Wedding Help!!!?

Question

I would LOVE you all's opinion on this one:

What's an appropriate number of bridesmaid to have in your wedding? How many bridesmaids is too many?

Thank you all for the positive responses!!

Answer 1

I say, have as many as you want, after all its your wedding, dont go by what a website or magazine says, its your day, if you want 3 bridesmaids that is your right, if you want 11 go for it, you are the one getting married, dont let people tell you how to have your wedding, do it the way you want it, you will be happy you went that way.

Answer 2

i think anything over 5 bridesmaids is too many. The way to figure it out (what number is the max for your wedding) is to think about the wedding photos. How many bridesmaids can stand in a straight line with you and still all be in the shot. You want a picture that is close up, not far away where you cant see faces well anymore. So 6 bridesmaids would still work (3 standing on each side of you). I am having only 4 bridesmaids. When i looked through my photographers pictures there were tons of brides with 6 or more bridesmaids! It was ridiculous. The photographer said it is best to have fewer bridesmaids for photos. And remember you dont have to make every female friend or relative of yours a bridesmaid! It is just suppose to be a close few relatives or friends who are your bridesmaids. I have 2 relatives and 2 friends as my bridesmaids.

Answer 3

How many bridesmaids you have completely depends on you - I don't think there should be an "appropriate" number. Choose the closest people in your life, how ever many that may be. I will be having 7 bridesmaids - 5 of which are sisters and 2 of my closest friends. I asked my sisters and my fiance's sisters.

But I've gone to weddings with as low as 3 bridesmaids and as many as 10! It's not a popularity contests either so choose whoever you want and how many you feel is necessary.

Answer 4

I'm having 3. But at every wedding store I've gone too in Cincinnati, OH, the big number is 11! Which is crazy!!! That's way to many. I went to a wedding with a girl that had 9 bridesmaids, 3 flower girls, and both mothers stood up there too. People were falling off the stage!! I couldn't believe it. So I think 6 or less is good. :-)

Answer 5

It really depends on the size of your wedding ... it would be a little disproportionate for a bridal party to have 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen with 5 flower girls and a ring bearer if there were only 100 guests. That wouldn't so out of place if the guestlist was closer to 250-300 people.

You can haev as many as you want ... the great thing about weddings is there are rules!!! Do what you want and put your own special touch on your wedding. I have had brides who choose a close male friend to be their man of honor ... grooms have also chosen a close female friend as a best woman. Your wedding is limited only by your own imagination ... let yourself go, you'll be surprised with what you might think of!!!

Answer 6

You can have as many or as few as you want. :)

I'm having a maid of honor, a bridesmaid, and a flower girl. He's having a best man and groomsman and maybe a ring bearer.

Too many bridesmaids is if it takes half an hour just to get everyone up to the altar during the march. Too many is more people standing with you than sitting in the chairs/pews.

I think three each side is reasonable, not including flower girl or ring bearer. But its really however many you want.

Answer 7

This depends on your wedding style in general. If you have a formal wedding, one or two bridesmaids might seem too small but that number might be perfect for a relaxed beach affair. Choosing bridesmaids is usually a hodgepodge of politics and logistics. You usually want to choose people and not leave someone out who's feeling will be hurt if they aren't included but you also usually want to make sure the groom will have a matching number of guys. That's how I made the decision to go with 4 bridesmaids and it worked out that it included everyone most important to me and my fiance had only 3 but you can always have one guy walk with two girls. Good luck and don't worry so much about the little things, just have a great time!

Answer 8

Well for my wedding I had 4 bridesmaids and one junior bridesmaid. I had my 2 sisters (one was maid of honor) and my 2 best friends. Then my niece was a junior bridesmaid. You really just have to decide who you want to be standing up there with you that day. I could have asked more friends or family but I had to draw the line somewhere. I just asked my other friends to do other duties that day.

Answer 9

I think 1-5 is fine. I've seen weddings where there were 8-10 bridesmaids and it just looked ridiculous. I'm having 4, plus my mom as the maid of honor.

My friend knew that she would have a lot of bridesmaids, so she made them her ushers and had only her mom as the maid of honor, and the grooms father as his best man.

Answer 10

I think the rule is 1 bridesmaid/groomsman per 50 guests. But thats not steadfast.

I would only say this, if you have a small wedding, like 50 people, dont have 6 bridemaids, thats WAY too much and wont look right. 50 people only fills about 5 pews on each side, you would have more attendants than people in the pews. Try to make it balanced to the amount of people on your guest list.