No girl friends

Does your fiance have any close friends that are girls that you could include? Or go non-traditional and ask any guy friends you have!

Do you have any male friends that you could ask to stand up for you? It’s becoming a lot more common these days.

View Quoted Comment My FH doesn’t have any women friends either. I was thinking about asking his sisters, I’m just not very close with them.

View Quoted Comment I don’t have guy friends either

I was planning on only 1 bridesmaid because i am not super close to many women. I ended up with 2 because my FH has a second groomsman. His girlfriend is my 2nd girl. It is okay to have an intimate bridal party. For me, i feel that it ads to the closeness of the ceremony.

Also, asking his sisters may be a good bonding experience if you wanted more than one. Just a thought.

My FH and I made the decision to not have anyone stand with us on our day. I do however have a few friends that I discuss wedding details with. Good luck 😊

I'm having the same delima. I have only 2 close friends so I asked my soon to be sister-in-law and fiance's best friends girlfriend to be my bridesmaids.

Thank you all! I have some ideas for bridesmaids now 😊

My options were limited too as I had my wedding in America and I'm from New Zealand and people just didn't want to travel that far for a wedding. So I had my two closest friends who did travel and my husband's sister and one of his female friends. I spent a lot of days feeling down about this. My husband had so many options because it's his home country but he kept it at 5. I had 4 girls and everything was okay. Even if you only have 1 your wedding day will still be special because all that matters is that you're marrying your love.

Oh yes I met my husband's sister and friend for the first time 2 days before the wedding!

I decided to have just a MOH for this very reason.

I think having a very good friend as your bridesmaid is better than having people you don't know very well stand up with you. For my first wedding I only had one bridesmaid too. It was more intimate and gave us more time together. Also, it helped my overall budget because I could afford to get her a nice gift and buy her dress.

I have 2 girlfriends as bridesmaids and asked my future SIL (FH brothers wife) and my stepsons 21 year old gf hoping we could bond. Asking my future SIL was the biggest mistake. She has done nothing but be fake to my face and talk crap behind my back and causes constant drama over my other bridesmaids trying to plan the bachelorette party and stuff. Shes in her 40s and by far the oldest of us and the absolute worst. FH 's brother has been the same way. They expect us to pay for lodging (when they knew if they wanted to stay at the inn where we are getting married/staying that they would have to pay) and FSIL chose her dress and still refuses to pay me back (I bought them all so they could make payments if they had to and they chose what they wanted I just chose the color. She picked the most expensive dress). Not having good people by my side has really put a damper on my mood and I've been miserable thinking about our wedding day. If I were you I would keep it simple and not ask people you arent close with.

If you can keep it small, it will make it alot simpler and less hectic. I have 5 very close friends but even with them it's been a hassle lol

My FH chose his 4 guys (they are his brother, and 3 cousins) 3 of the 4 have SO's so I just asked them so they could be included and not have to wait on the guys to do pictures and al that. I only had 1 GF that i asked because she has been my friend since middle school! If FH didnt want to include his guys I probably would have opted out of a bridal party all together!

Don't feel down, my dear! It is more than alright to have a small bridal party. You may find some darling friends between now and your wedding day. Take time to relax and further some friendships with company you enjoy. A "good" friend may or may not be a "close" friend, and I believe you should surround yourself with those you love. Being a bridesmaid doesn't have to be incredibly formal--they are for your support.

Your wedding is a year and a half away. Who knows who will be in your life by then? It's way too early to be asking BM's.

If you are mot the type of person who makes or needs friends, don't ask someone just to increase your numbers. There is nothing wrong with having only a MOH.

Don't be depressed at all. My bestie is going to be my MOH and that's it. It's your day do what makes you happy.

Don’t feel bad! I’m in the same boat. My sister is my best friend, I don’t really have any other girlfriends anymore, and she’s my MOH. I really only wanted her in the wedding, and then decided to ask one FSIL, then got guilted into asking my other BM. It really sucks that I don’t have girlfriends anymore, especially when I think about a bachelorette party and whatnot. But I’m glad to have who I have, and I would’ve been perfectly fine with only one person on my side in the end.