No FRIENDS in the bridal party? ?

I dnt have a sister so I'm having my friends. FH has 1 of my brothers and 2 of his...

If you want to include your two close friends you can ask them to do a reading(s) at the ceremony. Or if you are going to have a unity ceremony they can bring forth whatever materials you are going to use. This way you're not telling them they aren't standing up in the wedding you are instead inviting them to be part of it. Best wishes!

I don't have siblings so that wasn't an option for me but I don't think it's a bad idea. I have an adult friend that got very upset that she wasn't asked to be a bridesmaid. Never crossed my mind adults would care so much. So I'm all for avoiding the drama.

I only have one sister and one bestie

Leaving it just family avoids friend drama, though as others have pointed out, it can pave the way to familial divides. Are you actually close with your sisters, FSILs and cousins? If not, a wedding is only going to magnify dysfunction, not close any relationship gaps.

My comment from personal experience:

My closest friend got married a year ago, and I was expecting to be in the bridal party, but I was never asked. Our whole friend group was shocked (I'm not exaggerating) when I told them I wasn't in it, everyone just anticipated that I would be. I never brought it up or asked, because I felt awkward. When the wedding arrived, we learned that her DH was one of 7 siblings, and the whole wedding party was family. I immediately understood.

No one will be hurt or upset if you choose to have family instead of friends in your BP.

I agree. It avoids a lot of stress. We can make sure our brothers and sisters are in order Lol.

PP we are close with our siblings mainly so it only makes sense.

I think it's a great idea! No one gets offended for not being in the bridal party. With friends, it's a slippery slope (If so-and-so is in BP, then so-and-so should be too! But then I feel bad about so-and-so!)

My MoH has 2 sisters and they were all married fairly close together. All 3 weddings, only the sisters were the bridesmaids. Even though she's my best friend, I totally understand why I wasn't in the BP.

I'm having only family, my mom is my moh, my sister is my BM, my brothers are GM & my little brother is a ring bearer. We're having a smaller wedding & thought it was best to just keep it intimate & noncomplicated

I think it's fine to say "we're keeping it simple by just having siblings in the WP."

If my FH & I were to do it though, I would want to have my siblings on my side, and his on his side vice splitting up by gender- I'd feel weird having his siblings standing by me over having my close friends in the BP because while I love his family, I just met them a couple years ago, and have friends that I've been close with for 25+ years.

Neither of my sister's are in my bridal party... My best friend is my MOH she's more like a sister than either of my sister's. I'm not having more than that though.

All my sisters are in my BM and my FH has his brothers and cousins in his. Were not worries about hurting friends feelings, family is first. And they are our closest friends tbh.

It might be easier. My bridesmaids don't like each other.

I'm only having family in mine! My sister-in-law that has been in my family since I was 10, and my niece who is 13.

I'm having my sisters and his. I don't want to look back at my photos and say I'm not friends with any of these people any more

I agree that it's easy to understand not being asked to be in a family-only Bridal party. But I would sit down with your best friend and have that conversation rather than waiting for her to see that it's just your sister. The assumption that you asked other friends instead of her would be hurtful up until the wedding. If she truly is your best friend, you should be able to have these kinds of honest conversations with her.

"You know you are my best friend in the whole world and that I love you to pieces. If we were choosing to have a bridal party that included friends, I would ask you in a heartbeat! But we've decided to keep it small and each have one sibling stand up with us. I hope you understand this is not a reflection of how much I value you and your friendship, because that is priceless to me."

I have my 3 sisters and possibly a friend.

Yes, that is what we did. My brother and SIL on my side and my husband's sister and BIL on his side. My friends were relieved to not have to be in the wedding, I'm sure.

We are doing one friend each, BM and MOH, and the rest are siblings. So far, having one friend hasn't caused hurt feelings and a lot of my girlfriends are relieved to be able to relax and wear their own dresses, etc.