Well I noticed that most of the time when someone gets married the guys best friend is the best man.....Well uh my best friend is a girl so would it be odd to have her as the best man? lol
2007-07-07 10:12:42 · 12 answers · asked by dudewheresmycar86 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
No, it's not odd. Go for it!
If you didn't ask your best friend to stand beside you for the biggest step of your life just because she's a woman & it's not "traditional" then maybe you should re-evaluate how much of a best friend that you are.
Who cares what anyone else thinks, it's your wedding & it's your life!
Good luck to you & your future wife, I wish you both all the happiness and good fortune that the world has to offer!
2007-07-07 10:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Aimee♥™ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's nothing wrong with having a girl stand up for you as your honor attendant. I chose to have my brother be my "man of honor." This person should simply be someone that you feel has been an important part of your life--someone you are grateful for. I wouldn't call her a man of honor, though...try something like "maid of honor" or simply honor attendant.
Obviously, your bride is going to be The Most Important girl in your life from now on, but you have every right to honor a close friend. However, please be sure that your fiancee is truly okay with this. Respect her wishes first and foremost.
As long as you have her blessings, don't worry about what others may think. As long as you're lavishing all of your attention on your new bride on the wedding day and thereafter, no one should be offended by your choice of a best girl instead of a best man.
2007-07-07 16:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by elsie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, I would hope your 'best friend' will be a girl, and that is the woman you are marrying!
However, if you have 'another friend' who just happens to be a girl, she would be a bridesmaid. The attendants are for the couple - so, for example, if your bride to be had a brother she wanted as an attendant, he would be a groomsman. If you had a sister, she would be a bridesmaid.
You better THINK HARD about the terms you are using, as I noted above....
2007-07-07 10:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use to be a wedding planner. There are some rules/traditions that should be followed, but these days, it's mostly what does the couple want. If your bride is fine with this, GO FOR IT!!!! The only thing to consider, what should she wear? I would suggest not a bridesmaid gown, but maybe something similar in color and cut.
2007-07-11 07:10:34 · answer #4 · answered by elewishs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all! 2 of my best friends are men, and my maid of honor was my sister, but the boys were "bridesmen" and stood on my side. I just didn't want them to be on his side, because they are friends and all, but they were my friends first! They dressed like the groomsmen, but stood at the front of the church and waited, like the groomsmen did. She could dress like the bridesmaids, or in the same color dress but different style, or same style dress but different color. She can wait upfront with you, or be the first girl to walk down the aisle before the wedding and go to yourside while the others go to the brides side. The older members of my family gave me heck at first because it wasn't tradition, but I really didn't care about traditions. It is your day, do it your way!!!
2007-07-08 08:26:56 · answer #5 · answered by LoveWithNoBoundaries 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's your wedding, you can do whatever you want! Don't care about appearances, because honestly in ten years do you want to be thinking:
I'm so glad I had so and so(best friend) be my "best man"
or
yeah the ceremony was nicely traditional, but I didn't get to have an important person in my life play the role I wanted them to.
I'd want those first thoughts.
2007-07-07 10:18:31 · answer #6 · answered by mirrorinthesky 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you should have whatever you want. she could stand beside you and were the same dress as the bridesmaids or she may feel out of place and want to stand with the bridesmaids. you guys could opt not to have "best anythings" and simply have attendents. either way she will feel honored to have been asked to be a part of your special day!
2007-07-07 11:01:16 · answer #7 · answered by MissLoriSunshine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. I am putting my fiance's sister on his side because his best man is unable to attend due to job obligations. Plus she'll be standing next to her husband who is a groomsman.
2007-07-11 04:39:34 · answer #8 · answered by kystarlyte_kystarlight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, your best friend should be your bride, so you will no longer have this girl as your best friend. Pick a guy.
2007-07-07 12:06:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then she would be the maid of honor, and you would let your fiancee pick the best man
2007-07-07 10:17:32 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ Lil love lady ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋