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We only had one each. We had a small wedding so if we had 30 on each side that would have been more than the wedding!
I had 4 girls. I picked 4 of our fave ladies. = ) And It just seemed intimate enough for our wedding.
10. I settled on that number because I had 5 very good friends that I wanted to be in my bridal party. I told FI he could have any number he wanted, but he said he wanted 5 to.
It wouldn't matter where I got married, I would still have the same 5 on my side. Even if I got married in my tiny kitchen, I'd still have those 5.
I am having two and FI is having 1 - 2.
I picked that number because I have two sisters. I also have some friends but I felt they are not close enough to me like my sisters are. Also, the less people you have, the easier to manage the timeline.
We have 2 each. My sister, a good friend, his brother and his best friend.
i somehow ended up with 6 on my side and my FI has 2. we are having a small beach wedding, so i kinda regret asking so many people, but some of them i felt obligated to...but i know it will be on the day and wont matter.
we each have 5. Mine are my sister, 2 best friends since we were kids, college roommate, and adult friend
We have 3 bridesmaids (my 3 best friends), 3 groomsmen (FI's brother and 2 friends), 2 ushers (my younger cousins) and 1 ring bearer (my youngest cousin). I never anticipated having an 11 person WP (including us) but we couldn't not include any of them.
Six on each side, plus little ones. I always knew I would ask my three sisters and three longtime BFs. I was bound to have a larger wedding party when I started with three sisters, haha. Guest list/venue size didn't have anything to do with it. :)
total of 8. 4 on each side of us, well including the flower girl and ring bearer 10.
We had four on each side. It just happened to work out that way with who we wanted to be in the wedding party. We wanted our closest friends (and DH wanted his sister) so that determined it.
I currently have two bridesmaids secured. I may have up to four depending. I'm an only child, and my FI has three brothers and three friends he'd like to include- but there's no way I can come up with six, so either we'll be uneven, or he'll have to stick to just brothers... or.. I don't know. No more than 8 total.
We have 6 each. I wanted to have three, my BFF, friend for long time, and his sister. But then I have three good friends that are all the same to me. SO it was either ask them all or none.
6 on my side, 3 (maybe 4?) on his. Size didn't matter... these 6 would be standing next to me no matter how big or small my guest list was!
1 MOH, 1 BM, 2 ring bearers and 1 flowergirl. We're having a small wedding (less than 40) so a small bridal party worked well for us.
2 for me (best friend and close friend), 1 for my fiance (his cousin). No kids.
We have 5 on each side. If he had it his way, he'd probably have like 10 on his side alone, but I don't have any siblings, and he doesn't have any sisters, so I chose close friends and high school friends
We had two attendants total. My daughter was maid of honor, and my son was dude of honor. We were having a small ceremony (only a dozen guests), so it didn't make sense to have a large wedding party. And with only the two of them, we could let them wear any nice outfit instead of having to match.
5 bridesmaids and 5 groomsmen. We are having a medium sized WP as my fiance doesn't have many friends that he could ask since a lot of them are in the military and stationed elsewhere all over the world. So, we were able to get 5.
We're having seven for each of us plus 2 flower girls. I really didn't want that big of a wedding party, but I just can't imagine who I would cut to make it smaller.
FI has a ton of really close friends, and I just have a couple. He's having eight groomsmen and I'm having four BMs. We actually had to come to an agreement on his, becauce there are a few more that he actually wanted to include. It's not cookie cutter perfect, but one of the things I love about FI is that he has such a good group of friends, so I guess I should have seen it coming, lol :).
we had 6 each, and only because that was the bare minimum i could choose, so he matched me tho i think he would have been happy with only 1 or 2. not that you both have to have the same number of people but it always looks weird when the wedding party doesn't match, we've seen that a few times. i like continuity :) i had my sister, closest cousin, husband's sister, and my 3 best friends. it's also nice to have an even number of bridesmaids cuz it looks great for photos, with the bride dead center and an even number of girls on each side. like i said, i like continuity lol!
We had only 1 each but we had a small wedding and didn't want a large bridal party.
I think the number is up to you and what you and your SO decided (and by no means does guys to girls have to match either). However, I did read somewhere something like 1 BM & GM per 50 guests....but I think that is totally bonkers. Do what you want!
We are each looking at 7 - 7 for me and 7 for my FI - a total of 14. We keep going over the list and cannot think of who to cut out to make it smaller so we said the heck with it and kept the list the way it is. Don't worry about numbers!!! Have in the party who YOU WANT in the party. :-)
We are having 7 on each side, as well.. I had 7 girls I absolutely had to ask, so FI matched that.. I told him he didn't have to, as we could double up bridesmaids with groomsmen, but he wanted to have an equal number. My 7 include my sister, his sister, my best friend from high school, my 2 college roommates who I'm very close with (1 of whom has been a good friend since we were in 4th grade), and my 2 closest friends from graduate school right now. I'm really close with everyone, so I felt that I couldn't cut anyone out. I think 7 is a good number for the groomsmen, too, in our case, as he was able to include 1 of my brothers, and include all of our good friends from college. All the groomsmen are good friends of mine, too (a lot are his friends from high school who I met when we all went to college together) so I'm really looking forward to all of them standing up with us, too. I'm pretty sure our church is big enough to have 7 on each side.. hope so, at least! haha
I chose six girls, and he has six men. Originally we had five each, but I thought that six would be better for pictures. I know that sounds like an ackward reason, but I am almost OCD about symmetry.
6 guys, 6 girls, 3 ushers, no ring bearer or flower girl... guest list 180!
When I got Married we had 3 on each side. The most I have seen as a Bridal Consultant is 25... on the BRIDES side alone!
I will have 5 on my side (my sister is my MOH, my cousin, two good friends from college, and a friend from elementary school), he will have 4-5 on his side (his brother will be his BM, two friends from college, and 1-2 friends from grad school), and we'll have a ring bearer (my 2nd cousin) and flower girl (his cousin). So...11-12ish, total.
I'm having 9 bridesmaids and he is having 5 groomsmen. I have a sister, a cousin and a family friend, in addition to my close girlfriends from high school, college and just life! I don't mind that our sides aren't even and didn't even think of asking him to pick people just to even it out.
@bmorebride11: I am having 9 too!! Thank god im not alone.
I have about 18 rreally good girlfriends and it was a stomach ache for me trying to widdle it down to 9. Right off the bat I had 5 I had to choose- 2 sisters, 2 godsisters (my godfathers daughters who i grew up with) and a close cousin. Then I have my roommate who is my friend from hs, and my three best friends. (I will be/have been in all their weddings).
I spoke with all of the girls I didnt choose. Everyone was very understanding. Such an awkward situation though.
My fiance is having 9 as well. He may avctually have to have 10 because he just was asked to be in a wedding of a friend he hadnt originally chosen. So including us the party will be 20... Ah!
We had three on each side, plus a flower girl. We could have done 4 on each side, but any more than that would have felt like too many. We had a small, intimate wedding, and 3 each seemed the magic number.
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Hi Bees!
So, after watching last night's episode of four weddings with the girl that had like 35 people in her bridal party and finally having my last bridesmaid say yes, I am just curious...
How many in your bridal party? Why'd you pick that number? Was it decided on by your venue size?