Bridesmaid Question!!!!!

JADE989

Ok I need some advice on how to include friends into the wedding but not have them as bridesmaids due to my fiance wants a small wedding party and Im ok with that also due to money.  Please Help!!!! i dont want my friends upset and i want them included!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

strlzfan11

Being a guest is just as much of an honor as is being in the WP.  Have you considered asking someone to do a reading for you?

renegade gaucho

Ask one or two people to do a reading.

JADE989

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[QUOTE]Being a guest is just as much of an honor as is being in the WP.  Have you considered asking someone to do a reading for you?
Posted by strlzfan11[/QUOTE]

Yes i was going to ask them to do a reading.  The problem is they are Identical twins and are very close to me.  but it came down to me only having 3 bridesmaids and i couldnt have one and not the other.  is it ok to have 2 readings at a ceremony />?

Meegles4

It is fine to have 2 readings.

ftrmrsweatherdon

2 readings are fine and normal in most ceremonies! It would be a good way to include them!

Jen4948

Readings are fine.

Beyond that, you're inviting them to be your guests at a special time in your life.  That in and of itself is a big honor.

JADE989

Thank you all for your help! i just wasnt sure if having 2 readings would be ok, im having an outdoor wedding. 

arco13

Also, outside of the wedding (***IF someone offers to throw you one), you can invite the girls to your bachelorette party/shower (again, as long as someone has offered to throw you one). And if someone doesn't throw you one, you could always host a low-key get together with all of them sometime before the wedding.

ljsquintz

I was in the same boat - we wanted to keep the BP small but had friends we wanted to include in the ceremony.  We had a church ceremony, so we had 2 friends do the readings, 1 friend do the prayers of the faithful and H's 2 cousins bring up the gifts.  There are definitely ways to incorporate your friends.  Readings/poems are a great way to do that.  I would also include their names on the programs if you are doing them.  This way, your guests will know their names.

musicalcanadianbride

Many ceremonies have more than two readings, so you're fine.