Comments on: Choosing Your Bridesmaids — It’s Not Always Easy

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:43:22 +0000

I know I’m late to the poll, but I won’t have any bridesmaids/attendants). I know I’d have some hurt feelings no matter who I picked (I don’t have a sister and I’m not close to my brother – no easy out there) so I figured to nix it altogether. Plus I don’t like the historical roots of bridesmaids/groomsman.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:04:42 +0000

Good catch, La BellaDonna — noted and deleted!

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:23:05 +0000

My bridesmaids ranged from 5′ tall to 6′ tall, tiny up through Amazonian, and each of them looked SPLENDID. They were my sister and my friends, and although we’ve gone separate ways, I was VERY happy with …. most of them. I was dreadfully unlucky with Maids of Honor, which, considering I didn’t really expect anything of them … I got less than that. o_O I was truly fortunate in one bridesmaid; she was tremendously helpful to me, and I asked her to sign as my witness, rather than the maid of horror.

NtB: Just FYI, the post above from “Ella” is an ad FROM Romona etc. Let her buy an ad or ask you to review her designs like an honest woman, for pity’s sake!

By: Giggles

Giggles — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:58:38 +0000

Our fathers were our witnesses. We didn’t have attendants.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:19:44 +0000

Well….I actually chose my sister to be my MOH and then the remainder were friends/family who I knew could afford it. There was no point in me choosing someone who I knew would be strapped for the cash to be a part of the day. Anyone else I wanted to be a part of the day was delegated a reading or something of that sort.

By: Toni

Toni — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:38:16 +0000

This is one of those things that is so dependent on a myriad of factors that everyone is going to have slightly different dynamics at play. I have no sisters (or siblings, for that matter) so I didn’t have that to consider. Therefore, choosing his sister made more sense for me. Plus, I had one BEST friend, and had to either choose to keep it simple with just her (and my SIL) or to open up the net much wider. I’m glad I went with the former, because it made things much more simple.

I had a rather long engagement (18 months) and in that time, other friends asked me to be bridesmaids in their weddings. Where appropriate, I decided to reciprocate by having them participate in my ceremony in some other way, like by having them give a short reading. That seemed to make everyone happy.

By: Blossom

Blossom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:02:24 +0000

My choose was easy, i looked at my two younger sisters and said “yup you and you”. It was not until later that i thought about my friends and i hadnt of thought about them straight away is becase two of them lived way out of town and my third friend would have throttled me for just suggesting to wear a dress (she’s a jeans a tee kind of girl). There was my sister in law who started demanding i make her a bridesmaids but after a lot of no’s and a lot of looks from my sisters she stopped. Its not that i dont like her she just better in very small doses.

By: Ripley

Ripley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:59:22 +0000

I have no sisters, wasn’t close enough to TTMR’s (The Talented Mr. Ripley) sister, so I picked three of my closest friends. My three friends were my three most mellow friends, which this Type A, bossy lady needed on her wedding day.

By: enygma

enygma — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:26:58 +0000

I have a lot of females in my family so my bridesmaid selection will be limited to them.

By: Rubiatonta

Rubiatonta — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:52:25 +0000

No bridesmaids for me. One witness each, because Mr Rubi and I are the keep it simple type of folks.