Order of the bridesmaids?

Im doing family first: my sister, my cousin, my sister in law, his cousin, then my friends by the amount of time I've known them. I think this is reasonable. You will be surprised, everyone knows their place internally and won't say anything. It's your wedding and they should be there because they are honored not for a popularity contest.

I'm doing my MOH (friend of about 15 years), best friend from college (known about 10 years) FBILs fiancé (about 2 years). I'm having a brides-man who will be last. I've known him longer than FSIL but wanted to do women first then him. I didn't think it would look right otherwise.

I'm doing MOH & then by height. Same for the guys

Im just doing it by height.

I'm doing my daughter, Matron of Honor, Maid of Honor and the Bridesmaids by height

I'm going in descending height order. My MOH is the tallest and will go down in height from there. Except everyone is really similar height so it may depend on shoes lol.....my MOH is 5'4" and then the 3 bridesmaids are 5'1, 5'0" and 4'11" lol

I cheated. I coupled up my bridesmaids with the groomsmen and then told my fiance to pick the order of his men. My baby sister will end up being closest to me but unfortunately, it puts my high school best friend at the end.

H’s side ended up going by height but not on purpose. I had three bridesmaids and a MOH. Of the bridesmaids, one was my cousin and two were his sisters who I had just met (my brother stood on his side). I had my MOH, cousin, and then his sisters and he had his best man, brother, and then my brother. I think height is a good way to go about it to avoid having some hurt feelings, although, if I were a bridesmaid, I wouldn’t care where I stood (and I am usually the shortest).

Struggling with this too, I think it's either going to come down to height or putting them with groomsmen that they'll mesh well with. I've known all of my BMs for roughly the same amount of time and they are all friendly with each other.

My BMs will be lined up by age: FH's 3 daughters, my younger sister, my best friend.

FH has more groomswomen than groomsmen. And I'm pretty sure he has his lineup done already or else I should've done the mesh with thing. Height it is, for me.

I plan on doing mine by how long we've been friends, with FSIL last. Then I'll probably have to switch the order a bit so the two colors are alternating.

Don't worry though, I don't think anyone will be offended! I was the "last" bridesmaid in one wedding and it was totally fine.

I'm doing by height. It works out well, because my MOH is the shortest (we are the same height), so I'm doing shortest to tallest. We're matching the groomsmen by height as well, which works out, because our BM is our shortest GM and next to him will be my FBIL, which I would have wanted closer to FH anyway.

I'm planning on doing it by height because I don't want anyone to get offended. Oddly enough, I'm not as close to my friend that I've known for 7 years lol I'm closer with girls I've known for 2 years. I know my friend of 6 years will get offended so it all depends

We did it MOH then by height

We just ordered our BMs and GM by height, with the exception of my MOH (the best man turned out to be the tallest on DH's side). This way, no one had any reason to think the order had anything to do with closeness because it definitely did not.

I think the shortest two GM were the same height. One was my brother and I knew he knew the shortest BM (one of my best friends from college), so I suggested that we put my brother on the end so they'd both be paired with a familiar face.

I did mine by closest to me as some have been there but no on day to day basis, So I did my MOH, (Destiny- known for 12 years), then I will do Michelle ( best friend for 18 years), Ana ( Best friend for 12 years) and Tyra (best friend for 12 years) the one I knew the longest will be at the end as she doesn't even acknowledge me anymore.

I am just doing height order. It made it so there wasn't any 'importance' linked to them. Even by saying that your childhood best friend is the one behind your maid of honor you are saying she is more important so, yes, you are currently ranking them. That's fine, but if you do that, just say 'You are walking in this order' and do NOT give any sort of reasoning as to why to anyone.

I am going to make my bridesmaids line up in terms of height. I love them all very much (my sisters and sisters in law) So I wouldn't ever put them in a position to feel as though one was less important than the other. If that was the case, then what is really the point of having a bridal party? Sure you may be close to some than others, but I think it's not a cool way to do it, in MY opinion. Height looks more uniform, as well. Same with the groomsmen.

I was really struggling with this! I felt the same way...like if I put them in an order I'm ranking them! Horrible feeling! We kind of discussed it, and we decided we're going to make a game out of it at the bachelorette party, and make it something fun. All the girls are either friends or know each other fairly well by now and are all pretty competitive so it should be a good time. Haven't decided exactly how we're doing it yet, but I am going to make sure they know it's not a ranking at all!