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Help, how do I decide between two best friends for Maid of Honor?!!

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    AutumnBride2011    October 22, 2011   Montego Bay

    Okay, I have a big dilemna. I have one girlfriend who has been my best friend from college who lives about 3.5 hours away from me (we've been BF's for over 17yrs), my second girlfriend lives local and we've been BF's for the past 11 years. HOW THE HECK CAN I POSSIBLE PICK ONE OVER THE OTHER? The one who's local is ridiculously organized and on point and I spend the most time with her since we live very close and belong to the same organization, but i've know her the least amount of time.  How do I choose without hurting the other feelings? I know I can't have 2 maids of honor...but they're both so close to me and I don't know what I would do without either one of them. They both get along and ask about the other all the time. How or what can I do to make my selection easier? HELP! Also,I have another BF from college that's going to be my matron of honor (since I was her maid of honor) HELP

     

     

     
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    honeybun    June 5, 2010   VA

    Ask them both! The first time around when I was planning our wedding, (long story) I was planning on having 2.

     
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    spaniel    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    Co-MOHs!

     
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    mrbee    March 5, 2005   New York City, New York

    Do you have to have a MOH?  If I hadn't had my brother to make my best man, I just wouldn't have had a best man!

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    why can't you have 2? i think that's perfectly acceptable.

     
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    AutumnBride2011    October 22, 2011   Montego Bay

    So, I can have two maids of honor and one matron of honor? Thanks for the feedback ladies!

     
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    honeybun    June 5, 2010   VA

    Yep. You can have anything you want! I just read another thread where someone is having 9 maids of honor!

     
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    AutumnBride2011    October 22, 2011   Montego Bay

    mrbee- I actually have 3 friends that Im extremely close to and one of them is married. So, I thought that I would just make the married one a matron, but now that I think about it, my dearest cousin(I was a bridesmaid in her wedding) who I was going to ask to be in the wedding, what do I do about her? wow, I just complicated this to another level

     

     
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    rosepinkslipper    August 21, 2010   San Francisco, getting married in Seattle

    Make them all bridesmaids - no hurt feelings that way.

     
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    AutumnBride2011    October 22, 2011   Montego Bay

    honeybun....9 maids of honor! WOW, i thought I had it bad! LOL

     
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    mrbee    March 5, 2005   New York City, New York

    Yah either go all MOH or all bridesmaids... good luck!!

     
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    Miss Root    07/04/10   Seattle

    I say, do what you want!  If you would like to have two maids of honor and one matron of honor, then do it!  It's your wedding.  The only thing that might be awkward about that is if you had three "honor" attendants and only one "regular" bridesmaid.  Then it might seem unbalanced or you run the risk of hurting someone's feelings.  But if you have a larger bridal party, I think it's perfectly fine.  I had a friend who had three sisters, so they were all "honor" attendants (but she had 10 bridesmaids!)

     
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    moderndaisy    June 2010  

    Haha, well there's really no 'right' or 'wrong' when it comes to choosing a MOH in general. I am personally having 2 MOH's, but they are both my sisters so my situation is kind of similar to Mr. Bee's. I've never been in a bridal party without a MOH and it's nice having one b/c that person makes the decisions and organizes most events. Not to say that if everyone was just a bridesmaid they wouldn't do anythign, it's just nice to have someone in charge.

    In my opinion, since you have so many 'close' friends to choose from to be a MOH, I would justmake them all bridesmaids. If you want, you can even have a 'talk' with the closer/organized girl and ask her if she can take on some specific responsibilities that involve organizing the Bmaids. The reason I feel this way is because I personally feel a little silly having 2 MOH's, especially since I only have 5 total in my bridal party. A MOH should be a title that really only one person has, it's actually been a little difficult having two (but wonderful).

     
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    melv0802    September 18, 2010   new jersey/philadelphia

    i say, go for it, if they two of them are equally special to you, it wouldn't hurt to have 2 MOH and 1 matron..it's your wedding, u can do wahtevery u want=)

     
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    formerlybuttons    June 5, 2010  

    I agree, why not have 2 MOHs and 1 matron of honor?  Don't worry about what it "should" or "shouldn't" be like -- it should be exactly what you want it to be!  :)

     
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    AutumnBride2011    October 22, 2011   Montego Bay

    What about two maid of honor and two matrons of honor and call it a day?  Also, I have a sister who is 13 years younger then me and honestly, we're not that close. Is it okay to ask her to read something or hand out the programs? Wow, wedding planning is no easy task! Can I get an AMEN?!

     
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    honeybun    June 5, 2010   VA

    haha Amen!! I say yes to both questions!

     
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    stlginkgo    3/20/10  

    have 2!

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    Why not have both? Or neither! I'm all about not having a MOH and I think it would be fun, it's not as much pressure on either one of them and it'll be a good way to include both of them more than they normally might be involved. No sweat!

     
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    moderndaisy    June 2010  

    Also, just want to add the reason it's even working for me having 2 MOH's is because they are sisters! I would imagine it would be a little harder for 2 (or 3) girls who don't really know each other and are long distance. Just a thought!

     

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