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Flower girl or Jr. Bridesmaid???

fossdouglas10fossdouglas10
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I am having my 8 year old god child in my wedding. I am having trouble deciding whether or not to include her as the flower girl or the jr BM. We also have a ring bearer who will be 4 and the colors are black and ivory. I do not want her wearing black which is why I originally thought to just have her as a flower girl since she will already be in ivory and  neither one want to walk down together so they would walk down separately...any advice???
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Re: Flower girl or Jr. Bridesmaid???

  • vmcelhanvmcelhan member
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    edited December 2011
    my 8 year old sister was a jr. bridesmaid.  i personally felt she was much too old to be a flower girl and she is on the taller side.  plus, DH has two cousins (ages 6 and 4) and they made the perfect flower girls. even though i had my opinion, i ultimately left the decision up to my sister.  she wanted to be a jr. instead of a flower girl, so that's what we did and it worked out great.  made her feel like one of the big girls :) IMO, i would let your god daughter choose since you don't seem to feel strong about having her be one or the other.  but if you feel a certain way about what she should be, then perhaps you should go along with that.  HTH!
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  • bparinebparine member
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    edited December 2011
    My 8 year old cousin is my flower girl.  She wanted to be a flower girl, and her 5 year old brother is the ring bearer so it made sense to have them walk together.  If you don't have a preference, I would ask what she would like.  But I don't think 8 is too old as long as the child is into it.
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  • JKohioJKohio member
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    edited December 2011
    Ask her which she'd prefer, although I must admit 'flower girl' popped into my head as I read your post.
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  • Jacks_3883Jacks_3883 member
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    edited December 2011
    We are having my fiancee's 9 yr old sister be a junior bridesmaid. I had the same problem trying to decide what to have her as. Ultimately, I thought she was mature enough to be able to "graduate" to jr. bridesmaid status. And, as an aside, we are not pairing her with any of the guys, she will walk down by herself so she can feel "extra special". 
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  • Lilika FlowerLilika Flower member
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    edited December 2011
    agree with pp, ask her or her parents which would be the better option.
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