No bridesmaids or garter toss?

There's differant options that actually having the husband take the garter off of you in front of everyone. He could have it in his pocket, you could have it wrapped around your show ect.

The Bridesmaids also help you leading up to the wedding and also the day off. They also place your train and hold the flowers during the ceremony.

Luckily my FH and I both agreed the garter toss is not something we wanna do! But we definitely wanted GM and BM. Everyone I asked is so excited

Thanks, everyone! This was super helpful.

@Ashlynne: that's awful! I'm so sorry that happened to you!

I am having 4 bridesmaids, but we are not doing a garter toss or bouquet toss. I've been the one to catch a bouquet before and have had to sit in front of the entire wedding to have a guy move it up my leg. I was lucky, because one of my good guy friends from college caught it (almost went to a creepy uncle), but it was still really awkward having everyone watch that (including my dad). I don't know if you want to do a bouquet toss, but I have been to other weddings where they've done the bouquet toss without the garter toss and I think that was fine. I'm very much a feminist, and the idea of making single women fight over some flowers to determine who will land a man next, really rubs me the wrong way (though I know it's a traditional thing, so I don't judge anyone who does this, it's just not my thing), so there was no debate with my FH that we would do either. If you're really against it and your FH pushes you can always throw down the feminist card.

Smart girl to skip the bridesmaids. If I could go back, I would certainly skip them lol. They were so dramaful, even the ones that I thought wouldnt be. I haven't spoken to one since the wedding and don't plan on speaking to her. We had an outdoor ceremony and granted it was a little hot, but she stood up there making comments about how it was hot and her feet hurt. Then she threw a fit after the ceremony when I told her that she needed to put her shoes on for the photos. Who attempts to get in someone's forever wedding photos with not shoes. Its not like she could hide behind someone, because I only had a few.

I honestly thought the garter toss was super fun lol. My husband was adamant about doing it, and he wad overly freaky doing it. Bahaha. It was late during the party. So, many older guests had already left.

It's ok to not have a bridal party but I feel like it might hurt your good friends feelings if there are best men up there and no maids of honor? I don't know. if he's having 2 best men you could have one stand next to you and the other next to him. Just an idea. I wasn't planning on a garter toss because it's weird and creepy. I'm doing a bouquet toss but I'm only doing it because my best friend said I have to so she can catch it lol. I don't have many single ladies as guests so it'll be like, her and my sister up there hahaha

No garter, no bouquet toss for us either. You shouldn't have BM just because. He can have his mates if he wants. Just to have someone standing there without wanting them is wicked pointless and meaningless.