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I have 4 (1MOH and 3 bridesmaids) and as for me i think there should be the same number of BMs to GM but i cant stand things being off LOL
I have 4. I do think it's good to have equal numbers. It's also good to limit your bridemaids to just close friends.
I have 1 MOH and 2 bridesmaids. They're all my best friends (for like the last 15 years). FI is having 1 Best Man (his brother) and 2 groomsmen (best friends). FI is actually more of a stickler for even sides than I am. I don't really care either way.
I have 3 and they're my uni friends and best friends. There are 4 men including my stepdad in the Groom party. It will be about even.
I have five, but my FI only has 3 groomsmen. We don't mind it being unbalanced and we didn't want to exclude two of my closest friends simply because he only had three people he wanted to ask. So an uneven party was the best choice for us :-)
I had four bridesmaids (my sister, his sister and my two best friends) and he had 3 groomsmen (his two best friends and his sister's boyfriend). It would have been nice to have an even number, but at the end of the day the two people that he'd considered for a fourth groomsmen didn't even end up coming to our wedding. I wouldn't add an additional person that I'm not sure about just for the sake of even numbers.
FI & I both want the adults to be paired up, and originally FI wanted it to be gender-coordinated. I "won" that issue.
So originally I had 3 girls. Now I have 3 girls, 1 bridesman & a jr.bridesmaid/flower girl (she's 9). FI has 3 guys and 1 groomswoman. The JB won't be staying for the reception.
No BM, just 1 MOH for me. Since I'd have to pay for bridal party, I don't feel like having too much expenses. My MOH is my sister and I'm paying for her dress.
6 and 6. I only wanted 3, he wanted 5 but I wanted even so that made 6 and I'm soooo glad I decided to add my 3 favorite cousins :) That being said there is no reason it has to be even unless your obsessive and need it that way like I did.
I have 4 BMs and 1 MOH so a total of 5. and 5 GMs too. I dont think it is an absolute rule that there the same number of BMs as GMs but it does make everything appear symmetrical and even. Plus my BMs and GMs are walking in together so its just easier to have the even numbers
I don't think the sides have to be even. We had 4 bms/4 gms but I wish I'd included more of my best friends. Our wedding had 120 guests and I was concerned that having a big bridal party would "look stupid" but I feel even more stupid that I didn't include some of my best friends in the end. I would have had 8 bridesmaids which would have seemed silly for the size of our wedding, but in the end, who cares? That said, it's definitely cheaper (less gifts, flowers, etc) to have less people in the bridal party, but I really do think that you should include all your most favorite people in your WP, regardless of size!
I have 2 MOHs (my sisters) and 4 BMs for a total of 6 girls. FI will have 5 groomsmen. Neither of us cared about the numbers not matching.
We'll each have 3, but I was happy having 2 bridesmaids and him having 3 groomsmen. Definitely don't think they need to be even.
Right now, it's 4 bridesmaids, one 13yo junior bridesmaid, one female usher, one male usher, 1 flower girl, and 4 groomsmen--but FI said since my # of BMs just got bumped up (we had one girl who had major surgery and I wasn't sure if she'd still be in the wedding, but she's great now and all about it) he wants to have 5 guys too. I don't think we can possibly add any more girls though since their dresses take 3-4 months to come in.
Actually I have none. LOL I am having a MOH and a Matron of honor. My FI was the one who wanted it to be even and he is having a Best Man and a groomsman. I wish I could come up with another name for him.
3 and 3. I think uneven is fine, but I wouldn't really want it that way myself.
I think unevenness looks better when there are more and when it's only uneven by one (2 at the most). I think it would be a bit silly to have 2 BM and 8 GM or something. But 9 BM and 7 GM doesn't look bad.
We will have 5 each (my 2 best friends and my 3 sisters for me, and FI's are all friends with one who is a longtime friend of the family). It just kind of worked out that ours were even, but I wouldn't really care either way so long as it was relatively even, not like 11 and 2! haha.
We just had one maid of honor and one dude of honor. Honestly, I think it is more important to have those people you are close to than to make the numbers match. The amount of drama I've seen here when the bride chooses some BMs she doesn't otherwise want just to make the numbers match is incredible!
I have 10 Bridesmaids and he has 5 Groomsmen...so we are definitely uneven, but we'll make it work!We couldn't imagine NOT having these people by our sides on our wedding day!
I have 2 MOHs and 6 BMs, 8 total! It's a big wedding party, but these are my best friends from all stages of my life and they have been great support during wedding planning. FI also has 8, although 1 GM might not be able to make it due to his father's health.
I don't think the wedding party has to have the same number on each side; however, I recommend having a really great photographer who knows how to shoot uneven wedding parties.
I have 6 girls and he has 3 guys. I'm not worried about it -- FI doesn't have a lot of guy friends and I wasn't going to keep my best friends out of my bridal party because of it! We'll make it work! :)
I think it should be whomever you feel closest to. Dont add people just to "match" up genders. You can always have the MOH walk down by herself or have a groomsmen walk mom down the aisle if theyre are any uneven numbers. I think its a nice gesture to keep it small so that the people who are in your wedding party dont feel as though they were picked soley to keep numbers even.
I have 5 bridesmaids and he has 4 groomsmens. I was hoping to keep it even but I couldn't leave any of my girls out so uneven it is!
I have 5 bridesmaids. It's more than I wanted to have, but I really can't see myself not having these girls stand for me. My sister is my MOH, and then I have his two sisters, my closest cousin and my childhood best friend. He hasn't picked his groomsmen yet..he's going to have a rough time because he has a lot of close friends!
i had no bridesmaids, just my MOH. we liked the idea of keeping it small, so it suited us well. I don't think you have to match the number of bridesmaids to groomsmen. i think uneven can look just as good!
I have 3 bridesmaids. FI has 3 groomsmen and may add a 4th.
We have 8 total attendants- 1 MOH, 3 BMs, 1 Best Man, 3 Groomsmen.
FI had a really hard time picking the 3rd and 4th attendants, though- for the longest time he had his best man picked and knew his younger brother would be a groomsman, and that was about it.
He went round and about with it, wondering who to pick, who he felt closest to, wondering if he "had to" pick a person whose wedding he was in.... this went on for months.
He finally decided on one more guy, and then the debate for the 4th lasted about another month.
What I told him was this: At the end of the day, the people in your wedding party are there because you care about them, and because you feel that they will be the best people to help you have a good time. Don't worry about whose wedding you've been in, or who has been your friend longest, or any of those things. Just pick the people you're happiest around.
3 and 3 for us. My sisters and I are all really close so it was a given who would be up there with me. There are three of them.
3 bridesmaids, 2 groomsmen - my dad is going to stand with the groomsmen, so all the bridesmaids will at least exitt with an escort! :D
7 and 7... i think it should be even. I added one two weeks later and so FI then added one, too. That way they each have someone to walk into reception with, up and down aisle with, even in pics, etc
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