Wedding party woes

No, but just keep in mind you don’t have to have a bridal party. We did not and I am so happy. Don’t force it 🤍

Sounds great. It's all about having people you love and who support you by your side. However, no bridal party is also fine.

I have both bridesmen and bridesmaids!

3 bridesmaids and 2 bridesmen. They're all my friends and I can't imagine not having them by my side just because some old tradition had ladies on the left and guys on the right. I don't think anyone even bats an eye at it at this point - except maybe some really old school people who would probably find something about the wedding they didn't like anyway So screw that, have who you want! If you decide you'd rather just be up there just you and your FH, that's totally fine too!

We definitely wanted to involve our children, but I think we are definitely just adding our siblings at this point!

I had a bridesman! it's normal to have mixed wedding parties so i don't see anything wrong with having only the opposite sex

We didn’t have any groomswomen since we didn’t have a groom, but we did have mixed genders on either side of the bridal party. It worked great for us.

Sounds grear if that's what you want. Many of my friends moved out of state and with COVID, I didn't want to force it. So my FH and I opted out of a wedding party.

That sounds awesome! Remember- this is your wedding & your vision!

I love this idea! My mother just got remarried and her kids were on her side and my stepfathers family was on his 😊

I had a bridesman, and DH had two groomswomen.

It's very common now. The groomswomen had the option to wear a dress, or a tux, and they both opted for the tux. Looked great!

Go for it, I love seeing pictures of groomswomen and bridesmen!

I had a bridesman and so did my wife. Your wedding party should be made up of those closest to you, regardless of gender!

So you absolutely do not have to have a bridal party. But I had a bridesman, my cousin and I wouldn’t have had it any other way! My husband and his friends thought it was weird because it was not traditional, but I’m not traditional so I didn’t care. I just had him wear the same suit as the groomsmen, except he wore a bow tie instead of a tie.

Yep, I planned to have a bridesman!

He ended up not showing at the last minute due to COVID, but I'd definitely planned on having one.