So I'm newly engaged (Christmas Eve!), and my fiance and I just started talking about wedding things over the weekend. We're not getting married until next year (Spring 2013). For my side, I have selected my life long friend as my MOH, and have 4 bridesmaids, including one relative (cousin). My fiance thinks that is wayy too many, he has only selected one best man, and two groomsmen. I told him that I would like my brother in the wedding, and he freaked out and said no. I told my fiance that if he had any female relatives or close people he wanted in the wedding, that I would put them in the bridal party, but he doesn't have any one. So now what? Do I have too many people on my side? He's trying to tell me the average is three (one MOH/BM and 2 BMs or GMs). Every wedding I've been in (over 5 at this point) have had anywhere from 4-5 girls in the party. So I have two dilemmas: do I have too many people in my bridal party? How do I handle the fact that my fiance doesn't want my brother on "his side"? My fiance currently has three people selected, and really doesn't have any other friends besides this (and one of the guys is a stretch...we weren't even invited to his wedding). Thoughts? Anyone else in this situation before?