my brother is getting married. all bridesmaids are teenagers - the oldest is 16, the youngest is 13 - all family members.then a friend of the bride volunteers to be a bridesmaid at 38. i feel she will stick out like a sore thumb. there is already a maid of honor. where else can i put her without hurting her feelings or ruining the entourage. i also don't want to hurt the bride. yes, I am the wedding coordinator.
2007-11-05 00:49:18 · 10 answers · asked by butterworth1812 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
That would be the Maid, or Matron of honor.
2007-11-05 00:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by bgee2001ca 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's Matron (or Maid) of Honour.
Who does she think she is volunteering? It's the bride's choice. If the bride's OK with her barging in, stick the Maid of Honour first where she should be and sort the other three by height. If the bride's not OK with it, then one of you is going to have to tell bu99erlugs she's a guest like everyone else. If she can't handle that, she's not much of a friend. I suppose the bride and groom could always ask her to be one of the witnesses when they sign the register (if you do that in the US) but that's really up to them to decide.
Oh, and at English weddings the bridesmaids aren't always children, regardless of what the other poster says.
2007-11-05 01:19:27 · answer #2 · answered by who me? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the bride wants her to be bridesmaid then that should be what you aim for. Why not have her as a second maid of honour and have them walk up the aisle in a pair and the two younger bridesmaids in a pair? Would be very 'balanced'.
2007-11-05 00:57:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ruining the entourage? Yowzers. If the bride wants her to be a bridesmaid (volunteering strikes me as a little tacky, but whatever), let her be a bridesmaid. If not, it's up to the bride to say no, whether it hurts her feelings or not.
2007-11-05 00:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is one in all those ingredient (in accordance to between the bridal magazines i offered this month). The Jr. Bridesmaid or Jr. Groomsmen can do lots of the failings that the Bridesmaids and Groomsmen get to do. The Jr. Bridesmaid can get her hair and nails completed with the the remainder of the area, she would be able to placed on an identical costume. for sure, you will desire to no longer weigh her down with the common jobs of the different Bridesmaids, yet she would be able to partake in many issues. it extremely is a great thank you to get her in contact with the making plans. it would be too amazing to have a Jr. Groomsmen walk down the aisle alongside with your Jr. Bridesmaid. it would be a particular handle in case you had them the two pass up jointly and do a speech (in the event that they're mushy with that). in the experience that your fiance's sister sings, she would desire to sing a music for you 2 (it extremely is a tearjerker!). Or she would desire to examine a poem... do no longer hardship approximately if it extremely is proper, be ingenious...you extremely do no longer % a cookiecutter wedding ceremony.
2016-09-28 09:12:45 · answer #5 · answered by edgmon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its called 'matron of honor'. EDIT- You already have one, I see. Thats sort of put the cat among the pidgeons then. Well, if someone else has got the matron of honor job, she will have to be a regular bridesmaid, but as she is the eldest one, people will naturally think that SHE is the M. O H.
2007-11-05 00:51:23 · answer #6 · answered by tedrfandthedog 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If she's married or has been, matron of honour should dissuade her - otherwise just thank her for her services and let her know she'd have a far better time as a guest rather than the responsibility of being part of the bridal party.
2007-11-05 00:55:37 · answer #7 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matron of Honour
2007-11-05 00:52:18 · answer #8 · answered by HonestTom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her you're doing it British style -- all the bridesmaids are children.
2007-11-05 00:51:58 · answer #9 · answered by bonitakale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maid of honer
2007-11-05 00:52:05 · answer #10 · answered by Magee A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋