Bridesmaids have been asked, and they have accepted...now what?

kelsey8701

What is the next step after the bridesmaids have accepted?  Our wedding isn't for another 10 months, but I feel like they should at least all meet so they know one another.  Has anybody had a girls night of some sort before the plans get crazy?  I know all of my girls will love each other, but I thought it'd be nice to have a pre-girls night get together.  Nothing crazy, and absolutely nothing expensive.  Any advice is welcome!  Thank you!!

**The main reason why I'm interested in this is to make it easier for the girls to communicate after they know who is who.  I'm not trying to make anybody become best of friends!  Just comfortable

LoveMuffins

Movies nights are awesome I haven't had one yet, but I'm planning to. Super easy, order pizza or make spaggetti and meatballs, ask the girls to each bring a side dish / dessert / beverage, make sure you have some popcorn, and pick a theme for the movie night! I'm making the first one just a Chick Flicks night =D

I'm going to have another one closer to the wedding, where I'll pay for all food and drink as a thank you, and we'll watch all wedding related movies (27 Dresses, Father of the Bride, The Wedding Date, etc.) to get psyched

palmettogirl924

You can make an offer of "Hey, lets all get together and have girls night". But, you shouldn't make this mandatory. Your BM's real duties are to just buy the dress and show up!

seniah

We did this - it was great fun - but we combined it with other things.  Our circle of friends used our engagement as an excuse to get a whole bunch of people to go to a nice dance place that we normally wouldn't just go to on a random day out.  Then it spiraled into a pseudo-engagement party and they invited our families and rest of our bridal party.  The girls in the wedding party decided to make a whole day of it and one of the bridesmaids made a lunch for the girls, we went and shopped for dresses, back to her house for dinner and then met up with the big group to go dancing.  It was a total come if you can to any or all of the day and that's what they did.

It actually led to a couple of get togethers with the girls just to hang out.  Most of my bridal party are now friends on Facebook and keep in touch from time to time.  Its rather sweet.  

yoko2011

I would also perhaps do a brief e-mail - basically saying you're excited they've accepted and provide everyone's contact info, including yours in the event they need to reach each other. Not saying they have to be best of friends, but they at least have info in case they need it. I found it helpful since all my bp are scattered across the country and haven't met.