I'm planning on having just my 2 sisters and my boyf sister in my party. I would pick one my sisters as maid of honor but i dont want to hurt the other ones feelings. I was thinking of just having them. My boyf wants his dad, his friend and my brother in the wedding too. But he wants his dad to be his best man. Does this mean I need to pick a maid of honor? I was thinking just having the 6 of them with no best man or maid of honor.
2007-06-29 03:29:04 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
This is your day! There are no rules about your wedding party.
You can certainly choose to have no maid of honor, or you could have multiple maids of honor. If you have more than one maid of honor, you can just split up the duties among them. One can sign your marriage license if you need witnesses (not all states require them), and another can hold your bouquet during the ceremony, etc. They can both be listed on your program as maid of honor.
My wedding will have 2 best men. My fiance has two brothers and doesn't want to choose just one. We'll probably just stand the taller one closest to him, and split up their duties accordingly. They're both equally honored!
2007-06-29 04:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Stacia T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not have both your sisters be your maid of honor? If your husband is having a best man you might want to think about having a maid of honor- you need someone to sign as a witness but it's your wedding. Do whatever makes you happy and not stressed out.
2007-06-29 03:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by NLH823 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no rule that says you have to have a maid of honor. Just make sure you align your fiances dad as the #1 person beside him so that he can serve as the unofficial best man. You will need one of your sisters to hold your bouquet for you. If you are close to both of them they should understand this. Also, you will need someone to sign your marriage license as a witness depending on what state you are in. Typically this is the maid of honor and the best man. So, just have that in mind when it is time to do that.
2007-06-29 15:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by Wedding Planner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing says that if you have more than one sister they both can't share the maid-of-honor role. Keep in mind the maid of honor has considerable responsibility before and during the wedding, so two honor attendants might add up twice the help and you can have also both sign the wedding certificate, just talk to your officiant about it.
good luck
2007-06-29 03:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one of your sisters is married already, you could have one be a maid of honor and one be a matron. Otherwise, it is appropriate for them both to be maids of honor, or not have a maid of honor at all, although the one standing closest to you in the lineup will have more responsibilities in the wedding, like holding your bouquet and fixing your train. If you all all very close, you could sit down ahead of time and talk about who will be the maid of honor in your wedding then switch it up so that you all get to be the maid of honor in one's wedding.
2007-06-29 07:06:38 · answer #5 · answered by LoveWithNoBoundaries 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I get your problem. Is one of your sisters married? Then one can be maid of honor the other matron of honor. Or perhaps pick your mans sister. That could show the family that you are ready to rely and depend on them, plus it is a great way to bond. But it is your wedding and you don't have to have a MOH but you will need someone to sign for you. Maybe you could make both of them your MOH, just have one stand next to you and throw your bachlorette party, and the other to throw the shower and sign as your witness. That way both are included.
2007-06-29 03:54:39 · answer #6 · answered by marley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is okay not to have a maid of honour...However, I have heard of several people having two maid of honors. So you could do that and have each of your sisters as one. Just remember that if your fiance is going to have a best man you would still have to pick one of your sisters to stand with him and therefore you are still in a sense picking one over the other because of the standing order...Just be careful. Talk to your sisters and see what they think about it.
2007-06-29 03:41:52 · answer #7 · answered by ventity325 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom was my maid of honor but she is my best friend and i have a sister as well. You should do your wedding the way you want. There are no rules. Just remember it is your special day.
2007-06-29 03:35:14 · answer #8 · answered by aliciamars1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I started planning my wedding, I asked my closest sister (I have two) to be my Matron OH, my other sister and close friend to be my bridesmaids, and my single girlfriend to be my Maid OH. Well, by the time of my wedding week, I dubbed all of the married ladies as my Matrons OH. They all did so much for me, that I thought it was silly not to give them this title. They weren´t just bridesmaids, but so much more. Pick BOTH of your sisters, and your fiances sister as maids of honor-don´t hurt anyones feelings. Who says there has to be only one maid of honor?
BTW, we did have two witnesses-my closest sister, and the best man. No one else knew that they signed our certificate, and even if they did, they wouldn´t have cared.
God bless you-weddings are stressful, but worth it!
2007-06-29 04:46:16 · answer #9 · answered by Learning is fun! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's your wedding, so my opinion is that you can do whatever you want. Either don't have a maid of honor at all, or make both of your sisters your maids of honor.
2007-06-29 03:32:31 · answer #10 · answered by crabbyone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋