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October 2012 Weddings
QOTD 2/6
*Posted on behalf of Cathy* How many people are in your wedding party? How many are family versus friends?
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Re: QOTD 2/6
2 Junior bridesmaids
5 groomsmen
1 ringbearer
lets see...my MOH is my sister, then my 3 cousins, FI's sister and his 2 cousins finish off the rest of the BM, the two JBM are also FI's cousins (one is also his god daughter)
For groomsmen, the Best Man is FI's best friend for the last 24 years (practically family), his brother, my brother in law, my cousin, and then a friend since high school.
Ring bearer is our nephew/godson=)
PlanningBio
On my side, my sis is my MOH and FSIL is a BM. Fi's cousin is the flower girl.
On his side, his bro is a GM. My cousin is an usher.
On both sides, most of our friends have been around for more than 10 years, in my case more than 20, so they're pretty much family.
3 bridesmaids are sisters, another one is a friend who we all refer to as a sister, maid of honor is my college roommate.
Groomsmen, 1 is a friend, 2 are siblings, 2 are brother in laws.
Ring bearer is my nephew, flower girl is our dog.
October 13, 2012
One of my moh is my aunt. One of the grooms men is my cousin, Best men are fi's father and brother. Jr grooms men is my oldest son. My other two sons are the rb. Flower girls are fi daughter and his niece.
My FI has 6 GM 2 cousins the rest friends from elementary school. He has a brother though that he did not include in the wedding party (long story they dont get along).
243 Invited
171 Are ready to party!
70 Are party poopers!
2 Said they can't give an answer until a week before the wedding..EXCUSE ME?!!!
RSVP Deadline WAS September 20th!
We are having FI's brother as the BM and if my brother is able to make it, (which I am 90% sure he will), he will be my Man of Honor.
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1 best man 1 maid of honor. both best friends.
FI has his best man and 2 GMs - all friends.
IF we are able to pay for his brother to come over from Africa for the wedding, we're going to expand it to 3 on each side, and add his brother as a Gm and his sis as a BM. We're hoping.
One ringbearer - Close family friend's son.
Two Flower girls: Our granddaughter and my GF's GD. - both will be 4 by that time.
Our total wedding party is 6 people. 3 GM for him and 3 BM for me. At least for now. Hopefully my FI brother(Best Man) doesn't get deployed before the wedding. If so, then we will have uneven sides.
His bestman is his brother, 1 groomsman is not technically his brother but was "adopted" by his family when they were in middle school. His other groomsman is his best friend. They refer to each other as "My brother from another mother".
My MOH is actually the wife of his "brother from another mother", 1 of my bridesmaid is married to my FI best man and my 3rd BM is married to my brother.
~MARRIED 10.11.12~
Maid of Honors= 1 Family (Sister) and 1 Friend (Bestie)
Brides Maids= 1 family members (Cousin) and 3 friends
Best men= 1 family (Sister) and 1 friend (Best friend)
Grooms Men= 1 family members (Cousin) and 3 friends
Everyone else is Family(Flower girls, Ring Bearers, other positions)
Oh yeah its a lot but I love it.
Our wedding party is pretty big - 6 on each side. MOH is my younger sister, and BM is FI's twin brother.
My 'maids are a friend I've known since I was a year old, my best friend who I lived with for four years before I moved in with FI, another friend I've known over 10 years, my sister's best friend who has become like an honorary sister to me, and FI's younger sister, who I think I'd be friends with even if FI and I weren't together.
The GM are 5 of FI's friends, two of whom I would actually consider mutual friends because we both hang out with them pretty much every weekend.
Planning Bio
Out of the girls, my familys is my MOH (sister) and 2 junior bridesmaids (neices) and 1 bridesmaid (cousin) the other 3 bridesmaids are best friends
Out of the boys Family Bestman (FI's dad) and Groomsmen (my brother) the other 3 are best friends who just happen to be dating the 3 bridesmaids
I would have been fine with 3 on each side as I have 3 best friends, but my fiance is like Katherine Heigl in 27 dresses (except a dude). 90% of his friends are married and he has been the Best Man 3 times, a groomsman 10 more times, and an usher more times than he can remember.
We tried to limit it to 5 on each side, but my fiance was getting visibly upset at the thought of choosing between a few people and I told him it was fine if he wanted to have a ridiculous amount of groomsmen/ushers. He's much happier now
They are all friends, except my fiance's sister is a bridesmaid and my brother is an usher.
2 are friends
1 is a cousin
1 is SIL
1 is niece
4 GM
all FI's family
2 little FGs who are his nieces
90 Are Ready to Party
19 Are Missing a Great Time
101 Can't Find the Mailbox
I have 2 MOHs, both of which are my best friends. My other BM is FI's cousin.
FI's BM is his cousin. One GM is a best friend from high school and the other GM is FI's cousin's (my BM) husband.
Our FGs are my cousin's daughter/my Goddaughter and FI's cousin's daughter (we figured since her mom & dad would be in the wedding, we could have her be a FG, too).
Our RB is undetermined/undecided at this time. FI will probably be asking one of his friends' sons to be our RB, but he hasn't picked which one yet, haha!
MOH - sister
3 BMs - college roommates
Groomsmen
BM - BIL (weird relationship--married to my sister, but also the nephew of FI's sister's husband)
2 GM - friends