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Male of honor?
So... kind of an odd question. I'm not a normal girl. I've been a tom boy my entire life; played football in high school, worked on cars... the whole nine yards. Because of this I've never gotten along horribly well with other girls. I have some friends that are girls, but my best friends in the entire world are all guys. I was talking to my best friend and he volunteered to be my "Male of Honor." Is this WAY too weird.... or is anyone else having this same problem? Should I just bypass the entire maid of honor issue by not having one?
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Re: Male of honor?
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Repeat this to your self: My Wedding Party is made of my family and friends and I should treat them as such.
I prefer Honor Attendant to Male of Honor as a title.
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Also check out offbeatbride.com, since a lot of people there have mixed-gender and uneven bridal parties as well.
Plenty of women get along better with men, or have few close girlfriends. I'm like that myself. I think you're more "normal" than you think.
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[QUOTE]I'm having my male best friend on my side in my wedding. <strong>We formally refer to him as the 'Butler of Honor' ... because a butler is a male version of a maid</strong>. I think it still sounds distinguished and makes him special but it keeps his title in the same verbage as the rest of the wedding party. It just flows better for me personally. Also, we are dressing him in the same tux as the groomsmen, but with a vest and tie that match the bridesmaids dresses. For example, the groomsmen will have tuxedos with blue vests, the bridesmaids will have purple dresses, and my butler of honor will have a tux with a purple vest. Your wedding is your day. It should be filled with the people you love and care about the most, not just a bunch of girls you kind of like because you are 'supposed' to have females on your side. I'm glad so many brides are allowing men on their side now.
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Etymology fail. The "maid" in bridesmaid is not short for maidservant. It's short for "maiden", as in "unmarried woman." There is and has never been any way, shape, or form in which the male equivalent would be a butler.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Male of honor? : I don't believe that your comment was necessary or at all helpful to the bride with the original question. I was just giving her another option for the verbage at her wedding. Butler of honor is a commonly used term for males on the bride's side, as I have seen it many times. Your rude comments do not belong on TheKnot.com. Please take your negative attitude elsewhere. Thank you.
Posted by CassieFJ26[/QUOTE]
1) This is a public message board. Aerin didn't violate the TOS. You don't get to tell her how she can post, nor do you get to kick her off the board.
2) Commonly used is a HUGE stretch. Just because you've seen something a couple of times doesn't make it common. And just because you like the sound of something doesn't make it right, nor does it mean that anyone else has to like it.
"If you can't think of something nice to say, don't say something nice" - Stephen Colbert
"I think bablingbrooke is the 13 yr old marring her cousin at the town hall. Lets all give her a big hand. And hope her inbred children can live normal lives." -tabs.
A word of warning from your friends at Cracked.com: Remember that text is going to be how you make your first impression over the internet; if every third word you type is misspelled, people will automatically assume that you're a moron.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Male of honor? : Wouldn't it be Bachelor of Honor instead?
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]
Actually, it probably would. Unless the dude is married, then I don't know.
This is a belated married bio, with no reviews yet because I'm lazy.
Sometimes I feel like people think that brides are delicate little flower princesses who get all dressed up and pretty for one special moment of their dreams, when really they're just normal people who just happen to be getting married. Things shouldn't have to be sugar-coated for grown-ass women. -mstar284