No FRIENDS in the bridal party? ?

All of my sister's are in the bridal party and he has his brother And step brothers

So no friends? Are your friends ok with that?

I'm all over small bridal parties, and keeping it to families is a really easy way to do that which SHOULD avoid hurt feelings. It makes perfect sense....

I do see this a lot; I wouldn't worry about it. It costs a lot to be in a BP; I would just as soon be a guest.

Ok cool. I didn't know if I would be hurting feelings. Like are we not good enough to be in it?

Siblings do not mean drama free. My best friend had only siblings in her BP, and her sister/MOH made a big stink and dropped out. 12 years later this is still a sore topic for their family.

We just had my sister, niece, nephew and best man. Great!

I'm only having my sister. Then none of my friends feelings will be hurt.

Yes, that's fine. Unless you have a particularly bad relationship with your family that has been ongoing and your friends all know about it, I think normal people would not presume that their friendship trumps family relationships.

I am only having my sister. FH is having his best friend of 45 years.

Couldn't get married without my best friends..my sisters are here of course but my best friends may as well be my sisters as well

I'm the opposite. My MOH is my friend and FH's BM is his friend. We have 4 brothers/sisters between us - none of them are in the wedding party.

We're only having family. My son and daughter (11 and 6) are the best man and maid of honor, and FH's 2 brothers will be groomsmen. On my side, I will have my brother (bridesman? Haven't decided yet). It keeps it much simpler!

I'm only having a MOH and that's my sister. He is having two friends on his but they've been friends since elementary school. I don't have friends that have been around that long since I'm worse at keeping in touch with people. I just decided it was easier.

Speaking of being offended, I would hope that a grown person who already graduated high school doesn't have time for that type of drama. A wedding is an intimate event. Just yesterday I caught up with a friend of mine I hadn't seen in three years. And while we are facebook friends, is not like we hang out all the time etc. I was concerned as to whether or not she would invite me to her wedding. So I mentioned it to her by saying after so many years I hope you know I am not expecting to.be invited to your special day. What I'm trying to say is. Your day is for you to celebrate it your way as you want. I have never been a bridesmaid. I would have liked to, but it didn't happen, I never got mad because a close friend got married and didn't ask me to be a part of her bridal party. Siblings as your bridal party sounds good, they'll have your back and you'll have a beautiful wedding regardless. Congrats!

Im glad is more common than I thought because it just seems better for us.

So which brings another question. How do I tell my best friend? yikes!!!

I'm thinking about having my sister in law's as bridesmaids

We're not having a bridal party at all- just us.

It can cause wedges- but when I was in my 20s I was usually secretly glad when my friends went another way- being in a bridal party was just not my thing- I ended up in 6 weddings during my 20s so maybe that's why I'm a bit jaded about it- in my own 90's wedding I had 7 bridesmaids - the reason? Didn't want to hurt feelings- it wasn't uncommon to have so many back then, but looking back 20 years later I think it's silly.... don't overthink it- most people are pretty understanding when you select family- do not worry about hurt feelings- they may not be as hurt as you may think.

That's good advice thank you.

I just have my sister and niece. FH does not have any siblings and he has not picked his GM yet.