Im getting married and all my friends want to be bridesmaids. However its way more of them than groomsmen, will it be tacky to have some of the ladys walk down alone?
2007-09-02 11:56:09 · 20 answers · asked by keisha w 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Its your wedding and you can do whatever you want. I don't think it would be tacky to having some of them walk alone, as long as they have flowers to carry or something, so they arent just walking. Just don't have one guy walk with two girls. I've seen that done and it looks horrible. I always saw two best men and one maid of honor, and they both walked back down the aisle together and it looked terrible. Cramped and stepping on each other.
Let them walk alone, I'm sure it will be beautiful.
Also, at your reception, if you are going to have a dance solely for the wedding party, make sure those lone girls have dates to dance with, someone preassigned to come out and dance with them or else don't have that wedding-party-only dance at all. That would be harsh to leave someone out without a dance partner.
2007-09-10 04:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by Lunar Sarah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More Bridesmaids Than Groomsmen
2017-01-09 19:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think its great that you have so many people wanting to be in your wedding. It's your wedding you do what you want to do. I would suggest trying to even out the numbers of where everyone will be standing. Where does it say that only bridesmaids can stand next to the bride and same for the groomsmen? Have the extra girls walk in (as couples) and have them separate just like the bridesmaid and groomsmen. What does it matter what side their on??? I take it that you are very well loved, I say the more the merrier!!! Best of luck!!!
2007-09-08 12:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by Winning Smile 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I had a similar situation at my own wedding. I had 4 grromsmen and my wife had 2 bridesmaids. It had no real effect at all. To start the ceremony, the groomsmen were standing with me and the celebrant and the brides maids walked down the isle individually before the bride which I think is fairly standard practice.
The only task we had to tweak a bit was when the bridal party join in on the bridal dance. Rather than pairing up the groomsmen with the bridesmaids for the dance, we asked if each of them would dance with their real partners (groomsman's' girlfriends and bridesmaids' boyfriends). They loved this idea because it is more natural and comfortable anyway.
Honestly, it was really not an issue. Have who you want because if you don't you might end up regretting it.
Good luck for the big day!
2007-09-02 12:13:07 · answer #4 · answered by Jimmy Cregline 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I had 5 bridesmaids and 1 maid of honor
and 3 groomsmen and 1 best man
two groomsmen walked with a girl on each arm. I matched them according to height. It looked good a lot of people mentioned how cute it was.
Regarding your question on if some girls should walk alone you could also have the groomsmen all stand up front and have the girls all walk alone.
2007-09-02 16:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by Toni 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK first thing you want to get a handle on the size of your wedding party. Most people have three or four bridesmaids tops. You can have what you want but the size can get unweildy and you do have to pay for the limos to get them all from place to place.
You could have bridesmaid's pair off if there are more of them than groomsmen but it is gonna be kinda awkward during that first dance when the wedding party is to join the couple on the floor, unless the girls are gonna dance with each other.
The extra bride's maids would be without official escort since there are not enough grooms men to go around. You could have one groomes man escort two brides maids if it works out evenly that way..... BUT the real thing is you need to pick out a couple of them to be brides maids and let that be that. Some one should be in the church pews when the wedding party comes down the aisle and no one wants to sit through a veritable parade of brides maides before things even get started. Close your eyes and pick go by age or how long you have known them or alphabetically but grow a spine and just say NO to some of them
2007-09-02 12:35:14 · answer #6 · answered by CindyLu 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is absolutely NOT a bad thing!!! Either some ladies can walk alone, or a lucky groomsman can escort one lady on each arm :)
What sense does it make to cut friends from your bridal party, just so you have even sides? That would make you a really, REALLY bad friend.
That being said ... only pick the people you want to be bridesmaids, and wait until 8-10 months prior to your wedding to ask them. Don't automatically include every female friend who asks, because that's a surefire way to have problems.
They'll get over it if they're not close enough to you to be a bridesmaid. And if not ... well, then, they weren't a good friend in the first place.
2007-09-02 12:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by BeatriceBatten 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well its not exactly traditional, but remember its YOUR wedding and you can do whatever you want. If you would prefer to have an even number of bridesmaids and groomsmen, then youll have to make some cuts. If you dont mind having extra bridesmaids, then you can include all your friends. Dont worry about what others might say, its YOUR day and what you say goes.
2007-09-02 12:02:00 · answer #8 · answered by idbangrobertplant 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First of all, it shouldnt be your friends who want to be bridesmaids, it should be YOU who want them to be bridesmaids... but no, the number shouldnt play a part... what you could do is have all of the groomsmen and bridesmaids walk down alone... it may be a long processional, but you could do it in some type of pattern such as:
girl, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl, girl
This way you would begin and end with two girls and the rest would be staggard (this is just an example, of course I dont know how many you have of each)...
just an idea, hope it helps!
2007-09-02 12:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by wiggie0217 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
People can't just say that they want to be in your wedding. You have to ask them. Or else that would be tacky. I was in a wedding with 10 bridemaids and 9 groomsmen. Way too many people! Two girls ended up walking in with one guy which wasn't bad. The amount of people in the wedding party made it more like a circus.
2007-09-03 09:46:04 · answer #10 · answered by Annie Girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋