No bridesmaids or garter toss?

My friend had no bm at her wedding but the day of she told me she regretted it and now planning my own wedding she is always telling me that she regrets it.

I'm am not doing a garter toss. No one wants to watch your husband put his face up your dress

My FH and I chose not to have BM or GM. No one batted an eye (that they told me). All have been appreciative of just getting to come enjoy the event. I have zero retreats so far. My nearest are all going to come get dressed with me the day of and do all of that fun stuff, but they are wearing what they want and sitting where they want (besides escort cards during the reception).

We are definitely not doing a garter toss and skipping it seems to be pretty common.

I decided on bridesmaids. Definitely no to the garter and bouquet toss.

I am not having a bridal party because i felt really stressed out choosing people. i would have just chosen my sister to be my MOH, she is my only sibling, but i worried it would be implied that FH would choose his brother, also his only sibling, and they have a poor relationship but not publicly. FH also has a complicated friend group, so there was no clear option. The more i thought about it, i decided that i could still include people, my sister is doing a reading and our closest mutual friend will give a toast, without having a formal wedding party. I think i will ask my sister to spend the night at my parents with me or come early to hang out with me. I also have become a lot closer in a real way with my mom, so i will spend time with them the morning of. I would give it some thought and weigh the pros and cons. We are also not doing any sort of tossing, this was a much easier decision to make.

No BP, no garter/bouquet toss, no traditional dances beside a possible first dance.

We're having a small wedding and are foregoing a bridal party and groomsmen. My sister and his brother will be witnesses, but I don't want the big to do of most of the other stuff.

Story time...I was a bridesmaid a few years ago in my now ex-best friends wedding. My ex boyfriend (Her brother), who had just broken up with me a few weeks before, was her man of honor. The whole bridal party planned this whole thing in front of everybody where they basically forced the bouquet on me during the bouquet toss and same with the garter for him. Then, they made him put the garter on me. I WAS MORTIFIED. I cried for the rest of the night in the bathroom...

Before that night though, I honestly had never seen the garter thing done at a wedding (this was 6 years ago), and I haven't seen it since. So I would say maybe it's really not common?

In regards to the bridesmaids/groomsmen, it should totally be up to you! I have 5 bridesmaids because my FH is insistent on all these guys being his groomsmen and I''m kinda superstitious about uneven numbers so I need it to be even lol. Honestly though I have always felt extremely honored when I was picked as a bridesmaid, but the price was not always my best friend. Your true friends will be fine with whatever decision you make!

Garter toss is creepy AF. We are skipping it and the bouquet.

In addition to its icky provenance, I've seen too many people have experiences like Ashlynne's.

*shudder*

(Ashlynne, I'm so sorry you had that happen!)

I'm skipping the garter and bouquet toss too! I would talk to your friends about being BM's. They might want to be involved officially. But you're certainly not obligated to have a bridal party

Do whatever feels right to you! You would not be the first bride to not have a BP! I'm still on the fence, but don't really want one.

We won't be doing a garter toss or boquet toss. The more weddings we go to, the less tolerance I have for all the activities. I think we'll cut the cake and have a first dance, but even that is a bit much for my tastes.

Not doing a garter toss or bouquet toss.

I get tradition but I think they're both dumb and want to just dance the night away with my family and friends...with no old timey interruptions lol

We are not having a BP or doing a garter toss. I do have a keepsake garter though.

My best friend was furious with me that I wasn't having a BP so she couldn't be my MOH. We are having a destination wedding so it will just be our immediate families (10 ppl). We are talking now but our relationship is permanently damaged.

I am having a matron of honor and a maid of honor while my FH is having a best man. As of now we don't plan on having any walk or stand at the ceremony. However, we've chosen these people to be in our wedding party because they are dear to us and want them in all of our major wedding festivities. You do not need to have bridesmaids because your FH does.

My FH is the one that said no to the garter toss. He's one that tries not to show PDA let alone stick his head up my dress in front of 150 of our closes family and friends.

We are not having a bridal party either. However, my sister will be coming up to sign our marriage license along with someone close to FH. She was upset first about not having the title "maid of honor" but she's over it now.

Not doing it at all. The people that we invited are married already, so we didn't see the need to do that. We're saving the garter for the honeymoon!

I think the garter toss is creepy and the bouquet toss is a little awkward for everyone.

My FH husband has no groomsmen and my dearest friend is my matron of honor, no other BM.

She is from out of state so basically her only responsibilities are to hold my bouquet during the ceremony and keep me from fighting with my mother the day of. Not a long list of duties, but priceless.

I chose my BMs from my friend group, after debating for a while to not have any. I wish I had waited longer because I'm already having drama and probably should have taken the no BM route.

I also don't want to have a garter toss, but my mother is being insistent and I am also curious to hear what others have done!

@ashlynn that's terrible!! I'm so sorry you went through that.