different groups of friends so to narrow it down would have been wild and not worth it. I'll still have a very good friend of mine there with me on the big day (and my BFF is doing my hair) so I will still have people that love me there with me to make sure I don't hyperventilate lol
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Just Said Yes June 2025
Laura · on April 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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I’m in the same situation as you are and we are not having bridal party or groomsmen. I have two children and my fiancé has three, so we’re just having them stand up there with us during the ceremony.
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