Thursday, April 2, 2009

A Few Dozen of Your Closest Friends...

I was talking with a friend the other day who was having a disagreement with her fiance over how many to have in their wedding party. She wanted 3, he wanted 5. My fiance and I really didn't discuss this too much. My fiance wanted 7, and it seemed like a good number to me and worked well with who I wanted to be in the wedding. My family, however, couldn't believe I wanted that many - they thought it was WAY over the top! I guess this brings up the question, how many bridesmaids is too many?

Four bridesmaids?

Seven bridesmaids?

Ten bridesmaids?

Twelve bridesmaids?

Thirteen bridesmaids?

(All photos by www.abryanphoto.com)


I think my fiance's cousin had 18 - wish I had a picture of that to post! How many bridesmaids did you (or will you) have? How many do you think is too many?

11 comments:

  1. wow that's a lot of bridesmaids. i only have 3 :)

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  2. WOW that is a lot! I can't imagin' having that many bridemaids. I think if you have that many close friends and want that many then I see nothing wrong with it! I am only having two, but that is my closest friends.

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  3. I have 8 bridesmaids, 4 junior bridesmaids, and 4 flower girls. It is mainly because my family is so dang big! I can't ask one niece to be in the wedding but not another, so I have to have them all. I am the youngest of 5 girls, so my sisters are in my wedding as well. Sometimes I wish I just had 4 bridesmaids, but these ladies are the closest people to me and I couldn't cut even 1 out. So, I say, 7 is not too much!!!

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  4. P.S. My sister had 12 bridesmaids, 1 junior, and 5 flower girls!!! It was gorgeous!

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  5. Zero .. I have decided against having a wedding party.

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  6. I had 1 maid of honor, 2 bridesmaids, 1 junior bridesmaid, & 1 Flower girl. :o)

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  7. I wil have 1 Maid of Honor, 1 Matron of Honor, 6 Bridesmaids & 2 Flower Girls
    :) And i thought that was ALOT 'til i saw your picture of 13 and then you say your cousin had 18 OMGosh. Insane!

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  8. I am having 4 BM's, 1 Jr., and 1 flower girl. We had a hard time deciding on a number. But this is what we felt most comfortable with. I don't think there is any right or wrong number. I say, have who you want, whether it end up being 2 or 25!

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  9. I have 4 Bridemaids. Those are my closest friends and I think thats how it should be. Our daugther is going to be our flower girl.

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  10. I have 8 bridesmaids and a flower girl!

    The only time I think it gets to be too many is if they can't all line up in the front of the church/ceremony venue in an orderly fashion. If they look cramped up there than that may be too many. But in the end, it is the bride's choice!

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  11. I had 5... and there is no too few or too many! It is solely your preference!

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